Today has seen the announcement of the 2019 British Independent Film Awards nominations, or BIFAs as we all like to call them these days, and The Personal History of David Copperfield is leading the way with 11 nominations and we’ve also got the full rundown below… just scroll down for that.
Shared with the world this morning at the Regent Street Cinema, Naomi Ackie and Joe Cole offered up all the details of who’s up for what and while Armando Iannucci’s fresh take on Dickens’ novel is up for Best British Independent Film and Best Screenplay sponsored by BBC Films, amongst nine other awards, there’s also a fine spread of great British films in with a chance for all of them.
Completing the five Best British Independent Film nominations alongside that one are Bait (4 nominations), For Sama (5 nominations), The Souvenir (8 nominations) and Wild Rose (10 nominations). In total, there are 38 British feature films nominated across the awards, which have been narrowed down from a field of over 80 entries this year by 250 of BIFA’s voters.
We’re particularly excited that Wild Rose gives Jessie Buckley the chance to take home Best Actress, plus there are nominations for Best Screenplay sponsored by BBC Films, Best Supporting Actress, Debut Screenwriter sponsored by Film4, Best Casting sponsored by Casting Society of America & Spotlight, Best Costume Design, Best Make Up & Hair Design sponsored by MAC Cosmetics, Best Music sponsored by Universal Music Publishing Group and Best Sound supported by Halo Post.
Winners will be announced at the British Independent Film Award Ceremony on Sunday 1 December at Old Billingsgate, with the ceremony being hosted by the frankly awesome stand-up, writer and actress Aisling Bea.
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Fancy a complete run-down? Here you go:
Best British Independent Film
BAIT Mark Jenkin, Kate Byers, Linn Waite
FOR SAMA Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts
THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD Armando Iannucci, Simon Blackwell, Kevin Loader
THE SOUVENIR Joanna Hogg, Luke Schiller
WILD ROSE Tom Harper, Nicole Taylor, Faye Ward
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Best Director WAAD AL-KATEAB, EDWARD WATTS For Sama OLIVER HERMANUS Moffie JOANNA HOGG The Souvenir MARK JENKIN Bait ASIF KAPADIA Diego Maradona |
Best Screenplay JOANNA HOGG The Souvenir ARMANDO IANNUCCI, SIMON BLACKWELL The Personal History of David Copperfield PAUL LAVERTY Sorry We Missed You PETER STRICKLAND In Fabric NICOLE TAYLOR Wild Rose |
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Best Actress JESSIE BUCKLEY Wild Rose HOLLIDAY GRAINGER Animals SALLY HAWKINS Eternal Beauty VICKY KNIGHT Dirty God RENEE ZELLWEGER Judy
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Best Actor SAM ADEWUNMI The Last Tree TOM BURKE The Souvenir KRIS HITCHEN Sorry We Missed You JOSH O’CONNOR Only You DEV PATEL The Personal History of David Copperfield |
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Best Supporting Actress JESSICA BARDEN Scarborough RUTHXJIAH BELLENEA The Last Tree ELIZABETH DEBICKI Vita & Virginia TILDA SWINTON The Personal History of David Copperfield JULIE WALTERS Wild Rose |
Best Supporting Actor CHIWETEL EJIOFOR The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind HUGH LAURIE The Personal History of David Copperfield EDLISON MANUEL OLBERA NÚÑEZ Yuli – The Carlos Acosta Story PETER MULLAN The Vanishing BLUEY ROBINSON Dirty God
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The Douglas Hickox Award (Debut Director) sponsored by Kodak & Pinewood WILL BECHER, RICHARD PHELAN A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon FYZAL BOULIFA Lynn + Lucy NINIAN DOFF Boyz in the Wood CHIWETEL EJIOFOR The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind HARRY WOOTLIFF Only You |
Breakthrough Producer FINN BRUCE Tucked KATE BYERS, LINN WAITE Bait JOY GHARORO-AKPOJOTOR Blue Story [also produced by Damian Jones] BECKY READ Three Identical Strangers [also produced by Grace Hughes-Hallett] JACK SIDEY Moffie [also produced by Eric Abraham] |
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Debut Screenwriter sponsored by Film4 KIERAN HURLEY Beats LISA OWENS Days of the Bagnold Summer NICOLE TAYLOR Wild Rose EMMA JANE UNSWORTH Animals HARRY WOOTLIFF Only You |
Most Promising Newcomer SAM ADEWUMNI The Last Tree VICKY KNIGHT Dirty God LORN MACDONALD Beats ROXANNE SCRIMSHAW Lynn + Lucy HONOR SWINTON BYRNE The Souvenir |
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Best Documentary COUP 53 Taghi Amirani, Walter Murch, Paul Zaentz DIEGO MARADONA Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees, Paul Martin FOR SAMA Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts SEAHORSE Jeanie Finlay, Andrea Cornwell TELL ME WHO I AM Ed Perkins, Simon Chinn |
The Raindance Discovery Award A BUMP ALONG THE WAY Shelly Love CHILDREN OF THE SNOW LAND Zara Balfour, Marcus Stephenson, Mark Hakansson HERE FOR LIFE Andrea Luka Zimmerman, Adrian Jackson, James Lingwood, Michael Morris, Cressida Day MUSCLE Gerard Johnson, Matthew James Wilkinson, Richard Wylie, Ed Barratt THE STREET Zed Nelson |
Best British Short Film supported by BFI NETWORK
ANNA Dekel Berenson, Merlin Merton, Olga Beskhmelnitsyna
BOILING POINT Philip Barantini, Bart Ruspoli, James Cummings, Gabriella Callea, Grace Nelder
THE DEVIL’S HARMONY Dylan Holmes Williams, Jess O’Kane, Nathan Craig
GOLDFISH Hector Dockrill, Laura Dockrill, Benedict Turnbull, Harri Kamalanathan
SERIOUS TINGZ Abdou Cissé, Kieran Kenlock, Matt Ellingham
Best International Independent Film sponsored by Champagne Taittinger
ASH IS PUREST WHITE Jia Zhang-Ke, Shôzô Ichiyama
MARRIAGE STORY Noah Baumbach, David Heyman
MONOS Alejandro Landes, Alexis Dos Santos, Fernando Epstein, Cristina Landes, Santiago A Zapata
PARASITE Bong Joon-ho, Jan Young-Hwan, Moon Yang-kwon, Sin-ae Kwak, Han Jin Won
PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE Céline Sciamma, Véronique Cayla, Bénédicte Couvreur
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Best Casting sponsored by Casting Society of America & Spotlight
SHAHEEN BAIG, AISHA BYWATERS The Last Tree KAHLEEN CRAWFORD, CAROLINE STEWART Only You KAHLEEN CRAWFORD Wild Rose SARAH CROWE The Personal History of David Copperfield |
Best Cinematography BENJAMIN KRACUN Beats ZAC NICHOLSON The Personal History of David Copperfield JAMIE D RAMSAY Moffie ARI WEGNER In Fabric |
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Best Costume Design
ANNA MARY SCOTT ROBBINS Wild Rose GRACE SNELL The Souvenir JANY TEMIME Judy JO THOMPSON In Fabric |
Best Editing sponsored by Intermission Film
MARK JENKIN Bait CHRIS KING Diego Maradona CHLOE LAMBOURNE, SIMON McMAHON For Sama HELLE LE FEVRE The Souvenir |
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Best Effects
PAUL MANN In Fabric ANDY QUINN The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
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Best Make Up & Hair Design sponsored by MAC Cosmetics KAREN HARTLEY-THOMAS The Personal History of David Copperfield EMMA SCOTT In Fabric JODY WILLIAMS Wild Rose JEREMY WOODHEAD Judy
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Best Music sponsored by Universal Music Publishing Group
CAVERN OF ANTI-MATTER In Fabric NAINITA DESAI For Sama ANTONIO PINTO Diego Maradona JD TWITCH, PENELOPE TRAPPES, STEPHEN HINDMAN Beats
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Best Production Design sponsored by Studio Juice STÉPHANE COLLONGE The Souvenir KAVE QUINN Judy ANNE SEIBEL The White Crow PAKI SMITH In Fabric
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Best Sound supported by Halo Post ANNA MY BERTMARK, JONATHAN SEALE, JULES WOODS Gwen DAVID BOWTLE-McMILLAN, JOAKIM SUNDSTRÖM, ROBERT FARR Beats STEPHEN GRIFFITHS, TIM CAVAGIN, MAX WALSH, ANDY SHELLEY Diego Maradona LEE WALPOLE, COLIN NICHOLSON, STUART HILLIKER Wild Rose MARTIN PAVEY In Fabric |
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