WINNERS – The Favourite Cleans Up at the British Independent Film Awards

A great start for The Favourite at this year’s British Independent Film Awards announcement, grabbing some, perhaps expected, technical gongs. Tune in live at bifa.film for the ceremony, and we will have all the updated winners right here.

Best British Independent Film

• American Animals, Bart Layton
• Beast, Michael Pearce
• Disobedience, Sebastián Lelio
• The Favourite, Yorgos Lanthimos
• You Were Never Really Here, Lynne Ramsay

Best Director 

• Andrew Haigh, Lean On Pete
• Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite
• Bart Layton, American Animals
• Michael Pearce, Beast
• Lynne Ramsay, You Were Never Really Here

Best Screenplay

• Deborah Davis, Tony Mcnamara, The Favourite
• Bart Layton, American Animals
• Sebastián Lelio, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Disobedience
• Michael Pearce, Beast
• Lynne Ramsay, You Were Never Really Here

Best Actress

• Gemma Arterton, The Escape
• Jessie Buckley, Beast
• Olivia Colman, The Favourite
• Maxine Peake, Funny Cow
• Rachel Weisz, Disobedience

Best Actor

• Joe Cole, A Prayer Before Dawn
• Steve Coogan, Stan & Ollie
• Rupert Everett, The Happy Prince
• Joaquin Phoenix, You Were Never Really Here
• Charlie Plummer, Lean On Pete

Best Supporting Actress

• Nina Arianda, Stan & Ollie
• Rachel McAdams, Disobedience
• Emma Stone, The Favourite
• Rachel Weisz, The Favourite
• Molly Wright, Apostasy

Best Supporting Actor

• Steve Buscemi, Lean On Pete
• Barry Keoghan, American Animals
• Alessandro Nivola, Disobedience
• Evan Peters, American Animals
• Dominic West, Colette

Most Promising Newcomer

• Jessie Buckley, Beast
• Michaela Coel, Been So Long
• Liv Hill, Jellyfish
• Marcus Rutherford, Obey
• Molly Wright, Apostasy

The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director)

• Richard Billingham, Ray & Liz
• Daniel Kokotajlo, Apostasy
• Matt Palmer, Calibre
• Michael Pearce, Beast
• Leanne Welham, Pili

Debut Screenwriter

• Karen Gillan, The Party’s Just Beginning
• Daniel Kokotajlo, Apostasy
• Bart Layton, American Animals
• Matt Palmer, Calibre
• Michael Pearce, Beast

Breakthrough Producer

• Kristian Brodie, Beast
• Jacqui Davies, Ray & Liz
• Anna Griffin, Calibre
• Marcie Maclellan, Apostasy
• Faye Ward, Stan & Ollie

The Discovery Award

• The Dig, Andy Tohill, Ryan Tohill, Stuart Drennan, Brian J. Falconer
• Irene’s Ghost, Iain Cunningham, Rebecca Mark-Lawson, David Arthur, Ellie Land
• A Moment In The Reeds, Mikko Makela, James Watson
• Super November, Douglas King, Josie Long
• Voyageuse, May Miles Thomas

Best Documentary

• Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story
• Evelyn
• Island
• Nae Pasaran
• Under The Wire

Best British Short Film

• The Big Day
• Bitter Sea
• The Field
• Pommel
• To Know Him

Best International Independent Film

• Capernaum, Nadine Labaki
• Cold War, Pawel Pawlikowski
• The Rider, Chloé Zhao
• ROMA, Alfonso Cuarón
• Shoplifters, Hirokazu Koreeda

Best Casting

• The Favourite
• Beast
• American Animals
• Stan & Ollie
• Apostasy

Best Costume Design

• Peterloo
• Colette
• The Favourite
• Stan & Ollie
• An Evening With Beverly Luff Lin

Best Cinematography

• Ole Bratt Birkeland, American Animals
• Magnus Nordenhof Jønk, Lean On Pete
• Robbie Ryan, The Favourite
• Tom Townend, You Were Never Really Here
• David Ungaro, A Prayer Before Dawn

Best Editing

• You Were Never Really Here
• A Prayer Before Dawn
• American Animals
• The Favourite
• Happy New Year, Colin Burstead

Best Effects

• Early Man
• Dead In A Week (Or Your Money Back)
• Peterloo

Best Make Up & Hair Design

• Peterloo
• Stan & Ollie
• A Prayer Before Dawn
• Colette
• The Favourite

Best Music

• Aaron Cupples, Island Of The Hungry Ghosts
• Jonny Greenwood, You Were Never Really Here
• Richard Hawley, Funny Cow
• Anne Nikitin, American Animals
• Jim Williams, Beast

Best Production Design

• Colette
• The Favourite
• Peterloo
• Stan & Ollie
• Ray & Liz

Best Sound

• The Favourite
• You Were Never Really Here
• A Prayer Before Dawn
• Time Trial
• American Animals