Yesterday evening the red carpet was unfurled at Old Billingsgate in London for the annual British Independent Film Awards. This year’s event was a continuation of the great work done to celebrate the very best of British film.
God’s Own Country took home to coveted Best British Independent Film award among its total haul of four awards. The stunning Lady Macbeth won five awards including the Best Actress award for rising star Florence Pugh, and Armando Iannucci’s The Death of Stalin bagged four of the awards. Further afield Rungano Nyoni took home the enviable double bill of awards being named Best Debut Director and Best Director for I Am Not a Witch.
Cassam Looch and Dave Sztypuljak were on the carpet last night to speak with the nominees and winners. Here are their interviews.
The 2017 BIFAs Red Carpet Interviews
The full list of nominees and winners are below.
BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS 2017 NOMINATIONS and WINNERS (in bold)
| Best British Independent Film
THE DEATH OF STALIN Armando Iannucci, David Schneider, Ian Martin, Yann Zenou, Kevin Loader, Nicolas Duval Adassovsky, Laurent Zeitoun GOD’S OWN COUNTRY Francis Lee, Jack Tarling, Manon Ardisson I AM NOT A WITCH Rungano Nyoni, Juliette Grandmont, Emily Morgan LADY MACBETH William Oldroyd, Alice Birch, Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI Martin McDonagh, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin |
Best International Independent Film sponsored by Champagne Taittinger
THE FLORIDA PROJECT Sean Baker, Chris Bergoch, Kevin Chinoy, Andrew Duncan, Alex Saks, Francesca Silvestri, Shih-Ching Tsou GET OUT Jordan Peele, Jason Blum, Edward H Hamm Jr, Sean McKittrick I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO Raoul Peck, James Baldwin, Hébert Peck, Rémi Grellety LOVELESS Andrey Zvyaginstev, Oleg Negin, Gleb Fetisov, Sergey Melkumov, Alexander Rodnyansky THE SQUARE Ruben Östlund, Erik Hemmendorff |
| Best Director
ARMANDO IANNUCCI The Death of Stalin FRANCIS LEE God’s Own Country MARTIN McDONAGH Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri RUNGANO NYONI I Am Not a Witch WILLIAM OLDROYD Lady Macbeth |
Best Screenplay sponsored by BBC Films
ALICE BIRCH Lady Macbeth ARMANDO IANNUCCI, DAVID SCHNEIDER, IAN MARTIN The Death of Stalin FRANCIS LEE God’s Own Country MARTIN McDONAGH Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri RUNGANO NYONI I Am Not a Witch |
| Best Actress sponsored by MAC Cosmetics
EMILY BEECHAM Daphne FRANCES McDORMAND Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri MARGARET MULUBWA I Am Not a Witch FLORENCE PUGH Lady Macbeth RUTH WILSON Dark River |
Best Actor
JAMIE BELL Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool PADDY CONSIDINE Journeyman JOHNNY HARRIS Jawbone JOSH O’CONNOR God’s Own Country ALEC SECAREANU God’s Own Country |
| Best Supporting Actress
NAOMI ACKIE Lady Macbeth PATRICIA CLARKSON The Party KELLY MACDONALD Goodbye Christopher Robin ANDREA RISEBOROUGH The Death of Stalin JULIE WALTERS Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool |
Best Supporting Actor
SIMON RUSSELL BEALE The Death of Stalin STEVE BUSCEMI The Death of Stalin WOODY HARRELSON Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri IAN HART God’s Own Country SAM ROCKWELL Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri |
| Most Promising Newcomer sponsored by The London EDITION
NAOMI ACKIE Lady Macbeth HARRY GILBY Just Charlie COSMO JARVIS Lady Macbeth HARRY MICHELL Chubby Funny LILY NEWMARK Pin Cushion |
The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director)
DEBORAH HAYWOOD Pin Cushion FRANCIS LEE God’s Own Country THOMAS NAPPER Jawbone RUNGANO NYONI I Am Not a Witch WILLIAM OLDROYD Lady Macbeth |
| Debut Screenwriter
ALICE BIRCH Lady Macbeth GABY CHIAPPE Their Finest JOHNNY HARRIS Jawbone FRANCIS LEE God’s Own Country RUNGANO NYONI I Am Not a Witch |
Breakthrough Producer sponsored by Creativity Media
GAVIN HUMPHRIES Pin Cushion EMILY MORGAN I Am Not a Witch BRENDAN MULLIN, KATY JACKSON Bad Day for the Cut FODHLA CRONIN O’REILLY Lady Macbeth JACK TARLING, MANON ARDISSON God’s Own Country |
| The Discovery Award sponsored by Raindance
EVEN WHEN I FALL Sky Neal, Kate McLarnon, Elhum Shakerifar HALFWAY Ben Caird, Jonny Paterson IN ANOTHER LIFE Jason Wingard, Hannah Stevenson, Rebecca Clare Evans, Chris Bouckley ISOLANI R Paul Wilson, Lisa Hague MY PURE LAND Sarmad Masud, Bill Kenwright |
Best Documentary
ALMOST HEAVEN Carol Salter HALF WAY Daisy-May Hudson KINGDOM OF US Lucy Cohen, Julia Nottingham, Lucas Ochoa, Thomas Benski, Bill Rudgard UNCLE HOWARD Aaron Brookner, Paula Vaccaro WILLIAMS Morgan Matthews, Hayley Reynolds, Sarah Hamilton |
| Best British Short Film supported by BFI NETWORK
1745 Gordon Napier, Morayo Akandé, John McKay FISH STORY Charlie Lyne, Catherine Bray, Anthony Ing THE ENTERTAINER Jonathan Schey, Jodie Brown, Jun Bung Lee WORK Aneil Karia, Scott O’Donnell WREN BOYS Harry Lighton, John Fitzpatrick, Sorcha Bacon |
Best Cinematography sponsored by Blackmagic Design
BEN DAVIS Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri DAVID GALLEGO I Am Not a Witch TAT RADCLIFFE Jawbone THOMAS RIEDELSHEIMER Leaning Into the Wind ARI WEGNER Lady Macbeth |
| Best Casting
SHAHEEN BAIG Lady Macbeth SHAHEEN BAIG, LAYLA MERRICK-WOLF God’s Own Country SARAH CROWE The Death of Stalin SARAH HALLEY FINN Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri DEBBIE McWILLIAMS Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool |
Best Costume Design
DINAH COLLIN My Cousin Rachel SUZIE HARMAN The Death of Stalin SANDY POWELL How to Talk to Girls at Parties HOLLY REBECCA I Am Not a Witch HOLLY WADDINGTON Lady Macbeth |
| Best Editing
JOHNNY BURKE Williams DAVID CHARAP Jawbone JON GREGORY Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri PETER LAMBERT The Death of Stalin JOE MARTIN Us and Them |
Best Effects
NICK ALLDER, BEN WHITE The Ritual LUKE DODD Journeyman RONALD GRAUER, BERNARD NEWTON The Death of Stalin DAN MARTIN Double Date CHRIS REYNOLDS Their Finest |
| Best Make Up & Hair Design
JULENE PATON I Am Not a Witch JAN SEWELL, MARK COULIER Breathe NADIA STACEY Journeyman NICOLE STAFFORD The Death of Stalin SIAN WILSON Lady Macbeth |
Best Music
CARTER BURWELL Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri FRED FRITH Leaning into the Wind MATT KELLY I Am Not a Witch PAUL WELLER Jawbone CHRISTOPHER WILLIS The Death of Stalin |
| Best Production Design
JACQUELINE ABRAHAMS Lady Macbeth CRISTINA CASALI The Death of Stalin JAMES MERIFIELD Final Portrait NATHAN PARKER I Am Not a Witch EVE STEWART Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool |
Best Sound
ANNA BERTMARK God’s Own Country MAIKEN HANSEN I Am Not a Witch ANDY SHELLEY, STEVE GRIFFITHS Jawbone JOAKIM SUNDSTRÖM Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri IAN WILSON, BECKI PONTING Breathe |
