British Independent Film Award for Best British Independent Film

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British Independent Film Award for Best British Independent Film
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Awarded forBest Film
Country United Kingdom
Presented by BIFA
First awarded1998
Currently held by All of Us Strangers (2023)
Website www.bifa.org.uk

The British Independent Film Award for Best British Independent Film is an annual award given by the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) to recognize the best British independent film. The award was first presented in the 1998 ceremony with Ken Loach's romantic drama My Name Is Joe being the first recipient of the award. The current winner is Andrew Haigh's drama film All of Us Strangers .

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Elegibility

The award goes to the writers, producers and directors that are fully credited for the film. Co-directors and co-writers are only eligible where there are no lead directors or writers credited. Other producer credits such as associate, executive, and others, as well as individuals credited with "additional material by", "original story by", and similar credits are not elegible for the award or nomination.

According to the rules presented by BIFA, in order for a film to be considered "independent" and therefore be eligible for this award and the other categories, the financing of the film must come from an independent studio or does not exceed a budget of $25 million in case of a production from a major studio. Additionally, the origination of the film will also be taken into account when assessing the independence of studio-backed films, this referring to "whether it was initially conceived inside or outside of a studio system". [1]

Similarly to the craft categories, the nominees and winner for this award are decided by BIFA voters, unlike the performance categories and the debut awards whichh are decided by a performance jury and a filmmaker jury, respectively.

Winners and nominees

1990s

YearFilmRecipient(s)
1998
(1st)
[2] 		My Name Is Joe Ken Loach
Elizabeth Shekhar Kapur
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Guy Ritchie
Nil by Mouth Gary Oldman
Twenty Four Seven Shane Meadows
1999
(2nd)
[3] 		Wonderland Michael Winterbottom
Gods and Monsters Bill Condon
Hilary and Jackie Anand Tucker
A Room for Romeo Brass Shane Meadows
The War Zone Tim Roth

2000s

YearFilmRecipient(s)
2000
(3rd)
[4] 		Billy Elliot Stephen Daldry
One Day in September Kevin Macdonald
Saving Grace Nigel Cole
The House of Mirth Terence Davies
The Last Resort Paweł Pawlikowski
2001
(4th)
[5] 		Sexy Beast Jonathan Glazer
Bread and Roses Ken Loach
Jump Tomorrow Joel Hopkins
South West 9 Richard Parry
The Warrior Asif Kapadia
2002
(5th)
[6] [7] 		Sweet Sixteen Ken Loach
Bend It Like Beckham Gurinder Chadha
Bloody Sunday Paul Greengrass
Morvern Callar Lynne Ramsay
Lawless Heart Tom Hunsinger and Neil Hunter
2003
(6th)
[8] [9] 		Dirty Pretty Things Stephen Frears
28 Days Later Danny Boyle
Buffalo Soldiers Gregor Jordan
The Magdalene Sisters Peter Mullan
Young Adam David Mackenzie
2004
(7th)
[10] 		Vera Drake Mike Leigh
Dead Man's Shoes Shane Meadows
My Summer of Love Paweł Pawlikowski
Shaun of the Dead Edgar Wright
Touching the Void Kevin Macdonald
2005
(8th)
[11] 		The Constant Gardener Fernando Meirelles
A Cock and Bull Story Michael Winterbottom
Mrs Henderson Presents Stephen Frears
The Descent Neil Marshall
The Libertine Laurence Dunmore
2006
(9th)
[12] [13] 		This Is England Shane Meadows
Red Road Andrea Arnold
The Last King of Scotland Kevin Macdonald
The Queen Stephen Frears
The Wind That Shakes the Barley Ken Loach
2007
(10th)
[14] [15] 		Control Anton Corbijn
And When Did You Last See Your Father? Anand Tucker
Eastern Promises David Cronenberg
Hallam Foe David Mackenzie
Notes on a Scandal Richard Eyre
2008
(11th)
[16] [17] 		Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle
Hunger Steve McQueen
In Bruges Martin McDonagh
Man on Wire James Marsh
Somers Town Shane Meadows
2009
(12th)
[18] [19] 		Moon Duncan Jones
An Education Lone Scherfig
Fish Tank Andrea Arnold
In the Loop Armando Iannucci
Nowhere Boy Sam Taylor-Wood

2010s

YearFilmRecipient(s)
2010
(13th)
[20] [21] 		The King's Speech Tom Hooper
Four Lions Chris Morris
Kick-Ass Matthew Vaughn
Monsters Gareth Edwards
Never Let Me Go Mark Romanek
2011
(14th)
[22] [23] 		Tyrannosaur Paddy Considine
Senna Asif Kapadia
Shame Steve McQueen
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Tomas Alfredson
We Need To Talk About Kevin Lynne Ramsay
2012
(15th)
[24] [25] 		Broken Rufus Norris
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel John Madden
The Imposter Bart Layton
Sightseers Ben Wheatley
Berberian Sound Studio Peter Strickland
2013
(16th)
[26] [27] 		Metro Manila Sean Ellis
Philomena Stephen Frears
The Selfish Giant Clio Barnard
Starred Up David Mackenzie
Le Week-End Roger Michell
2014
(17th)
[28] [29] 		Pride Matthew Warchus
71 Yann Demange
Calvary John Michael McDonagh
Mr. Turner Mike Leigh
The Imitation Game Morten Tyldum
2015
(18th)
[30] [31] 		Ex Machina Alex Garland
Amy Asif Kapadia
45 Years Andrew Haigh
The Lobster Yorgos Lanthimos
Macbeth Justin Kurzel
2016
(19th)
[32] [33] 		American Honey Andrea Arnold, Lars Knudsen, Jay Van Hoy, Pouya Shahbazian, Alice Weinberg, Thomas Benski, Lucas Ochoa
Couple in a Hole Tom Geens
I, Daniel Blake Ken Loach
Notes on Blindness James Spinney, Peter Middleton
Under the Shadow Babak Anvari
2017
(20th)
[34] [35] 		God's Own Country Francis Lee
The Death of Stalin Armando Iannucci
I Am Not a Witch Rungano Nyoni
Lady Macbeth William Oldroyd
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Martin McDonagh
2018
(21st)
[36] [37] 		The Favourite Yorgos Lanthimos, Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara, Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday
American Animals Bart Layton, Katherine Butler, Dimitri Doganis, Derrin Schlesinger, Mary Jane Skalski
Beast Michael Pearce, Kristian Brodie, Lauren Dark, Ivana Mackinnon
Disobedience Sebastián Lelio, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Ed Guiney, Frida Torresblanco, Rachel Weisz
You Were Never Really Here Lynne Ramsay, Pascal Caucheteux, Rosa Attab, James Wilson, Rebecca O'Brien
2019
(22nd)
[38] [39] 		For Sama Waad Al-Khateab and Edward Watts
Bait Mark Jenkin
The Personal History of David Copperfield Armando Iannucci
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Wild Rose Tom Harper

2020s

YearFilmRecipient(s)
2020
(23rd)
[40] [41] 		Rocks Sarah Gavron, Ameenah Ayub Allen, Faye Ward, Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson
Calm with Horses Nick Rowland, Joe Murtagh, Daniel Emmerson
The Father Florian Zeller, Christopher Hampton, David Parfitt, Jean-Louis Livi, Philippe Carcassonne
His House Remi Weekes, Aidan Elliott, Martin Gentles, Arnon Milchan, Edward King, Roy Lee
Saint Maud Rose Glass, Andrea Cornwell, Oliver Kassman
2021
(24th)
[42] 		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, Christina Piovesan
The Souvenir Part II Joanna Hogg, Ed Guiney, Emma Norton, Andrew Lowe, Luke Schiller
2022
(25th)
[43] 		Aftersun Charlotte Wells, Barry Jenkins, Mark Ceryak, Adele Romanski, Amy Jackson
Blue Jean Georgia Oakley, Hélène Sifre
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande Sophie Hyde, Katy Brand, Debbie Gray, Adrian Politowski
Living Oliver Hermanus, Kazuo Ishiguro, Stephen Woolley, Elizabeth Karlsen
The Wonder Sebastián Lelio, Emma Donoghue, Alice Birch, Juliette Howell, Andrew Lowe, Tessa Ross, Ed Guiney
2023
(26th)
[44] 		All of Us Strangers Andrew Haigh, Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, and Sarah Harvey
Femme Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping, Myles Payne, and Sam Ritzenberg
How to Have Sex Molly Manning Walker, Ivana MacKinnon, Emily Leo, and Konstantinos Kontovrakis
Rye Lane Raine Allen-Miller, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia, Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo, and Damian Jones
Scrapper Charlotte Regan and Theo Barrowclough
2024
(27th)
[45] 		Kneecap Rich Peppiatt, Trevor Birney and Jack Tarling
Love Lies Bleeding Rose Glass, Weronika Tofilska, Andrea Cornwell and Oliver Kassman
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl Rungano Nyoni, Tim Cole, Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe
The Outrun Nora Fingscheidt, Amy Liptrot, Sarah Brocklehurst, Dominic Norris, Jack Lowden and Saoirse Ronan
Santosh Sandhya Suri, Mike Goodridge, James Bowsher, Balthazar de Ganay and Alan McAlex

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