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 JeanBBC 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 JeanBBC 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.

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