27th British Independent Film Award (BIFA) Winners

Best British Independent Film

Kneecap

Best Director

Rungano Nyoni, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

Best Lead Performance

Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths

Best Supporting Performance

Franz Rogowski, Bird 

Best Joint Lead Performance

Naoise Ó Cairealláin, JJ Ó Dochartaigh, & Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh – Kneecap 

Best Ensemble

The cast of Wicked Little Letters: Jessie Buckley, Olivia Colman, Anjana Vasan, Joanna Scanlan, Gemma Jones, Timothy Spall, Eileen Atkins, Lolly Adefope, Malachi Kirby, Hugh Skinner

Best Screenplay

Sandhya Suri, Santosh 

Best Documentary

Witches

Best International Independent Film

Anora 

Best British Short Film

Wander to Wonder 

Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director)

Christopher Andrews, Bring Them Down

Breakthrough Performance

Susan Chardy, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl 

Best Debut Screenwriter

Rich Peppiatt, Kneecap 

Breakthrough Producer

Balthazar de Ganay and James Bowsher, Santosh (also produced by Mike Goodridge and Alan McAlex)

Best Debut Director – Feature Documentary

Pinny Grylls and Sam Crane, Grand Theft Hamlet 

Raindance Maverick Award

Grand Theft Hamlet 

Best Casting

Carla Stronge, Kneecap

Best Cinematography

Ben Fordesman, Love Lies Bleeding run

Best Editing

Julian Ulrichs and Chris Gill, Kneecap

Best Production Design

Jan Houllevigue, The Assessment 

Best Costume Design

Michael O’Connor, Firebrand 

Best Make-Up & Hair Design

Lisa Mustafa, Unicorns 

Best Original Music

Clint Mansell, Love Lies Bleeding

Best Music Supervision

Gary Welch and Jeanette Rehnstrom, Kneecap 

Best Sound

Glen Freemantle, Civil War

Best Effects

David Simpson, Civil War