The British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) today announced the longlist for Best Feature Documentary sponsored by Intermission Film.
15 films are longlisted for Best Feature Documentary sponsored by Intermission Film with 5 of this year’s longlisted films by first time directors also longlisted for BIFA Best Debut Director – Feature Documentary, alongside films from established directors including Errol Morris, Steve McQueen and Kevin MacDonald.
The final five nominations in each category will be announced Thursday 2 November across BIFA’s website and social media channels. Winners will be revealed at the 26th BIFA ceremony on Sunday 3 December.
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
HIGH & LOW: JOHN GALLIANO Kevin MacDonald, Chloe Mamelok
IF THE STREETS WERE ON FIRE Alice Russell, Gannesh Rajah
IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE? Ella Glendining, Janine Marmot
LYRA Alison Millar, Jackie Doyle
NAME ME LAWAND Edward Lovelace, Fleur Nieddu, Sam Arnold, Beyan Taher, Neil Andrews, Marisa Clifford
THE NETTLE DRESS Dylan Howett, Allan Brown
OCCUPIED CITY Steve McQueen, Bianca Stitger, Floor Onrust, Anna Smith-Tenser
THE PIGEON TUNNEL Errol Morris, Dominic Crossley-Holland, Steven Hathaway, Simon Cornwell, Stephen Cornwell
RED HERRING Kit Vincent, Ed Owles
TISH Paul Sng, Jen Corcoran
WHILE WE WATCHED Vinay Shukla, Luke Moody, Kushboo Ranka
WHITE NANNY BLACK CHILD Andy Mundy-Castle, Rochelle Newman, Natasha Dack Ojumu
YOUR FAT FRIEND Jeanie Finlay
Notes – BIFA Voting Process
BIFA has over 1500 registered voters (working film industry professionals), of whom over 500 will take part in Nominations Voting in 2023. Subgroups are formed to watch, discuss and vote on groups of categories, with rigorously applied processes to ensure that every film is watched and discussed. Round One voting produces Long Lists (which are published for the new talent categories, plus Shorts, International, Maverick and Feature Documentary). A further round of voting produces the nominations.
In Rounds One and Two, voters must see a minimum proportion of listed films in order to vote and each film must be seen by a minimum number of voters. Votes are calculated taking into account the number of voters who have seen a film. Viewing and voting is supplemented with subgroup meetings in which every entered film is discussed.
The Filmmaker Jury decides the winners of the Director, Debut Director, Debut Director – Feature Documentary, Screenplay, Debut Screenwriter and Breakthrough Producer categories. The Performance Jury decides the winners of all performance awards. The juries also select the recipient of the Special Jury Prize (given to an unsung hero of British independent film). BIFA’s Nomination Committee selects the recipient of The Richard Harris Award. All other winners are decided by a vote amongst all registered BIFA voters (who must see all nominees before voting). All voters and jurors must complete unconscious bias training before voting.
