BIFAs 2018: the winners in full

Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Favourite dominated this year’s British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs), winning a record 10 awards.

The acclaimed dark comedy, set amid the personal and political tumult of Queen Anne’s court in the 18th century, was named best British independent film and picked up nine other awards including best actress for Olivia Colman, best supporting actress for Rachel Weisz, best screenplay for Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara, best director for Lanthimos and best cinematography for Robbie Ryan.

Aside from The Favourite’s haul, Joe Cole bagged a best actor gong for his electrifying performance in Thai prison drama A Prayer Before Dawn and Alessandro Nivola got best supporting actor for his role in Sebastián Lelio’s Disobedience, a drama set in north London’s Orthodox Jewish community.

Rising star Jessie Buckley won most promising newcomer for her complex portrayal of a troubled young woman in Michael Pearce’s Beast, which was backed by the BFI Film Fund. Richard Billingham picked up the Douglas Hickox award for debut director for Ray & Liz, while the film bagged a second award for Jacqui Davies, who won the breakthrough producer prize.

The winner of the award for best British short, a prize supported by BFI NETWORK, went to The Big Day, directed by Dawn Shadforth, written by Kellie Smith and produced by Michelle Eastwood.

Clever doc/heist film hybrid American Animals won two awards, with writer-director Bart Layton picking up an award for debut screenwriter, while Nick Fenton, Julian Hart and Chris Gill won best editing.

Judi Dench picked up the Richard Harris Award for outstanding contribution to British film.

The full list of winners are below.

Winner: THE FAVOURITE Yorgos Lanthimos, Deborah Davis, Tony Mcnamara, Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, lee Magiday

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, Frida Torresblanco, ed Guiney, Rachel Weisz
YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE Lynne Ramsay, Pascal Caucheteux, Rosa Attab, James Wilson, Rebecca o’Brien

Winner: DEBORAH DAVIS, TONY MCNAMARA The Favourite

BART LAYTON American Animals
MICHAEL PEARCE Beast
SEBASTIÁN LELIO, REBECCA LENKIEWICZ Disobedience
LYNNE RAMSAY You Were Never Really Here

Winner: YORGOS LANTHIMOS The Favourite

BART LAYTON American Animals
MICHAEL PEARCE Beast
ANDREW HAIGH Lean on Pete
LYNNE RAMSAY You Were Never Really Here

Winner: THE BIG DAY Dawn Shadforth, Kellie Smith, Michelle Stein

BITTER SEA Fateme Ahmadi, Emma Parsons
THE FIELD Sandhya Suri, Althazar de Ganay, Thomas Bidegain
POMMEL Paris Zarcilla, Sebastian Brown, Ivan Kelava
TO KNOW HIM Ted Evans, Kellie Smith, Jennifer Monks, Michelle Stein

Winner: JOE COLE A Prayer Before Dawn

RUPERT EVERETT The Happy Prince
CHARLIE PLUMMER Lean on Pete
STEVE COOGAN Stan & Ollie
JOAQUIN PHOENIX You Were Never Really Here

Winner: OLIVIA COLMAN The Favourite

JESSIE BUCKLEY Beast
RACHEL WEISZ Disobedience
GEMMA ARTERTON The Escape
MAXINE PEAKE Funny Cow

Winner: ALESSANDRO NIVOLA Disobedience

EVAN PETERS American Animals
BARRY KEOGHAN American Animals
DOMINIC WEST Colette
STEVE BUSCEMI Lean on Pete

Winner: RACHEL WEISZ The Favourite

MOLLY WRIGHT Apostasy
RACHEL MCADAMS Disobedience
EMMA STONE The Favourite
RACHEL WEISZ The Favourite
NINA ARIANDA Stan & Ollie

Winner: JESSIE BUCKLEY Beast

MOLLY WRIGHT Apostasy
LIV HILL Jellyfish
MARCUS RUTHERFORD Obey

Winner: VOYAGEUSE May Miles Thomas

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

Winner: RICHARD BILLINGHAM Ray & Liz

DANIEL KOKOTAJLO Apostasy
MICHAEL PEARCE Beast

MATT PALMER Calibre
LEANNE WELHAM Pili

Winner: BART LAYTON American Animals

DANIEL KOKOTAJLO Apostasy
MICHAEL PEARCE Beast
MATT PALMER Calibre
KAREN GILLAN The Party’s Just Beginning

Winner: EVELYN Orlando von Einsiedel, Joanna Natasegara

BEING FRANK: THE CHRIS SIEVEY STORY Steve Sullivan
ISLAND Steven Eastwood, Elhum Shakerifar
NAE PASARAN FeLipe Bustos Sierra
UNDER THE WIRE CHRIS MARTIN, TOM BRISLEY

Winner: JACQUI DAVIES Ray & Liz

BMARCIE MACLELLAN Apostasy
KRISTIAN BRODIE Beast
ANNA GRIFFIN Calibre
FAYE WARD Stan & Ollie

Winner: ROMA Alfonso Cuarón, Gabriela Rodriguez, Nicolás Celis

CAPERNAUM Nadine Labaki, Jihad Hojeily, Michelle Keserwani, Khaled Mouzanar, Ichel Merkt
COLD WAR Pawel Pawlikowski, Tanya Seghatchian, Ewa Puszczynska
THE RIDER Chloé Zhao, Mollye Asher,Sacha ben Harroche, Bert Hamelinck
SHOPLIFTERS Hirokazu Koreeda

Winner: DIXIE CHASSAY The Favourite

AVY KAUFMAUN American Animals
MICHELLE SMITh Apostasy
JULIE HARKIN Beast
ANDY PRYOR Stan & Ollie

Winner: ROBBIE RYAN The Favourite

OLE BRATT BIRKELAND American Animals
MAGNUS NORDENHOF Jønck Lean on Pete
DAVID UNGARO A Prayer Before Dawn
TOM TOWNEND You Were Never Really Here

Winner: SANDY POWELL The Favourite

ANDREA FLESCH Colette
CHRISTINA BLACKALLER An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn
JACQUELINE DURRAN Peterloo
GUY SPERANZA Stan & Ollie

Winner: NICK FENTON, JULIAN HART, CHRIS GILL American Animals

YORGOS MAVROPSARIDIS The Favourite
BEN WHEATLEY Happy new Year, Colin Burstead
MARC BOUCROT A Prayer Before Dawn
JOE BINI You Were Never Really Here

Winner: NADIA STACEY The Favourite

IVANA PRIMORAC Colette
CHRISTINE BLUNDELL Peterloo
STACEY LOUISE HOLMAN A Prayer Before Dawn
MARK COULIER, JEREMY WOODHEAD Stan & Ollie

Winner: JONNY GREENWOOD You Were Never Really Here

ANNE NIKITIN American Animals
JIM WILLIAMS Beast
RICHARD HAWLEY Funny Cow
AARON CUPPLES Island of the Hungry Ghosts

Winner: FIONA CROMBIE The Favourite

MICHAEL CARLIN Colette
SUZIE DAVIES Peterloo
BECK RAINFORD Ray & Liz
JOHN PAUL KELLY Stan & Ollie

Winner: PAUL DAVIES You Were Never Really Here

ANDREW STIRK American Animals
JOHNNIE BURN The Favourite
SÉVERIN FAVRIAU A Prayer Before Dawn
CJ MIRRA Time Trial

Winner: HOWARD JONES Early Man

MATTHEW STRANGE, MARK WELLBAND Dead in a Week (or Your Money Back)
GEORGE ZWIER, PAUL DRIVER Peterloo

Winner: JUDI DENCH

Winner: FELICITY JONES

Winner: HORACE OVÉ