Nominations announced for the British Independent Film Awards 2024

Kneecap leads the pack going into this year’s British Independent Film Awards, picking up 14 nominations. The haul for Rich Peppiatt’s exuberant comedy about the eponymous west Belfast hip-hop trio, which was backed by the BFI Filmmaking Fund with National Lottery money, includes nods for best director, best British independent film and best joint lead performance for the Kneecap trio Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin and JJ Ó Dochartaigh.

Love Lies Bleeding, Rose Glass’s bodybuilding noir, takes second place with 12 nominations, including best director, best British independent film and best joint lead performance for stars Katy O’Brian and Kristen Stewart.

The Outrun, Nora Fingsheidt’s adaptation of the Amy Liptrot novel, follows with 9 nominations, while Andrea Arnold’s Bird, Rungano Nyoni’s On Becoming a Guinea Fowl and Sally El Hosaini and James Krishna Floyd’s Unicorns each have 7.

Bird is also backed by the BFI Filmmaking Fund, with other BFI funded films receiving nominations including Hoard (6 nominations), Santosh (4 nominations), Sister Midnight (4 nominations) and Sebastian (1 nomination). Grand Theft Hamlet, which was funded via the BFI Doc Society Fund, also received 4 nominations, while Bring Them Down, funded via the UK Global Screen Fund, received two.

In the international independent film category, Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine as Light, which will be released in cinemas by BFI Distribution in November, goes up against Anora, La chimera, No Other Land and The Seed of the Sacred Fig.

The winners will be announced at a ceremony on 8 December.

Kneecap – Rich Peppiatt, Trevor Birney, Jack Tarling

Love Lies Bleeding – Rose Glass, Weronika Tofilska, Andrea Cornwell, Oliver Kassman

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl – Rungano Nyoni, Tim Cole, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe

The Outrun – Nora Fingscheidt, Amy Liptrot, Sarah Brocklehurst, Dominic Norris, Jack Lowden, Saoirse Ronan

Santosh – Sandhya Suri, Mike Goodridge, James Bowsher, Balthazar De Ganay, Alan McAlex

All We Imagine as Light – Payal Kapadia, Thomas Hakim, Julien Graff

Anora – Sean Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan

La chimera – Alice Rohrwacher, Carlo Cresto-Dina, Paolo Del Brocco

No Other Land – Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Fabrien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning

The Seed of the Sacred Fig – Mohammad Rasoulof, Rozita Hendijanian, Amin Sadraei, Jean-Christophe Simon, Mani Tilgner

Andrea Arnold – Bird

Nora Fingscheidt – The Outrun

Rose Glass – Love Lies Bleeding

Rungano Nyoni – On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

Rich Peppiatt – Kneecap

Radhika Apte – Sister Midnight

Susan Chardy – On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths

Elliot Page – Close to You

Saoirse Ronan – The Outrun 

Alicia Vikander – The Assessment

Nora Fingscheidt, Amy Liptrot – The Outrun

Rose Glass, Weronika Tofilska – Love Lies Bleeding

Rungano Nyoni – On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

Rich Peppiatt – Kneecap 

Sandhya Suri – Santosh

Michele Austin – Hard Truths

Elizabeth Chisela – On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

Barry Keoghan – Bird

Jack O’Connell – Back to Black

Franz Rogowski – Bird 

Hayley Squires – Hoard

Joseph Quinn, Saura Lightfoot Leon – Hoard

Katy O’Brian, Kristen Stewart – Love Lies Bleeding

Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, JJ Ó Dochartaigh – Kneecap 

Jason Patel, Ben Hardy – Unicorns

Christopher Andrews – Bring Them Down

Luna Carmoon – Hoard

James Krishna Floyd – Unicorns [also directed by Sally El Hosaini]

Karan Kandhari – Sister Midnight

Rich Peppiatt – Kneecap

Hollie Bryan, Lucy Meer – The Ceremony

Balthazar De Ganay, James Bowsher – Santosh [also produced by Mike Goodridge, Alan McAlex]

Jacob Swan Hyam – Bring Them Down [also produced by Julianne Ford, Ivana Mackinnon, Jean-Yves Roubin, Ruth Treacey, Cassandre Warnauts]

Ben Toye – Treading Water

Rebecca Wolff – Grand Theft Hamlet [also produced by Julia Ton]

Nykiya Adams – Bird

Susan Chardy – On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

Saura Lightfoot-Leon – Hoard

Ruaridh Mollica – Sebastian

Jason Patel – Unicorns

James Krishna Floyd – Unicorns

Karan Kandhari – Sister Midnight

Rich Peppiatt – Kneecap

Sandhya Suri – Santosh

Mrs & Mr Thomas – The Assessment [also written by John Donnelly]

Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane – Grand Theft Hamlet

Manon Ouimet, Jacob Perlmutter – Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other

Rachel Ramsay – Copa 71 [also directed by James Erskine]

Clair Titley – The Contestant

The Ceremony – Jack King, Hollie Bryan, Lucy Meer

Grand Theft Hamlet – Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane, Julia Ton, Rebecca Wolff

Restless – Jed Hart, Benedict Turnbull

Satu – The Year of the Rabbit – Joshua Trigg

Witches – Elizabeth Sankey, Jeremy Warmsley, Chiara Ventura, Manon Ardisson

The Contestant – Clair Titley, Megumi Inman, Andee Ryder, Amit Dey, Ian Bonhôte

Grand Theft Hamlet – Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane, Julia Ton, Rebecca Wolff

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story – Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui, Lizzie Gillett, Robert Ford

Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other – Jacob Perlmutter, Manon Ouimet, Signe Byrge Sørensen

Witches – Elizabeth Sankey, Jeremy Warmsley, Chiara Ventura, Manon Ardisson

Delivery – Ben Lankester, Bophanie Lun, Joe Binks

Housewarming – Liam White, Guy Lindley

Meat Puppet – Eros V, Masha Thorpe, Leah Draws

A Move – Elahe Esmaili, Hossein Behboudi Rad

Wander to Wonder – Nina Gantz, Stienette Bosklopper, Simon Cartwright, Daan Bakker, Maarten Swart

Heather – Basten Hoard

Isabella Odoffin – On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

Lucy Pardee – Bird

Carla Stronge – Kneecap

Mary Vernieu, Lindsay Graham Ahanonu – Love Lies Bleeding

Pawel Edelman – Lee

Ben Fordesman – Love Lies Bleeding

Rob Hardy – Civil War

Yunus Roy Imer – The Outrun

Ryan Kernaghan – Kneecap

Zjena Glamocanin – Kneecap

Meghan Kasperlik – Civil War

Olga Mill – Love Lies Bleeding

Nirage Mirage – Unicorns

Michael O’Connor – Firebrand

Stephen Bechinger – The Outrun

Joe Bini – Bird

Margarida Cartaxo, Stuart Davidson – Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

Jake Roberts – Civil War

Ulian Ulrichs, Chris Gill – Kneecap

James Allen – Love Lies Bleeding

Glen McGuigan, Ingo Putze – Lee

David Simpson – Civil War

Iain Cooke, Giles Martin – Back to Black

Kle Savidge – Sister Midnight

Gary Welch, Jeanette Rehnstrom – Kneecap

Megan Daum, Frieda Valenzuela – Love Lies Bleeding

Peta Dunstall – Back to Black

Kat Morgan – The Outrun

Lisa Mustafa – Unicorns

Jenny Shircore – Firebrand

Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante – Kneecap

Burial – Bird

Stuart Earl – Unicorns

John Gürtler, Jan Miserre – The Outrun

Clint Mansell – Love Lies Bleeding

Bobbie Cousins – Hoard

Jan Houllevigue – The Assessment

Katie Hickman – Love Lies Bleeding

Caty Maxey – Civil War

Nicola Moroney – Kneecap

Louise Burton, Brendan Rehill, Aza Hand, Simon Kerr – Kneecap

Paul Davies, Andrew Stirk, Linda Forsén, Rose Bladh, Tim Burns – Love Lies Bleeding

Glen Freemantle – Civil War

Dominik Leube, Oscar Stiebitz, Jonathan Schorr, Gregor Bonse – The Outrun

Mike Prestwood Smith, Csaba Major, Jimmy Boyle – Lee