21st Annual British Independent Film Award (BIFA) Nominations

Best British Independent Film
American Animals
Beast
Disobedience
The Favourite
You Were Never Really Here

Best Director
Bart Layton "American Animals"
Michael Pearce "Beast"
Yorgos Lanthimos "The Favourite"
Andrew Haigh "Lean on Pete"
Lynne Ramsay "You Were Never Really Here"

Best Actor
Rupert Everett "The Happy Prince"
Charlie Plummer "Lean on Pete"
Joe Cole "A Prayer Before Dawn"
Steve Coogan "Stan & Ollie"
Joaquin Phoenix "You Were Never Really Here"

Best Actress
Jessie Buckley "Beast"
Rachel Weisz "Disobedience"
Gemma Arterton "The Escape"
Olivia Colman "The Favourite"
Maxine Peake "Funny Cow"

Best Supporting Actor
Evan Peters "American Animals"
Barry Keoghan "American Animals"
Dominic West "Colette"
Alessandro Nivola "Disobedience"
Steve Buscemi "Lean on Pete"

Best Supporting Actress
Molly Wright "Apostasy"
Rachel McAdams, Disobedience
Emma Stone, The Favourite
Rachel Weisz, The Favourite
Nina Arianda, Stan & Ollie

Best Screenplay
Bary Layton "American Animals"
Michael Pearce "Beast"
Sebastian Lelio and Rebecca Lenkiewicz "Disobedience"
Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara "The Favourite"
Lynne Ramsay "You Were Never Really Here"

Most Promising Newcomer
Molly Wright "Apostasy"
Jessie Buckley "Beast"
Michaela Coel "Been So Long"
Liv Hill "Jellyfish"
Marcus Rutherford "Obey"

The Discovery Award
The Dig
Irene’s Ghost
A Moment in the Reeds
Super November
Voyageuse

The Douglas Hickox Award for Debut Director
Daniel Kokotajlo "Apostasy"
Michael Pearce "Beast"
Matt Palmer "Calibre"
Leanne Welham "Pili"
Richard Billingham "Ray & Liz"

Debut Screenwriter
Bart Layton "American Animals"
Daniel Kokotajlo "Apostasy"
Michael Pearce "Beast"
Matt Palmer "Calibre"
Karen Gillan "The Party’s Just Beginning"

Best Documentary
Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story
Evelyn
Island
Nae Pasaran
Under the Wire

Breakthrough Producer
Marcie MacLellan "Apostasy"
Kristian Brodie/Lauren Dark/Ivana Mackinnon "Beast"
Anna Griffin "Calibre"
Jacqui Davies "Ray & Liz"
Faye Ward "Stan & Ollie"

Best International Independent Film
Capernaum
Cold War
The Rider
Roma
Shoplifters

Best Casting
American Animals
Apostasy
Beast
The Favourite
Stan & Ollie

Best Cinematography
American Animals
The Favourite
Lean on Pete
A Prayer Before Dawn
You Were Never Really Here

Best Costume Design
Colette
An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn
The Favourite
Peterloo
Stan & Ollie

Best Editing
American Animals
The Favourite
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
A Prayer Before Dawn
You Were Never Really Here

Best Make-Up and Hair Design
Colette
The Favourite
Peterloo
A Prayer Before Dawn
Stan & Ollie

Best Music
American Animals
Beast
Funny Cow
Island of the Hungry Ghosts
You Were Never Really Here

Best Production Design
Colette
The Favourite
Peterloo
Ray & Liz
Stan & Ollie

Best Sound
American Animals
The Favourite
A Prayer Before Dawn
Time Trial
You Were Never Really Here

Best Effects
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
Early Man
Peterloo

Best British Short
The Big Day
Bitter Sea
The Field
Pommel
To Know Him