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2019
Winners & Nominations

Best British Independent Film

nominee
Bait
winner
For Sama
nominee
The Personal History Of David Copperfield
nominee
The Souvenir
nominee
Wild Rose

Best Screenplay

Sponsored by BBC Films

In Fabric
Peter Strickland
The Personal History Of David Copperfield
Armando Iannucci  /  Simon Blackwell
Sorry We Missed You
Paul Laverty
The Souvenir
Joanna Hogg
Wild Rose
Nicole Taylor

Best Director

Sponsored by Broadsword Event House

Bait
Mark Jenkin
Diego Maradona
Asif Kapadia
For Sama
Waad al-Kateab  /  Edward Watts
Moffie
Oliver Hermanus
The Souvenir
Joanna Hogg

Best British Short

Supported by BFI NETWORK

winner
Anna
nominee
Boiling Point
nominee
The Devil’s Harmony
nominee
Goldfish
nominee
Serious Tingz

Best Actor

The Last Tree
Samuel Adewunmi
Only You
Josh O’Connor
The Personal History Of David Copperfield
Dev Patel
Sorry We Missed You
Kris Hitchen
The Souvenir
Tom Burke

Best Actress

Animals
Holliday Grainger
Dirty God
Vicky Knight
Eternal Beauty
Sally Hawkins
Judy
Renée Zellweger
Wild Rose
Jessie Buckley

Best Supporting Actor

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Dirty God
Bluey Robinson
The Personal History Of David Copperfield
Hugh Laurie
The Vanishing
Peter Mullan
Yuli – The Carlos Acosta Story
Edilson Manuel Olbera Nuñez

Best Supporting Actress

The Last Tree
Ruhtxjiaïh Bèllènéa
The Personal History Of David Copperfield
Tilda Swinton
Scarborough
Jessica Barden
Vita & Virginia
Elizabeth Debicki
Wild Rose
Julie Walters

Most Promising Newcomer

Beats
Lorn Macdonald
Dirty God
Vicky Knight
The Last Tree
Samuel Adewunmi
Lynn + Lucy
Roxanne Scrimshaw
The Souvenir
Honor Swinton Byrne

The Raindance Discovery Award

A Bump Along The Way
Shelly Love  /  Tess McGowan  /  Louise Gallagher
Children of the Snow Land
Zara Balfour  /  Marcus Stephenson  /  Mark Hakansson
Here For Life
Andrea Luka Zimmerman  /  Adrian Jackson  /  James Lingwood  /  Michael Morris  /  Cressida Day
Muscle
Gerard Johnson  /  Matthew James Wilkinson  /  Richard Wylie  /  Ed Barratt
The Street
Zed Nelson

The Douglas Hickox Award (Debut Director)

Sponsored by Kodak & Pinewood

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Boyz in the Wood
Ninian Doff
Lynn + Lucy
Fyzal Boulifa
Only You
Harry Wootliff
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Will Becher  /  Richard Phelan

Debut Screenwriter

Sponsored by Film4

Animals
Emma Jane Unsworth
Beats
Kieran Hurley
Days of the Bagnold Summer
Lisa Owens
Only You
Harry Wootliff
Wild Rose
Nicole Taylor

Best Documentary

nominee
Coup 53
nominee
Diego Maradona
winner
For Sama
nominee
Seahorse
nominee
Tell Me Who I Am

Breakthrough Producer

Bait
Kate Byers  /  Linn Waite
Blue Story
Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor
Also produced by Damian Jones
Moffie
Jack Sidey
Also produced by Eric Abraham
Three Identical Strangers
Becky Read
Also produced by Grace Hughes-Hallett
Tucked
Finn Bruce

Best International Independent Film

Sponsored by Champagne Taittinger

nominee
Ash is Purest White
nominee
Marriage Story
nominee
Monos
winner
Parasite
nominee
Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Best Casting

Sponsored by Casting Society of America & Spotlight

In Fabric
Shaheen Baig
The Last Tree
Shaheen Baig  /  Aisha Bywaters
Only You
Kahleen Crawford  /  Caroline Stewart
The Personal History Of David Copperfield
Sarah Crowe
Wild Rose
Kahleen Crawford

Best Cinematography

Beats
Benjamin Kracun
In Fabric
Ari Wegner
Judy
Ole Bratt Birkeland
Moffie
Jamie D Ramsay
The Personal History Of David Copperfield
Zac Nicholson

Best Costume Design

In Fabric
Jo Thompson
Judy
Jany Temime
The Personal History Of David Copperfield
Suzie Harman  /  Robert Worley
The Souvenir
Grace Snell
Wild Rose
Anna Mary Scott Robbins

Best Editing

Sponsored by Intermission Film

Bait
Mark Jenkin
Diego Maradona
Chris King
For Sama
Chloe Lambourne  /  Simon McMahon
The Personal History Of David Copperfield
Mick Audsley  /  Peter Lambert
The Souvenir
Helle Le Fevre

Best Make-Up & Hair Design

Sponsored by MAC

Dirty God
Morten Jacobsen  /  Rogier Samuels  /  Lindelotte van der Meer
In Fabric
Emma Scott
Judy
Jeremy Woodhead
The Personal History Of David Copperfield
Karen Hartley-Thomas
Wild Rose
Jody Williams

Best Music

Sponsored by Universal Music Publishing Group

Beats
JD Twitch  /  Penelope Trappes  /  Stephen Hindman
Diego Maradona
Antonio Pinto
For Sama
Winners & Nominations
In Fabric
Cavern of Anti-Matter
Wild Rose
Jack Arnold

Best Production Design

Sponsored by Studio Juice

In Fabric
Paki Smith
Judy
Kave Quinn
The Personal History Of David Copperfield
Cristina Casali
The Souvenir
Stéphane Collonge
The White Crow
Anne Seibel

Best Sound

Supported by Halo Post

Beats
David Bowtle-McMillan  /  Joakim Sundström  /  Robert Farr
Diego Maradona
Stephen Griffiths  /  Tim Cavagin  /  Max Walsh  /  Andy Shelley
Gwen
Anna My Bertmark  /  Jonathan Seale  /  Jules Woods
In Fabric
Martin Pavey  /  Rob Entwistle
Wild Rose
Colin Nicolson  /  Lee Walpole  /  Stuart Hilliker

Best Effects

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Andy Quinn
In Fabric
Paul Mann
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Howard Jones

Special Jury Prize

Winner
Amanda Nevill

The Richard Harris Award for Outstanding Contribution by an Actor to British Film

Winner
Kristin Scott Thomas