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Best Debut Director - Feature Documentary

Best Debut Screenwriter, Sponsored by Film4

Winner

Kneecap

7.6 (16K)

Rich Peppiatt
Unicorns

7.3 (1.2K)

James Krishna Floyd
Sister Midnight

6.5 (171)

Karan Kandhari
Santosh

7.0 (1.3K)

Sandhya Suri
The Assessment

7.3 (424)

Nell Garfath Cox (as Mrs Thomas)

Dave Thomas (as Mr Thomas)

Best Director

Winner

Rungano Nyoni

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
Andrea Arnold

Bird
Nora Fingscheidt

The Outrun
Rose Glass

Love Lies Bleeding
Rich Peppiatt

Kneecap

Best Editing

Winner

Kneecap

7.6 (16K)

Julian Ulrichs

Chris Gill
The Outrun

6.9 (13K)

Stephan Bechinger
Bird

7.0 (7K)

Joe Bini
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

7.9 (1.2K)

Margarida Cartaxo

Stuart Davidson
Civil War

7.0 (229K)

Jake Roberts

Best Effects

Winner

Civil War

7.0 (229K)

David Simpson
Lee

6.9 (22K)

Glen McGuigan

Ingo Putze
Love Lies Bleeding

6.6 (55K)

James Allen

Best Feature Documentary, Sponsored by Intermission Film

Winner

Witches

7.4 (1K)

Elizabeth Sankey

Jeremy Warmsley

Chiara Ventura

Manon Ardisson
The Contestant

7.2 (3K)

Clair Titley

Megumi Inman

Andee Ryder

Amit Dey

Ian Bonhôte
Grand Theft Hamlet

7.0 (1.1K)

Pinny Grylls

Sam Crane

Julia Ton

Rebecca Wolff
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

8.0 (8.4K)

Ian Bonhôte

Peter Ettedgui

Lizzie Gillett

Robert Ford
Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other

7.4 (73)

Jacob Perlmutter

Manon Ouimet

Signe Byrge Sørensen

Best International Independent Film, Sponsored by Champagne Taittinger

Winner

Anora

7.7 (108K)

Sean Baker

Alex Coco

Samantha Quan
All We Imagine as Light

7.1 (7.9K)

Payal Kapadia

Thomas Hakim

Julien Graff
La chimera

7.3 (16K)

Alice Rohrwacher

Carlo Cresto-Dina

Paolo Del Brocco
No Other Land

8.3 (4.7K)

Basel Adra

Rachel Szor

Hamdan Ballal

Yuval Abraham

Fabien Greenberg

Bård Kjøge Rønning
Dane-ye anjir-e ma'abed

7.6 (11K)

Rozita Hendijanian

Mohammad Rasoulof

Amin Sadraei

Jean-Christophe Simon

Mani Tilgner

Best Joint Lead Performance

Winner

Kneecap

7.6 (16K)

Mo Chara

Móglaí Bap

DJ Próvai
Hoard

6.5 (1.3K)

Joseph Quinn

Saura Lightfoot-Leon
Love Lies Bleeding

6.6 (55K)

Katy O'Brian

Kristen Stewart
Unicorns

7.3 (1.2K)

Ben Hardy

Jason Patel

Best Lead Performance

Winner

Hard Truths

7.3 (3.6K)

Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Sister Midnight

6.5 (171)

Radhika Apte
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

7.1 (580)

Susan Chardy
Close to You

5.1 (1.2K)

Elliot Page
The Outrun

6.9 (13K)

Saoirse Ronan
The Assessment

7.3 (424)

Alicia Vikander

Best Makeup & Hair Design

Winner

Unicorns

7.3 (1.2K)

Lisa Mustafa
Love Lies Bleeding

6.6 (55K)

Megan Daum

Frieda Valenzuela
Back to Black

6.3 (26K)

Peta Dunstall
The Outrun

6.9 (13K)

Kat Morgan
Firebrand

6.3 (4.9K)

Jenny Shircore

Best Music Supervision

Winner

Kneecap

7.6 (16K)

Gary Welch

Jeanette Rehnstrom
Back to Black

6.3 (26K)

Iain Cooke

Giles Martin
Sister Midnight

6.5 (171)

Kle Savidge

Best Original Music, sponsored by Universal Music Publishing Group

Winner

Kneecap

7.6 (16K)

Michael 'Mikey J' Asante
Bird

7.0 (7K)

Burial
Unicorns

7.3 (1.2K)

Stuart Earl
The Outrun

6.9 (13K)

John Gürtler

Jan Miserre
Love Lies Bleeding

6.6 (55K)

Clint Mansell

Best Production Design, sponsored by ATC & Broadsword

Winner

The Assessment

7.3 (424)

Jan Houllevigue
Hoard

6.5 (1.3K)

Bobbie Cousins
Love Lies Bleeding

6.6 (55K)

Katie Hickman
Civil War

7.0 (229K)

Caty Maxey
Kneecap

7.6 (16K)

Nicola Moroney

Best Screenplay, Sponsored by Apple Original Films

Winner

Santosh

7.0 (1.3K)

Sandhya Suri
The Outrun

6.9 (13K)

Nora Fingscheidt

Amy Liptrot
Love Lies Bleeding

6.6 (55K)

Rose Glass

Weronika Tofilska
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

7.1 (580)

Rungano Nyoni
Kneecap

7.6 (16K)

Rich Peppiatt

Best Sound

Winner

Civil War

7.0 (229K)

Glenn Freemantle

Howard Bargroff

Mary H. Ellis
Kneecap

7.6 (16K)

Brendan Rehill

Louise Burton

Aza Hand

Chris Woodcock
Love Lies Bleeding

6.6 (55K)

Paul Davies

Andrew Stirk

Linda Forsén

Rose Bladh

Tim Burns
The Outrun

6.9 (13K)

Dominik Leube

Oscar Stiebitz

Jonathan Schorr

Gregor Bonse
Lee

6.9 (22K)

Mike Prestwood Smith

Csaba Major

Jimmy Boyle

Best Supporting Performance

Winner

Bird

7.0 (7K)

Franz Rogowski
Hard Truths

7.3 (3.6K)

Michele Austin
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

7.1 (580)

Elizabeth Chisela
Bird

7.0 (7K)

Barry Keoghan
Back to Black

6.3 (26K)

Jack O'Connell
Hoard

6.5 (1.3K)

Hayley Squires

Breakthrough Performance, sponsored by Netflix

Winner

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

7.1 (580)

Susan Chardy
Bird

7.0 (7K)

Nykiya Adams
Hoard

6.5 (1.3K)

Saura Lightfoot-Leon
Sebastian

6.7 (1.5K)

Ruaridh Mollica
Unicorns

7.3 (1.2K)

Jason Patel

Breakthrough Producer, Sponsored by Pinewood, and Shepperton Studios

Winner

Santosh

7.0 (1.3K)

Balthazar de Ganay

James Bowsher
The Ceremony

7.6 (22)

Hollie Bryan

Lucy Meer
Bring Them Down

6.8 (818)

Jacob Swan Hyam
Treading Water

7.9 (16)

Ben Toye
Grand Theft Hamlet

7.0 (1.1K)

Rebecca Wolff

Douglas Hickox Award

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Best Debut Director, Sponsored by BBC FILM

Richard Harris Award

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Sophie Okonedo

Maverick Award

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Grand Theft Hamlet

7.0 (1.1K)

Pinny Grylls

Sam Crane

Julia Ton

Rebecca Wolff
The Ceremony

7.6 (22)

Jack King

Hollie Bryan

Lucy Meer
Restless

7.5 (20)

Jed Hart

Benedict Turnbull
Satu - Year of the Rabbit

9.2 (37)

Joshua Trigg
Witches

7.4 (1K)

Elizabeth Sankey

Jeremy Warmsley

Chiara Ventura

Manon Ardisson

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Event Date

December 8, 2024

Event Location

England, UK

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British Independent Film Awards

British Independent Film Award

Best British Independent Film

Kneecap

Love Lies Bleeding

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

The Outrun

Santosh

Best British Short

Wander to Wonder

A Move

Delivery

Housewarming

Meat Puppet

Best Casting, sponsored by Casting Society & Spotlight

Kneecap

Hoard

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

Bird

Love Lies Bleeding

Best Cinematography, sponsored by Kodak & Molinare

Love Lies Bleeding

Lee

Civil War

The Outrun

Kneecap

Best Costume Design

Firebrand

Kneecap

Civil War

Love Lies Bleeding

Unicorns

Best Debut Director - Feature Documentary

Best Debut Screenwriter, Sponsored by Film4

Kneecap

Unicorns

Sister Midnight

Santosh

The Assessment

Best Director

Best Editing

Kneecap

The Outrun

Bird

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

Civil War

Best Effects

Civil War

Lee

Love Lies Bleeding

Best Feature Documentary, Sponsored by Intermission Film

Witches

The Contestant

Grand Theft Hamlet

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other

Best International Independent Film, Sponsored by Champagne Taittinger

Anora

All We Imagine as Light

La chimera

No Other Land

Dane-ye anjir-e ma'abed

Best Joint Lead Performance

Kneecap

Hoard

Love Lies Bleeding

Unicorns

Best Lead Performance

Hard Truths

Sister Midnight

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

Close to You

The Outrun

The Assessment

Best Makeup & Hair Design

Unicorns

Love Lies Bleeding

Back to Black

The Outrun

Firebrand