British Independent Film Awards 2019

Date| 1 December 2019
Location| Old Billingsgate, London, United Kingdom
Website| www.bifa.film
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The British Independent Film Awards 2019 were held on 1 December 2019 to recognise the best in British independent cinema and filmmaking talent from United Kingdom. The nominations were announced on 30 October 2019.[1][2] The Personal History of David Copperfield led the nominations with 11, followed by Wild Rose with 10.

## Winners and nominees

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Best British Independent Film  | Best Director

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* For Sama
* Bait
* The Personal History of David Copperfield
* The Souvenir
* Wild Rose

* Waad Al-Khateab & Edward Watts \- For Sama
* Oliver Hermanus \- Moffie
* Joanna Hogg \- The Souvenir
* Mark Jenkin \- Bait
* Asif Kapadia \- Diego Maradona

Best Actor  | Best Actress

* Josh O'Connor \- Only You as Jake
* Sam Adewunmi \- The Last Tree as Femi
* Tom Burke \- The Souvenir as Anthony
* Kris Hitchen - Sorry We Missed You as Ricky Turner
* Dev Patel \- The Personal History of David Copperfield as David Copperfield

* Renée Zellweger \- Judy as Judy Garland
* Jessie Buckley \- Wild Rose as Rose-Lynn Harlan
* Holliday Grainger \- Animals as Laura
* Sally Hawkins \- Eternal Beauty as June
* Vicky Knight \- Dirty God as Jade

Best Supporting Actor  | Best Supporting Actress

* Hugh Laurie \- The Personal History of David Copperfield as Mr. Dick
* Chiwetel Ejiofor \- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind as Trywell Kamkwamba
* Edlison Manuel Olbera Núñez - Yuli: The Carlos Acosta Story as Young Carlos Acosta
* Peter Mullan \- The Vanishing as Thomas Marshall
* Bluey Robinson - Dirty God as Naz

* Ruthxjiah Bellenea - The Last Tree as Tope
* Jessica Barden \- Scarborough as Beth
* Elizabeth Debicki \- Vita and Virginia as Virginia Woolf
* Tilda Swinton \- The Personal History of David Copperfield as Betsey Trotwood
* Julie Walters \- Wild Rose as Marion Harlan

Best Screenplay  | Most Promising Newcomer

* Simon Blackwell & Armando Iannucci \- The Personal History of David Copperfield
* Joanna Hogg \- The Souvenir
* Paul Laverty \- Sorry We Missed You
* Peter Strickland \- In Fabric
* Nicole Taylor - Wild Rose

* Sam Adewunmi \- The Last Tree
* Honor Swinton Byrne \- The Souvenir
* Vicky Knight \- Dirty God
* Lorn Macdonald \- Beats
* Roxanne Scrimshaw - Lynn + Lucy

The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director)  | Best Debut Screenwriter

* Harry Wootliff \- Only You
* Will Becher and Richard Phelan - A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
* Fyzal Boulifa \- Lynn + Lucy
* Daniel Kokotajlo \- Boyz in the Wood
* Chiwetel Ejiofor - The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

* Emma Jane Unsworth \- Animals
* Kieran Hurley - Beats
* Lisa Owens - Days of the Bagnold Summer
* Nicole Taylor - Wild Rose
* Harry Wootliff \- Only You

Breakthrough Producer  | The Discovery Award

* Kate Byers and Linn Waite - Bait
* Finn Bruce - Tucked
* Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor - Blue Story
* Becky Read - Three Identical Strangers
* Jack Sidey - Moffie

* Children of the Snow Land \- Zara Balfour, Marcus Stephenson and Mark Hakansson
* A Bump Along The Way \- Shelly Love
* Here For Life \- Adrian Jackson & Andrea Luka Zimmerman, James Lingwood, Michael Morris and Cressida Day Cunningham, Rebecca Mark-Lawson, David Arthur, Ellie Land
* Muscle \- Gerard Johnson, Matthew James Wilkinson, Richard Wylie, Ed Barratt
* The Street \- Zed Nelson

Best Documentary  | Best British Short Film

* For Sama
* Coup 53
* Diego Maradona
* Seahorse
* Tell Me Who I Am

* Anna
* Boiling Point
* The Devil's Harmony
* Goldfish
* Serious Tingz

Best International Independent Film  | Best Casting

* Parasite
* Ash Is Purest White
* Marriage Story
* Monos
* Portrait of a Lady on Fire

* Sarah Crowe- The Personal History of David Copperfield
* Shaheen Baig \- In Fabric
* Shaheen Baig and Aisha Bywaters - The Last Tree
* Kahleen Crawford - Wild Rose
* Kahleen Crawford and Caroline Stewart - Only You

Best Cinematography  | Best Costume Design

* Benjamin Kračun \- Beats
* Ole Bratt Birkeland - Judy
* Zac Nicholson - The Personal History of David Copperfield
* Jamie D. Ramsay \- Moffie
* Ari Wegner \- In Fabric

* Suzie Harman & Robert Worley - The Personal History of David Copperfield
* Anna Robbins - Wild Rose
* Grace Snell - The Souvenir
* Jany Temime \- Judy
* Jo Thompson - In Fabric

Best Editing  | Best Effects

* Chloe Lambourne & Simon McMahon - For Sama
* Mick Audsley and Peter Lambert - The Personal History of David Copperfield
* Mark Jenkin \- Bait
* Chris King - Diego Maradona
* Helle Le Fevre - The Souvenir

* Howard Jones - A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
* Paul Mann - In Fabric
* Andy Quinn - The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Best Make Up & Hair Design  | Best Music

* Jeremy Woodhead - Judy
* Morten Jacobsen, Rogier Samuels, Lindelotte Van Der Meer - Dirty God
* Karen Hartley-Thomas - The Personal History of David Copperfield
* Emma Scott - In Fabric
* Jody Williams - Wild Rose

* Jack Arnold - Wild Rose
* Nainita Desai - For Sama
* Tim Gane \- In Fabric
* Antônio Pinto \- Diego Maradona
* JD Twitch, Penelope Trappes and Stephen Hindman - Beats

Best Production Design  | Best Sound

* Cristina Casali - The Personal History of David Copperfield
* Stéphane Collonge - The Souvenir
* Kave Quinn - Judy
* Anne Seibel \- The White Crow
* Paki Smith - In Fabric

* Beats \- David Bowtle-Mcmillan, Joakim Sundström, Robert Farr
* Diego Maradona \- Stephen Griffiths, Tim Cavagin, Max Walsh, Andy Shelley
* Gwen \- Anna My Bertmark, Jonathan Seale, Jules Woods
* In Fabric \- Martin Pavey
* Wild Rose \- Lee Walpole, Colin Nicholson, Stuart Hilliker

### Films with multiple nominations and awards

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Films that received multiple nominations  Nominations  | Film

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11  | The Personal History of David Copperfield
10  | Wild Rose
9  | In Fabric
8  | The Souvenir
5  | Beats
Diego Maradona
For Sama
Judy
4  | Bait
Dirty God
The Last Tree
Only You
3  | The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Moffie
2  | Animals
Lynn + Lucy
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Sorry We Missed You
Films that received multiple awards  Awards  | Film

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5  | The Personal History of David Copperfield
4  | For Sama
2  | Beats
Only You
The Last Tree
Judy

## References

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1. ^ "2019 British Indie Film Awards Nominations: 'David Copperfield,' Zellweger, and More". Indiewire. 30 October 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
2. ^ Pulver, Andrew (30 October 2019). "Armando Iannucci's David Copperfield leads Bifa nominations". The Guardian. Retrieved 2019-11-26.

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