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| The Banquet Photo: Courtesy of London Film Festival |
The British Independent Film Awards has announced its New Talent longlists for this year, featuring 28 fiction and 14 documentary features. This year's selection, which marks BIFA's 25th year includes a new category for Best Debut Director - Feature Documentary.
Films receiving multiple nominations include A Banquet, Aftersun and Blue Jean.
The BIFA Springboard scheme is also continuing, offering professional development, peer-to-peer support, mentoring, networking and skills development aimed to nurture emerging talent as they build on the success of their first features. Applications opened in September, with seven of this year's longlisted filmmakers joining the cohort of 30 filmmakers on the Film4 supported programme.
The final five nominations in each category will be announcedon November 4, with the winners revealed at the ceremony on December 4.
The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director)
- Ruth Paxton - A Banquet
- Charlotte Wells - Aftersun
- Georgia Oakley - Blue Jean
- Jim Archer - Brian And Charles
- Frances O’Connor - Emily
- Lee Haven Jones - The Feast
- Stacey Gregg - Here Before
- Fridtjof Ryder - Inland
- Thomas Hardiman - Medusa Deluxe
- Mikey Murray - Mind-Set
- Andrew Cumming - The Origin
Best Debut Screenwriter
- Charlotte Wells - Aftersun
- Georgia Oakley - Blue Jean
- David Earl, Chris Hayward - Brian And Charles
- Claire Peate - The Colour Room
- Frances O’connor - Emily
- Roger Williams - The Feast
- William Stone - The Fence
- Shane Crowley - God’s Creatures
- Stacey Gregg - Here Before
- Fridtjof Ryder - Inland
- Thomas Hardiman - Medusa Deluxe
- Ruth Greenberg - The Origin
- Maysoon Pachachi - Our River…Our Sky
Best Debut Director - Feature Documentary
- Joseph Curran, Dominic Aubrey De Vere - A Story Of Bones
- Jay Bedwani - Donna
- Marie Lidén - Electric Malady
- Matthew Dyas Explorer
- Sarah Beddington - Fadia’s Tree
- Becky Hutner - Fashion Reimagined
- Leah Gordon, Eddie Hutton Mills - Kanaval
- Jono McLeod My Old School
- Victoria Fiore Nascondino - (Hide And Seek)
- Kathryn Ferguson - Nothing Compares
- Peter Day - Off The Rails
- Elena Sánchez Bellot, Maia Kenworthy - Rebellion
- Matthew Bauer - The Other Fellow
Breakthrough Performance
- Jessica Alexander - A Banquet
- Rory Alexander - Inland
- Percelle Ascott - I Came By
- Kíla Lord Cassidy The Wonder
- Frankie Corio Aftersun
- Phoebe Dynevor - The Colour Room
- Bally Gill Allelujah
- Lucy Halliday - Blue Jean
- Luca Hogan - A Bit Of Light
- Alexander Lincoln - In From The Side
- Leo Long- I Used To Be Famous
- Rosy McEwen - Blue Jean
- Safia Oakley-Green - The Origin
- David Perkins - The Fence
- Daniel Watson - Give Them Wings
Breakthrough Producer
- Aleksandra Bilić - 8 Bar - The Evolution Of Grime (also produced by Jamie Clark, David Upshal)
- Leonora Darby A Banquet (also produced by Nik Bower, James Harris, Mark Lane, Laure Vaysse)
- Hélène Sifre - Blue Jean
- Rupert Majendie - Brian And Charles
- Becky Hutner, Lindsay Lowe - Fashion Reimagined (also produced by Andrea Van Beuren)
- Roger Williams The Feast
- Serena Armitage Flux Gourmet (also produced by By Pietro Greppi)
- Elizabeth Eves - The Forgiven (also produced by By John Michael Mcdonagh, Nick Gordon, Trevor Matthews)
- Collie McCarthy - I Used To Be Famous
- Henry Richmond, Louis Paine, Fridtjof Ryder - Inland
- Aleksandra Bilić, Jennifer Corcoran Nascondino - (Hide And Seek)
- Paul Kennedy - Nightride (also produced by By Jon Silk)
- Tom Miller, Kate Glover - The Phantom Of The Open (also produced by Nichola Martin)
- Ben Pullen - The Score (also produced by Matthew James Wilkinson)
- Nadira Murray - Winners (also produced by Paul Welsh)
