British Independent Film Awards 2019
The 22nd British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) ceremony took place on December 1, 2019 at Old Billingsgate in London. The nominations were announced on October 30, 2019. Armando Iannucci's The Personal History of David Copperfield received the most nominations .
Nominations and Awards
Best British Independent Film
Best International Independent Film
- Ash is pure white (Jiang hu er nü)
- Marriage story
- Monos
- Portrait of a Young Woman in Flames (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu)
Best Documentary
- Coup 53
- Diego Maradona
- Seahorse
- Tell Me Who I Am
Best British Short
Anna
- Boiling point
- The Devil's Harmony
- Goldfish
- Serious Tingz
Best Actor
- Sam Adewunmi in The Last Tree
- Tom Burke in The Souvenir
- Kris Hitchin in Sorry We Missed You
- Dev Patel in The Personal History of David Copperfield
Best Actress
- Jessie Buckley in Wild Rose
- Holliday Grainger in Animals
- Sally Hawkins in Eternal Beauty
- Vicky Knight in Dirty God
Best Supporting Actor
Hugh Laurie in The Personal History of David Copperfield
- Chiwetel Ejiofor in The boy who caught the wind (The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind)
- Edlison Manuel Olbera Nunez in Yuli - The Carlos Acosta Story
- Peter Mullan in The Vanishing
- Bluey Robinson in Dirty God
Best Supporting Actress
Ruthxjiah Bellenea in The Last Tree
- Jessica Barden in Scarborough
- Elizabeth Debicki in Vita & Virginia
- Tilda Swinton in The Personal History of David Copperfield
- Julie Walters in Wild Rose
Best Newcomer (Most Promising Newcomer)
Sam Adewunmi in The Last Tree
- Vicky Knight in Dirty God
- Lorn Macdonald on Beats
- Roxanne Scrimshaw in Lynn + Lucy
- Honor Swinton Byrne in The Souvenir
Best Director
Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts - For Sama
- Oliver Hermanus - Moffie
- Joanna Hogg - The Souvenir
- Mark Jenkin - Bait
- Asif Kapadia - Diego Maradona
Douglas Hickox Award - Best Young Director (Best Debut Director)
- Will Becher and Richard Phelan - Shaun the Sheep - UFO alert
- Fyzal Boulifa - Lynn + Lucy
- Ninian Doff - Boyz In The Wood
- Chiwetel Ejiofor - The boy who caught the wind
Best Screenplay
Armando Iannucci and Simon Blackwell - The Personal History of David Copperfield
- Joanna Hogg - The Souvenir
- Paul Laverty - Sorry We Missed You
- Peter Strickland - In Fabric
- Nicole Taylor - Wild Rose
Best Debut Screenwriter
Emma Jane Unsworth - Animals
- Kieran Hurley - Beats
- Lisa Owens - Days of the Bagnold Summer
- Nicole Taylor - Wild Rose
- Harry Wootliff - Only You
Best Young Producer (Breakthrough Producer)
Kate Byers and Linn Waite - Bait
- Finn Bruce - Tucked
- Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor - Blue Story
- Becky Read - Three Identical Strangers
- Jake Sidey - Moffie
The Raindance Discovery Award
Children of the Snow Land
- The Bump Along the Way
- Here for Life
- Muscle
- The Street
Best Casting
Sarah Crowe - The Personal History of David Copperfield
- Shaheen Baig - In Fabric
- Shaheen Baig and Aisha Bywaters - The Last Tree
- Kahleen Crawford and Caroline Stewart - Only You
- Kahleen Crawford - Wild Rose
Best Cinematography
- Ole Bratt Birkeland - Judy
- Zac Nicholson - The Personal History of David Copperfield
- Jamie D Ramsay - Moffie
- Ari Wegner - In Fabric
Best Costume Design
Suzie Harmon and Robert Worley - The Personal History of David Copperfield
- Anna Mary Scott Robbins - Wild Rose
- Grace Snell - The Souvenir
- Jany Temime - Judy
- Jo Thompson - In Fabric
Best Editing
Chloe Lambourne and Simon McMahon - For Sama
- Mick Audsley and Peter Lambert - The Personal History of David Copperfield
- Mark Jenkin - Bait
- Chris King - Diego Maradona
- Helle Le Fevre - The Souvenir
Best Visual Effects (Best Effects)
Best Make-Up & Hair Design (Best Make-Up & Hair Design)
- Morten Jacobsen , Rogier Samuels and Lindelotte van der Meer - Dirty God
- Karen Hartley-Thomas - The Personal History of David Copperfield
- Emma Scott - In Fabric
- Jody Williams - Wild Rose
Best equipment (Best Production Design)
Cristina Casali - The Personal History of David Copperfield
- Stephane Collonge - The Souvenir
- Kave Quinn - Judy
- Anne Siebel - The White Crow
- Paki Smith - In Fabric
Best Score (Best Music)
Jack Arnold - Wild Rose
- Cavern of Anti-Matter - In Fabric
- Nainita Desai - For Sama
- Antonio Pinto - Diego Maradona
- JD Twitch , Penelope Trappes and Stephen Hindman - Beats
Best Sound (Best Sound)
- Diego Maradona
- Gwen
- In fabric
- Wild rose
Further prices
- Richards Harris Award - Kristin Scott Thomas
- Special Jury Prize - Amanda Nevill
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alex Ritman: British Independent Film Awards: 'For Sama' Wins Top Prize. In: The Hollywood Reporter, December 1, 2019.
- ↑ Joseph Wade: 2019 British Independent Film Award Nominees - Full List. In: thefilmagazine.com, November 3, 2019.
