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. The Personal History of David Copperfield led the nominations with 11, followed by Wild Rose with 10.

Winners and nominees

Best British Independent Film	Best Director
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

Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Film
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
3	Moffie
2	Animals
	Lynn + Lucy
	A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
	Sorry We Missed You

Films that received multiple awards
Awards	Film
5	The Personal History of David Copperfield
4	For Sama
2	Beats
	Only You
	The Last Tree
	Judy

References

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

External links

Official website

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