2023 British Independent Film Awards nominations

Best British Independent Film
All of Us Strangers – Andrew Haigh, Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, and Sarah Harvey
Femme – Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping, Myles Payne, and Sam Ritzenberg
How to Have Sex – Molly Manning Walker, Ivana MacKinnon, Emily Leo, and Konstantinos Kontovrakis
Rye Lane – Raine Allen-Miller, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia, Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo, and Damian Jones
Scrapper – Charlotte Regan and Theo Barrowclough

Best Director
Raine Allen-Miller – Rye Lane
Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping – Femme
Andrew Haigh – All of Us Strangers
Charlotte Regan – Scrapper
Molly Manning Walker – How to Have Sex

Best Lead Performance
Jodie Comer – The End We Start From as Mother
Mia McKenna-Bruce – How to Have Sex as Tara
Tia Nomore – Earth Mama as Gia
Nabhaan Rizwan – In Camera as Aden
Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers as Adam
Tilda Swinton – The Eternal Daughter as Julie and Rosalind Hart

Best Supporting Performance
Ritu Arya – Polite Society as Lena Khan
Jamie Bell – All of Us Strangers as Adam’s father
Samuel Bottomley – How to Have Sex as Paddy
Alexandra Burke – Pretty Red Dress as Candice
Amir El-Masry – In Camera as Conrad
Claire Foy – All of Us Strangers as Adam’s mother
Paul Mescal – All of Us Strangers as Harry
Alia Shawkat – Drift as Callie
Shaun Thomas – How to Have Sex as Badger
Katherine Waterston – The End We Start From as O

Best Joint Lead Performance
Lola Campbell and Harris Dickinson – Scrapper as Georgie and Jason
David Jonsson and Vivian Oparah – Rye Lane as Dom and Yas
Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and George MacKay – Femme as Jules and Preston

Breakthrough Performance
Le’Shantey Bonsu – Girl as Ama
Lola Campbell – Scrapper as Georgie
Priya Kansara – Polite Society as Ria Khan
Mia McKenna-Bruce – How to Have Sex as Tara
Vivian Oparah – Rye Lane as Yas

Best Screenplay
All of Us Strangers – Andrew Haigh
Femme – Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping
How to Have Sex – Molly Manning Walker
Rye Lane – Nathan Bryon and Tom Melia
Scrapper – Charlotte Regan

Best Documentary
Another Body – Sophie Compton, Reubyn Hamlyn, Isabel Freeman, and Elizabeth Woodward
Bobi Wine: The People’s President – Christopher Sharp, Moses Bwayo, and John Battsek
If the Streets Were on Fire – Alice Russell and Gannesh Rajah
Lyra – Alison Millar and Jackie Doyle
Occupied City – Steve McQueen, Bianca Stigter, Anna Smith-Tenser, and Floor Onrust

Best International Independent Film
Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet, Arthur Harari, Marie-Ange Luciani, and David Thion
Fallen Leaves – Aki Kaurismäki, Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff, and Reinhard Brundig
Fremont – Babak Jalali, Carolina Cavalli, Marjaneh Moghimi, Sudnya Shroff, and Rachael Fung
Monster – Hirokazu Kore-eda, Yuji Sakamoto, Genki Kawamura, Kenji Yamada, Megumi Banse, Taichi Ito, and Hijiri Taguchi
Past Lives – Celine Song, David Hinojosa, Christine Vachon, and Pamela Koffler

Best Short Film
Christopher at Sea – Tom CJ Brown, Amanda Miller, Hanna Stolarski, Emily-Jane Brown, Nick Read, Pierre Boivin, Constance Le Scouarnec, and Laure Desmazières
Festival of Slaps – Abdou Cissé, Cheri Darbon, and George Telfer
Lions – Beru Tessema and Ama Ampadu
Muna – Warda Mohamed, Angela Moneke, and Simon Hatton
The Talent – Thomas May Bailey, Emma D’Arcy, and Ellen Spence

Best Casting
All of Us Strangers – Kahleen Crawford
Earth Mama – Salome Oggenfuss, Geraldine Barón, and Abby Harri
How to Have Sex – Isabella Odoffin
Rye Lane – Kharmel Cochrane
Scrapper – Shaheen Baig

Best Cinematography
All of Us Strangers – Jamie D. Ramsay
The End We Start From – Suzie Lavelle
Femme – James Rhodes
Rye Lane – Olan Collardy
Scrapper – Molly Manning Walker

Best Costume Design
The End We Start From – PC Williams
Femme – Buki Ebiesuwa
How to Have Sex – George Buxton
Rye Lane – Cynthia Lawrence-John
Scrapper – Oliver Cronk

Best Editing
All of Us Strangers – Jonathan Alberts
Bobi Wine: The People’s President – Paul Carlin
The End We Start From – Arttu Salmi
High & Low – John Galliamo – Avdhesh Mohla
Rye Lane – Victoria Boydell

Best Effects
The End We Start From – Theodor Flo-Groeneboom
The Kitchen – Jonathan Gales and Richard Baker
Polite Society – Paddy Eason

Best Make-Up & Hair Design
All of Us Strangers – Zoe Clare Brown
Femme – Marie Deehan
How to Have Sex – Natasha Lawes
Polite Society – Claire Carter
Rye Lane – Bianca Simone Scott

Best Original Music
The End We Start From – Anna Meredith
Femme – Adam Janota Bzowski
Girl – Ré Olunuga
Rye Lane – Kwes
Scrapper – Patrick Jonsson

Best Music Supervision
All of Us Strangers – Connie Farr
Femme – Ciara Elwis
Rye Lane – David Fish

Best Production Design
All of Us Strangers – Sarah Finlay
The End We Start From – Laura Ellis Cricks
The Kitchen – Nathan Parker
Rye Lane – Anna Rhodes
Scrapper – Elena Muntoni

Best Sound
All of Us Strangers – Joakim Sundström, Per Bostrom, and Stevie Haywood
The End We Start From – Jens Rosenlund-Petersen, Amy Felton, Joe Jackson, Tim Cavagin, and Lori Dovi
Enys Men – Mark Jenkin
How to Have Sex – Steve Fanagan
Scrapper – Ben Baird, Jack Wensley, Adam Fletcher, and Alexej Mungersdorff

Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director)
Raine Allen-Miller – Rye Lane
Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping – Femme
Savanah Leaf – Earth Mama
Charlotte Regan – Scrapper
Molly Manning Walker – How to Have Sex

Best Debut Screenwriter
Nathan Bryon and Tom Melia – Rye Lane
Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping – Femme
Nida Manzoor – Polite Society
Charlotte Regan – Scrapper
Molly Manning Walker – How to Have Sex

Breakthrough Producer
Theo Barrowclough – Scrapper
Georgia Goggin – Pretty Red Dress
Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo – Rye Lane
Gannesh Rajah – If the Streets Were on Fire
Chi Thai – Raging Grace

The Raindance Maverick Award
If the Streets Were on Fire – Alice Russell and Gannesh Rajah
Is There Anybody Out There? – Ella Glendining and Janine Marmot
Name Me Lawand – Edward Lovelace
Raging Grace – Paris Zarcilla and Chi Thai
Red Herring – Kit Vincent and Ed Owles

Best Debut Director – Feature Documentary
Chloe Abrahams – The Taste of Mango
Sophie Compton and Reuben Hamlyn – Another Body
Ella Glendining – Is There Anybody Out There?
Alice Russell – If the Streets Were on Fire
Christopher Sharp – Bobi Wine: The People’s President

Richard Harris Award
TBA

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