British Independent Film Awards 2018

British Independent Film Awards 2018
Date	2 December 2018
Location	Old Billingsgate, London, United Kingdom
Website	www.bifa.film

The British Independent Film Awards 2018 were held on 2 December 2018 to recognise the best in British independent cinema and filmmaking talent from United Kingdom. The nominations were announced on 31 October 2018.[1][2] The Favourite led the nominations with 13, followed by American Animals with 11.

Winners and nominees

Best British Independent Film	Best Director
The Favourite - Yorgos Lanthimos, Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara, Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney and Lee Magiday American Animals - Bart Layton, Katherine Butler, Dimitri Doganis, Derrin Schlesinger and Mary Jane Skalski Beast - Michael Pearce, Kristian Brodie, Lauren Dark and Ivana Mackinnon Disobedience - Sebastián Lelio, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Ed Guiney, Frida Torresblanco and Rachel Weisz You Were Never Really Here - Lynne Ramsay, Pascal Caucheteux, Rosa Attab, James Wilson and Rebecca O’Brien	Yorgos Lanthimos - The Favourite Andrew Haigh - Lean on Pete Bart Layton - American Animals Michael Pearce - Beast Lynne Ramsay - You Were Never Really Here
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Joe Cole - A Prayer Before Dawn* as Billy Moore** Steve Coogan - Stan & Ollie as Stan Laurel Rupert Everett - The Happy Prince as Oscar Wilde Joaquin Phoenix - You Were Never Really Here as Joe Charlie Plummer - Lean on Pete as Charley Thompson	*Olivia Colman - The Favourite* as Queen Anne** Gemma Arterton - The Escape as Tara Jessie Buckley - Beast as Moll Maxine Peake - Funny Cow as Funny Cow Rachel Weisz - Disobedience as Ronit Krushka
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Alessandro Nivola - Disobedience* as Dovid Kuperman** Steve Buscemi - Lean on Pete as Del Montgomery Barry Keoghan - American Animals as Spencer Reinhard Evan Peters - American Animals as Warren Lipka Dominic West - Colette as Henry Gauthier-Villars	*Rachel Weisz - The Favourite* as Sarah Churchill** Nina Arianda - Stan & Ollie as Ida Kitaeva Laurel Rachel McAdams - Disobedience as Esti Kuperman Emma Stone - The Favourite as Abigail Masham Molly Wright - Apostasy as Alex
Best Screenplay	Most Promising Newcomer
Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara - The Favourite Michael Pearce - Beast Bart Layton - American Animals Sebastián Lelio and Rebecca Lenkiewicz - Disobedience Lynne Ramsay - You Were Never Really Here	Jessie Buckley - Beast Michaela Coel - Been So Long Liv Hill - Jellyfish Marcus Rutherford - Obey Molly Wright - Apostasy
The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director)	Best Debut Screenwriter
Richard Billingham - Ray & Liz Michael Pearce - Beast Daniel Kokotajlo - Apostasy Matt Palmer - Calibre Leanne Welham - Pili	Bart Layton - American Animals Michael Pearce - Beast Matt Palmer - Calibre Daniel Kokotajlo - Apostasy Karen Gillan - The Party's Just Beginning
Breakthrough Producer	The Discovery Award
Jacqui Davies - Ray & Liz Kristian Brodie - Beast Marcie Maclellan - Apostasy Anna Griffin - Calibre Faye Ward - Stan & Ollie	Voyageuse - May Miles Thomas The Dig - Andy Tohill, Ryan Tohill, Stuart Drennan, Brian J. Falconer Irene’s Ghost - Iain Cunningham, Rebecca Mark-Lawson, David Arthur, Ellie Land A Moment in the Reeds - Mikko Makela, James Watson Super November - Douglas King, Josie Long
Best Documentary	Best British Short Film
Evelyn - Orlando Von Einsiedel, Joanna Natasegara Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story - Steve Sullivan Island - Steven Eastwood, Elhum Shakerifar Nae Pasaran - Felipe Bustos Sierra Under The Wire - Christopher Martin, Tom Brisley	The Big Day - Dawn Shadforth, Kellie Smith, Michelle Stein Bitter Sea - Fateme Ahmadi, Emma Parsons The Field - Sandhya Suri, Balthazar De Ganay, Thomas Bidegain Pommel - Paris Zarcilla, Sebastian Brown, Ivan Kelava To Know Him - Ted Evans, Kellie Smith, Jennifer Monks, Michelle Stein
Best International Independent Film	Best Casting
Roma - Alfonso Cuarón, Gabriela Rodriguez and Nicolás Celis Capernaum - Nadine Labaki, Jihad Hojeily, Michelle Keserwani, Khaled Mouzanar and Michel Merkt Cold War - Pawel Pawlikowski, Janusz Glowacki, Ewa Puszczynska and Tanya Seghatchian The Rider - Chloé Zhao, Mollye Asher, Sacha Ben Harroche and Bert Hamelinck Shoplifters - Hirokazu Kore-eda	Dixie Chassay - The Favourite Julie Harkin - Beast Avy Kaufman - American Animals Andy Pryor - Stan & Ollie Michelle Smith - Apostasy
Best Costume Design	Best Cinematography
Sandy Powell - The Favourite Jacqueline Durran - Peterloo Andrea Flesch - Colette Guy Sperenza - Stan & Ollie Alyssa Tull - An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn	Robbie Ryan - The Favourite Ole Bratt Birkeland - American Animals Magnus Nordenhof Jønk - Lean on Pete Tom Townend - You Were Never Really Here David Ungaro - A Prayer Before Dawn
Best Editing	Best Effects
Nick Fenton, Julian Hart, Chris Gill - American Animals Joe Bini - You Were Never Really Here Marc Boucrot - A Prayer Before Dawn Yorgos Mavropsaridis - The Favourite Ben Wheatley - Happy New Year, Colin Burstead	Howard Jones - Early Man Matthew Strange, Mark Wellband - Dead In A Week (or your money back) George Zwier, Paul Driver - Peterloo
Best Make Up & Hair Design	Best Music
Nadia Stacey - The Favourite Christine Blundell - Peterloo Mark Coulier, Jeremy Woodhead - Stan & Ollie Stacey Louise Holman - A Prayer Before Dawn Ivana Primorac - Colette	Jonny Greenwood - You Were Never Really Here Aaron Cupples - Island Of The Hungry Ghosts Richard Hawley - Funny Cow Anne Nikitin - American Animals Jim Williams - Beast
Best Production Design	Best Sound
Fiona Crombie - The Favourite Michael Carlin - Colette Suzie Davies - Peterloo John Paul Kelly - Stan & Ollie Beck Rainford - Ray & Liz	Paul Davies - You Were Never Really Here Johnnie Burn - The Favourite Séverin Favriau - A Prayer Before Dawn CJ Mirra - Time Trial Andrew Stirk - American Animals

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Film
13	The Favourite
11	American Animals
10	Beast
8	You Were Never Really Here
7	Stan & Ollie
6	Apostasy
5	Disobedience
5	A Prayer Before Dawn
4	Lean on Pete
	Colette
	Peterloo
3	Ray & Liz
3	Calibre
2	Funny Cow

Films that received multiple wins
Wins	Film
10	The Favourite
2	You Were Never Really Here
2	Ray & Liz

References

"'The Favourite' leads 2018 BIFA nominations". Screendaily. Retrieved 2018-11-01.
"The Favourite dominates British independent film award nominations". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-11-01.

External links

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[1] "'The Favourite' leads 2018 BIFA nominations". Screendaily. Retrieved 2018-11-01.

[2] "The Favourite dominates British independent film award nominations". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-11-01.