The juries have been announced for BIFA 2024, with each one representing a breadth of talent across film and TV.
Renowned casting director Karmel Cochrane (Rye Lane, Saltburn) chairs the Performance Jury, which is made up of Academy Award nominee Maria Bakalova (The Apprentice, Bodies Bodies Bodies), DJ and presenter Edith Bowman, actors Douglas Booth, who will appear in season 2 of The Sandman, Jodhi May who currently stars in Dune: Prophecy and has previously appeared in BIFA winning films The House of Mirth and The Silent Twins and Adam Pearson who appeared in BIFA nominated Under the Skin and currently stars opposite Sebastian Stan in Gotham Award winning A Different Man. The group includes familiar BIFA faces Vivian Oparah, last year’s winner of Breakthrough Performance, Katherine Waterston, nominated for her role in The End We Start From and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett who won Best Joint Lead Performance with George Mackay in 2023 for Femme.
Find more information on the 2024 jurors here.
The winners in many categories are decided by these two juries, members of which are newly appointed each year.
FILMMAKER JURY |
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PERFORMANCE JURY |
| Best Director Best Screenplay The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director) Best Debut Director – Feature Documentary Debut Screenwriter Breakthrough Producer The Special Jury Prize |
Best Lead Performance Best Supporting Performance Best Joint Lead Performance Breakthrough Performance The Special Jury Prize |
The winners in the following categories are decided by votes open to all of BIFA’s voters who have watched the nominations:
- Best British Independent Film
- Best International Independent Film
- Best British Short Film
- Best Feature Documentary
- The Raindance Maverick Award
- The ten Craft categories (Casting, Cinematography, Costume Design, Effects, Editing, Make-Up & Hair Design, Original Music, Music Supervision, Production Design, Sound)
BIFA also presents two honorary awards: The Richard Harris Award, which is bestowed by BIFA’s Board and Nomination Committee; and the Special Jury Prize, intended to recognise an individual or organisation for their outstanding contribution within the British independent film industry, which is decided by both BIFA Juries.
More details about the BIFA voting and adjudication process can be found here.
In contention for their votes this year are 21 outstanding British films, including Kneecap, Love Lies Bleeding, Santosh, The Outrun and On Becoming A Guinea Fowl, nominated across 24 categories this year, with some already scooping up multiple craft awards.
Filmmaker Jury |
Performance Jury |
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| Nathan Bryon Sukey Venables Fisher Anna Higgs Wendy Ide Savanah Leaf Jono McLeod (CHAIR) Abi Morgan Hannah Walters Joe Wright |
Maria Bakalova Edith Bowman Douglas Booth Kharmel Cochrane (CHAIR) Jodhi May Vivian Oparah Adam Pearson Nathan Stewart-Jarrett Katherine Waterston |
The 27th British Independent Film Awards take place on Sunday 8 December at Roundhouse. A full list of this year’s nominations and 2024 Craft winners is here.
Tune into BIFA’s Instagram on Sunday 8 December for ceremony and red carpet highlights, and to find out the winners.
