British Independent Film Award for Best Cinematography

British Independent Film Award for Best Cinematography
Awarded for	Best Cinematography
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	BIFA
Currently held by	Love Lies Bleeding – Ben Fordesman (2024)
Website	www.bifa.org.uk

The British Independent Film Award for Best Cinematography is an annual award given to the cinematographer's work that has been deemed "best" in a particular year for their work in independent British cinema. The award was introduced in 2017. Before its inception, cinematography was included in the category named Best Technical Achievement.

Winners and nominees

2010s

Year	Film	Recipient(s)
2017 (20th) [1] [2]	Lady Macbeth	Ari Wegner
	I Am Not a Witch	David Gallego
	Jawbone	Tat Radcliffe
	Leaning Into the Wind	Thomas Riedelsheimer
	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	Ben Davis
2018 (21st) [3] [4]	The Favourite	Robbie Ryan
	American Animals	Ole Bratt Birkeland
	Lean on Pete	Magnus Joenck
	A Prayer Before Dawn	David Ungaro
	You Were Never Really Here	Thomas Townend
2019 (22nd) [5] [6]	Beats	Benjamin Kračun
	In Fabric	Ari Wegner
	Judy	Ole Bratt Birkeland
	Moffie	Jamie D. Ramsay
	The Personal History of David Copperfield	Zac Nicholson

2020s

Year	Film	Recipient(s)
2020 (23rd) [7] [8]	Saint Maud	Ben Fordesman
	His House	Jo Willems
	Limbo	Nick Cooke
	Mogul Mowgli	Anika Summerson
	Rocks	Hélène Louvart
2021 (24th) [9]	Boiling Point	Matthew Lewis
	Belfast	Haris Zambarloukos
	Censor	Annika Summerson
	Cow	Magda Kowalczyk
	The Nest	Mátyás Erdély
2022 (25th) [10] [11]	Aftersun	Gregory Oke
	Kanaval	Joel Honeywell
	Men	Rob Hardy
	Nascondino	Alfredo de Juan
	The Wonder	Ari Wegner
2023 (26th) [12] [13]	All of Us Strangers	Jamie D. Ramsay
	The End We Start From	Suzie Lavelle
	Femme	James Rhodes
	Rye Lane	Olan Collardy
	Scrapper	Molly Manning Walker
2024 (27th) [14]	Love Lies Bleeding	Ben Fordesman
	Civil War	Rob Hardy
	Kneecap	Ryan Kernaghan
	Lee	Pawel Edelman
	The Outrun	Yunus Roy Imer

References

1. Clarke, Stewart (November 1, 2017). "'Lady Macbeth' Tops Nominations for British Independent Film Awards". Variety . Retrieved October 7, 2021.
2. Nordine, Michael (December 10, 2017). "British Independent Film Awards: 'God's Own Country' and 'Lady Macbeth' Win Top Prizes". IndieWire . Retrieved October 7, 2021.
3. Brown, Mark (October 31, 2018). "The Favourite dominates British independent film award nominations". The Guardian . Retrieved October 7, 2021.
4. Nordine, Michael (December 2, 2018). "'The Favourite' Wins 10 British Independent Film Awards, Living Up to Its Title". IndieWire . Retrieved October 7, 2021.
5. Sharf, Zack (October 30, 2019). "2019 British Indie Film Awards Nominations: 'David Copperfield,' Zellweger, and More". IndieWire . Retrieved October 7, 2021.
6. Ritman, Alex (December 1, 2019). "British Independent Film Awards: 'For Sama' Wins Top Prize". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved October 7, 2021.
7. Ramachandran, Naman (December 9, 2020). "'Saint Maud,' 'His House,' 'Rocks' Lead British Independent Film Awards Nominations". Variety . Retrieved October 7, 2021.
8. Grater, Tom (February 18, 2021). "'Rocks' & 'His House' Win Big At British Independent Film Awards". Deadline . Retrieved October 7, 2021.
9. Ramachandran, Naman (November 3, 2021). "'Belfast,' 'Boiling Point' Lead BIFA Nominations". Variety . Retrieved November 3, 2021.
10. Szalai, Georg (4 November 2022). "British Independent Film Awards: Debut Movies 'Aftersun,' 'Blue Jean' Lead Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 4 November 2022.
11. Ntim, Zac (November 18, 2022). "British Independent Film Awards: 'Aftersun' Leads Craft Winners". Deadline . Retrieved November 19, 2022.
12. Ramachandran, Naman (2 November 2023). "Jodie Comer, Paul Mescal Score Nods as 'Rye Lane,' 'Scrapper', 'All of Us Strangers' Lead British Independent Film Awards Nominations". Variety . Retrieved 2 November 2023.
13. Dalton, Ben (20 November 2023). "'All Of Us Strangers' leads Bifa 2023 craft winners with three awards; 'Femme', 'The Kitchen' take two each". Screen International. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
14. Shafer, Ellise (2024-11-05). "'Kneecap,' 'Love Lies Bleeding' Lead British Independent Film Awards Nominations". Variety. Retrieved 2024-11-05.

External links

• Official website