Best British Independent Film

Pillion • A24

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

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The Ballad Of Wallis Island • Focus Features
I Swear • StudioCanal
My Father’s Shadow • MUBI
Urchin • 1-2 Special

Best Director (Sponsored by Sky Cinema)

Akinola Davies Jr.
My Father’s Shadow • MUBI

Rachel Dargavel, Funmbi Ogunbanwo | Producers

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Laura Carreira | On Falling • BBC Film
Kirk Jones | I Swear • StudioCanal
Harry Lighton | Pillion • A24
Lynne Ramsay | Die My Love • MUBI

Best Screenplay (Sponsored by Apple Original Films)

The Ballad Of Wallis Island • Focus Features

Written by Tom Basden, Tim Key

James Griffiths | Director
Rupert Majendie | Producer

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I Swear • StudioCanal | Kirk Jones
My Father’s Shadow • MUBI | Wale Davies
On Falling • BBC Film | Laura Carreira
Pillion • A24 | Harry Lighton

Best British Short Film

MAGID / ZAFAR • BFI Network

Luís Hindman | Director
Aidan Robert Brooks | Producers

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Flock • Film4
A Sisyohean Task • Supernormal Pictures
Stomach Bug • BBC Film
Two Black Boys in Paradise • One6th

Best Lead Performance

Robert Aramayo
I Swear • StudioCanal

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

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Frank Dillane | Urchin • 1-2 Special
David Jonsson | Wasteman • Lionsgate
Jennifer Lawrence | Die My Love • MUBI
Harry Melling | Pillion • A24
Cillian Murphy | Steve • Netflix

Best Supporting Performance

Jay Lycurgo
Steve • Netflix

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

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Tom Blyth | Wasteman • Lionsgate
Scott Ellis Watson | I Swear • StudioCanal
Peter Mullan | I Swear • StudioCanal
Maxine Peake | I Swear • StudioCanal
Alexander Skarsgård | Pillion • A24

Best Joint Lead Performance

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

James Griffiths | Director
Rupert Majendie | Producer

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Ebada Hassan & SafiYya Ingar | Brides • ArtMattan Productions
Andrea Riseborough & Brenda Blethyn | Dragonfly • Conic Films

Breakthrough Performance (Sponsored by Netflix)

Posy Sterling
Lollipop • MetFilm Distribution

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

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Scott Ellis Watson | I Swear • StudioCanal
Ebada Hassan | Brides • ArtMattan Productions
Safiyya Ingar | Brides • ArtMattan Productions
Connor Tompkins | The Son And The Sea • BBC Film

Best Ensemble Performance

Warfare • A24

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

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

The Raindance Maverick Award

A WANT IN HER • Basalt Film

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

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Four Evil Deeds • Waye
Holloway • Beehive Films
Mother Vera • She Makes Productions
Motherboard • First Person Films

The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director) (Sponsored by BBC Film)

Cal McMau
Wasteman • Lionsgate

Sophia Gibber, Myles Payne | Producers

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Laura Carreira | On Falling • BBC Film
Akinola Davies Jr. | My Father’s Shadow • MUBI
Harris Dickinson | Urchin • 1-2 Special
Harry Lighton | Pillion • A24

Best Debut Screenwriter (Sponsored by Film4)

Pillion • A24

Written by Harry Lighton

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

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The Ballad Of Wallis Island • Focus Features | Tom Basden, Tim Key
My Father’s Shadow • MUBI | Wale Davies
On Falling • BBC Film | Laura Carreira
Wasteman • Lionsgate | Hunter Andrews, Eoin Doran

Best Debut Director | Feature Documentary

Myrid Carten
A Want In Her • Basalt Film

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

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Cecile Embleton & Alys Tomlinson | Mother Vera • She Makes Productions
Victoria Mapplebeck | Motherboard • First Person Films

Breakthrough Producer (Sponsored by Pinewood and Shepperton Studios)

Dhiraj Mahey
Ish • Primal Pictures

Imran Perretta | Director
Bennett McGhee | Co-Producer

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Wyn Baptiste | Shoot The People • Doc Hearts
Charlotte Knowles | Palestine Comedy Club • First Hand Films
Joann Kushner | LifeHack • Life Hack Productions
Archie Pearch | Urchin • 1-2 Special

Best Feature Documentary (Sponsored by Intermission Film)

A WANT IN HER • Basalt Film

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

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Antidote • PBS Distribution
Mother Vera • She Makes Productions
Motherboard • First Person Films
The Shepherd and the Bear • WILLA

Best International Independent Film (Sponsored by Champagne Taittinger)

SENTIMENTAL VALUE • NEON

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

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It Was Just An Accident • NEON
Sentimental Value • NEON
Sorry, Baby • A24
Sound Of Falling • MUBI

Best Casting (Sponsored by Casting Society & Spotlight)

I Swear • StudioCanal

Casting by Lauren Evans

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

Best Cinema of the Year

THE MAGIC LANTERN CINEMA