The winners of the British Independent Film Awards have been revealed with the debut feature from director Harry Lighton, Pillion, scooping four awards including Best British Independent Film.
The film was also the winner in three other categories. Lighton picked up the Best Debut Screenwriter prize and Diandra Ferreira won the Best Make-Up and Hair Design prize for the film with Grace Snell winning Best Costume Design.
Other multiple winners included Kirk Jones’ I Swear with the film winning Best Casting (Lauren Evans) Best Lead Performance (Robert Aramayo).
Warfare was the winner for Best Editing (Fin Oates); Best Effects (Simon Stanley-Clamp and Ryan Conder); Best Ensemble Performance (Joseph Quinn, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Finn Bennett, Charles Melton, and Kit Connor) and Best Sound (Glenn Freemantle, Mitch Low, Howard Bargroff, Ben Barker and Richard Spooner).
The Ballad of Wallis Island was the winner across Best Joint Lead (Tom Basden and Tim Key)
Best Original Music (Tom Basden and Adem Ilhan) with Tom Basden and Tim Key winning Best Screenplay too.
The Best Director Award went to Akinola Davies Jr. for the film My Father’s Shadow and Best Cinematography was won by Seamus McGarvey for Die My Love.
The Special Jury Prize went to Warp Films.
THE WINNERS
Best British Independent Film
Pillion
Best British Short Film
Magid / Zafar
Best Casting
Lauren Evans, I Swear
Best Cinematography
Seamus McGarvey, Die My Love
Best Costume Design
Grace Snell, Pillion
Best Debut Screenwriter
Harry Lighton, Pillion
Best Debut Director
Cal McMau, Wasteman
Best Debut Director – Feature Documentary
Myrid Carten, A Want in Her
Best Director
Akinola Davies Jr., My Father’s Shadow
Best Editing
Fin Oates, Warfare
Best Effects
Simon Stanley-Clamp and Ryan Conder, Warfare
Best Ensemble Performance
Joseph Quinn, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Finn Bennett, Charles Melton, and Kit Connor, Warfare
Best Feature Documentary
A Want in Her
Best International Independent Film
Sentimental Value
Best Joint Lead
Tom Basden and Tim Key, The Ballad of Wallis Island
Best Lead Performance
Robert Aramayo, I Swear
Best Breakthrough Performance
Posy Sterling, Lollipop
Best Breakthrough Producer
Dhiraj Mahey, Ish
Best Make-Up and Hair Design
Diandra Ferreira, Pillion
Best Music Supervision
Raife Burchell and Ian Neil, Die My Love
Best Original Music
Tom Basden and Adem Ilhan, The Ballad of Wallis Island
Best Production Design
Nathan Parker, Harvest
Best Screenplay
Tom Basden and Tim Key, The Ballad of Wallis Island
Best Sound
Glenn Freemantle, Mitch Low, Howard Bargroff, Ben Barker and Richard Spooner, Warfare
Best Supporting Performance
Jay Lycurgo, Steve
The Raindance Maverick Award
Myrid Carten, A Want in Her
Special Jury Prize
Warp Films
BIFA Cinema of the Year Award
The Magic Lantern Cinema in Tywyn
Richard Harris Award for Outstanding Contribution by an Actor to British Film
Emily Watson
Jon Creamer
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