The full list of winners from the 27th British Independent Film Award (BIFA) categories has been announced. The award show took place at The Roundhouse in Camden, London on 8th December 2024. See below for the full list of winners and nominees:
Best British Independent Film:
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
Santosh
Best Screenplay:
Rich Peppiatt — Kneecap
Rose Glass & Weronika Tofilska — Love Lies Bleeding
Rungano Nyoni — On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
Nora Fingscheidt & Amy Liptrot — The Outrun
Sandhya Suri — Santosh
Best Director:
Andrea Arnold — Bird
Rich Peppiatt — Kneecap
Rose Glass — Love Lies Bleeding
Rungano Nyoni — On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
Nora Fingscheidt — The Outrun
Best British Short:
Delivery
Housewarming
Meat Puppet
A Move
Wander to Wonder
Best Lead Performance:
Alicia Vikander — The Assessment
Elliot Page — Close to You
Marianne Jean-Baptiste — Hard Truths
Susan Chardy — On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
Saoirse Ronan — The Outrun
Radhika Apte — Sister Midnight
Best Joint Lead Performance:
Joseph Quinn & Saura Lightfoot-Leon — Hoard
Naoise Ó Cairealláin, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh & JJ Ó Dochartaigh — Kneecap
Kristen Stewart & Katy O'Brian — Love Lies Bleeding
Ben Hardy & Jason Patel — Unicorns
Best Supporting Performance:
Jack O'Connell — Back to Black
Barry Keoghan — Bird
Franz Rogowski — Bird
Michele Austin — Hard Truths
Hayley Squires — Hoard
Elizabeth Chisela — On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
Breakthrough Performance:
Nykiya Adams — Bird
Saura Lightfoot-Leon — Hoard
Susan Chardy — On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
Ruaridh Mollica — Sebastian
Jason Patel — Unicorns
The Raindance Maverick Award:
The Ceremony
Grand Theft Hamlet
Restless
Satu — Year of the Rabbit
Witches
The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director):
Christopher Andrews — Bring Them Down
Luna Carmoon — Hoard
Rich Peppiatt — Kneecap
Karan Kandhari — Sister Midnight
James Krishna Floyd — Unicorns
Best Debut Screenwriter:
Mrs Thomas & Mr Thomas — The Assessment
Rich Peppiatt — Kneecap
Sandhya Suri — Santosh
Karan Kandhari — Sister Midnight
James Krishna Floyd — Unicorns
Best Debut Director — Feature Documentary:
Claire Titley — The Contestant
Rachel Ramsay — Copa 71
Pinny Grylls & Sam Crane — Grand Theft Hamlet
Manon Ouimet & Jacob Perlmutter — Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other
Breakthrough Producer:
Jacob Swan Hyam — Bring Them Down
Holly Bryan & Lucy Meer — The Ceremony
Rebecca Wolff — Grand Theft Hamlet
Balthazar de Ganay & James Bowsher — Santosh
Ben Toye — Treading Water
Best Feature Documentary:
The Contestant
Grand Theft Hamlet
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other
Witches
Best International Independent Film:
No Other Land
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Best Casting:
Lucy Pardee — Bird
Heather Basten — Hoard
Carla Stronge — Kneecap
Mary Vernieu & Lindsay Graham Ahanonu — Love Lies Bleeding
Isabella Odoffin — On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
Best Cinematography:
Rob Hardy — Civil War
Ryan Kernaghan — Kneecap
Pawel Edelman — Lee
Ben Fordesman — Love Lies Bleeding
Yunus Roy Imer — The Outrun
Best Costume Design:
Meghan Kasperlink — Civil War
Michael O'Connor — Firebrand
Zjena Glamocanin — Kneecap
Olga Mill — Love Lies Bleeding
Nirage Mirage — Unicorns
Best Editing:
Joe Bini — Bird
Jake Roberts — Civil War
Julian Ulrichs & Chris Gill — Kneecap
Margarida Cartaxo & Stuart Davidson — Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
Stephan Bechinger — The Outrun
Best Make-Up & Hair Design:
Peta Dunstall — Back to Black
Jenny Shircore — Firebrand
Megan Daum & Frieda Valenzuela — Love Lies Bleeding
Kat Morgan — The Outrun
Lisa Mustafa — Unicorns
Best Music Supervision:
Iain Cooke & Giles Martin — Back to Black
Gary Welch & Jeanette Rehnstrom — Kneecap
Kle Savidge — Sister Midnight
Best Original Music:
Burial — Bird
Michael ‘Mikey J' Asante — Kneecap
Clint Mansell — Love Lies Bleeding
John Gürtler & Jan Miserre — The Outrun
Stuart Earl — Unicorns
Best Production Design:
Jan Houllevigue — The Assessment
Caty Maxey — Civil War
Bobbie Cousins — Hoard
Nicola Moroney — Kneecap
Katie Hickman — Love Lies Bleeding
Best Sound:
Glenn Freemantle, Mary H Ellis & Howard Bargroff — Civil War
Louise Burton, Brendan Rehill, Aza Hand & Chris Woodcock — Kneecap
Mike Prestwood Smith, Csaba Major & Jimmy Boyle — Lee
Paul Davies, Andrew Stirk, Linda Forsen, Rose Bladh & Tim Burns — Love Lies Bleeding
Dominik Leube, Oscar Stiebitz, Jonathan Schorr & Gregor Bonze — The Outrun
Best Visuals:
David Simpson — Civil War
Ingo Putze & Glen McGuigan — Lee
James Allen — Love Lies Bleeding
More information on all of the winners is available on the BIFA website.
