Andrew Haigh’s 'All of Us Strangers' Wins Best British Independent Film at British Independent Film Awards

All of Us Strangers directed by Andrew Haigh

Andrew Haigh’s All of Us Strangers starring Andrew Scott walked away with the award for Best British Independent Film at the 2023 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA). Haigh also won the awards for Best Director and Best Screenplay. Two winners were announced for Best Supporting Performance with Paul Mescal winning one of those awards for his role in the film. In total, All of Us Strangers won 7 awards including the previously announced craft awards Best Cinematography for Jamie D. Ramsay, Best Editing for Jonathan Alberts and Best Music Supervision for Connie Farr.

Alice Russell’s debut film If the Streets Were on Fire won Best Documentary Feature along with the Raindance Maverick Award; and Justine Triet’s Palme d’Or winning Anatomy of a Fall won the BIFA for Best International Independent Film.

Best Debut Director – Documentary Feature went to Chloe Abrahams for her very personal unearthing of a hidden family history in The Taste of Mango; and Best Debut Director went to Savanah Leaf for Earth Mama. Best Debut Screenwriter went to Nida Manzoor for Polite Society, her comedy about two modern sisters navigating traditional values.

Best Lead Performance went to Mia McKenna-Bruce in Molly Manning Walker’s debut feature How to Have Sex. Shaun Thomas won Best Supporting Performance for his role as Badger.

Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and George MacKay were presented with the Best Joint Lead Performance award for Femme and Vivian Oparah scored the 2023 Breakthrough Performance award for her role in Raine.

The 2023 Richard Harris Award for Outstanding Contribution by an Actor to British Film was presented to Stephen Graham and the Special Jury Prize went to We Are Parable, the grassroots company founded by Anthony and Teanne Andrews to deliver Black cinema to audiences.