[caption id="attachment_30988" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]
The Favourite[/caption]
The Favourite, Yorgos Lanthimos’s black comedy about the 18th century court of Queen Anne, leads the list of nominations for the 2018 British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) with 13 noms including Best British Independent Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay. The Favourite also sweeps the technical categories, newly introduced for the 2017 awards, with nominations for seven of the nine awards, including Best Production Design, Best Cinematography supported by Blackmagic Design, Best Make-up & Hair Design and Best Costume Design.
The Best British Independent Film nominees are
American Animals – with 11 nominations,
Beast – with 10 nominations,
Disobedience – with 5 nominations,
You Were Never Really Here – with 8 nominations, and The Favourite.
The nominations list demonstrates a record year for female representation, with over 40% of the individual nominations recognizing women in the industry across directing, writing, producing, performance and craft. Female nominees make up over 50% of the talent nominated for Best British Independent Film and dominate both Most Promising Newcomer and Breakthrough Producer supported by Creativity Media, with four out of five nominations for each award. Over 140 British films were submitted for consideration and 37 different British feature films have been nominated across the BIFA categories.
BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM
AMERICAN ANIMALS
BART LAYTON / KATHERINE BUTLER / DIMITRI DOGANIS / DERRIN SCHLESINGER / MARY JANE SKALSKI
BEAST
MICHAEL PEARCE / KRISTIAN BRODIE / LAUREN DARK / IVANA MACKINNON
DISOBEDIENCE
SEBASTIÁN LELIO / REBECCA LENKIEWICZ / ED GUINEY / FRIDA TORRESBLANCO / RACHEL WEISZ
THE FAVOURITE
YORGOS LANTHIMOS / DEBORAH DAVIS / TONY MCNAMARA / CECI DEMPSEY / ED GUINEY / LEE MAGIDAY
YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE
LYNNE RAMSAY / PASCAL CAUCHETEUX / ROSA ATTAB / JAMES WILSON / REBECCA O’BRIEN
BEST SCREENPLAY
AMERICAN ANIMALS
BART LAYTON
BEAST
MICHAEL PEARCE
DISOBEDIENCE
SEBASTIÁN LELIO / REBECCA LENKIEWICZ
THE FAVOURITE
DEBORAH DAVIS / TONY MCNAMARA
YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE
LYNNE RAMSAY
BEST DIRECTOR
AMERICAN ANIMALS
BART LAYTON
BEAST
MICHAEL PEARCE
THE FAVOURITE
YORGOS LANTHIMOS
LEAN ON PETE
ANDREW HAIGH
YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE
LYNNE RAMSAY
BEST BRITISH SHORT
THE BIG DAY
DAWN SHADFORTH / KELLIE SMITH / MICHELLE STEIN
BITTER SEA
FATEME AHMADI / EMMA PARSONS
THE FIELD
SANDHYA SURI / BALTHAZAR DE GANAY / THOMAS BIDEGAIN
POMMEL
PARIS ZARCILLA / SEBASTIAN BROWN / IVAN KELAVA
TO KNOW HIM
TED EVANS / KELLIE SMITH / JENNIFER MONKS / MICHELLE STEIN
BEST ACTOR
THE HAPPY PRINCE
RUPERT EVERETT
LEAN ON PETE
CHARLIE PLUMMER
A PRAYER BEFORE DAWN
JOE COLE
STAN & OLLIE
STEVE COOGAN
YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE
JOAQUIN PHOENIX
BEST ACTRESS
BEAST
JESSIE BUCKLEY
DISOBEDIENCE
RACHEL WEISZ
THE ESCAPE
GEMMA ARTERTON
THE FAVOURITE
OLIVIA COLMAN
FUNNY COW
MAXINE PEAKE
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
AMERICAN ANIMALS
EVAN PETERS
AMERICAN ANIMALS
BARRY KEOGHAN
COLETTE
DOMINIC WEST
DISOBEDIENCE
ALESSANDRO NIVOLA
LEAN ON PETE
STEVE BUSCEMI
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
APOSTASY
MOLLY WRIGHT
DISOBEDIENCE
RACHEL MCADAMS
THE FAVOURITE
EMMA STONE
THE FAVOURITE
RACHEL WEISZ
STAN & OLLIE
NINA ARIANDA
MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER
APOSTASY
MOLLY WRIGHT
BEAST
JESSIE BUCKLEY
BEEN SO LONG
MICHAELA COEL
JELLYFISH
LIV HILL
OBEY
MARCUS RUTHERFORD
THE DISCOVERY AWARD
THE DIG
ANDY TOHILL / RYAN TOHILL / STUART DRENNAN / BRIAN J. FALCONER
IRENE’S GHOST
IAIN CUNNINGHAM / REBECCA MARK-LAWSON / DAVID ARTHUR / ELLIE LAND
A MOMENT IN THE REEDS
MIKKO MAKELA / JAMES WATSON
SUPER NOVEMBER
DOUGLAS KING / JOSIE LONG
VOYAGEUSE
MAY MILES THOMAS
THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD (DEBUT DIRECTOR)
APOSTASY
DANIEL KOKOTAJLO
BEAST
MICHAEL PEARCE
CALIBRE
MATT PALMER
PILI
LEANNE WELHAM
RAY & LIZ
RICHARD BILLINGHAM
DEBUT SCREENWRITER
AMERICAN ANIMALS
BART LAYTON
APOSTASY
DANIEL KOKOTAJLO
BEAST
MICHAEL PEARCE
CALIBRE
MATT PALMER
THE PARTY’S JUST BEGINNING
KAREN GILLAN
BEST DOCUMENTARY
BEING FRANK: THE CHRIS SIEVEY STORY
STEVE SULLIVAN
EVELYN
ORLANDO VON EINSIEDEL / JOANNA NATASEGARA
ISLAND
STEVEN EASTWOOD / ELHUM SHAKERIFAR
NAE PASARAN
FELIPE BUSTOS SIERRA
UNDER THE WIRE
CHRIS MARTIN / TOM BRISLEY
BREAKTHROUGH PRODUCER
APOSTASY
MARCIE MACLELLAN
BEAST
KRISTIAN BRODIE
CALIBRE
ANNA GRIFFIN
RAY & LIZ
JACQUI DAVIES
STAN & OLLIE
FAYE WARD
BEST INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM
CAPERNAUM
NADINE LABAKI / JIHAD HOJEILY / MICHELLE KESERWANI / KHALED MOUZANAR / MICHEL MERKT
COLD WAR
PAWEL PAWLIKOWSKI / JANUSZ GLOWACKI / EWA PUSZCZYNSKA / TANYA SEGHATCHIAN
THE RIDER
CHLOÉ ZHAO / MOLLYE ASHER / SACHA BEN HARROCHE / BERT HAMELINCK
ROMA
ALFONSO CUARÓN / GABRIELA RODRIGUEZ / NICOLÁS CELIS
SHOPLIFTERS
HIROKAZU KOREEDA
BEST CASTING
AMERICAN ANIMALS
AVY KAUFMAN
APOSTASY
MICHELLE SMITH
BEAST
JULIE HARKIN
THE FAVOURITE
DIXIE CHASSAY
STAN & OLLIE
ANDY PRYOR
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
AMERICAN ANIMALS
OLE BRATT BIRKELAND
THE FAVOURITE
ROBBIE RYAN
LEAN ON PETE
MAGNUS NORDENHOF JØNCK
A PRAYER BEFORE DAWN
DAVID UNGARO
YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE
TOM TOWNEND
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
COLETTE
ANDREA FLESCH
AN EVENING WITH BEVERLY LUFF LINN
ALYSSA TULL
THE FAVOURITE
SANDY POWELL
PETERLOO
JACQUELINE DURRAN
STAN & OLLIE
GUY SPERANZA
BEST EDITING
AMERICAN ANIMALS
NICK FENTON / JULIAN HART / CHRIS GILL
THE FAVOURITE
YORGOS MAVROPSARIDIS
HAPPY NEW YEAR, COLIN BURSTEAD
BEN WHEATLEY
A PRAYER BEFORE DAWN
MARC BOUCROT
YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE
JOE BINI
BEST MAKE-UP & HAIR DESIGN
COLETTE
IVANA PRIMORAC
THE FAVOURITE
NADIA STACEY
PETERLOO
CHRISTINE BLUNDELL
A PRAYER BEFORE DAWN
STACEY LOUISE HOLMAN
STAN & OLLIE
MARK COULIER / JEREMY WOODHEAD
BEST MUSIC
AMERICAN ANIMALS
ANNE NIKITIN
BEAST
JIM WILLIAMS
FUNNY COW
RICHARD HAWLEY
ISLAND OF THE HUNGRY GHOSTS
AARON CUPPLES
YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE
JONNY GREENWOOD
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
COLETTE
MICHAEL CARLIN
THE FAVOURITE
FIONA CROMBIE
PETERLOO
SUZIE DAVIES
RAY & LIZ
BECK RAINFORD
STAN & OLLIE
JOHN PAUL KELLY
BEST SOUND
AMERICAN ANIMALS
ANDREW STIRK
THE FAVOURITE
JOHNNIE BURN
A PRAYER BEFORE DAWN
SÉVERIN FAVRIAU
TIME TRIAL
CJ MIRRA
YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE
PAUL DAVIES
BEST EFFECTS
DEAD IN A WEEK (OR YOUR MONEY BACK)
MATTHEW STRANGE / MARK WELLBAND
EARLY MAN
HOWARD JONES
PETERLOO
GEORGE ZWIER / PAUL DRIVER
Read more
