28th Annual British Independent Film Awards
Roundhouse, London, United Kingdom
Sunday, November 30, 2025

The Ballad Of Wallis Island • Focus Features

James Griffiths | Director
Rupert Majendie | Producer

I Swear • StudioCanal

Kirk Jones | Director
Piers Tempest, Kirk Jones, Georgia Bayliff | Producers

My Father’s Shadow • MUBI

Akinola Davies Jr. | Director
Rachel Dargavel, Funmbi Ogunbanwo | Producers

Pillion • A24

Harry Lighton | Director
Lee Groombridge, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Emma Norton | Producers

Urchin • 1-2 Special

Harris Dickinson | Director
Archie Pearch, Scott O’Donnell | Producers

Laura Carreira
On Falling • BBC Film

Jack Thomas-O’Brien, Mário Patrocínio | Producers

Akinola Davies Jr.
My Father’s Shadow • MUBI

Rachel Dargavel, Funmbi Ogunbanwo | Producers

Kirk Jones
I Swear • StudioCanal

Piers Tempest, Kirk Jones, Georgia Bayliff | Producers

Harry Lighton
Pillion • A24

Lee Groombridge, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Emma Norton | Producers

Lynne Ramsay
Die My Love • MUBI

Martin Scorsese, Jennifer Lawrence, Justine Ciarrocchi, Molly Smith, Thad Luckinbill, Trent Luckinbill, Andrea Calderwood | Producers

The Ballad Of Wallis Island • Focus Features
Tom Basden, Tim Key | Writers

James Griffiths | Director
Rupert Majendie | Producer

I Swear • StudioCanal
Kirk Jones | Writer

Kirk Jones | Director
Piers Tempest, Kirk Jones, Georgia Bayliff | Producers

My Father’s Shadow • MUBI
Wale Davies | Writer

Akinola Davies Jr. | Director
Rachel Dargavel, Funmbi Ogunbanwo | Producers

On Falling • BBC Film
Laura Carreira | Writer

Laura Carreira | Director
Jack Thomas-O’Brien, Mário Patrocínio | Producers

Pillion • A24
Harry Lighton | Writer

Harry Lighton | Director
Lee Groombridge, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Emma Norton | Producers

FLOCK • Film4

Mac Nixon | Director
Matt Ashwell, Daley Nixon | Producers

MAGID / ZAFAR • BFI Network

Luís Hindman | Director
Aidan Robert Brooks | Producers

A SISYPHEAN TASK • Supernormal Pictures

Gus Flind-Henry, George Malcher | Directors
George Telfer | Producer

STOMACH BUG • BBC Film

Matty Crawford | Director
Karima Sammout-Kanellopoulou | Producer

TWO BLACK BOYS IN PARADISE • One6th

Baz Sells | Director
Ben Jackson, Dean Atta | Producers

Robert Aramayo
I Swear • StudioCanal

Kirk Jones | Director
Piers Tempest, Kirk Jones, Georgia Bayliff | Producers

Frank Dillane
Urchin • 1-2 Special

Harris Dickinson | Director
Archie Pearch, Scott O’Donnell | Producers

David Jonsson
Wasteman • Lionsgate

Cal McMau | Director
Sophia Gibber, Myles Payne | Producers

Jennifer Lawrence
Die My Love • MUBI

Lynne Ramsay | Director
Martin Scorsese, Jennifer Lawrence, Justine Ciarrocchi, Molly Smith, Thad Luckinbill, Trent Luckinbill, Andrea Calderwood | Producers

Harry Melling
Pillion • A24

Harry Lighton | Director
Lee Groombridge, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Emma Norton | Producers

Cillian Murphy
Steve • Netflix

Tim Mielants | Director
Cillian Murphy, Alan Moloney, Tina Pawlik | Producers

Tom Blyth
Wasteman • Lionsgate

Cal McMau | Director
Sophia Gibber, Myles Payne | Producers

Scott Ellis Watson
I Swear • StudioCanal

Kirk Jones | Director
Piers Tempest, Kirk Jones, Georgia Bayliff | Producers

Jay Lycurgo
Steve • Netflix

Tim Mielants | Director
Cillian Murphy, Alan Moloney, Tina Pawlik | Producers

Peter Mullan
I Swear • StudioCanal

Kirk Jones | Director
Piers Tempest, Kirk Jones, Georgia Bayliff | Producers

Maxine Peake
I Swear • StudioCanal

Kirk Jones | Director
Piers Tempest, Kirk Jones, Georgia Bayliff | Producers

Alexander Skarsgård
Pillion • A24

Harry Lighton | Director
Lee Groombridge, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Emma Norton | Producers

Ebada Hassan | SafiYya Ingar
Brides • ArtMattan Productions

Nadia Fall | Director
Nicky Bentham, Marica Stocchi | Producers

Tim Key | Tom Basden
The Ballad Of Wallis Island • Focus Features

James Griffiths | Director
Rupert Majendie | Producer

Andrea Riseborough | Brenda Blethyn
Dragonfly • Conic Films

Paul Andrew Williams | Director
Marie-Elena Dyche, Dominic Tighe | Producers

Scott Ellis Watson
I Swear • StudioCanal

Kirk Jones | Director
Piers Tempest, Kirk Jones, Georgia Bayliff | Producers

Ebada Hassan
Brides • ArtMattan Productions

Nadia Fall | Director
Nicky Bentham, Marica Stocchi | Producers

Safiyya Ingar
Brides • ArtMattan Productions

Nadia Fall | Director
Nicky Bentham, Marica Stocchi | Producers

Posy Sterling
Lollipop • MetFilm Distribution

Daisy-May Hudson | Director
Cecilia Frugiuele, Olivier Kaempfer | Producers

Connor Tompkins
The Son And The Sea • BBC Film

Stroma Cairns | Director
Imogen West, Kelly Peck | Producers

WARFARE • A24

D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Kit Connor, Finn Bennett, Joseph Quinn, Charles Melton | Cast

Four Evil Deeds • WAYE

Richard Hunter | Director
Richard Hunter, Federica Schiavello | Producers

HOLLOWAY • Beehive Films

Sophie Compton, Daisy-May Hudson | Directors
Sophie Compton, Polly Creed, Alice Hughes, Tarquin Ramsay | Producers

MOTHER VERA • She Makes Productions

Alys Tomlinson, Cécile Embleton | Directors
Laura Shacham | Producer

MOTHERBOARD • First Person Films

Victoria Mapplebeck | Director/Producer

A WANT IN HER • Basalt Film

Myrid Carten | Director
Tadhg O’Sullivan, Roisín Geraghty, Kat Mansoor | Producers

Laura Carreira
On Falling • BBC Film

Jack Thomas-O’Brien, Mário Patrocínio | Producers

Akinola Davies Jr.
My Father’s Shadow • MUBI

Rachel Dargavel, Funmbi Ogunbanwo | Producers

Harris Dickinson
Urchin • 1-2 Special

Archie Pearch, Scott O’Donnell | Producers

Harry Lighton
Pillion • A24

Lee Groombridge, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Emma Norton | Producers

Cal McMau
Wasteman • Lionsgate

Sophia Gibber, Myles Payne | Producers

The Ballad Of Wallis Island • Focus Features
Tom Basden, Tim Key | Writer

James Griffiths | Director
Rupert Majendie | Producer

My Father’s Shadow • MUBI
Wale Davies | Writer

Akinola Davies Jr. | Director
Rachel Dargavel, Funmbi Ogunbanwo | Producers

On Falling • BBC Film
Laura Carreira | Writer

Laura Carreira | Director
Jack Thomas-O’Brien, Mário Patrocínio | Producers

Pillion • A24
Harry Lighton | Writer

Harry Lighton | Director
Lee Groombridge, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Emma Norton | Producers

Wasteman • Lionsgate
Hunter Andrews, Eoin Doran | Writers

Cal McMau | Director
Sophia Gibber, Myles Payne | Producers

Myrid Carten
A WANT IN HER • Basalt Film

Tadhg O’Sullivan, Roisín Geraghty, Kat Mansoor | Producers

Cecile Embleton | Alys Tomlinson
MOTHER VERA • She Makes Productions

Laura Shacham | Producer

Victoria Mapplebeck
MOTHERBOARD • First Person Films

Victoria Mapplebeck | Producer

Wyn Baptiste
Shoot The People • Doc Hearts

Andy Mundy-Castle | Director

Charlotte Knowles
Palestine Comedy Club • First Hand Films

Alaa AliAbdallah | Director

Joann Kushner
LifeHack • Life Hack Productions

Ronan Corrigan | Director
Timur Bekmambetov, Aleksandr Kletzov | Co-Producers

Dhiraj Mahey
ISH • Primal Pictures

Imran Perretta | Director
Bennett McGhee | Co-Producer

Archie Pearch
Urchin • 1-2 Special

Harris Dickinson | Director
Archie Pearch, Scott O’Donnell | Producers

ANTIDOTE • PBS Distribution

James Jones | Director
James Jones, David Moulton | Producers

MOTHER VERA • She Makes Productions

Alys Tomlinson, Cécile Embleton | Directors
Laura Shacham | Producer

MOTHERBOARD • First Person Films

Victoria Mapplebeck | Director/Producer

THE SHEPHERD AND THE BEAR • WILLA

Max Keegan | Director
Max Keegan, Elizabeth Woodward, Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss | Producers

A WANT IN HER • Basalt Film

Myrid Carten | Director
Tadhg O’Sullivan, Roisín Geraghty, Kat Mansoor | Producers

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT • NEON

Jafar Panahi | Director
Philippe Martin, Jafar Panahi | Producers

SENTIMENTAL VALUE • NEON

Joachim Trier | Director
Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Maria Ekerhovd | Producers

SIRÂT • MUBI

Óliver Laxe | Director
Domingo Corral, Óliver Laxe, Xavi Font, Pedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar, Esther García, Oriol Maymó, Mani Mortazavi, Andrea Queralt | Producers

SORRY, BABY • A24

Tamara Kotevska | Director
Anna Hashmi, Jean Dakar, Tamara Kotevska | Producers

SOUND OF FALLING • MUBI

Mascha Schilinski | Director
Lucas Schmidt, Lasse Scharpen | Producers

Brides • ArtMattan Productions
Shaheen Baig | Casting Director

Nadia Fall | Director
Nicky Bentham, Marica Stocchi | Producers

I Swear • StudioCanal
Lauren Evans | Casting Director

Kirk Jones | Director
Piers Tempest, Kirk Jones, Georgia Bayliff | Producers

Steve • Netflix
Robert Sterne | Casting Director

Tim Mielants | Director
Cillian Murphy, Alan Moloney, Tina Pawlik | Producers

Urchin • 1-2 Special
Shaheen Baig | Casting Director

Harris Dickinson | Director
Archie Pearch, Scott O’Donnell | Producers

Warfare • A24
Kharmel Cochrane | Casting Director

Ray Mendoza, Alex Garland | Directors
Andrew Macdonald, Mathew Penry-Davey, Allon Reich, Peter Rice | Producers

Die My Love • MUBI
Seamus McGarvey | Cinematographer

Lynne Ramsay | Director
Martin Scorsese, Jennifer Lawrence, Justine Ciarrocchi, Molly Smith, Thad Luckinbill, Trent Luckinbill, Andrea Calderwood | Producers

H Is For Hawk • Roadside Attractions
Charlotte Bruus Christensen | Cinematographer

Philippa Lowthorpe | Director
Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner | Producers

MOTHER VERA • She Makes Productions
Cecile Embleton | Cinematographer

Alys Tomlinson, Cécile Embleton | Directors
Laura Shacham | Producer

My Father’s Shadow • MUBI
Jermaine Edwards | Cinematographer

Akinola Davies Jr. | Director
Rachel Dargavel, Funmbi Ogunbanwo | Producers

A Pale View Of Hills • Gaga
Piotr Niemyjski | Cinematographer

Kei Ishikawa | Director
Miyuki Fukuma, Marta Gmosinska | Producers

100 Nights Of Hero • IFC Films
Susie Coulthard | Costume Designer

Julia Jackman | Director
Stephanie Aspin, Grant S. Johnson, Helen Simmons | Producers

My Father’s Shadow • MUBI
PC Williams | Costume Designer

Akinola Davies Jr. | Director
Rachel Dargavel, Funmbi Ogunbanwo | Producers

A Pale View Of Hills • Gaga
Sayaka Takahashi, Matthew Price | Costume Designers

Kei Ishikawa | Director
Miyuki Fukuma, Marta Gmosinska | Producers

Pillion • A24
Grace Snell | Costume Designer

Harry Lighton | Director
Lee Groombridge, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Emma Norton | Producers

Tornado • IFC Films
Kirsty Halliday | Costume Designer

John Maclean | Director
Leonora Darby, James Harris, Mark Lane | Producers

LifeHack • Life Hack Productions
Ronan Corrigan, Aleksandr Kletsov | Editors

Ronan Corrigan | Director
Timur Bekmambetov, Joann Kushner, Aleksandr Kletsov | Producers

My Father’s Shadow • MUBI
Omar Guzman Castro | Editor

Akinola Davies Jr. | Director
Rachel Dargavel, Funmbi Ogunbanwo | Producers

One To One: John & Yoko • Magnolia Pictures
Sam Rice-Edwards | Editor

Kevin Macdonald, Sam Rice-Edwards | Director
Peter Worsley, Kevin Macdonald, Alice Webb | Producers

Pillion • A24
Gareth C. Scales | Editor

Harry Lighton | Director
Lee Groombridge, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Emma Norton | Producers

Warfare • A24
Fin Oates | Editor

Ray Mendoza, Alex Garland | Directors
Andrew Macdonald, Mathew Penry-Davey, Allon Reich, Peter Rice | Producers

100 Nights Of Hero • IFC Films
Natasha Lawes | Hair/Makeup

Julia Jackman | Director
Stephanie Aspin, Grant S. Johnson, Helen Simmons | Producers

Die My Love • MUBI
Colleen Labaff, Miho Suzuki | Hair/Makeup

Lynne Ramsay | Director
Martin Scorsese, Jennifer Lawrence, Justine Ciarrocchi, Molly Smith, Thad Luckinbill, Trent Luckinbill, Andrea Calderwood | Producers

My Father’s Shadow • MUBI
Kehinde Are, Feyzo Oyebisi | Hair/Makeup

Akinola Davies Jr. | Director
Rachel Dargavel, Funmbi Ogunbanwo | Producers

Pillion • A24
Diandra Ferreira | Hair/Makeup

Harry Lighton | Director
Lee Groombridge, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Emma Norton | Producers

Warfare • A24
Paul Gooch, Tristan Versluis | Hair/Makeup

Ray Mendoza, Alex Garland | Directors
Andrew Macdonald, Mathew Penry-Davey, Allon Reich, Peter Rice | Producers

Die My Love • MUBI
Ian Neil, Raife Burchell | Music Supervision

Lynne Ramsay | Director
Martin Scorsese, Jennifer Lawrence, Justine Ciarrocchi, Molly Smith, Thad Luckinbill, Trent Luckinbill, Andrea Calderwood | Producers

Urchin • Film4
Bridget Samuels | Music Supervision

Harris Dickinson | Director
Archie Pearch, Scott O’Donnell | Producers

Wasteman • Film4
Phil Canning | Music Supervision

Cal McMau | Director
Sophia Gibber, Myles Payne | Producers

Anemone • Focus Features
Bobby Krlic| Composer

Ronan Day-Lewis | Director
Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner | Producers

The Ballad Of Wallis Island • Focus Features
Tom Basden, Adem Ilhan | Composers

James Griffiths | Director
Rupert Majendie | Producer

My Father’s Shadow • MUBI
CJ Mirra | Composer

Akinola Davies Jr. | Director
Rachel Dargavel, Funmbi Ogunbanwo | Producers

Ocean With David Attenborough • National Geographic
Steven Price | Composer

Toby Nowlan, Colin Butfield, Keith Scholey | Directors
Toby Nowlan | Producer

Tornado • IFC Films
Jed Kurzel | Composer

John Maclean | Director
Leonora Darby, James Harris, Mark Lane | Producers

100 Nights Of Hero • Film4
Sofia Sacomani | Production Designer

Mac Nixon | Director
Matt Ashwell, Daley Nixon | Producers

Die My Love • MUBI
Tim Grimes | Production Designer

Lynne Ramsay | Director
Martin Scorsese, Jennifer Lawrence, Justine Ciarrocchi, Molly Smith, Thad Luckinbill, Trent Luckinbill, Andrea Calderwood | Producers

Harvest • MUBI
Nathan Parker| Production Designer

Athina Rachel Tsangari | Director
Joslyn Barnes, Viola Fügen, Rebecca O’Brien, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Michael Weber | Producers

My Father’s Shadow • MUBI
Jennifer Anti, Pablo Anti | Production Designers

Akinola Davies Jr. | Director
Rachel Dargavel, Funmbi Ogunbanwo | Producers

Warfare • A24
Mark Digby | Production Designer

Ray Mendoza, Alex Garland | Directors
Andrew Macdonald, Mathew Penry-Davey, Allon Reich, Peter Rice | Producers

Anemone • Focus Features
Steve Fanagan, Stevie Haywood | Sound

Ronan Day-Lewis | Director
Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner | Producers

Die My Love • MUBI
Tim Burns, Paul Davies, Linda Forsen, Andrew Stirk, Ron Osiowy | Sound

Lynne Ramsay | Director
Martin Scorsese, Jennifer Lawrence, Justine Ciarrocchi, Molly Smith, Thad Luckinbill, Trent Luckinbill, Andrea Calderwood | Producers

ISH • Primal Pictures
Nina Hartstone, Jake Whitelee, Jens Petersen, Mike Tehrani, Rob Davidson | Sound

Imran Perretta | Director
Dhiraj Mahey, Bennett McGhee | Producers

My Father’s Shadow • MUBI
Cj Mirra, James Ridgway, Joe Jackson, Adele Fletcher, Pius Fatoke | Sound

Akinola Davies Jr. | Director
Rachel Dargavel, Funmbi Ogunbanwo | Producers

Warfare • A24
Sound Team | Sound

Ray Mendoza, Alex Garland | Directors
Andrew Macdonald, Mathew Penry-Davey, Allon Reich, Peter Rice | Producers

Die My Love • MUBI
Victor Tomi | Visual Effects

Lynne Ramsay | Director
Martin Scorsese, Jennifer Lawrence, Justine Ciarrocchi, Molly Smith, Thad Luckinbill, Trent Luckinbill, Andrea Calderwood | Producers

The Thing With Feathers • Briarcliff Entertainment
Hayley Williams, Conor O’Sullivan, Martin Malmqvist | Visual Effects

Dylan Southern | Director
Andrea Cornwell, Leah Clarke, Adam Ackland | Producers

Warfare • A24
Simon Stanley-Clamp, Ryan Conder | Visual Effects

Ray Mendoza, Alex Garland | Directors
Andrew Macdonald, Mathew Penry-Davey, Allon Reich, Peter Rice | Producers

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.