British Independent Film Awards 2023

Awards ceremony

26th British Independent Film Awards

Awarded for| Best in British independent film
Date| 3 December 2023
Site| Old Billingsgate, London
Hosted by| Lolly Adefope
Kiell Smith-Bynoe
Official website| www.bifa.film
Highlights
Best Film| All of Us Strangers
Most awards| All of Us Strangers (7)
Most nominations| Rye Lane (16)

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The British Independent Film Awards 2023 were held on 3 December 2023 to recognise the best in British independent cinema and filmmaking talent from United Kingdom.[1] The ceremony took place at Old Billingsgate in London, and was hosted by English comedian Lolly Adefope and British actor Kiell Smith-Bynoe.[2]

The nominations were announced on 2 November 2023 by actors Susan Wokoma and Morfydd Clark at the One Hundred Shoreditch, London.[3] Romantic comedy film Rye Lane led the nominations with sixteen, followed by Scrapper and All of Us Strangers with fourteen each.[3]

The longlists for the Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director), Best Debut Screenwriter, Best Debut Director – Feature Documentary, and Breakthrough Producer were announced on 18 October 2023.[4] Meanwhile, the longlists for Best Documentary and Best International Independent Film were announced the day after.[5] The Best British Short Film longlist was announced on 23 October 2023 and Breakthrough Performance longlist on 24 October 2023.[6][7]

All of Us Strangers received the most awards with seven wins overall, including Best British Independent Film and Best Director. English actor Stephen Graham was honored with the Richard Harris Award.[2]

## Winners and nominees

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Andrew Haigh, Best Director winner Mia McKenna-Bruce, Best Lead Performance winner Paul Mescal, Best Supporting Performance co-winner Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Best Joint Lead Performance co-winner George MacKay, Best Joint Lead Performance co-winner Stephen Graham, Richard Harris Award recipient

The winner of craft categories were announced on 20 November 2023.[8] The winners for the remaining categories were announced on 3 December 2023.[2]

Best British Independent Film | Best Director

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* All of Us Strangers – Andrew Haigh, Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, and Sarah Harvey
* Femme – Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping, Myles Payne, and Sam Ritzenberg
* How to Have Sex – Molly Manning Walker, Ivana MacKinnon, Emily Leo, and Konstantinos Kontovrakis
* Rye Lane – Raine Allen-Miller, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia, Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo, and Damian Jones
* Scrapper – Charlotte Regan and Theo Barrowclough

* Andrew Haigh – All of Us Strangers
* Raine Allen-Miller – Rye Lane
* Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping – Femme
* Charlotte Regan – Scrapper
* Molly Manning Walker – How to Have Sex

Best Lead Performance  | Best Supporting Performance

* Mia McKenna-Bruce – How to Have Sex as Tara
* Jodie Comer – The End We Start From as Mother
* Tia Nomore – Earth Mama as Gia
* Nabhaan Rizwan – In Camera as Aden
* Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers as Adam
* Tilda Swinton – The Eternal Daughter as Julie and Rosalind Hart

* Paul Mescal – All of Us Strangers as Harry
* Shaun Thomas – How to Have Sex as Badger
* Ritu Arya – Polite Society as Lena Khan
* Jamie Bell – All of Us Strangers as Adam's father
* Samuel Bottomley – How to Have Sex as Paddy
* Alexandra Burke – Pretty Red Dress as Candice
* Amir El-Masry – In Camera as Conrad
* Claire Foy – All of Us Strangers as Adam's mother
* Alia Shawkat – Drift as Callie
* Katherine Waterston – The End We Start From as O

Best Joint Lead Performance  | Breakthrough Performance

* Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and George MacKay – Femme as Jules and Preston
* Lola Campbell and Harris Dickinson – Scrapper as Georgie and Jason
* David Jonsson and Vivian Oparah – Rye Lane as Dom and Yas

* Vivian Oparah – Rye Lane as Yas
* Le'Shantey Bonsu – Girl as Ama
* Lola Campbell – Scrapper as Georgie
* Priya Kansara – Polite Society as Ria Khan
* Mia McKenna-Bruce – How to Have Sex as Tara

Best Screenplay | Best Documentary

* All of Us Strangers – Andrew Haigh
* Femme – Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping
* How to Have Sex – Molly Manning Walker
* Rye Lane – Nathan Bryon and Tom Melia
* Scrapper – Charlotte Regan

* If the Streets Were on Fire – Alice Russell and Gannesh Rajah
* Another Body – Sophie Compton, Reubyn Hamlyn, Isabel Freeman, and Elizabeth Woodward
* Bobi Wine: The People's President – Christopher Sharp, Moses Bwayo, and John Battsek
* Lyra – Alison Millar and Jackie Doyle
* Occupied City – Steve McQueen, Bianca Stigter, Anna Smith-Tenser, and Floor Onrust

Best International Independent Film | Best Short Film

* Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet, Arthur Harari, Marie-Ange Luciani, and David Thion
* Fallen Leaves – Aki Kaurismäki, Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff, and Reinhard Brundig
* Fremont – Babak Jalali, Carolina Cavalli, Marjaneh Moghimi, Sudnya Shroff, and Rachael Fung
* Monster – Hirokazu Kore-eda, Yuji Sakamoto, Genki Kawamura, Kenji Yamada, Megumi Banse, Taichi Ito, and Hijiri Taguchi
* Past Lives – Celine Song, David Hinojosa, Christine Vachon, and Pamela Koffler

* Festival of Slaps – Abdou Cissé, Cheri Darbon, and George Telfer
* Christopher at Sea – Tom CJ Brown, Amanda Miller, Hanna Stolarski, Emily-Jane Brown, Nick Read, Pierre Boivin, Constance Le Scouarnec, and Laure Desmazières
* Lions – Beru Tessema and Ama Ampadu
* Muna – Warda Mohamed, Angela Moneke, and Simon Hatton
* The Talent – Thomas May Bailey, Emma D'Arcy, and Ellen Spence

Best Casting | Best Cinematography

* How to Have Sex – Isabella Odoffin
* All of Us Strangers – Kahleen Crawford
* Earth Mama – Salome Oggenfuss, Geraldine Barón, and Abby Harri
* Rye Lane – Kharmel Cochrane
* Scrapper – Shaheen Baig

* All of Us Strangers – Jamie D. Ramsay
* The End We Start From – Suzie Lavelle
* Femme – James Rhodes
* Rye Lane – Olan Collardy
* Scrapper – Molly Manning Walker

Best Costume Design | Best Editing

* Femme – Buki Ebiesuwa
* The End We Start From – PC Williams
* How to Have Sex – George Buxton
* Rye Lane – Cynthia Lawrence-John
* Scrapper – Oliver Cronk

* All of Us Strangers – Jonathan Alberts
* Bobi Wine: The People's President – Paul Carlin
* The End We Start From – Arttu Salmi
* High & Low – John Galliamo – Avdhesh Mohla
* Rye Lane – Victoria Boydell

Best Effects | Best Make-Up & Hair Design

* The Kitchen – Jonathan Gales and Richard Baker
* The End We Start From – Theodor Flo-Groeneboom
* Polite Society – Paddy Eason

* Femme – Marie Deehan
* All of Us Strangers – Zoe Clare Brown
* How to Have Sex – Natasha Lawes
* Polite Society – Claire Carter
* Rye Lane – Bianca Simone Scott

Best Original Music | Best Music Supervision

* Rye Lane – Kwes
* The End We Start From – Anna Meredith
* Femme – Adam Janota Bzowski
* Girl – Ré Olunuga
* Scrapper – Patrick Jonsson

* All of Us Strangers – Connie Farr
* Femme – Ciara Elwis
* Rye Lane – David Fish

Best Production Design | Best Sound

* The Kitchen – Nathan Parker
* All of Us Strangers – Sarah Finlay
* The End We Start From – Laura Ellis Cricks
* Rye Lane – Anna Rhodes
* Scrapper – Elena Muntoni

* Enys Men – Mark Jenkin
* All of Us Strangers – Joakim Sundström, Per Bostrom, and Stevie Haywood
* The End We Start From – Jens Rosenlund-Petersen, Amy Felton, Joe Jackson, Tim Cavagin, and Lori Dovi
* How to Have Sex – Steve Fanagan
* Scrapper – Ben Baird, Jack Wensley, Adam Fletcher, and Alexej Mungersdorff

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

* Savanah Leaf – Earth Mama
* Raine Allen-Miller – Rye Lane
* Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping – Femme
* Charlotte Regan – Scrapper
* Molly Manning Walker – How to Have Sex

* Nida Manzoor – Polite Society
* Nathan Bryon and Tom Melia – Rye Lane
* Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping – Femme
* Charlotte Regan – Scrapper
* Molly Manning Walker – How to Have Sex

Breakthrough Producer | The Raindance Maverick Award

* Theo Barrowclough – Scrapper
* Georgia Goggin – Pretty Red Dress
* Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo – Rye Lane
* Gannesh Rajah – If the Streets Were on Fire
* Chi Thai – Raging Grace

* If the Streets Were on Fire – Alice Russell and Gannesh Rajah
* Is There Anybody Out There? – Ella Glendining and Janine Marmot
* Name Me Lawand – Edward Lovelace
* Raging Grace – Paris Zarcilla and Chi Thai
* Red Herring – Kit Vincent and Ed Owles

Best Debut Director – Feature Documentary

* Chloe Abrahams – The Taste of Mango
* Sophie Compton and Reuben Hamlyn – Another Body
* Ella Glendining – Is There Anybody Out There?
* Alice Russell – If the Streets Were on Fire
* Christopher Sharp – Bobi Wine: The People's President

Richard Harris Award

Stephen Graham

### Films with multiple nominations and awards

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Films that received multiple nominations  Nominations  | Film

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16  | Rye Lane
14  | All of Us Strangers
Scrapper
13  | How to Have Sex
11  | Femme
9  | The End We Start From
5  | Polite Society
4  | If the Streets Were on Fire
3  | Bobi Wine: The People's President
Earth Mama
2  | Another Body
Girl
In Camera
The Kitchen
Pretty Red Dress
Raging Grace

Films that received multiple awards  Awards  | Film

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7  | All Of Us Strangers
3  | Femme
2  | How to Have Sex
If The Streets Were On Fire
The Kitchen
Rye Lane

## References

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1. ^ Dalton, Ben (14 June 2023). "Bifa reveals dates, new voter details for 2023 (exclusive)". Screen International. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
2. ^ a b c Ramachandran, Naman (3 December 2023). "'All of Us Strangers' Triumphs at British Independent Film Awards With Seven Wins". Variety. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
3. ^ a b Ramachandran, Naman (2 November 2023). "Jodie Comer, Paul Mescal Score Nods as 'Rye Lane,' 'Scrapper', 'All of Us Strangers' Lead British Independent Film Awards Nominations". Variety. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
4. ^ Ramachandran, Naman (18 October 2023). "Daniel Kaluuya, Nida Manzoor Among British Independent Film Awards New Talent Longlists". Variety. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
5. ^ Dalton, Ben (19 October 2023). "Bifa unveils 2023 documentary, international film longlists; films include 'Occupied City', 'May December'". Screen International. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
6. ^ "BIFA 2023 Longlists | Best British Short Film". British Independent Film Awards. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
7. ^ Wilson, Abbie (25 October 2023). "BIFA Announce List for Netflix's Breakthrough Performance Award". Our Culture Mag. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
8. ^ Dalton, Ben (20 November 2023). "'All Of Us Strangers' leads Bifa 2023 craft winners with three awards; 'Femme', 'The Kitchen' take two each". Screen International. Retrieved 21 November 2023.

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