20 FICTION AND 11 DOCUMENTARY FEATURES LONGLISTED
29 DIRECTORS LONGLISTED IN DEBUT FICTION AND DOCUMENTARY CATEGORIES
DIRECTORS OF 2024 RELEASES HOARD, KNEECAP, UNICORNS AND TUESDAY MAKE NEW TALENT LONGLISTS
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The British Independent Film Awards’ (BIFA) 2024 filmmaker new talent longlists have been released and include 31 stand-out British features, with 20 fiction and 11 documentary features landing across four debut filmmaking categories.
BIFA’s hotly anticipated longlists highlight 13 first-time fiction feature directors, 16 first-time feature documentary directors, 11 first-time writers and 19 breakthrough producers recognised by BIFA voters this year for their outstanding achievements.
Today’s announcement follows yesterday’s release of the 2024 longlist for Breakthrough Performance sponsored by Netflix, which spotlights twelve remarkable British actors in their breakout role in a British feature film.
The final five nominees in all categories will be announced on Tuesday 5 November. Winners will be revealed at the BIFA awards ceremony on Sunday 8 December, which sees BIFA return to Camden’s iconic Roundhouse for its 27th edition.
The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director) sponsored by BBC Film
AMROU AL-KADHI Layla
CHRISTOPHER ANDREWS Bring Them Down
LUNA CARMOON Hoard
LUCY COHEN Edge of Summer
JAMES KRISHNA FLOYD Unicorns [also directed by Sally El Hosaini]
STUART GATT Catching Dust
KARAN KANDHARI Sister Midnight
JACK KING The Ceremony
ROB MORGAN Stopmotion
SASHA NATHWANI Last Swim
RICH PEPPIATT Kneecap
DAINA O PUSIĆ Tuesday
JOSHUA TRIGG Satu – Year of the Rabbit
Best Debut Screenwriter sponsored by Film4
CHRISTOPHER ANDREWS Bring Them Down
LUNA CARMOON Hoard
JAMES KRISHNA FLOYD Unicorns
JED HART Restless
KARAN KANDHARI Sister Midnight
JACK KING The Ceremony
RICH PEPPIATT Kneecap
DAINA O PUSIĆ Tuesday
SANDHYA SURI Santosh
MRS & MR THOMAS The Assessment [also written by John Donnelly]
Best Debut Director – Feature Documentary
DAVID ALLEN Wilding
GEORGIA BRADBURN, LUCY WALKER, BENJAMIN BROWN, SAM CHOWN AHERN, ROBIN ELLIOT KNOWLES The Stimming Pool [also directed by Steven Eastwood]
DUNCAN COWLES Silent Men
CARLA J EASTON, BLAIR YOUNG Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland’s Girl Bands
PINNY GRYLLS, SAM CRANE Grand Theft Hamlet
MANON OUIMET, JACOB PERLMUTTER Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other
RACHEL RAMSAY Copa 71 [also directed by James Erskine]
CLAIR TITLEY The Contestant
FRANC VISSERS I’m Still Here
Breakthrough Producer sponsored by Pinewood AND Shepperton Studios
BETH ALLAN Tummy Monster
HOLLIE BRYAN, LUCY MEER The Ceremony
MARK DAVID Catching Dust [also produced by Stuart Gatt, John Katz, Edward R Pressman]
BALTHAZAR DE GANAY, JAMES BOWSHER Santosh [also produced by Mike Goodridge, Alan McAlex]
ROBERT FORD Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story [also produced by Ian Bonhôte, Lizzie Gillett]
HELEN GLADDERS Tuesday [also produced by Ivana MacKinnon, Oliver Roskill]
SAVANNAH JAMES-BAYLY Layla
VIRGINIA GILBERT, BARRY CASTAGNOLA Reawakening
JOHN MCKAY Falling Into Place [also produced by Yvonne Wellie, Milena Klemke, Jakob Weydemann, Jonas Weydemann]
NISHA MULLEA Last Swim [also produced by Helen Simmons, Campbell Beaton, Bert Hamelinck, James Isilay, Sorcha Shepherd]
JACOB SWAN HYAM Bring Them Down [also produced by Julianne Ford, Ivana MacKinnon, Jean-Yves Roubin, Ruth Treacey, Cassandre Warnauts]
BEN TOYE Treading Water
JEREMY WARMSLEY, CHIARA VENTURA Witches [also produced by Manon Ardisson]
CHLOE WHITE The Stimming Pool [also produced by Steven Eastwood]
REBECCA WOLFF Grand Theft Hamlet [also produced by Julia Ton]
The BIFA 2024 nominations will be announced on Tuesday 5 November across BIFA’s website and social media channels.
