Aleem Khan’s After Love was the big winner at the 2021 British Independent Film Awards winning six awards including Best British Independent Film, Best Director, Best Debut Director and Best Screenplay for Aleem Khan along with Best Actress for Joanna Scanlan and Best Supporting Actor for Talid Ariss.
Other winning films include Philip Barantini’s Boiling Point won four awards; Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir Part II won three awards; Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché won Best Documentary along with The Discovery Award; and Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s Flee won Best International Independent Film.
In addition, Riz Ahmed received the Richard Harris Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Film by an Actor.
Winners of the 2021 British Independent Film Awards
Best British Independent Film
After Love – Aleem Khan, Matthieu De Braconier
Best Director
Aleem Khan – After Love
Best Screenplay
Aleem Khan – After Love
Best Actress
Joanna Scanlan – After Love
Best Actor
Adeel Akhtar – Ali & Ava
Best Supporting Actress
Vinette Robinson – Boiling Point
Best Supporting Actor
Talid Ariss – After Love
The Douglas Hickox Award for Best Debut Director
Aleem Khan – After Love
Breakthrough Producer
Michelle Antoniades – Sweetheart
Breakthrough Performance
Nell Barlow – Sweetheart
Best Debut Screenwriter
Cathy Brady – Wildfire
Best Documentary
Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché – Paul Sng, Celeste Bell, Zoë Howe, Rebecca Mark-Lawson, Matthew Silverman, Daria Nitsche
The Discovery Award
Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché – Paul Sng, Celeste Bell, Zoë Howe, Rebecca Mark-Lawson, Matthew Silverman, Daria Nitsche
Best British Short Film
Femme – Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping, Sam Riztenberg, Hayley Williams, Rienjke Attoh
Best International Independent Film
Flee – Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Amin Nawabi, Monica Hellstrøm, Signe Byrge Sørensen
Best Casting
Carolyn Mcleod – Boiling Point –
Best Cinematography
Matthew Lewis – Boiling Point
Best Costume Design
Grace Snell – The Souvenir Part II
Best Editing
Helle Le Fevre – The Souvenir Part II
Best Music
Connie Farr, Harry Escott – Ali & Ava
Best Make-Up & Hair
Vickie Lang, Kristyan Mallett, Donald McInnes – The Electrical Life Of Louis Wain
Best Effects
Steven Bray, Mike Knights – DASHCAM
Best Production Design
Stéphane Collonge – The Souvenir Part II
Best Sound
James Drake – Boiling Point
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