The British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) today announced the longlist for Best International Independent Film sponsored by Champagne Taittinger.
17 films are longlisted for the category, which highlights the very best acclaimed and award-winning independent film from around the world and this year includes films from Todd Haynes, Aki Kaurismäki, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Ira Sachs and debuts from Celine Song and Riley Keough.
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 International Independent Film sponsored by Champagne Taittinger
20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner, Raney Aronson-Rath, Derl McCrudden
ANATOMY OF A FALL Justine Triet, Arthur Harari, Marie-Ange Luciani, David Thion
THE DELINQUENTS Rodrigo Moreno, Ezequiel Borovinsky
EO Jerzy Skolimowski, Ewa Piaskowska
FALLEN LEAVES Aki Kauriskmäki, Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff, Reinhard Brundig
FREMONT Babak Jalali, Carolina Cavalli, Marjaneh Moghimi (PGA), Sudnya Shroff (PGA), Rachael Fung
HOLY SPIDER Ali Abbasi, Afshin Kamran Bahrami, Sol Bondy, Jacob Jarek
KOKOMO CITY D. Smith, Harris Doran, Bill Butler
MAY DECEMBER Todd Haynes, Samy, Birch, Natalie Portman, Sophie Mas, Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon, Grant S. Johnson, Tyler W. Konney, Jessica Elbaum, Will Ferrell
MONSTER Hirokazu Kore-Eda, Yuji Sakamoto, Genki Kawamura, Kenji Yamada
PASSAGES Ira Sachs, Mauricio Zacharias, Saïd Ben Saïd, Michel Merkt
PAST LIVES Celine Song, David Hinojosa, Christine Vachon, Pamela Koffler
RETURN TO SEOUL Davy Chou, Charlotte Vincent, Katia Khazak
SAMSARA Lois Patiño, Garbiñe Ortega, Leire Apellaniz
SHAYDA Noora Niasari, Vincent Sheehan
SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD Anna Hints, Marianne Ostrat
WAR PONY Gina Gammell, Riley Keough, Franklin Sioux Bob, Bill Reddy, Willi White, Bert Hamelinck, Ryan Zacarias, Sacha Ben Harroche
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, Discovery 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.
