Film4-backed films receive 41 BIFA nominations

3 November 2015

Film4 has received a total of 41 nominations for the films it has backed at this year’s British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs), with the nomination lists for the Best British Film and Best Director awards consisting entirely of Film4-backed talent and films.

Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Lobster tops the list with seven nominations. Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years and Justin Kurzel’s Macbeth each receive six nominations while Alex Garland’s Ex_Machina and Asif Kapadia’s Amy garnered five nominations each. Sarah Gavron’s Suffragette and Ben Wheatley’s High-Rise have four nominations each.

Film4 films make up the entirety of the nominations for the Best British Independent Film award: 45 Years, Amy, Ex_Machina, The Lobster and Macbeth. Similarly, the nominations for Best Director are all for Film4-backed films – Andrew Haigh, Asif Kapadia, Alex Garland, Yorgos Lanthimos and Justin Kurzel. And John Maclean is nominated for Best Debut Director for Slow West alongside Louise Osmond who is nominated in the Best Documentary category for her film Dark Horse: The Incredible True Story of Dream Alliance.

Film4 also dominates the Best Screenplay nominations with 45 Years, Ex­_Machina, High-Rise and The Lobster.

Carey Mulligan is nominated for Best Actress for her role in Suffragette alongside Charlotte Rampling for her role in 45 Years. Tom Courtenay (45 Years), Colin Farrell (The Lobster), Michael Fassbender (Macbeth) and Tom Hiddleston (High-Rise) are all nominated in the Best Actor category.

And last, but not least, in the Best International Independent Film category two of Film4's most anticipated films are nominated. Lenny Abrahamson’s Room and Todd Haynes’ Carol, both of which are also generating much Academy Awards buzz across the pond.

David Kosse, Director of Film4, says: “I’m thrilled for all our filmmakers who have been nominated for this year’s BIFAs. These awards are vital in highlighting and recognising the work of independent British filmmaking talent and Film4 is immensely proud to have been involved in all of these projects. Good luck to all those nominated.”

The BIFAs are held on 6th December 2015 at Old Billingsgate in central London.

 

Full list of nominees (Film4 nominations in bold):
BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM

45 YEARS

AMY

EX_MACHINA

THE LOBSTER

MACBETH

 

BEST DIRECTOR

45 YEARS Andrew Haigh

AMY Asif Kapadia

EX_MACHINA Alex Garland

THE LOBSTER Yorgos Lanthimos

MACBETH Justin Kurzel

 

THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD [BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR]

Sponsored by 3 Mills Studios

THE HALLOW Corin Hardy

KAJAKI: THE TRUE STORY Paul Katis

NINA FOREVER Chris & Ben Blaine S

SLOW WEST John Maclean

THE SURVIVALIST Stephen Fingleton

 

BEST SCREENPLAY

Sponsored by BBC Films

45 YEARS Andrew Haigh

BROOKLYN Nick Hornby

EX_MACHINA Alex Garland

HIGH-RISE Amy Jump

THE LOBSTER Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthymis Filippou

 

BEST ACTRESS

Sponsored by MAC

MARION COTILLARD Macbeth

CAREY MULLIGAN Suffragette

CHARLOTTE RAMPLING 45 Years

SAOIRSE RONAN Brooklyn

ALICIA VIKANDER The Danish Girl

 

BEST ACTOR

Sponsored by Movado

TOM COURTENAY 45 Years

COLIN FARRELL The Lobster

MICHAEL FASSBENDER Macbeth

TOM HARDY Legend

TOM HIDDLESTON High-Rise

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

HELENA BONHAM CARTER Suffragette

OLIVIA COLMAN The Lobster

ANNE-MARIE DUFF Suffragette

SIENNA MILLER High-Rise

JULIE WALTERS Brooklyn

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

LUKE EVANS High-Rise

BRENDAN GLEESON Suffragette

DOMHNALL GLEESON Brooklyn

SEAN HARRIS Macbeth

BEN WHISHAW The Lobster

 

MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER

sponsored by The London Edition

AGYNESS DEYN Sunset Song

MIA GOTH The Survivalist

ABIGAIL HARDINGHAM Nina Forever

MILO PARKER Mr Holmes

BEL POWLEY A Royal Night Out

 

THE DISCOVERY AWARD

sponsored by Raindance

AAAAAAAAH! Andrew Starke, Steve Oram

BURN BURN BURN Daniel-Konrad Cooper, Tim Phillips, Charlie Covell, Chanya Button

ORION: THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING Jeanie Finlay

THE RETURN Oliver Nias

WINTER Tilly Wood, Paula Crickard, Heidi Greensmith

 

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

TRISTAN GOLIGHER 45 Years

JAMES GAY-REES Amy

PAUL KATIS, ANDREW DE LOTBINIERE Kajaki: The True Story

CECI DEMPSEY, ED GUINEY, YORGOS LANTHIMOS, LEE MAGIDAY The Lobster

DAVID A HUGHES, DAVID MOORES The Violators

 

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN CRAFT

ADAM ARKAPAW Cinematography – Macbeth

MARK DIGBY Production Design – Ex_Machina

CHRIS KING Editing – Amy

FIONA WEIR Casting – Brooklyn

ANDREW WHITEHURST Visual Effects, Ex_Machina

 

BEST DOCUMENTAR Y

AMY James Gay-Rees, Asif Kapadia

DARK HORSE: THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY OF DREAM ALLIANCE Judith Dawson, Louise Osmond

HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD Bous De Jong, Al Morrow, Jerry Rothwell

PALIO James Gay-Rees, John Hunt, Cosima Spender

A SYRIAN LOVE STORY Elhum Shakerifar, Sean McAllister

 

BEST BRITISH SHORT

BALCONY Tom Kimberly, Ali Mansuri, Toby Fell-Holden

CRACK Joseph Taussig, Peter King

EDMOND Emilie Jouffroy, Nina Gantz

LOVE IS BLIND Lizzie Brown, Dan Hodgson

MANoMAN Kamilla Kristiane Hodøl, Simon Cartwright

 

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM

CAROL Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley, Christine Vachon, Phyllis Nagy, Todd Haynes

FORCE MAJEURE Erik Hemmendorff, Marie Kjellson, Philippe Bober, Ruben Östlund

GIRLHOOD Bénédicte Couvreur, Céline Sciamma

ROOM Ed Guiney, David Gross, Emma Donoghue, Lenny Abrahamson

SON OF SAUL Gábor Sipos, Gábor Rajna, Cara Royer, László Nemes