2020 British Independent Film Awards – Winners List
The delayed annual British Independent Film Awards were hosted this evening, Thursday 18th February 2021, by Harry Potter alum Tom Felton in a fully digital ceremony boasting guests from the best of British independent film and beyond.
Broadcast live via YouTube and Facebook Live, the 23rd annual British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) celebrated so much of the cinema that went under the radar in 2020, the big winners on the night being His House, Saint Maud and Rocks.
Felton and his zoom party of dozens of filmmakers imbued the ceremony with a sense of excitement and youth, painting the picture of an independent national industry that may be going through difficult times but is still producing undeniably great pieces of art.
The winners of the 2020 British Independent Film Awards are:
BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM – ROCKS
Calm with Horses
The Father
His House
Saint Maud
BEST DIRECTOR – REMI WEEKES (HIS HOUSE)
Sarah Gavron – Rocks
Rose Glass – Saint Maud
Nick Rowland – Calm with Horses
Florian Zeller – The Father
BEST SCREENPLAY – FLORIAN ZELLER, CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON (THE FATHER)
Rose Glass – Saint Maud
Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson – Rocks
Bassam Tariq, Riz Ahmed – Mogul Mowgli
Remi Weekes – His House
BEST ACTRESS – WUNMI MOSAKU (HIS HOUSE)
Bukky Bakray – Rocks
Morfydd Clark – Saint Maud
Clare Dunne – Herself
Andrea Riseborough – Luxor
BEST ACTOR – ANTHONY HOPKINS (THE FATHER)
Riz Ahmed – Mogul Mowgli
Sope Dirisu – His House
Amir El-Masry – Limbo
Cosmo Jarvis – Calm with Horses
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – KOSAR ALI (ROCKS)
Niamh Algar – Calm with Horses
Jennifer Ehle – Saint Maud
Ashley Madekwe – County Lines
Fiona Shaw – Kindred
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – D’ANGELOU OSEI KISSIEDU (ROCKS)
Harris Dickinson – County Lines
Barry Keoghan – Calm with Horses
Alyy Khan – Mogul Mowgli
Merab Ninidze – The Courier
THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD (DEBUT DIRECTOR) – ROSE GLASS (SAINT MAUD)
Henry Blake – County Lines
Eva Riley – Perfect 10
Nick Rowland – Calm with Horses
Remi Weekes – His House
BREAKTHROUGH PRODUCER – IRUNE GURTUBAI (LIMBO)
Douglas Cox – Host
Daniel Emmerson – Calm with Horses
Oliver Kassman – Saint Maud
Edward King, Martin Gentles – His House
DEBUT SCREENWRITER – RIZ AHMED (MOGUL MOWGLI)
Rose Glass – Saint Maud
Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson – Rocks
Joe Murtagh – Calm with Horses
Remi Weekes – His House
MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER – KOSAR ALI (ROCKS)
Niamh Algar – Calm with Horses
Bukky Bakray – Rocks
Frankie Box – Perfect 10
Conrad Khan – County Lines
BEST DOCUMENTARY – THE REASON I JUMP
The Australian Dream
Being a Human Person
Rising Phoenix
White Riot
THE RAINDANCE DISCOVERY AWARD – PERFECT 10
Justine
Looted
One Man and His Shoes
Rose: A Love Story
BEST BRITISH SHORT FILM (SUPPORTED BY BFI NETWORK) – THE LONG GOODBYE
Filipiñana
The Forgotten C
Mandem
Sudden Light
BEST INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM – NOMADLAND
Babyteeth
Les Misérables
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Notturno
BEST CASTING – LUCY PARDEE (ROCKS)
Shaheen Baig – Calm with Horses
Kharmel Cochrane – Saint Maud
Carmen Cuba – His House
Dan Jackson – Limbo
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – BEN FORDESMAN (SAINT MAUD)
Nick Cooke – Limbo
Hélène Louvart – Rocks
Annika Summerson – Mogul Mowgli
Jo Willems – His House
BEST COSTUME DESIGN – CHARLOTTE WALTER (MISBEHAVIOUR)
Michele Clapton – The Secret Garden
Ruka Johnson – Rocks
Tina Kalivas – Saint Maud
Michael O’Connor – Ammonite
BEST EDITING – YORGOS LAMPRINOS (THE FATHER)
Julia Bloch – His House
Maya Maffioli – Rocks
Brenna Rangott – Host
Mark Towns – Saint Maud
BEST EFFECTS – HIS HOUSE
Undergods
Saint Maud
BEST MAKE-UP AND HAIR DESIGN – JILL SWEENEY (MISBEHAVIOUR)
Jaquetta Levon – Saint Maud
Sharon a Martin – His House
Ivana Primorac – Ammonite
Nora Robertson – Rocks
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – JAQUELINE ABRAHAMS (HIS HOUSE)
Cristina Casali – Misbehaviour
Peter Francis – The Father
Marketa Korinkova, Elo Soode – Undergods
Paulina Rzeszowska – Saint Maud
BEST MUSIC – PAUL CORLEY (MOGUL MOWGLI)
Roque Baños – His House
Nainita Desai – The Reason I Jump
Connie Farr, Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch – Rocks
Adam Janota Bzowski – Saint Maud
BEST SOUND – THE REASON I JUMP
His House
Saint Maud
Mogul Mowgli
Host
The Film Magazine’s live coverage of this event was hosted on via Discord.
