The autobiographical drama of Kenneth Branagh Belfast and Philip Barantini’s one-take title Boiling point the two main nominations for this year’s British Independent Film Awards with 11 nods each.
Belfast, which tells the story of a young boy’s life in the city in 1969 amidst the Troubles, won a Best Actress nomination for Caitríona Balfe, a Best Supporting Actress nomination for Judi Dench, Best Supporting Actor for Ciarán Hinds and a Breakthrough Performance nomination for newcomer Jude Hill. The title, which will be released in the United States by Focus Features on November 12, also earned seven craft nominations, including Best Cast and Best Cinematography.
Boiling pointwhich follows an up-and-coming chef under extreme pressure, earned a Best Actor nomination for Stephen Graham, Best Supporting Actor for Ray Panthaki, Best Supporting Actress for Vinette Robinson and a Breakthrough Performance nomination. for Lauryn Ajufo as well as a revolutionary producer. nomination.
First feature directors Aleem Khan and Prano Bailey-Bond will face off with nine nominations each for their respective films After Love and Censor while Joanna Hogg Remembrance Part II also received nine nominations.
by khan After Love won a Best Director nomination and a Best Screenplay nomination and he is the only first filmmaker to receive a Best British Independent Film nomination this year. Bailey-Bond is nominated for Best First Director and Best First Screenwriter for her psychological horror mystery set in the world of 1980s video villains.
Hogg’s Remembrance Part II is up for Best British Independent Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Richard Ayoade and Best Supporting Actress for Tilda Swinton.
at Clio Barnard Ali and Ava has seven nominations, including Best Director and Best Screenplay while Jude Law is nominated for Best Actor in Sean Durkin’s The nestone of six nominations for this title.
A total of 28 British feature films were nominated this year. The craft winners will be announced on November 19 while the other winners will be announced at the BIFA ceremony, which is scheduled to take place at a physical location in London on Sunday, December 5, 2021.
Here is the full list of nominations:
2021 BIFA APPOINTMENTS
The Richard Harris Award for Outstanding Contribution by an Actor to British Cinema
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Best British Independent Film
AFTER LOVE Aleem Khan, Matthieu de Braconier
ALI & AVA Clio Barnard, Tracy O’Riordan
BOILING POINT Philip Barantini, James Cummings, Bart Ruspoli, Hester Ruoff
THE NEST Sean Durkin, Ed Guiney, Derrin Schlesinger, Rose Garnett, Amy Jackson, Cristina Piovesan
THE MEMORY PART II Joanna Hogg, Ed Guiney, Emma Norton, Andrew Lowe, Luke Schiller
Best Director
PHILIP BARANTINI Boiling point
CLIO BARNARD Ali & Ava
SEAN DURKIN The Nest
JOANNA HOGG The Remembrance Part II
ALEEM KHAN After love
Best Screenplay Sponsored by BBC Film
CLIO BARNARD Ali & Ava
TERENCE DAVIES Blessing
SEAN DURKIN The Nest
JOANNA HOGG The Remembrance Part II
ALEEM KHAN After love
Best Actress
CAITRIONA BALFE Belfast
CARRIE COON The Nest
CLAIRE RUSHBROOKAli & Ava
JOANNA SCANLAN After Love
RUTH WILSON The Real Things
Best actor
Meeting RIZ AHMED
ADEEL AKHTAR Ali and Ava
STEPHEN GRAHAM Boiling Point
JUDE LAW The Nest
JAMES NORTON special nowhere
Best Supporting Actress
JUDI DENCH Belfast
JO HARTLEY Honey
NATHALIE RICHARD After love
ROBINSON BARBAR Boiling point
TILDA SWINTON The Remembrance Part II
Best Supporting Actor
TALID ARISS After Love
RICHARD AYOADE Remembrance Part II
Meeting LUCIEN-RIVER CHAUHAN
CIARAN HINDS Belfast
RAY PANTHAKI Boiling Point
The Douglas Hickox Prize
(Best First Director)
Censor PRANO BAILEY-BOND
CELESTE BELL Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché [also directed by Paul Sng]
CATHY BRADY Wildfire
ALEEM KHAN After love
MARLEY MORRISON Honey
Revolutionary producer sponsored by Pinewood Studio Group
MICHELLE ANTONIADES Dear
HELEN JONES Censor
JESSICA MALIK She goes [also produced by Bob Last]
HESTER RUOFF Boiling point [also produced by Bart Ruspoli]
ROB WATSON Power [also produced by Matthew James Wilkinson]
Best First Screenwriter sponsored by Film4
Censor PRANO BAILEY-BOND [also written by Anthony Fletcher]
CATHY BRADY Wildfire
ALEEM KHAN After love
MARLEY MORRISON Honey
Pirates by REGGIE YATES
Revolutionary performance
Boiling point LAURYN AJUFO
NELL BARLOW Dear
MAX HARWOOD Everybody’s talking about Jamie
JUDE HILLBelfast
ELLORA TORCHIA In the Earth
Best Documentary Sponsored by Intermission
COW Andrea Arnold, Kat Mansoor
DIE TO DIVORCE Chloë Fairweather, Sinead Kirwan
I AM BELMAYA Sue Carpenter, Christopher Hird
KEYBOARD FANTASIES Posy Dixon, Liv Proctor
POLY STYRENE: I AM A CLICHÉ Paul Sng, Celeste Bell, Zoë Howe, Rebecca Mark-Lawson, Matthew Silverman, Daria Nitsche
The Raindance Discovery Prize
BANKWORK Daniel Edelstyn, Hilary Powell, Christopher Hird
THE BIKE THIEF Matt Chambers, PK Fellowes, Sophia Gibber, Lene Bausager
I AM BELMAYA Sue Carpenter, Christopher Hird
POLY STYRENE: I AM A CLICHÉ Paul Sng, Celeste Bell, Zoë Howe, Rebecca Mark-Lawson, Matthew Silverman, Daria Nitsche
REBEL DAMS Harri Shanahan, Siân A. Williams, Siobhan Fahey
Best British Short Supported by BFI Network
EGÚNGÚN (MASQUERADE) Olive Nwosu, Alex Polunin
WOMEN Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping, Sam Riztenberg, Hayley Williams, Rienjke Attoh
NIGHT OF LIVING TERROR Ida Melum, Laura Jayne Tunbridge, Hannah Kelso, Danielle Goff
PLAY IT SAFE Mitch Kalisa, Chris Toumazou
PRECIOUS HAIR AND BEAUTY John Ogunmuyiwa, Sophia Gibber, Tony Longe, Lene Bausager
Best International Independent Film sponsored by Champagne Taittinger
COMPARTMENT NO. 6 Juho Kuosmanen, Livia Ulman, Andris Feldmanis, Jussi Rantamäki, Emilia Haukka
FIRST COW Kelly Reichardt, Jon Raymond, Neil Kopp, Vincent Savino, Anish Savjani
LEAKED Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Amin Nawabi, Monica Hellstrøm, Signe Byrge Sørensen
LITTLE MOTHER Céline Sciamma, Bénédicte Couvreur
PLEASURE Ninja Thyberg, Peter Modestij, Erik Hemmendorff, Eliza Jones, Markus Waltå
Best Cast Sponsored by Spotlight & Casting Society
SHAHEEN BAIG After Love
SHAHEEN BAIG Ali & Ava
Pirates of SHAHEEN BAIG
LUCY BEVAN, EMILY BROCKMANN Belfast
CAROLYN MCLEOD Boiling point
Best Cinematography sponsored by Dirty Looks & Kodak
MÁTYÁS ERDÉLY The Nest
MAGDALENA KOWALCZYK Cow
Boiling point of MATTHEW LEWIS
ANNIKA SUMMERSON Censor
HARIS ZAMBARLOUKOS Belfast
Best Costume Design
MICHAEL O’CONNOR The Electric Life of Louis Wain
GRACE SNELL The Remembrance Part II
GUY SPERANZA Everybody’s talking about Jamie
ANNIE SYMONS Blessing
CHARLOTTE WALTER Belfast
Best Editing
HELLE LE FEVRE Remembrance Part II
REBECCA LLOYD, JACOB SCHULSINGER, NICOLAS CHAUDEURGE Cow
ÚNA NÍ DHONGHAÍLE Belfast
MARK VILLES Censor
BEN WHEATLEY In the Earth
Best Music Sponsored by Universal Music Publishing
IAIN COOKED Pirates
CONNIE FARR, HARRY ESCOTTAli and Ava
Meeting with JED KURZEL
CLINT MANSELL In the Earth
VAN MORRISON Belfast
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
SIOBHAN HARPER-RYAN The Remembrance Part II
VICKIE LANG, KRISTYAN MALLETT, DONALD MCINNES The Electric Life of Louis Wain
RUTH PEASE Censor
NADIA STACEY Everybody’s talking about Jamie
WAKANA YOSHIHARA Belfast
Best Effects
Dashcam STEVEN BRAY, MIKE KNIGHTS
GARY BROWN, ISTVÁN MOLNÁR, DAN MARTIN Observer
RUPERT DAVIES The Electric Life of Louis Wain
Best Production Design
JIM CLAY Belfast
STÉPHANE COLLONGE Remembrance Part II
SUZIE DAVIES The Electric Life of Louis Wain
AIMEE MEEK Boiling Point
PAULINA RZESZOWSKA Censor
Best sound supported by Halo
NICOLAS BECKER, CYRIL HOLTZ, LINDA FORSEN Cow
Boiling point of JAMES DRAKE
TIM HARRISON, JAMIE RODEN, ADELE FLETCHER Censor
MARTIN PAVEY In the Earth
ANDREW STIRK, PAUL DAVIES, MORGAN MUSE, BERNARD O’REILLY, JULIAN HOWARTH Encounter
