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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