This morning British actors Holliday Grainger and Micheal Ward announced the list of nominations for the 2020 British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) which sees Rose Glass’s psychological horror lead the pack with 17 nominations.
‘Saint Maud’ will be taking on Remi Weekes’ ‘His House’, which has 16 nominations across the Director, Screenplay, debut and technical categories. Weekes’ powerful debut also received nominations in Best Actress and Best Actor for Wunmi Mosaku and Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù.
‘Rocks’, Sarah Gavron and Anu Henrique’s fresh, poignant and genuinely uplifting take on life as a marginalised British teen has 15 nominations, including double nominations for stars Bukky Bakray and Kosar Ali in Best Actress and Supporting Actress and Most Promising Newcomer. D’angleou Osei Kissiedu is nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
Stefan Pape sat down with BIFA nomination announcers Holliday Grainger and Micheal Ward to talk about the bright future of British Film.
We also sat down with Saint Maud’s lead actress Morfydd Clark to talk about the film’s stunning nominations success at the BIFAs.
UPDATE: Saint Maud, its director and its star have just been nominated for numerous BAFTAs, including a BAFTA Rising Star nomination for Morfydd Clark – vote here!
Riz Ahmed has four BIFA nominations this year: as Best Actor, Debut Screenwriter and Best Screenplay for ‘Mogul Mowgli’ and also for ‘The Long Goodbye’, a short film which he wrote and starred in.
Winners will be announced in early February. More details of the event will be released in January.
Also in news – Warner Bros. to launch entire 2021 Film slate on HBO Max and Cinemas
BIFA NOMINATIONS 2020 in FULL
Best British Independent Film
CALM WITH HORSES Nick Rowland, Joe Murtagh, Daniel Emmerson
THE FATHER Florian Zeller, Christopher Hampton, David Parfitt, Jean-Louis Livi, Philippe Carcassonne
HIS HOUSE Remi Weekes, Martin Gentles, Edward King, Roy Lee, Aidan Elliott, Arnon Milchan
ROCKS Sarah Gavron, Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson, Faye Ward, Ameenah Ayub Allen
SAINT MAUD Rose Glass, Oliver Kassman, Andrea Cornwell
| Best Director
SARAH GAVRON Rocks [associate director Anu Henriques] ROSE GLASS Saint Maud NICK ROWLAND Calm With Horses REMI WEEKES His House FLORIAN ZELLER The Father |
Best Screenplay sponsored by BBC Film ROSE GLASS Saint Maud THERESA IKOKO, CLAIRE WILSON Rocks BASSAM TARIQ, RIZ AHMED Mogul Mowgli REMI WEEKES His House FLORIAN ZELLER, CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON The Father
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| Best Actress
BUKKY BAKRAY Rocks MORFYDD CLARK Saint Maud CLARE DUNNE Herself WUNMI MOSAKU His House ANDREA RISEBOROUGH Luxor |
Best Actor RIZ AHMED Mogul Mowgli ṢỌPẸ́ DÌRÍSÙ His House AMIR EL-MASRY Limbo ANTHONY HOPKINS The Father COSMO JARVIS Calm With Horses
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| Best Supporting Actress
NIAMH ALGAR Calm With Horses KOSAR ALI Rocks JENNIFER EHLE Saint Maud ASHLEY MADEKWE County Lines FIONA SHAW Kindred |
Best Supporting Actor HARRIS DICKINSON County Lines BARRY KEOGHAN Calm With Horses ALYY KHAN Mogul Mowgli MERAB NINIDZE The Courier D’ANGELOU OSEI KISSIEDU Rocks
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| The Douglas Hickox Award (Debut Director) sponsored by Kodak & Pinewood
HENRY BLAKE County Lines ROSE GLASS Saint Maud EVA RILEY Perfect 10 NICK ROWLAND Calm With Horses REMI WEEKES His House
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Breakthrough Producer DOUGLAS COX Host [also produced by Emily Gotto, Samuel Zimmerman] DANIEL EMMERSON Calm With Horses IRUNE GURTUBAI Limbo [also produced by Angus Lamont] OLIVER KASSMAN Saint Maud [also produced by Andrea Cornwell] EDWARD KING, MARTIN GENTLES His House [also produced by Aidan Elliott, Roy Lee, Arnon Milchan]
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| Debut Screenwriter sponsored by Film4
RIZ AHMED Mogul Mowgli [also written by Bassam Tariq] ROSE GLASS Saint Maud THERESA IKOKO, CLAIRE WILSON Rocks JOE MURTAGH Calm With Horses REMI WEEKES His House |
Most Promising Newcomer
NIAMH ALGAR Calm With Horses KOSAR ALI Rocks BUKKY BAKRAY Rocks FRANKIE BOX Perfect 10 CONRAD KHAN County Lines
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| Best Documentary
THE AUSTRALIAN DREAM Daniel Gordon, Stan Grant, Sarah Thomson, Nick Batzias, Virginia Whitwell, John Battsek BEING A HUMAN PERSON Fred Scott, Mike Brett, Steve Jamison, Jo-Jo Ellison THE REASON I JUMP Jerry Rothwell, Jeremy Dear, Stevie Lee, Al Morrow RISING PHOENIX Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui, Greg Nugent, John Battsek, Tatyana McFadden WHITE RIOT Rubika Shah, Ed Gibbs |
The Raindance Discovery Award
JUSTINE Jamie Patterson, Jeff Murphy, Jason Rush, Sarah Drew, Julius Beltrame LOOTED Rene van Pannevis, Kefi Chadwick, Jennifer Eriksson, Jessie Mangum ONE MAN AND HIS SHOES Yemi Bamiro, Will Thorne PERFECT 10 Eva Riley, Jacob Thomas, Bertrand Faivre, Valentina Brazzini ROSE: A LOVE STORY Jennifer Sheridan, April Kelley, Sara Huxley, Matt Stokoe, Rob Taylor, Sophie Rundle |
Best British Short Film supported by BFI NETWORK
FILIPIÑANA Rafael Manuel, Naomi Pacifique
THE FORGOTTEN C Molly Manning Walker, Jessi Gutch
THE LONG GOODBYE Aneil Karia, Riz Ahmed, Tom Gardner
MANDEM John Ogunmuyiwa, Emily Everdee
SUDDEN LIGHT Sophie Littman, Tom Wood
Best International Independent Film sponsored by Champagne Taittinger
BABYTEETH Shannon Murphy, Rita Kalnejais, Alex White
LES MISÉRABLES Ladj Ly, Giordano Gederlini, Alexis Manenti, Toufik Ayadi, Christophe Barral
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, Paolo Del Brocco, Serge Lalou, Camille Laemlé, Orwa Nyrabia, Eva-Maria Weerts
| Best Casting sponsored by Casting Society of America & Spotlight |
SHAHEEN BAIG Calm With Horses
KHARMEL COCHRANE Saint Maud
CARMEN CUBA His House
DAN JACKSON Limbo
LUCY PARDEE Rocks
Best Cinematography sponsored by Dirty Looks
NICK COOKE Limbo
BEN FORDESMAN Saint Maud
HÉLÈNE LOUVART Rocks
ANNIKA SUMMERSON Mogul Mowgli
JO WILLEMS His House
Best Costume Design
MICHELE CLAPTON The Secret Garden
RUKA JOHNSON Rocks
TINA KALIVAS Saint Maud
MICHAEL O’CONNOR Ammonite
CHARLOTTE WALTER MisbehaviourBest Editing sponsored by Intermission Film
JULIA BLOCH His House
YORGOS LAMPRINOS The Father
MAYA MAFFIOLI Rocks
BRENNA RANGOTT Host
MARK TOWNS Saint Maud
Best Effects
AGNES ASPLUND, MARTIN MALMQVIST Undergods
SCOTT MACINTYRE, BARIŞ KARELI, KRISTYAN MALLETT Saint Maud
PEDRO SABROSA, STEFANO PEPIN His House
Best Make Up & Hair Design
JACQUETTA LEVON Saint Maud
SHARON A MARTIN His House
IVANA PRIMORAC Ammonite
NORA ROBERTSON Rocks
JILL SWEENEY Misbehaviour
Best Music sponsored by Universal Music Publishing Group
ROQUE BAÑOS His House
PAUL CORLEY Mogul Mowgli
NAINITA DESAI The Reason I Jump
CONNIE FARR, EMILIE LEVIENAISE-FARROUCH Rocks
ADAM JANOTA BZOWSKI Saint Maud
Best Production Design sponsored by Studio Juice
JACQUELINE ABRAHAMS His House
CRISTINA CASALI Misbehaviour
PETER FRANCIS The Father
MARKETA KORINKOVA, ELO SOODE Undergods
PAULINA RZESZOWSKA Saint Maud
Best Sound supported by Halo Post
ADRIAN BELL, GLENN FREEMANTLE, FRANK KRUSE, BRENDAN NICHOLSON, RICHARD PRYKE His House
PAUL DAVIES Saint Maud
PAUL DAVIES, ROBERT FARR, NIGEL ALBERMANICHE, IAN MORGAN Mogul Mowgli
NICK RYAN, BEN BAIRD, SARA DE OLIVEIRA LIMA The Reason I Jump
CALUM SAMPLE Host
