“Kneecap” and “Love Lies Bleeding” lead the nominees for this year’s British Independent Film Awards.
“How to Have Sex” breakout Mia McKenna-Bruce and “Rye Lane” star Vivian Oparah announced the nominations in London on Tuesday morning. “Kneecap” received the most nods with 14, including best screenplay, director for Rich Peppiatt and joint lead performance for Kneecap members Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin and JJ Ó Dochartaigh.
Rose Glass’ “Love Lies Bleeding” follows with 12, including best British independent film, director, screenplay and joint lead performance for Kristen Stewart and Katy O’Brian. “The Outrun,” starring Saoirse Ronan, received nine nods for best British independent film, director for Nora Fingsheidt, screenplay for Fingsheidt and Amy Liptrot and lead performance for Ronan.
Andrea Arnold’s “Bird,” Rungano Nyoni’s “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl” and James Krishna Floyd’s “Unicorns” each garnered seven nominations.
The winners will be revealed, in addition to this year’s recipient of the Richard Harris Award for outstanding contribution by an actor to a British film, during a ceremony at London’s Roundhouse on Dec. 8. See all the 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
“Santosh” — Sandhya Suri, Mike Goodridge, James Bowsher, Balthazar de Ganay, Alan McAlex
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
“No Other Land” — Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Fabrien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning
“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”
Rungano Nyoni, “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl”
Rich Peppiatt, “Kneecap”
Best Screenplay sponsored by Apple Original Films
Nora Fingscheidt, Amy Liptrot — “The Outrun”
Rose Glass, Weronika Tofilska, “Love Lies Bleeding”
Rungano Nyoni, “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl”
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”
Elliot Page, “Close to You”
Saoirse Ronan, “The Outrun”
Alicia Vikander, “The Assessment”
Best Supporting Performance
Michele Austin, “Hard Truths”
Elizabeth Chisela, “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl”
Barry Keoghan, “Bird”
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)
JACOB SWAN HYAM Jacob Swan Hyam — “Bring Them Down” (also produced by Julianne Ford, Ivana MacKinnon, Jean-Yves Roubin, Ruth Treacey, Cassandre Warnauts)
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 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 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”
The Raindance Maverick Award
“The Ceremony” — Jack King, Hollie Bryan, Lucy Meer
“Grand Theft Hamlet” — Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane, Julia Ton, Rebecca Wolff
“Restless” — Jed Hart, Benedict Turnbull
“Satu — The Year of the Rabbit” — Joshua Trigg
“Witches” — Elizabeth Sankey, Jeremy Warmsley, Chiara Ventura, Manon Ardisson
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
“Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” — Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui, Lizzie Gillett, Robert Ford
“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 Kodak & Molinare
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”
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”
Julian Ulrichs, Chris Gill — “Kneecap”
Best Effects
James Allen — “Love Lies Bleeding”
Glen McGuigan, Ingo Putze — “Lee”
David Simpson — “Civil War”
Best Music Supervision
Iain Cooke, Giles Martin — “Back to Black”
Kle Savidge — “Sister Midnight”
Gary Welch, Jeanette Rehnstrom — “Kneecap”
Best Make-Up & Hair Design
Megan Daum, Frieda Valenzuela — “Love Lies Bleeding”
Peta Dunstall — “Back to Black”
Kat Morgan — “The Outrun”
Lisa Mustafa — “Unicorns”
JENNY SHIRCORE Jenny Shircore — “Firebrand”
Best Original Music sponsored by Universal Music Publishing Group
Michael “Mikey J” Asante — “Kneecap”
Burial, “Bird”
Stuart Earl, “Unicorns”
John Gürtler, Jan Miserre — “The Outrun”
Clint Mansell — “Love Lies Bleeding”
Best Production Design sponsored by ATC & Broadsword
Bobbie Cousins, “Hoard”
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”
Glen Freemantle — “Civil War”
Dominik Leube, Oscar Stiebitz, Jonathan Schorr, Gregor Bonse — “The Outrun”
Mike Prestwood Smith, Csaba Major, Jimmy Boyle — “Lee”
