Kneecap, Rich Peppiatt’s comedy on the west Belfast hip-hop trio, topped the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) 2024 craft awards winning four honors, including Best Casting for Carla Stronge, Best Editing for Julian Ulrichs and Chris Gill, Best Original Music for Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante and Best Music Supervision for Gary Welch and Jeanette Rehnstrom.

Alex Garland’s Civil War took the wins for Best Effects for David Simpson and Best Sound for Glenn Freemantle, Mary H Ellis and Howard Bargroff.

Other award winners include Rose Glass’s Love Lies Bleeding won Best Cinematography for Ben Fordesman; Best Costume Design went to Michael O’Connor for Firebrand; Unicorns won Best Make-Up & Hair Design BIFA for Lisa Mustafa; and Jan Houllevigue took Best Production Design for The Assessment.

The winners in all remaining categories will be announced at the 27th BIFA ceremony on Sunday 8th December.

BIFA 2024 craft category winners

Best Casting sponsored by Casting Society and Spotlight
CARLA STRONGE
Kneecap

Best Cinematography sponsored by Kodak and Molinare
BEN FORDESMAN
Love Lies Bleeding

Best Costume Design
MICHAEL O’CONNOR
Firebrand

Best Editing
JULIAN ULRICHS, CHRIS GILL
Kneecap

Best Effects
DAVID SIMPSON
Civil War

Best Make-Up & Hair Design
LISA MUSTAFA
Unicorns

Best Music Supervision
GARY WELCH, JEANETTE REHNSTROM
Kneecap

Best Original Music sponsored by Universal Music Publishing Group
MICHAEL ‘MIKEY J’ ASANTE
Kneecap

Best Production Design sponsored by ATC and Broadsword
JAN HOULLEVIGUE
The Assessment

Best Sound
GLENN FREEMANTLE, MARY H ELLIS, HOWARD BARGROFF
Civil War