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Kneecap dominated the British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) tonight, winning seven prizes, including Best British Independent Film and Best Début Screenwriter (for Rich Peppiat). After struggling to find support early on, it's now on track for international success, and has even been tipped to make the Oscar shortlist.
It was a good night for outsiders all round, with Grand Theft Hamlet and On Becoming A Guinea Fowl also enjoying success.
The event was hosted by Peter Serafinowicz and presenters included Alicia Vikander, Martin Freeman, Indira Varma and James Norton.
Those award winners in full:
Best British independent film
- Kneecap - Rich Peppiatt, Trevor Birney, Jack Tarling
Best international independent film
- Anora - Sean Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan
Best director
- Rungano Nyoni - On Becoming A Guinea Fowl
Best screenplay
- Sandhya Suri – Santosh
Best lead performance
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste - Hard Truths
Best supporting performance
- Franz Rogowski - Bird
Best joint lead performance
- Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, JJ Ó Dochartaigh - Kneecap
Best Ensemble
- Wicked Little Letters - Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Anjana Vasan, Joanna Scanlan, Gemma Jones, Malachi Kirby, Lolly Adefope, Eileen Atkins, Timothy Spall and Hugh Skinner.
Best début director
- Christopher Andrews - Bring Them Down
Breakthrough producer
- Balthazar De Ganay, James Bowsher - Santosh [also produced by Mike Goodridge, Alan McAlex]
Breakthrough performance
- Susan Chardy - On Becoming A Guinea Fowl
Best début screenwriter
- Rich Peppiatt - Kneecap
Best début director – Feature Documentary
- Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane - Grand Theft Hamlet
Raindance maverick award
- Grand Theft Hamlet - Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane, Julia Ton, Rebecca Wolff
Best feature documentary
- Witches - Elizabeth Sankey, Jeremy Warmsley, Chiara Ventura, Manon Ardisson
Best British short film
- Wander To Wonder - Nina Gantz, Stienette Bosklopper, Simon Cartwright, Daan Bakker, Maarten Swart
Best casting
- Carla Stronge - Kneecap
Best cinematography
- Ben Fordesman - Love Lies Bleeding
Best costume design
- Michael O’Connor – Firebrand
Best editing
- Julian Ulrichs, Chris Gill – Kneecap
Best effects
- David Simpson - Civil War
Best music supervision
- Gary Welch, Jeanette Rehnstrom – Kneecap
Best make-up & hair design
- Lisa Mustafa - Unicorns
Best original music
- Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante - Kneecap
Best production design
- Jan Houllevigue - The Assessment
Best sound
- Glen Freemantle - Civil War
