The British Independent Film Craft Awards winners have been announced.
The remaining awards will be given out on:


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

Best Casting (Sponsored by Casting Society & Spotlight)

I Swear • StudioCanal

Casting by Lauren Evans

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


Brides • ArtMattan Production | Shaheen Baig
Steve • Netflix | Robert Sterne
Urchin • 1-2 Special | Shaheen Baig
Warfare • A24 | Kharmel Cochrane

Best Cinematography (Sponsored by Kodak & Molinare)

Die My Love • MUBI

Cinematography by Seamus McGarvey

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
Mother Vera • She Makes Productions | Cecile Embleton
My Father’s Shadow • MUBI | Jermaine Edwards
A Pale View Of Hills • Gaga | Piotr Niemyjski

Best Costume Design

Pillion • A24

Costume Design by Grace Snell

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


100 Nights Of Hero • IFC Films | Susie Coulthard
My Father’s Shadow • MUBI | PC Williams
A Pale View Of Hills • Gaga | Sayaka Takahashi, Matthew Price
Tornado • IFC Films | Kirsty Halliday

Best Editing

Warfare • A24

Editing by Fin Oates

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


LifeHack • Life Hack Productions | Ronan Corrigan, Aleksandr Kletsov
My Father’s Shadow • MUBI | Omar Guzman Castro
One To One: John & Yoko • Magnolia Pictures | Sam Rice-Edwards
Pillion • A24 | Gareth C. Scales

Best Make-Up & Hair Design

Pillion • A24

Make-up & Hair Design by Diandra Ferreira

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


100 Nights Of Hero • IFC Films | Natasha Lawes
Die My Love • MUBI | Colleen Labaff, Miho Suzuki
My Father’s Shadow • MUBI | Kehinde Are, Feyzo Oyebisi
Warfare • A24 | Paul Gooch, Tristan Versluis

Best Music Supervision

Die My Love • MUBI

Music Supervision by Ian Neil and Raife Burchell

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


Urchin • Film4 | Bridget Samuels
Wasteman • Film4 | Phil Canning

Best Original Music (Sponsored by Universal Music Publishing Group)

The Ballad Of Wallis Island
Focus Features

Composed by Tom Basden and Adem Ilhan

James Griffiths | Director
Rupert Majendie | Producer


Anemone • Focus Features | Bobby Krlic
My Father’s Shadow • MUBI | CJ Mirra
Ocean With David Attenborough • National Geographic | Steven Price
Tornado • IFC Films | Jed Kurzel

Best Production Design (Sponsored by ATC)

Harvest • MUBI

Production Design by Nathan Parker

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


100 Nights Of Hero • Film4 | Sofia Sacomani
Die My Love • MUBI | Tim Grimes
My Father’s Shadow • MUBI | Jennifer Anti, Pablo Anti
Warfare • A24 | Mark Digby

Best Sound (Sponsored by Bleat)

Warfare • A24

Sound by Glenn Freemantle, Mitch Low, Howard Bargroff, Ben Barker, and Richard Spooner

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


Anemone • Focus Features | Steve Fanagan, Stevie Haywood
Die My Love • MUBI | Tim Burns, Paul Davies, Linda Forsen, Andrew Stirk, Ron Osiowy
ISH • Primal Pictures | Nina Hartstone, Jake Whitelee, Jens Petersen, Mike Tehrani, Rob Davidson
My Father’s Shadow • MUBI | Cj Mirra, James Ridgway, Joe Jackson, Adele Fletcher, Pius Fatoke

Best Effects

Warfare • A24

Effects by Simon Stanley-Clamp and Ryan Conder

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


Die My Love • MUBI | Victor Tomi
The Thing With Feathers • Briarcliff Entertainment | Hayley Williams, Conor O’Sullivan, Martin Malmqvist

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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