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Best British Independent Film

All of Us Strangers
Andrew Haigh  /  Graham Broadbent  /  Pete Czernin  /  Sarah Harvey
Femme
Sam H. Freeman  /  Ng Choon Ping  /  Myles Payne  /  Sam Ritzenberg
How to Have Sex
Molly Manning Walker  /  Ivana MacKinnon  /  Emily Leo  /  Konstantinos Kontovrakis
Rye Lane
Raine Allen-Miller  /  Nathan Bryon  /  Tom Melia  /  Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo  /  Damian Jones
Scrapper
Charlotte Regan  /  Theo Barrowclough

Best Screenplay

Sponsored by Apple Original Films

All of Us Strangers
Andrew Haigh
Femme
Sam H. Freeman  /  Ng Choon Ping
How to Have Sex
Molly Manning Walker
Rye Lane
Nathan Bryon  /  Tom Melia
Scrapper
Charlotte Regan

Best Director

Sponsored by Sky Cinema

All of Us Strangers
Andrew Haigh
Femme
Sam H. Freeman  /  Ng Choon Ping
How to Have Sex
Molly Manning Walker
Rye Lane
Raine Allen-Miller
Scrapper
Charlotte Regan

Best British Short

Christopher at Sea
Tom C J Brown  /  Laure Desmazières  /  Emmanuel-Alain Raynal  /  Pierre Baussaron  /  Amanda Miller  /  Hannah Stolarski  /  Nick Read  /  Emily-Jane Brown
Festival of Slaps
Abdou Cissé  /  Cheri Darbon  /  George Telfer
LIONS
Beru Tessema  /  Ama Ampadu
Muna
Warda Mohamed  /  Angela Moneke  /  Simon Hatton
The Talent
Thomas May Bailey  /  Emma D’Arcy  /  Ellen Spence

Best Lead Performance

All of Us Strangers
Andrew Scott
Earth Mama
Tia Nomore
The End We Start From
Jodie Comer
The Eternal Daughter
Tilda Swinton
How to Have Sex
Mia McKenna-Bruce
In Camera
Nabhaan Rizwan

Best Joint Lead Performance

Femme
Nathan Stewart-Jarrett  /  George MacKay
Rye Lane
David Jonsson  /  Vivian Oparah
Scrapper
Lola Campbell  /  Harris Dickinson

Best Supporting Performance

All of Us Strangers
Paul Mescal
All of Us Strangers
Jamie Bell
All of Us Strangers
Claire Foy
Drift
Alia Shawkat
The End We Start From
Katherine Waterston
How to Have Sex
Samuel Bottomley
How to Have Sex
Shaun Thomas
In Camera
Amir El-Masry
Polite Society
Ritu Arya
Pretty Red Dress
Alexandra Burke

Breakthrough Performance

Sponsored by Netflix

Girl
Le’Shantey Bonsu
How to Have Sex
Mia McKenna-Bruce
Polite Society
Priya Kansara
Rye Lane
Vivian Oparah
Scrapper
Lola Campbell

The Raindance Maverick Award

 

If the Streets Were on Fire
Alice Russell  /  Gannesh Rajah
Is There Anybody Out There?
Ella Glendining  /  Janine Marmot
Name Me Lawand
Edward Lovelace
Raging Grace
Paris Zarcilla  /  Chi Thai
Red Herring
Kit Vincent  /  Ed Owles

The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director)

Sponsored by BBC Film

Earth Mama
Savanah Leaf
Femme
Sam H. Freeman  /  Ng Choon Ping
How to Have Sex
Molly Manning Walker
Rye Lane
Raine Allen-Miller
Scrapper
Charlotte Regan

Best Debut Screenwriter

Sponsored by Film4

Femme
Sam H. Freeman  /  Ng Choon Ping
How to Have Sex
Molly Manning Walker
Polite Society
Nida Manzoor
Rye Lane
Nathan Bryon  /  Tom Melia
Scrapper
Charlotte Regan

Best Debut Director – Feature Documentary

Another Body
Sophie Compton  /  Reuben Hamlyn
Bobi Wine: The People’s President
Christopher Sharp
If the Streets Were on Fire
Alice Russell
Is There Anybody Out There?
Ella Glendining
The Taste of Mango
Chloe Abrahams

Breakthrough Producer

Sponsored by Pinewood and Shepperton Studios

If the Streets Were on Fire
Gannesh Rajah
Pretty Red Dress
Georgia Goggin
Raging Grace
Chi Thai
Rye Lane
Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo
Scrapper
Theo Barrowclough

Best Feature Documentary

Sponsored by Intermission Film

Another Body
Sophie Compton  /  Reuben Hamlyn  /  Isabel Freeman  /  Elizabeth Woodward
Bobi Wine: The People’s President
Moses Bwayo  /  Christopher Sharp  /  John Battsek
If the Streets Were on Fire
Alice Russell  /  Gannesh Rajah
Lyra
Alison Millar  /  Jackie Doyle
Occupied City
Steve McQueen  /  Bianca Stigter  /  Floor Onrust  /  Anna Smith-Tenser

Best International Independent Film

Sponsored by Champagne Taittinger

Anatomy of a Fall
Justine Triet  /  Arthur Harari  /  Marie-Ange Luciani  /  David Thion
Fallen Leaves
Aki Kauriskmäki  /  Misha Jaari  /  Mark Lwoff  /  Reinhard Brundig
Fremont
Babak Jalali  /  Carolina Cavalli  /  Marjaneh Moghimi  /  Sudnya Shroff  /  Rachael Fung
Monster
Kore-Eda Hirokazu  /  Yuji Sakamoto  /  Genki Kawamura  /  Kenji Yamada
Past Lives
Celine Song  /  David Hinojosa  /  Christine Vachon  /  Pamela Koffler

Best Casting

Sponsored by Casting Society & Spotlight

All of Us Strangers
Kahleen Crawford
Earth Mama
Salome Oggenfuss  /  Geraldine Barón  /  Abby Harri
How to Have Sex
Isabella Odoffin
Rye Lane
Kharmel Cochrane
Scrapper
Shaheen Baig

Best Cinematography

Sponsored by Harbor & Kodak

All of Us Strangers
Jamie D. Ramsay
The End We Start From
Suzie Lavelle
Femme
James Rhodes
Rye Lane
Olan Collardy
Scrapper
Molly Manning Walker

Best Costume Design

The End We Start From
PC Williams
Femme
Buki Ebiesuwa
How to Have Sex
George Buxton
Rye Lane
Cynthia Lawrence-John
Scrapper
Oliver Cronk

Best Editing

All of Us Strangers
Jonathan Alberts
Bobi Wine: The People’s President
Paul Carlin
The End We Start From
Arttu Salmi
High & Low – John Galliano
Avdhesh Mohla
Rye Lane
Victoria Boydell

Best Make-Up & Hair Design

Sponsored by The Wall Group

All of Us Strangers
Zoe Clare Brown
Femme
Marie Deehan
How to Have Sex
Natasha Lawes
Polite Society
Claire Carter
Rye Lane
Bianca Simone Scott

Best Music Supervision

All of Us Strangers
Connie Farr
Femme
Ciara Elwis
Rye Lane
David Fish

Best Original Music

Sponsored by Universal Music Publishing Group

The End We Start From
Anna Meredith
Femme
Adam Janota Bzowski
Girl
Ré Olunuga
Rye Lane
Kwes
Scrapper
Patrick Jonsson

Best Production Design

Sponsored by ATC & Broadsword

All of Us Strangers
Sarah Finlay
The End We Start From
Laura Ellis Cricks
The Kitchen
Nathan Parker
Rye Lane
Anna Rhodes
Scrapper
Elena Muntoni

Best Sound

Supported by Halo

All of Us Strangers
Joakim Sundström  /  Per Boström  /  Stevie Haywood
The End We Start From
Jens Rosenlund Petersen  /  Amy Felton  /  Joe Jackson  /  Tim Cavagin  /  Lori Dovi
Enys Men
Mark Jenkin
How to Have Sex
Steve Fanagan  /  Nikos Konstantinou  /  Levi Mercurio
Scrapper
Ben Baird  /  Jack Wensley  /  Adam Fletcher  /  Alexej Mungersdorff

Best Effects

The End We Start From
Theodor Flo-Groeneboom
The Kitchen
Jonathan Gales  /  Richard Baker
Polite Society
Paddy Eason