The 2024 British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) nominations were unveiled by Mia McKenna-Bruce (How to Have Sex) and Vivian Oparah (Rye Lane) at One Hundred Shoreditch in London.
Kneecap, the Irish rap comedy featuring Michael Fassbender, and Love Lies Bleeding with Kristen Stewart are leading the charge, followed by The Outrun with Saoirse Ronan, and Andrea Arnold’s Bird with Barry Keoghan, queer romance Unicorns, and Rungano Nyoni’s On Becoming a Guinea Fowl.
Big-name nominees include the likes of Saoirse Ronan, Barry Keoghan, Kristen Stewart, Alicia Vikander, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Elliot Page, and Jack O’Connell.
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Love Lies Bleeding by director Rose Glass, who won the 2020 BIFA for Saint Maud, received 12 nominations. Those include noms in the best British independent film, best director and best screenplay categories, as well as for best joint lead performance for stars Katy O’Brian and Stewart, along with eight craft noms.
Based on Amy Liptrot’s best-selling novel of self-discovery and sobriety in the wilds of Orkney, Nora Fingsheidt’s The Outrun earned 9 nominations in such categories as best British independent film, best director, best screenplay, best cinematography, best editing, and best lead performance for BIFA veteran Ronan, who won the best actress honor in 2015 for her role in Brooklyn.
Check out the full list of 2024 BIFA nominations below.
Best British Independent Film
KNEECAP Rich Peppiatt, Trevor Birney, Jack Tarling
LOVE LIES BLEEDING Rose Glass, Weronika Tofilska, Andrea Cornwell, Oliver Kassman
ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL Rungano Nyoni, Tim Cole, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe
THE OUTRUN Nora Fingscheidt, Amy Liptrot, Sarah Brocklehurst, Dominic Norris, Jack Lowden, Saoirse Ronan
Best International Independent Film, sponsored by Champagne Taittinger
ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT Payal Kapadia, Thomas Hakim, Julien Graff
ANORA Sean Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan
LA CHIMERA Alice Rohrwacher, Carlo Cresto-Dina, Paolo Del Brocco
THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG Mohammad Rasoulof, Rozita Hendijanian, Amin Sadraei, Jean-Christophe Simon, Mani Tilgner
Best Director, sponsored by Sky Cinema
ANDREA ARNOLD Bird
NORA FINGSCHEIDT The Outrun
ROSE GLASS Love Lies Bleeding
RICH PEPPIATT Kneecap
Best Screenplay, sponsored by Apple Original Films
NORA FINGSCHEIDT, AMY LIPTROT The Outrun
ROSE GLASS, WERONIKA TOFILSKA Love Lies Bleeding
RICH PEPPIATT Kneecap
SANDHYA SURI Santosh
Best Lead Performance
RADHIKA APTE Sister Midnight
SUSAN CHARDY On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
MARIANNE JEAN-BAPTISTE Hard Truths
SAOIRSE RONAN The Outrun
ALICIA VIKANDER The Assessment
Best Supporting Performance
MICHELE AUSTIN Hard Truths
ELIZABETH CHISELA On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
JACK O’CONNELL Back to Black
FRANZ ROGOWSKI Bird
HAYLEY SQUIRES Hoard
Best Joint Lead Performance
JOSEPH QUINN, SAURA LIGHTFOOT LEON Hoard
KATY O’BRIAN, KRISTEN STEWART Love Lies Bleeding
LIAM ÓG Ó HANNAIDH, NAOISE Ó CAIREALLÁIN, JJ Ó DOCHARTAIGH Kneecap
JASON PATEL, BEN HARDY Unicorns
The Douglas Hickox Award (best debut director), sponsored by BBC Film
CHRISTOPHER ANDREWS Bring Them Down
LUNA CARMOON Hoard
JAMES KRISHNA FLOYD Unicorns [also directed by Sally El Hosaini]
KARAN KANDHARI Sister Midnight
RICH PEPPIATT Kneecap
Breakthrough Producer, sponsored by Pinewood and Shepperton Studios
HOLLIE BRYAN, LUCY MEER The Ceremony
BALTHAZAR DE GANAY, JAMES BOWSHER Santosh [also produced by Mike Goodridge, Alan McAlex]
BEN TOYE Treading Water
REBECCA WOLFF Grand Theft Hamlet [also produced by Julia Ton]
Breakthrough Performance, sponsored by Netflix
NYKIYA ADAMS Bird
SUSAN CHARDY On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
SAURA LIGHTFOOT-LEON Hoard
RUARIDH MOLLICA Sebastian
JASON PATEL Unicorns
Best Debut Director – Feature Documentary
PINNY GRYLLS, SAM CRANE Grand Theft Hamlet
MANON OUIMET, JACOB PERLMUTTER Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other
RACHEL RAMSAY Copa 71 [also directed by James Erskine]
CLAIR TITLEY The Contestant
Best Debut Screenwriter, sponsored by Film4
JAMES KRISHNA FLOYD Unicorns
KARAN KANDHARI Sister Midnight
RICH PEPPIATT Kneecap
SANDHYA SURI Santosh
MRS & MR THOMAS The Assessment [also written by John Donnelly]
Best Feature Documentary, sponsored by Intermission Film
THE CONTESTANT Clair Titley, Megumi Inman, Andee Ryder, Amit Dey, Ian Bonhôte
GRAND THEFT HAMLET Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane, Julia Ton, Rebecca Wolff
TWO STRANGERS TRYING NOT TO KILL EACH OTHER Jacob Perlmutter, Manon Ouimet, Signe Byrge Sørensen
WITCHES Elizabeth Sankey, Jeremy Warmsley, Chiara Ventura, Manon Ardisson
Best British Short Film
DELIVERY Ben Lankester, Bophanie Lun, Joe Binks
HOUSEWARMING Liam White, Guy Lindley
MEAT PUPPET Eros V, Masha Thorpe, Leah Draws
A MOVE Elahe Esmaili, Hossein Behboudi Rad
WANDER TO WONDER Nina Gantz, Stienette Bosklopper, Simon Cartwright, Daan Bakker, Maarten Swart
Best Casting, sponsored by Casting Society & Spotlight
HEATHER BASTEN Hoard
ISABELLA ODOFFIN On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
LUCY PARDEE Bird
CARLA STRONGE Kneecap
MARY VERNIEU, LINDSAY GRAHAM AHANONU Love Lies Bleeding
Best Cinematography, sponsored by Harbor & Kodak
PAWEL EDELMAN Lee
BEN FORDESMAN Love Lies Bleeding
ROB HARDY Civil War
YUNUS ROY IMER The Outrun
RYAN KERNAGHAN Kneecap
Best Costume Design
ZJENA GLAMOCANIN Kneecap
MEGHAN KASPERLIK Civil War
OLGA MILL Love Lies Bleeding
NIRAGE MIRAGE Unicorns
MICHAEL O’CONNOR Firebrand
