British Independent Film Awards 2021

Annual film awards

British Independent Film Awards 2021

Date| 5 December 2021
Most wins| After Love (6)
Most nominations| Boiling Point (11)
Belfast
Website| www.bifa.film
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The British Independent Film Awards 2021 were held on 5 December 2021 to recognise the best in British independent cinema and filmmaking talent from United Kingdom.[1] The nominations were announced on 3 November 2021, by actors Samuel Adewunmi and Mimi Keene via live-stream from the Curzon Soho in London.[2]

The winners of the craft categories were announced on 19 November while the winners for the rest of the categories were presented at the ceremony on 5 December. The awards were hosted by Asim Chaudhry.

## Winners and nominees

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Best British Independent Film | Best Director

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* After Love – Aleem Khan, Matthieu de Braconier
* Ali & Ava – Clio Barnard, Tracy O'Riordan
* Boiling Point – Philip Barantini, James Cummings, Bart Ruspoli, Hester Ruoff
* The Nest – Sean Durkin, Ed Guiney, Derrin Schlesinger, Rose Garnett, Amy Jackson, Christina Piovesan
* The Souvenir Part II – Joanna Hogg, Ed Guiney, Emma Norton, Andrew Lowe, Luke Schiller

* After Love – Aleem Khan
* Ali & Ava – Clio Barnard
* Boiling Point – Philip Barantini
* The Nest – Sean Durkin
* The Souvenir Part II – Joanna Hogg

Best Actor | Best Actress

* Adeel Akhtar – Ali & Ava as Ali
* Riz Ahmed – Encounter as Malik Kahn
* Stephen Graham – Boiling Point as Andy Jones
* Jude Law – The Nest as Rory O'Hara
* James Norton – Nowhere Special as John

* Joanna Scanlan – After Love as Mary Hussain
* Caitríona Balfe – Belfast as Buddy's mother
* Carrie Coon – The Nest as Allison O'Hara
* Claire Rushbrook – Ali & Ava as Ava
* Ruth Wilson – True Things as Kate

Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress

* Talid Ariss – After Love as Solomon
* Richard Ayoade – The Souvenir Part II as Patrick
* Lucian River-Chauhan – Encounter as Jay Kahn
* Ciarán Hinds – Belfast as Buddy's grandfather
* Ray Panthaki – Boiling Point as Freeman

* Vinette Robinson – Boiling Point as Carly
* Judi Dench – Belfast as Buddy's grandmother
* Jo Hartley – Sweetheart as Tina
* Nathalie Richard – After Love as Genevieve Longuet
* Tilda Swinton – The Souvenir Part II as Rosalind Harte

Breakthrough Performance | Best Screenplay

* Nell Barlow – Sweetheart as AJ
* Lauryn Ajufo – Boiling Point as Andrea
* Max Harwood – Everybody's Talking About Jamie as Jamie New / Mimi Me
* Jude Hill – Belfast as Buddy
* Ellora Torchia – IN THE EⱯRTH as Alma

* After Love – Aleem Khan
* Ali & Ava – Clio Barnard
* The Nest – Sean Durkin
* Benediction – Terence Davis
* The Souvenir Part II – Joanna Hogg

Best Documentary | Best Short Film

* Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché – Paul Sng, Celeste Bell, Zoë Howe, Rebecca Mark-Lawson, Matthew Silverman, Daria Mitsche
* Cow – Andrea Arnold, Kat Mansoor
* Dying to Divorce – Chloe Fairweather, Sinead Kirwan
* I Am Belmaya – Sue Carpenter, Christopher Hird
* Keyboard Fantasies – Posy Dixon, Liv Proctor

* Femme – Sam H Freeman, MG Choon Ping, Sam Ritzenberg, Hayley Williams, Rienjke Attoh
* Egúngún (Masquerade) – Olive Nwosu, Alex Polunin
* Night of the Living Dead – Ida Melum, Laura Jayne Tunbridge, Hannah Kelso, Danielle Goff
* Play It Safe – Mitch Kalisa, Chris Toumazou
* Precious Hair & Beauty – John Ognmuyiwa, Sophia Gibber, Tony Longe, Lene Basager

Best International Independent Film | Best Casting

* Flee – Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Amin Nawabi, Monica Hellstrøm, Signe Byrge Sørensen
* Compartment No. 6 – Juho Kuosmanen, Livia Ulvan, Andris Feldmanis, Jussi Rantamäki, Emilia Hakka
* First Cow – Kelly Reichardt, Jon Raymond, Neil Kopp, Vincent Savino, Anish Savjani
* Petite Maman – Céline Sciamma, Bénédicte Couvreur
* Pleasure – Ninja Thyberg, Peter Modestij, Eliza Jones, Markus Waltå, Erik Hemmendorff

* Boiling Point – Carolyn McLeod
* After Love – Shaheen Baig
* Ali & Ava – Shaheen Baig
* Pirates – Shaheen Baig
* Belfast – Lucy Bevan, Emily Brockmann

Cinematography | Best Costume Design

* Boiling Point – Matthew Lewis
* The Nest – Mátyás Erdély
* Cow – Magda Kowalczyk
* Censor – Annika Summerson
* Belfast – Haris Zambarloukos

* The Souvenir Part II – Grace Snell
* The Electrical Life of Louis Wain – Michael O'Connor
* Everybody's Talking About Jamie – Guy Speranza
* Benediction – Annie Symons
* Belfast – Charlotte Walter

Best Editing | Best Effects

* The Souvenir Part II – Helle le Fevre
* Cow – Rebecca Lloyd, Jacob Schulsinger, Nicolas Chaudeurge
* Belfast – Úna Ní Dhonghaíle
* Censor – Mark Towns
* IN THE EⱯRTH – Ben Wheatley

* DASHCAM – Steven Bray, Mike Knights
* Censor – Gary Brown, István Molnár, Dan Martin
* The Electrical Life of Louis Wain – Rupert Davies

Best Make-Up & Hair Design | Best Music

* The Electrical Life of Louis Wain – Vickie Lang, Kristyan Mallett, Donald McInnes
* The Souvenir Part II – Siobhan Harper-Ryan
* Censor – Ruth Pease
* Everybody's Talking About Jamie – Nadia Stacey
* Belfast – Wakana Yoshihara

* Ali & Ava – Connie Farr, Harry Escott
* Pirates – Iain Cooke
* Encounter – Jed Kurzel
* IN THE EⱯRTH – Clint Mansell
* Belfast – Van Morrison

Best Production Design | Best Sound

* The Souvenir Part II – Stéphane Collonge
* Boiling Point – Aimee Meek
* Belfast – Jim Clay
* The Electrical Life of Louis Wain – Suzie Davies
* Censor – Paulina Rzeszowska

* Boiling Point – James Drake, Rob Entwistle and Kiff McManus
* Cow – Nicolas Becker, Cyril Holtz, Linda Forsen
* Censor – Tim Harrison, Jamie Roden, Adele Fletcher
* IN THE EⱯRTH – Martin Pavey
* Encounter – Andrew Stirk, Paul Davies, Morgan Muse, Bernard O'Reilley, Julian Howarth

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

* After Love – Aleem Khan
* Censor – Prano Bailey-Bond
* Wildfire – Cathy Brady
* Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché – Celeste Bell
* Sweetheart – Marley Morrison

* Wildfire – Cathy Brady
* Censor – Prano Bailey-Bond
* After Love – Aleem Khan
* Sweetheart – Marley Morrison
* Pirates – Reggie Yates

Breakthrough Producer | The Raindance Discovery Award

* Sweetheart – Michele Antoniades
* Censor – Helen Jones
* She Will – Jessica Malik
* Boiling Point – Hester Ruoff
* The Power – Rob Watson

* Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché – Paul Sng, Celeste Bell, Zoë Howe, Rebecca Mark-Lawson, Matthew Silverman, Daria Mitsche
* Bank Job – Daniel Edelsty, Hilary Powell, Christopher Hird
* The Bike Thief – Matt Chambers, PK Fellowes, Sophia Gibber, Lene Bausager
* I Am Belmaya – Sue Carpenter, Christopher Hird
* Rebel Dykes – Harri Shanahan, Sian A. Williams, Siobhan Fahey

### Films with multiple nominations and awards

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Films that received multiple nominations  Nominations  | Film

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11  | Boiling Point
Belfast
9  | The Souvenir Part II
Censor
After Love
7  | Ali & Ava
6  | The Nest
5  | Sweetheart
4  | Cow
Encounter
IN THE EⱯRTH
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
3  | Everybody's Talking About Jamie
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
Pirates
2  | Benediction
I Am Belmaya
Wildfire

Films that received multiple awards  Awards  | Film

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6  | After Love
4  | Boiling Point
3  | The Souvenir Part II
2  | Ali & Ava
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
Sweetheart

## References

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1. ^ "NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED FOR BIFA 2021". BIFA. 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
2. ^ Ramachandran, Naman (3 November 2021). "'Belfast,' 'Boiling Point' Lead BIFA Nominations". Variety. Retrieved 3 November 2021.

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