BIFA 2020 SHORTLIST REVEALED!

19th November 2020

It’s that time of the year to celebrate indie films and the people behind it, BIFA’S 2020 are back! Past winners have included Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, Joe Cole, Mark Jenkin, Dame Judi Dench and Josh O’connor!
The nominations are announced fully on Wednesday 9 December with the ceremony and winner announcements taking place in early February 2021. Check out the shortlist or should we say longest list revealed so far.

MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER 2020

ALFIE DEEGAN – PERFECT 10
AMIR EL-MASRY – LIMBO
BUKKY BAKRAY – ROCKS
CHARLEY PALMER ROTHWELL – LOOTED
CONRAD KHAN – COUNTY LINES
DIXIE EGERICKX – THE SECRET GARDEN
D’angelou Osei Kissiedu – Rocks
EMILIA JONES – NUCLEAR
FABIENNE PIOLINI-CASTLE – BODY OF WATER
FRANKIE BOX – PERFECT 10
JONATHAN AJAYI – THE DRIFTERS
KOSAR ALI – ROCKS
NIAMH ALGAR – CALM WITH HORSES
PIPPA BENNETT-WARNER – REAL
TAMARA LAWRANCE – KINDRED


BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
About Endlessness – Roy Andersson, Johan Carlsson, Pernilla Sandström
Another Round – Thomas Vinterberg, Tobias Lindholm, Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Kasper Dissing
The Assistant – Kitty Green, Scott Macaulay, James Schamus, Jennifer Dana, Ross Jacobson
Babyteeth – Shannon Murphy, Rita Kalnejais, Alex White
Boys State – Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss
Crip Camp – Sara Bolder, Jim LeBrecht, Nicole Newnham
The Dissident – Bryan Fogel, Mark Monroe, Jake Swantko, Thor Halvorssen
The Forty-Year-Old Version – Radha Blank, Inuka Bacote-Capiga, Jordan Fudge, Rishi Rajani, Jennifer Semler, Lena Waithe
Gunda –  Viktor Kosakovskiy, Ainara Vera, Anita Rehoff Larsen
Les Misérables – Ladj Ly, Toufik Ayadi, Christophe Barral, Giordano Gederlini, Alexis Manenti
Minari – Lee Isaac Chung, Christina Oh, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner
Never Rarely Sometimes Always – Eliza Hittman, Adele Romanski, Sara Murphy
Nomadland – Chloé Zhao, Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey
Notturno – Gianfranco Rosi, Donatella Palermo, Serge Lalou, Camille Laemlè, Orwa Nyrabia, Eva-Maria Weerts
Pieces of A Woman – Kornél Mundruczó, Kata Wéber, Kevin Turen, Ashley Levinson, Aaron Ryder
Sweat – Magnus von Horn, Mariusz Wlodarski
Wolfwalkers – Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, Will Collins, Stéphan Roelants, Nora Twomey, Paul Young
THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD (DEBUT DIRECTOR), SPONSORED BY KODAK & PINEWOOD
ROMOLA GARAI – AMULET

FRED SCOTT – BEING A HUMAN PERSON
NICK ROWLAND – CALM WITH HORSES
HENRY BLAKE – COUNTY LINES
REMI WEEKES – HIS HOUSE
RENE VAN PANNEVIS – LOOTED
CLAIRE OAKLEY – MAKE UP
CATHERINE LINSTRUM – NUCLEAR
EVA RILEY – PERFECT 10
BILLIE PIPER – RARE BEASTS
AKI OMOSHAYBI – REAL
JENNIFER SHERIDAN – ROSE: A LOVE STORY
ROSE GLASS – SAINT MAUD
ANEIL KARIA – SURGE
RUBIKA SHAH – WHITE RIOT
DEBUT SCREENWRITER
LUCY BRYDON – BODY OF WATER
JOSEPH MURTAGH – CALM WITH HORSES
HENRY BLAKE – COUNTY LINES
REMI WEEKES – HIS HOUSE
JED SHEPHERD, GEMMA HURLEY – HOST
CAITLIN MORAN – HOW TO BUILD A GIRL
RENE VAN PANNEVIS, KEFI CHADWICK – LOOTED
CLAIRE OAKLEY – MAKE UP
RIZ AHMED – MOGUL MOWGLI
EVA RILEY – PERFECT 10
BILLIE PIPER – RARE BEASTS
AKI OMOSHAYBI – REAL
THERESA IKOKO, CLAIRE WILSON – ROCKS
MATT STOKOE – ROSE: A LOVE STORY
ROSE GLASS – SAINT MAUD
BREAKTHROUGH PRODUCER
PHILIP HERD, THEO JAMES – ARCHIVE
DANIEL EMMERSON – CALM WITH HORSES
VICTORIA BAVISTER, DAVID BRODER – COUNTY LINES
EDWARD KING, MARTIN GENTLES – HIS HOUSE
DOUGLAS COX – HOST
IRUNE GURTUBAI – LIMBO
JENNIFER ERIKSSON, JESSIE MANGUM – LOOTED
RAJITA SHAH – LOVE SARAH
WILL THORNE – ONE MAN AND HIS SHOES
JACOB THOMAS – PERFECT 10
CIARA BARRY, ROSIE CRERAR – RUN
OLIVER KASSMAN – SAINT MAUD
HELEN SIMMONS – SAY YOUR PRAYERS
SOPHIE VICKERS – SURGE
SOPHIE VENNER – UNDERGODS
ED GIBBS – WHITE RIOT

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