29TH Annual British Independent film awards

Roundhouse, London, United Kingdom
Sunday, December 6, 2026

— 29th Annual British Independent Film Awards —

Best British Independent Film

Effi O Blaenau • MetFilm Distribution

Marc Evans | Director
Branwen Cennard | Producer

Elsinore • Focus Features

Simon Stone | Director
Andrea Occhipinti, Gabrielle Tana, Pete Shilaimon, Mickey Liddell, Andrew Scott, Carolyn Marks Blackwood, Stefano Massenzi | Producers

I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning • BBC Film

Clio Barnard | Director
Tracy O’Riordan, Claudia Yusef, Mia Bays | Producers

Queen At Sea • Greenwich Entertainment

Lance Hammer | Director
Tristan Goligher, Lance Hammer | Producers

Tender Loving Care • Bleecker Street Media

Mike Leigh | Director
Georgina Lowe | Producer

— 29th Annual British Independent Film Awards —

Best Screenplay

(Sponsored by Apple Original Films)

Effi O Blaenau • MetFilm Distribution

Written by Gary Owen

Marc Evans | Director
Branwen Cennard | Producer

Elsinore • Focus Features

Written by Stephen Beresford

Simon Stone | Director
Andrea Occhipinti, Gabrielle Tana, Pete Shilaimon, Mickey Liddell, Andrew Scott, Carolyn Marks Blackwood, Stefano Massenzi | Producers

I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning • BBC Film

Written by Enda Walsh

Clio Barnard | Director
Tracy O’Riordan, Claudia Yusef, Mia Bays | Producers

Queen At Sea • Greenwich Entertainment

Written by Lance Hammer

Lance Hammer | Director
Tristan Goligher, Lance Hammer | Producers

Tender Loving Care • Bleecker Street Media

Written by Mike Leigh

Mike Leigh | Director
Georgina Lowe | Producer

— 29th Annual British Independent Film Awards —

Best Director

Clio Barnard
I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning • BBC Film

Tracy O’Riordan, Claudia Yusef, Mia Bays | Producers

Andrew Haigh
A Long Winter • MUBI

Tristan Goligher, Chad Oakes, Michael Frislev, Michael Elliott | Producers

Mark Jenkin
Rose Of Nevada • 1-2 Special

Denzil Monk | Producer

Mike Leigh
Tender Loving Care • Bleecker Street Media

Georgina Lowe | Producer

Simon Stone
Elsinore • Focus Features

Andrea Occhipinti, Gabrielle Tana, Pete Shilaimon, Mickey Liddell, Andrew Scott, Carolyn Marks Blackwood, Stefano Massenzi | Producers

— 29th Annual British Independent Film Awards —

Best Lead Performance

Juliette Binoche
Queen At Sea • Greenwich Entertainment

Lance Hammer | Director
Tristan Goligher, Lance Hammer | Producers

Erin Doherty
Faith • Blazing Griffin

Paul Andrew Williams | Director
Dominic Tighe, Danny Page | Producers

Leisa Gwenllian
Effi o Blaenau • MetFilm Distribution

Marc Evans | Director
Branwen Cennard | Producer

Jonathan Jules
Florid • BBC Film

Billy Lumby | Director
Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, Rupert Lloyd | Producers

Tut Nyuot
Animol • Film4

Ashley Walters | Director
Tom Hawkins, Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, Nick Love, Ashley Walters | Producers

Andrew Scott
Elsinore • Focus Features

Simon Stone | Director
Andrea Occhipinti, Gabrielle Tana, Pete Shilaimon, Mickey Liddell, Andrew Scott, Carolyn Marks Blackwood, Stefano Massenzi | Producers

— 29th Annual British Independent Film Awards —

Best Ensemble Performance

I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning • BBC Film

Ensemble Cast including Anthony Boyle, Joe Cole, Jay Lycurgo, Daryl McCormack, Lola Petticrew

Clio Barnard | Director
Tracy O’Riordan, Claudia Yusef, Mia Bays | Producers

Sunny Dancer • Quiver Distribution

Ensemble Cast including Bella Ramsey, Daniel Quinn-Toye, Ruby Stokes, Earl Cave, Conrad Khan, Jasmine Elcock, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Louis Gaunt, Josie Walker, Jessica Gunning, James Norton, Neil Patrick Harris, James Blunt

Lance Hammer | Director
Tristan Goligher, Lance Hammer | Producers

Tender Loving Care • Bleecker Street Media

Ensemble Cast including Marion Bailey, Paul Jesson, Kate O’Flynn, Alice Bailey Johnson

Mike Leigh | Director
Georgina Lowe | Producer

— 29th Annual British Independent Film Awards —

Best Joint Lead Performance

California Schemin’ • Magenta Light Studios

Joint Lead Performance: Séamus McLean Ross, Samuel Bottomley

James McAvoy | Director
Danny Page, Simon Kay, Paul Aniello, Michael Mendelsohn | Producers

The Education of Jane Cumming • Heimatfilm

Joint Lead Performance: Flora Nicholson, Clare Dunne, Mia Tharia

Sophie Heldman | Director
Bettina Brokemper | Producer

Extra Geography • Film4

Joint Lead Performance: Marni Duggan, Galaxie Clear

Molly Manners | Director
Sarah Brocklehurst | Producer

Small Gods • Sovereign Film Distribution

Joint Lead Performance: Chimpaye Florence Mariserena, Bizimana Hussain

Asher Rosen | Director
Ian Prior, Andreas Roald, Dan Wechsler | Producers

— 29th Annual British Independent Film Awards —

Best Supporting Performance

Anna Calder-Marshall
Queen At Sea • Greenwich Entertainment

Lance Hammer | Director
Tristan Goligher, Lance Hammer | Producers

Tom Courtenay
Queen At Sea • Greenwich Entertainment

Lance Hammer | Director
Tristan Goligher, Lance Hammer | Producers

Sekou Diaby
Animol • Film4

Ashley Walters | Director
Tom Hawkins, Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, Nick Love, Ashley Walters | Producers

Claire Foy
Ink • Netflix

Danny Boyle | Director
Danny Boyle, Tessa Ross, Michael Ellenberg, Tracey Seaward | Producers

Billie Piper
Elsinore • Focus Features

Simon Stone | Director
Andrea Occhipinti, Gabrielle Tana, Pete Shilaimon, Mickey Liddell, Andrew Scott, Carolyn Marks Blackwood, Stefano Massenzi | Producers

Bill Pullman
Everybody Digs Bill Evans • Cohen Media Group

Grant Gee | Director
Janine Marmot, Alan Maher | Producers

— 29th Annual British Independent Film Awards —

Breakthrough Performance

(Sponsored by Netflix)

Sekou Diaby
Animol • Film4

Ashley Walters | Director
Tom Hawkins, Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, Nick Love, Ashley Walters | Producers

Tut Nyuot
Animol • Film4

Ashley Walters | Director
Tom Hawkins, Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, Nick Love, Ashley Walters | Producers

Leisa Gwenllian
Effi o Blaenau • MetFilm Distribution

Marc Evans | Director
Branwen Cennard | Producer

Galaxie Clear
Extra Geography • Film4

Molly Manners | Director
Sarah Brocklehurst | Producer

Jonathan Jules
Florid • BBC Film

Billy Lumby | Director
Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, Rupert Lloyd | Producers

— 29th Annual British Independent Film Awards —

The Douglas Hickox Award
(Best Debut Director)

(Sponsored by BBC Film)

Billy Lumby
Florid • BBC Films

Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, Rupert Lloyd | Producers

Molly Manners
Extra Geography • Film4

Sarah Brocklehurst | Producer

Bertil Nilsson
Masc • MoreThan Films

Bertil Nilsson | Producer

Louis Paxton
The Incomer • Sumerian Pictures

Emily Gotto, Shirley O’Connor | Producers

Ashley Walters
Animol • Film4

Tom Hawkins, Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, Nick Love, Ashley Walters | Producers

— 29th Annual British Independent Film Awards —

Best Debut Screenwriter

(Sponsored by Film4)

Bad Apples • Apple Original Films

Written by Jess O’Kane

Jonatan Etzler | Director
Oskar Pimlott | Producer

Black Church Bay • The Bureau

Written by Rhys Marc Jones

Rhys Marc Jones | Director
Alex Polunin, Tristan Goligher | Producers

Extra Geography • Film4

Written by Miriam Battye

Molly Manners | Director
Sarah Brocklehurst | Producer

The Incomer • Sumerian Pictures

Written by Louis Paxton

Louis Paxton | Director
Emily Gotto, Shirley O’Connor | Producers

Surviving Earth • Metis Films

Written by Thea Gajić

Thea Gajic | Director
Sophie Reynolds, Aleksandra Bilić | Producers

— 29th Annual British Independent Film Awards —

Best Debut Director
Feature Documentary

Janay Boulos, Abd Alkader Habak
Birds of War • 8 Above

Janay Boulos, Abd Alkader Habak, Sonja Henrici | Producers

Ed Sayers
Super Nature • Doc Society

Rebecca Wolff, Beth Allan | Producers

Rachel Taparjan
Something Familiar • Manifest Film

Aleksandra Bilić, Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan | Producers

— 29th Annual British Independent Film Awards —

Breakthrough Producer

(Sponsored by Pinewood and Shepperton Studios)

Animol • Film4

Produced by Tom Hawkins

Ashley Walters | Director
Tom Hawkins, Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, Nick Love, Ashley Walters | Producers

Bad Apples • Apple Original Films

Produced by Oskar Pimlott

Jonatan Etzler | Director
Oskar Pimlott | Producer

Black Church Bay • The Bureau

Produced by Alex Polunin

Rhys Marc Jones | Director
Alex Polunin, Tristan Goligher | Producers

Effi o Blaenau • MetFilm Distribution

Produced by Branwen Cennard

Marc Evans | Director
Branwen Cennard | Producer

ONE IN A MILLION • PBS Distribution

Produced by Itab Azzam, Jack MacInnes, Will Anderson, James Bluemel, Andrew Palmer

Itab Azzam, Jack MacInnes | Directors
Will Anderson, James Bluemel, Andrew Palmer, Raney Aronson-Rath | Producers

— 29th Annual British Independent Film Awards —

Best Feature Documentary

(Sponsored by Intermission Film)

ALL RIVERS SPILL THEIR STORIES TO THE SEA • Glimmerama

Jeanie Finlay | Director
Charlie Phillips | Producer

Everybody to Kenmure Street • Icarus Films

Felipe Bustos Sierra | Director
Ciara Barry, Felipe Bustos Sierra | Producers

ONE IN A MILLION • PBS Distribution

Itab Azzam, Jack MacInnes | Directors
Will Anderson, James Bluemel, Andrew Palmer, Raney Aronson-Rath | Producers

SOMETHING FAMILIAR • Manifest Film

Rachel Taparjan | Director
Aleksandra Bilić, Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan | Producers

WE, THE HATED

Rich Felgate | Director
David Allen | Producer

— 29th Annual British Independent Film Awards —

The Raindance Maverick Award

Act3 • 65 Wilding Films

Joe Lawlor, Christine Molloy | Directors
Joe Lawlor, Hannah Patterson, Alex Thiele | Producers

Chatlines • Strand Releasing

Neil Ely, Lloyd Eyre-Morgan | Directors
Paul Mortlock | Producer

Masc • MoreThan Films

Bertil Nilsson | Director / Producer

The Peril at Pincer Point • Cedar Roost

Jake Kuhn, Noah Stratton-Twine | Directors / Producers

SOMETHING FAMILIAR • Manifest Film

Rachel Taparjan | Director
Aleksandra Bilić, Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan | Producers

— 29th Annual British Independent Film Awards —

Best International Independent Film

(Sponsored by Champagne Taittinger)

ALl Of A SUdden • NEON

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Director
Léa Le Dimna, David Gauquié, Julien Deris, Kôsuke Oshida, Yûji Sadai, Jean-Luc Ormières, Renan Artukmaç Hiroko Matsuda | Producers

Club Kid • A24

Jordan Firstman | Director
Galen Core, Alex Coco | Producers

LA BOLA NEGRA • Netflix

Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi | Directors / Producers

LA GRADIVA • 1-2 Special

Marine Atlan | Director
Anne Brouilet, Inès Daïen Dasi | Producers

Possible Love • Netflix

Lee Chang-dong | Director
Oh Jung-mi | Producer

— 29th Annual British Independent Film Awards —

Best British Short Film

Allies in Exile • AMC Media

Hasan Kattan | Director
Orlando von Einsiedel | Producer

Coyotes • BFI Films

Said Zagha | Director
Myriam Sassine, Laura Jumel | Producers

Forgotten Spaceman • Sixteen Films

Elham Ehsas | Director
Lorraine Bhattachary | Producer

Untitled Woman • MJZ

Camille Summers-Valli | Director
Rosmarie Vind, Sorcha Bacon, Martha McGuirk, David Zander | Producers

Vote Gavin Lyle • Somesuch

Aneil Karia | Director
Scott O’Donnell, Tom Gardner | Producers

— 29th Annual British Independent Film Awards —

Best Casting

Animol • Film4

Casting by Heather Basten

Ashley Walters | Director
Tom Hawkins, Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, Nick Love, Ashley Walters | Producers

Elsinore • Focus Features

Casting by Jessica Ronane

Simon Stone | Director
Andrea Occhipinti, Gabrielle Tana, Pete Shilaimon, Mickey Liddell, Andrew Scott, Carolyn Marks Blackwood, Stefano Massenzi | Producers

Extra Geography • Film4

Casting by Lucy Pardee

Molly Manners | Director
Sarah Brocklehurst | Producer

Florid • BBC Films

Casting by Lara Manwaring

Billy Lumby | Director
Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, Rupert Lloyd | Producers

I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning • BBC Film

Casting by Shaheen Baig

Clio Barnard | Director
Tracy O’Riordan, Claudia Yusef, Mia Bays | Producers

— 29th Annual British Independent Film Awards —

Best Cinematography

(Sponsored by Kodak & Molinare)

Elsinore • Focus Features

Cinematography by Mike Eley

Simon Stone | Director
Andrea Occhipinti, Gabrielle Tana, Pete Shilaimon, Mickey Liddell, Andrew Scott, Carolyn Marks Blackwood, Stefano Massenzi | Producers

Everybody Digs Bill Evans • Cohen Media Group

Cinematography by Piers McGrail

Grant Gee | Director
Janine Marmot, Alan Maher | Producers

I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning • BBC Film

Cinematography by Simon Tindall

Clio Barnard | Director
Tracy O’Riordan, Claudia Yusef, Mia Bays | Producers

A Long Winter • MUBI

Cinematography by André Turpin

Andrew Haigh | Director
Tristan Goligher, Chad Oakes, Michael Frislev, Michael Elliott | Producers

Straight Circle • Magna Studios

Cinematography by Christopher Ripley

Oscar Hudson | Director
Rik Green, Kevin Rowe, Thomas Benski, Riaz Rizvi | Producers

— 29th Annual British Independent Film Awards —

Best Costume Design

Elsinore • Focus Features

Costume Design by Mel Page

Simon Stone | Director
Andrea Occhipinti, Gabrielle Tana, Pete Shilaimon, Mickey Liddell, Andrew Scott, Carolyn Marks Blackwood, Stefano Massenzi | Producers

The Incomer • Sumerian Pictures

Costume Design by Sarah Blenkinsop

Louis Paxton | Director
Emily Gotto, Shirley O’Connor | Producers

A Long Winter • MUBI

Costume Design by Carol Case

Andrew Haigh | Director
Tristan Goligher, Chad Oakes, Michael Frislev, Michael Elliott | Producers

Savage House • Republic Pictures

Costume Design by Alex Bovaird

Peter Glanz | Director
Oliver Roskill, Peter Glanz, Dylan Maranda, Mark Hopkins, Phillip Thomas | Producers

Straight Circle • Magna Studios

Costume Design by Darion Hing

Oscar Hudson | Director
Rik Green, Kevin Rowe, Thomas Benski, Riaz Rizvi | Producers

— 29th Annual British Independent Film Awards —

Best Editing

BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL: THE KWAME BRATHWAITE STORY • Wayfarer Studios

Editing by Otto Burnham

Yemi Bamiro | Director
Joanna Boateng, Lizzie Gillett, Ian Bonhôte, Andrew Calof | Producers

Elsinore • Focus Features

Editing by Valerio Bonelli

Simon Stone | Director
Andrea Occhipinti, Gabrielle Tana, Pete Shilaimon, Mickey Liddell, Andrew Scott, Carolyn Marks Blackwood, Stefano Massenzi | Producers

I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning • BBC Film

Editing by Maya Maffioli

Clio Barnard | Director
Tracy O’Riordan, Claudia Yusef, Mia Bays | Producers

Ink • Netflix

Editing by Fin Oates

Danny Boyle | Director
Danny Boyle, Tessa Ross, Michael Ellenberg, Tracey Seaward | Producers

Straight Circle • Magna Studios

Editing by Fouad Gaber

Oscar Hudson | Director
Rik Green, Kevin Rowe, Thomas Benski, Riaz Rizvi | Producers

— 29th Annual British Independent Film Awards —

Best Effects

The Incomer • Sumerian Pictures

Effects by Daniel Morris

Louis Paxton | Director
Emily Gotto, Shirley O’Connor | Producers

The Magic Faraway Tree • Vertical

Effects by Ruslan Borysov, Richard Cheal, Tim Ledbury

Ben Gregor | Director
Pippa Harris, Nicolas Brown, Danny Perkins, Jane Hooks | Producers

Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom • GKIDS/Aardman Animations

Effects by Jon Biggins, Jeff Dillon

Steve Cox, Matthew Walker | Directors
Richard Beek | Producer

— 29th Annual British Independent Film Awards —

Best Make-Up & Hair Design

Elsinore • Focus Features

Make-up & Hair Design by Nadia Stacey

Simon Stone | Director
Andrea Occhipinti, Gabrielle Tana, Pete Shilaimon, Mickey Liddell, Andrew Scott, Carolyn Marks Blackwood, Stefano Massenzi | Producers

Madfabulous • Mad As Birds

Make-up & Hair Design by Nadia Stacey

Celyn Jones | Director
Nadia Jaynes, Sean Marley | Producers

The Magic Faraway Tree • Vertical

Make-up & Hair Design by Karen Hartley Thomas

Ben Gregor | Director
Pippa Harris, Nicolas Brown, Danny Perkins, Jane Hooks | Producers

Savage House • Republic Pictures

Make-up & Hair Design by Jacquetta Levon

Peter Glanz | Director
Oliver Roskill, Peter Glanz, Dylan Maranda, Mark Hopkins, Phillip Thomas | Producers

Straight Circle • Magna Studios

Make-up & Hair Design by Tristan Versluis

Oscar Hudson | Director
Rik Green, Kevin Rowe, Thomas Benski, Riaz Rizvi | Producers

— 29th Annual British Independent Film Awards —

Best Music Supervision

I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning • BBC Film

Music Supervision by Connie Farr

Clio Barnard | Director
Tracy O’Riordan, Claudia Yusef, Mia Bays | Producers

Queen At Sea • Greenwich Entertainment

Music Supervision by Connie Farr

Lance Hammer | Director
Tristan Goligher, Lance Hammer | Producers

Sunny Dancer • Quiver Distribution

Music Supervision by Phil Canning

Lance Hammer | Director
Tristan Goligher, Lance Hammer | Producers

— 29th Annual British Independent Film Awards —

Best Original Music

(Sponsored by Universal Music Publishing Group)

Effi o Blaenau • MetFilm Distribution

Composed by Siôn Trefor, Ioana Selaru

Marc Evans | Director
Branwen Cennard | Producer

Elsinore • Focus Features

Composed by Stefan Gregory

Simon Stone | Director
Andrea Occhipinti, Gabrielle Tana, Pete Shilaimon, Mickey Liddell, Andrew Scott, Carolyn Marks Blackwood, Stefano Massenzi | Producers

Everybody Digs Bill Evans • Cohen Media Group

Composed by Roger Goula

Grant Gee | Director
Janine Marmot, Alan Maher | Producers

Rose Of Nevada • 1-2 Special

Composed by Mark Jenkin

Mark Jenkin | Director
Denzil Monk | Producer

Underland • Oscilloscope Laboratories

Composed by Hannah Peel

Robert Petit | Director
Lauren Greenwood, Darren Aronofsky, Ari Handel, Jessica Harrop | Producers

— 29th Annual British Independent Film Awards —

Best Production Design

(Sponsored by ATC)

Elsinore • Focus Features

Production Design by Helen Scott

Simon Stone | Director
Andrea Occhipinti, Gabrielle Tana, Pete Shilaimon, Mickey Liddell, Andrew Scott, Carolyn Marks Blackwood, Stefano Massenzi | Producers

Ink • Netflix

Production Design by Gareth Pugh, Carson McColl

Danny Boyle | Director
Danny Boyle, Tessa Ross, Michael Ellenberg, Tracey Seaward | Producers

The Magic Faraway Tree • Vertical

Production Design by Alexandra Walker

Ben Gregor | Director
Pippa Harris, Nicolas Brown, Danny Perkins, Jane Hooks | Producers

Savage House • Republic Pictures

Production Design by Gary Williamson

Peter Glanz | Director
Oliver Roskill, Peter Glanz, Dylan Maranda, Mark Hopkins, Phillip Thomas | Producers

Straight Circle • Magna Studios

Production Design by Luke Moran-Morris

Oscar Hudson | Director
Rik Green, Kevin Rowe, Thomas Benski, Riaz Rizvi | Producers

— 29th Annual British Independent Film Awards —

Best Sound

(Sponsored by Bleat)

Everybody Digs Bill Evans • Cohen Media Group

Sound by Andy Coles, John Brennan

Grant Gee | Director
Janine Marmot, Alan Maher | Producers

Florid • BBC Films

Sound by Dario Swade, George Elliott, Tom Harburt

Billy Lumby | Director
Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, Rupert Lloyd | Producers

Ink • Netflix

Sound by Simon Hayes, Johnnie Burn

Danny Boyle | Director
Danny Boyle, Tessa Ross, Michael Ellenberg, Tracey Seaward | Producers

A Long Winter • MUBI

Sound by Paul Cotterell, Ron Osiowy, Joakim Sundström

Andrew Haigh | Director
Tristan Goligher, Chad Oakes, Michael Frislev, Michael Elliott | Producers

Rose Of Nevada • 1-2 Special

Sound by Mark Jenkin, Ian Wilson

Mark Jenkin | Director
Denzil Monk | Producer

— 29th Annual British Independent Film Awards —

Cinema of the Year

(Supported by Kia)

Abbeygate Cinema

Bury Saint Edmunds, United Kingdom

Campus West

Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom

Hippodrome Cinema

Bo’ness EH51 0AA, United Kingdom

The Kinema in the Woods

Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, England

The Ultimate Picture Palace

Oxford, England

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