
Ceremony presentation: December 4th, 2022
Old Billingsgate in London, England

Best British Independent Film
Aftersun • A24
Charlotte Wells, Barry Jenkins, Mark Ceryak, Adele Romanski, Amy Jackson
Blue Jean • BBC Film
Georgia Oakley, Hélène Sifre
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande • Searchlight Pictures
Sophie Hyde, Katy Brand, Debbie Gray, Adrian Politowski
Living • Lionsgate
Oliver Hermanus, Kazuo Ishiguro, Stephen Woolley, Elizabeth Karlsen
The Wonder • Netflix
Sebastián Lelio, Emma Donoghue, Alice Birch, Juliette Howell, Andrew Lowe, Tessa Ross, Ed Guiney

Best Director
sponsored by Sky Cinema
Oliver Hermanus • Living
Lionsgate
Sophie Hyde • Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Searchlight Pictures
Sebastían Lelio • The Wonder
Netflix
Georgia Oakley • Blue Jean
BBC Film
Charlotte Wells • Aftersun
A24

Best Screenplay
Aftersun • A24
Charlotte Wells, written by
Blue Jean • BBC Film
Georgia Oakley, written by
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande • Searchlight Pictures
Katy Brand, written by
Living • Lionsgate
Kazuo Ishiguro, written by
The Wonder • Netflix
Sebastián Lelio, Emma Donoghue, Alice Birch, written by

Best Lead Performance
SALLY HAWKINS • The Lost King
Warner Bros. Pictures
COSMO JARVIS • It Is in Us All
WildCard Distribution
EMMA MACKEY • Emily
Bleecker Street
ROSY McEWEN • Blue Jean
BBC Film
BILL NIGHY • Living
Lionsgate
FLORENCE PUGH • The Wonder
Netflix
EMILY WATSON • God’s Creatures
A24
HALA ZEIN • Nezouh
mk2 Films

Best Supporting Performance
ZOEY DEUTCH • The Outfit
Focus Features
AISLING FRANCIOSI • God’s Creatures
A24
LUCY HALLIDAY • Blue Jean
BBC Film
KERRIE HAYES • Blue Jean
BBC Film
ZAINAB JODA • Our River… Our Sky
MUBI
FATMA MOHAMED • Flux Gourmet
IFC Films
PAUL MESCAL • God’s Creatures
A24
FIONN WHITEHEAD • Emily
Bleecker Street
AIMEE LOU WOOD • Living
Lionsgate

Best Joint Lead Performance
FRANKIE CORIO / PAUL MESCAL • Aftersun
A24
DARYL McCORMACK / EMMA THOMPSON • Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Searchlight Pictures
JESSIE BUCKLEY / RORY KINNEAR • Men
A24
TAMARA LAWRANCE / LETITIA WRIGHT • The Silent Twins
Focus Features

Best Ensemble Performance
BLUE JEAN • BBC Film
Ensemble including Rosy McEwen, Kerrie Hayes, Lucy Halliday, Lydia Page, Stacy Abalogun, Farrah Cave, Amy Booth-Steel
EMILY • Bleecker Street
Ensemble including Amelia Gething, Emma Mackey, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Fionn Whitehead, Alexandra Dowling, Gemma Jones, Adrian Dunbar
FLUX GOURMET • IFC Films
Ensemble including Makis Papadimitriou, Gwendoline Christie, Asa Butterfield, Fatma Mohamed, Ariane Labed, Richard Bremmer
OUR RIVER… OUR SKY • MUBI
Ensemble including Zainab Joda, Darina Al Joundi, Amed Hashimi, Mahmoud Abo Al Abbas, Basim Hajar, Labwa Arab, Meriam Abbas, Siham Mustafa
THE WONDER • Netflix
Ensemble including Kíla Lord Cassidy, Florence Pugh, Tom Burke, Toby Jones, Niamh Algar, Elaine Cassidy, Ciarán Hinds, Brían F. O’Byrne, Josie Walker

The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director)
sponsored by BBC Film
ANDREW CUMMING • The Origin
Escape Plan Productions
THOMAS HARDIMAN • Medusa Deluxe
BBC Film
FRANCES O’CONNOR • Emily
Bleecker Street
GEORGIA OAKLEY • Blue Jean
BBC Film
CHARLOTTE WELLS • Aftersun
A24

Breakthrough Producer
sponsored by Pinewood and Shepperton Studios
ALEKSANDRA BILIĆ, JENNIFER CORCORAN • Nascondino [Hide & Seek]
My Accomplice
PAUL KENNEDY • Nightride
[also produced by Jon Silk]
Brainstorm Media
RUPERT MAJENDIE • Brian and Charles
Focus Features
NADIRA MURRAY • Winners
[also produced by Paul Welsh]
Edge City Films
HÉLÈNE SIFRE • Blue Jean
BBC Film

Breakthrough Performance
sponsored by Netflix
FRANKIE CORIO • Aftersun
A24
LEO LONG • I Used to Be Famous
Netflix
KÍLA LORD CASSIDY • The Wonder
Netflix
ROSY McEWEN • Blue Jean
BBC Film
SAFIA OAKLEY-GREEN • The Origin
Escape Plan Productions

Best Debut Screenwriter
sponsored by Film4
Aftersun • A24
Charlotte Wells, written by
Blue Jean • BBC Film
Georgeia Oakley, written by
Brian and Charles • Focus Features
David Earl, Chris Hayward, written by
God’s Creatures • A24
Shane Crowley, written by
The Origin • Escape Plan Productions
Ruth Greenberg, written by

Best Debut Director – Feature Documentary
KATHRYN FERGUSON • Nothing Compares
Showtime Documentary Films
VICTORIA FIORE • Nascondino [Hide & Seek]
My Accomplice
LEAH GORDON, EDDIE HUTTON MILLS • Kanaval
Tigerlily Productions
JONO McLEOD • My Old School
Magnolia Pictures
BECKY HUTNER • Fashion Reimagined
Sustainable Films

The Raindance Discovery Award
ELECTRIC MALADY • Marie Lidén, Aimara Reques
Aconite Productions
FADIA’S TREE • Sarah Beddington, Susan Simnett
Over The Fence Films
OFF THE RAILS • Peter Day, Grant Keir, Rob Alexander
Faction Films
REBELLION • Elena Sánchez Bellot, Maia Kenworthy, Kat Mansoor
Beyond the Emergency
WINNERS • Hassan Nazer, Nadira Murray, Paul Welsh
Edge City Films

Best Feature Documentary
sponsored by Intermission
MY CHILDHOOD, MY COUNTRY – 20 YEARS IN AFGHANISTAN • Phil Grabsky, Shoaib Sharifi, Amanda Wilkie
Seventh Art Productions
MY OLD SCHOOL • Jono McLeod, John Archer, Olivia Lichtenstein
Magnolia Pictures
NASCONDINO [HIDE & SEEK] • Victoria Fiore, Jennifer Corcoran, Aleksandra Bilić
My Accomplice
NOTHING COMPARES • Kathryn Ferguson, Eleanor Emptage, Michael Mallie
Showtime Documentary Films
YOUNG PLATO • Neasa Ní Chianáin, Declan McGrath, David Rane
Soilsiú Films

Best British Short Film
supported by BFI Network
A FOX IN THE NIGHT
Keeran Anwar Blessie, Benjamin Jacob Smith
HONESTY
Roxy Rezvany, Emily Renée, Elly Camisa
SANDSTORM
Seemab Gul, Abid Aziz Merchant
SCALE
Joseph Pierce, Hélène Mitjavile
TOO ROUGH
Sean Lìonadh, Ross McKenzie, Alfredo Covelli

Best International Independent Film
sponsored by Champagne Taittinger
ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED • Neon
Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, John Lyons, Nan Goldin, Yoni Golijov
CLOSE • A24
Lukas Dhont, Angelo Tijssens, Michiel Dhont, Dirk Impens
DECISION TO LEAVE • MUBI
Park Chan-Wook, Chung Seo-Kyung
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE • A24
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Jonathan Wang, Joe Russo, Anthony Russo, Mike Larocca
THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD • Neon
Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Thomas Robsahm

Best Casting
sponsored by Casting Society & Spotlight
SHAHEEN BAIG • Blue Jean
BBC Film
LEILA BERTRAND • Our River… Our Sky
MUBI
KHARMEL COCHRANE • The Silent Twins
Focus Features
KAHLEEN CRAWFORD • Living
Lionsgate
LUCY PARDEE • Aftersun
A24

Best Cinematography
sponsored by Dirty Looks & Kodak
AFTERSUN • A24
Gregory Oke, cinematography by
KANAVAL • Tigerlily Productions
Joel Honeywell, cinematography by
MEN • A24
Rob Hardy, cinematography by
NASCONDINO [HIDE & SEEK] • My Accomplice
Alfredo de Juan, cinematography by
THE WONDER • Netflix
Ari Wegner, cinematography by

Best Costume Design
AFTERSUN • A24
Frank Gallacher, costume design by
FLUX GOURMET • IFC Films
Saffron Cullane, costume design by
LIVING • Lionsgate
Sandy Powell, costume design by
MRS HARRIS GOES TO PARIS • Focus Features
Jenny Beaven, costume design by
THE WONDER • Netflix
Odile Dicks-Mireaux, costume design by

Best Editing
AFTERSUN • A24
Blair McClendon, editing by
BLUE JEAN • BBC Film
Izabella Curry, editing by
ELIZABETH: A PORTRAIT IN PARTS • Showtime Documentary Films
Joanna Crickmay, editing by
FLUX GOURMET • IFC Films
Mátyás Fekete, editing by
NOTHING COMPARES • Showtime Documentary Films
Mick Mahon, editing by

Best Original Music
sponsored by Universal Music Publishing
AFTERSUN • A24
Oliver Coates, composed by
GOD’S CREATURES • A24
Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans, composed by
MEN • A24
Ben Salisbury, Geoff Barrow, composed by
THE ORIGIN • Escape Plan Productions
Adam Janota Bzowski, composed by
THE WONDER • Netflix
Matthew Herbert, composed by

Best Make-Up & Hair Design
AFTERSUN • A24
Oya Aygör, makeup by
Murat Çağın, hairstyling by
FLUX GOURMET • IFC Films
Shiobhan Harper-Ryan, makeup & hairstyling by
MEDUSA DELUXE • BBC Film
Eugene Souleiman, makeup by
Scarlett O’Connell, hairstyling by
THE ORIGIN • Escape Plan Productions
Niamh Morrison, makeup & hairstyling by
THE WONDER • Netflix
Morna Ferguson, makeup by
Lorri Ann King, hairstyling by

Best Effects
THE FEAST • IFC Midnight
Chris Marshall, effects by
MEN • A24
David Simpson, effects by
NEZOUH • mk2 Films
Ahmed Yoursy, effects by

Best Music Supervision
AFTERSUN • A24
Lucy Bright, music supervising by
LIVING • Lionsgate
Rupert Hollier, music supervising by
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPEN • Sony Pictures Classics
Phil Canning, music supervising by

Best Sound
supported by Halo
AFTERSUN • A24
Jovan Ajder, sound by
THE FEAST • IFC Midnight
Dom Corbisiero, Dai Shell, sound by
FLUX GOURMET • IFC Films
Tim Harrison, Raoul Brand, Cassandra Rutledge, sound by
MEN • A24
Glenn Freemantle, Ben Barker, Gillian Dodders, Howard Bargoff, Mitch Low, sound by
THE WONDER • Netflix
Hugh Fox, Ben Baird, sound by

Best Production Design
AFTERSUN • A24
Billur Turan, production design by
FLUX GOURMET • IFC Films
Fletcher Jarvis, production design by
LIVING • Lionsgate
Helen Scott, production design by
MEDUSA DELUXE • BBC Film
Gary Williamson, production design by
THE WONDER • Netflix
Grant Montgomery, production design by

About the British Independent Film
BIFA (British Independent Film Awards) is an internationally renowned organisation that celebrates, promotes, and supports independent filmmaking and filmmakers in the UK.
Founded in 1998, BIFA has championed the best and most innovative independently funded British filmmaking for over 20 years, working at the heart of the industry to nurture emerging talent, promote fair practice, and develop a broader, more inclusive audience for British independent film.
