2024 British Independent Film Awards winners

Best British independent film
WINNER – Kneecap
Love Lies Bleeding
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
The Outrun
Santosh

Best international independent film
All We Imagine as Light
WINNER – Anora
La Chimera
No Other Land
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Best director
Andrea Arnold, Bird
Nora Fingscheidt, The Outrun
Rose Glass, Love Lies Bleeding
WINNER – Rungano Nyoni, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
Rich Peppiatt, Kneecap

Best lead performance
Radhika Apte, Sister Midnight
Susan Chardy, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
WINNER – Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths
Elliot Page, Close to You
Saoirse Ronan, The Outrun
Alicia Vikander, The Assessment

Best screenplay
Nora Fingscheidt, Amy Liptrot, The Outrun
Rose Glass, Weronika Tofilska, Love Lies Bleeding
Rungano Nyoni, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
Rich Peppiatt, Kneecap
WINNER – Sandhya Suri, Santosh

Best supporting performance
Michele Austin, Hard Truths
Elizabeth Chisela, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
Barry Keoghan, Bird
Jack O’Connell, Back to Black
WINNER – Franz Rogowski, Bird
Hayley Squires, Hoard

Best joint lead performance
Joseph Quinn, Saura Lightfoot-Leon, Hoard
Katy O’Brian, Kristen Stewart, Love Lies Bleeding
WINNER – Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, JJ Ó Dochartaigh, Kneecap
Jason Patel, Ben Hardy, Unicorns

The Douglas Hickox award for best debut director
WINNER – 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 award
Hollie Bryan and Lucy Meer, The Ceremony
WINNER – Balthazar De Ganay and James Bowsher, Santosh [also produced by Mike Goodridge and Alan McAlex]
Jacob Swan Hyam, Bring Them Down [also produced by Julianne Ford, Ivana Mackinnon, Jean-Yves Roubin, Ruth Treacey and Cassandre Warnauts]
Ben Toye, Treading Water
Rebecca Wolff, Grand Theft Hamlet [also produced by Julia Ton]

Breakthrough performance award
Nykiya Adams, Bird
WINNER – Susan Chardy, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
Saura Lightfoot-Leon, Hoard
Ruaridh Mollica, Sebastian
Jason Patel, Unicorns

Best debut screenwriter
James Krishna Floyd, Unicorns
Karan Kandhari, Sister Midnight
WINNER – Rich Peppiatt, Kneecap
Sandhya Suri, Santosh
Mrs & Mr Thomas, The Assessment [also written by John Donnelly]

Best debut director for a feature documentary
WINNER – 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

Raindance Maverick award
The Ceremony
WINNER – Grand Theft Hamlet
Restless
Satu – The Year of the Rabbit
Witches

Best feature documentary
The Contestant
Grand Theft Hamlet
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other
WINNER – Witches

Best British short film
Delivery
Housewarming
Meat Puppet
A Move
WINNER – Wander to Wonder

Best casting
Heather – Basten Hoard
Isabella Odoffin – On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
Lucy Pardee – Bird
WINNER – Carla Stronge – Kneecap
Mary Vernieu, Lindsay Graham Ahanonu – Love Lies Bleeding

Best cinematography
Pawel Edelman – Lee
WINNER – 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
WINNER – Michael O’Connor – Firebrand

Best editing
Stephen Bechinger – The Outrun
Joe Bini – Bird
Margarida Cartaxo, Stuart Davidson – Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
Jake Roberts – Civil War
WINNER – Ulian Ulrichs, Chris Gill – Kneecap

Best effects
James Allen – Love Lies Bleeding
Glen McGuigan, Ingo Putze – Lee
WINNER – David Simpson – Civil War

Best music supervision
Iain Cooke, Giles Martin – Back to Black
Kle Savidge – Sister Midnight
WINNER – Gary Welch, Jeanette Rehnstrom – Kneecap

Best makeup and hair design
Megan Daum, Frieda Valenzuela – Love Lies Bleeding
Peta Dunstall – Back to Black
Kat Morgan – The Outrun
WINNER – Lisa Mustafa – Unicorns
Jenny Shircore – Firebrand

Best original music
WINNER – Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante – Kneecap
Burial – Bird
Stuart Earl – Unicorns
John Gürtler, Jan Miserre – The Outrun
Clint Mansell – Love Lies Bleeding

Best production design
Bobbie Cousins – Hoard
WINNER – Jan Houllevigue – The Assessment
Katie Hickman – Love Lies Bleeding
Caty Maxey – Civil War
Nicola Moroney – Kneecap

Best sound
Louise Burton, Brendan Rehill, Aza Hand, Simon Kerr – Kneecap
Paul Davies, Andrew Stirk, Linda Forsén, Rose Bladh, Tim Burns – Love Lies Bleeding
WINNER – Glen Freemantle, Mary H. Ellis, Howard Bargroff – Civil War
Dominik Leube, Oscar Stiebitz, Jonathan Schorr, Gregor Bonse – The Outrun
Mike Prestwood Smith, Csaba Major, Jimmy Boyle – Lee

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