British Independent Film Award for Best Debut Screenwriter

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British Independent Film Award for Best Debut Screenwriter
Awarded forBest Debut Screenwriter
Country United Kingdom
Presented by BIFA
First award2016
Currently held by Rich Peppiatt for Kneecap (2024)
Website www.bifa.org.uk

The British Independent Film Award for Best Debut Screenwriter is an annual award given by the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) to recognize the best British debut screenwriter. The award was first presented in the 2016 ceremony.

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According to BIFA, the award is for a "British screenwriter for their debut fiction feature film". The award usually goes to one screenwriter with co-writers being eligible when there is no lead screenwriter credited for the film. [1]

Winners and nominees

2010s

YearRecipient(s)Film
2016
(19th)
[2] [3] 		Rachel Tunnard Adult Life Skills
Julian Barratt and Simon Farnaby Mindhorn
John Cairns and Michael McCartney A Patch of Fog
Hope Dickson Leach The Levelling
Ed Talfan The Passing (Yr Ymadawiad)
2017
(20th)
[4] [5] 		Francis Lee God's Own Country
Alice Birch Lady Macbeth
Gaby Chiappe Their Finest
Johnny Harris Jawbone
Rungano Nyoni I Am Not a Witch
2018
(21st)
[6] [7] 		Bart Layton American Animals
Karen Gillan The Party's Just Beginning
Daniel Kokotajlo Apostasy
Matt Palmer Calibre
Michael Pearce Beast
2019
(22nd)
[8] [9] 		Emma Jane Unsworth Animals
Kieran Hurley Beats
Lisa Owens Days of the Bagnold Summer
Nicole Taylor Wild Rose
Harry Wootliff Only You

2020s

YearRecipient(s)Film
2020
(23rd)
[10] [11] 		Riz Ahmed Mogul Mowgli
Rose Glass Saint Maud
Theresa Ikoko and Claire Wilson Rocks
Joe Murtagh Calm with Horses
Remi Weekes and Bassam Tariq His House
2021
(24th)
[12] 		Cathy Brady Wildfire
Prano Bailey-Bond Censor
Aleem Khan After Love
Marley Morrison Sweetheart
Reggie YatesPirates
2022
(25th)
[13] 		Georgia Oakley Blue Jean
Shane Crowley God's Creatures
Davi Earl and Chris Hayward Brian and Charles
Ruth GreenbergThe Origin
Charlotte Wells Aftersun
2023
(26th)
[14] 		Nida Manzoor Polite Society
Nathan Bryon and Tom Melia Rye Lane
Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping Femme
Molly Manning Walker How to Have Sex
Charlotte Regan Scrapper
2024
(27th)
[15] 		Rich Peppiatt Kneecap
James Krishna Floyd Unicorns
Karan Kandhari Sister Midnight
Sandhya Suri Santosh
Mrs & Mr Dave Thomas The Assessment [a]

Notes

  1. ↑ Also written by John Donnelly.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Rules and Eligibility". British Independent Film Awards . Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  2. ↑ Evans, Alan (November 1, 2016). "I, Daniel Blake leads British independent film award nominations". The Guardian . Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  3. ↑ Barranclough, Leo (December 4, 2016). "'American Honey' Triumphs at British Independent Film Awards". Variety . Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  4. ↑ Clarke, Stewart (November 1, 2017). "'Lady Macbeth' Tops Nominations for British Independent Film Awards". Variety . Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  5. ↑ Nordine, Michael (December 10, 2017). "British Independent Film Awards: 'God's Own Country' and 'Lady Macbeth' Win Top Prizes". IndieWire . Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  6. ↑ Brown, Mark (October 31, 2018). "The Favourite dominates British independent film award nominations". The Guardian . Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  7. ↑ Nordine, Michael (December 2, 2018). "'The Favourite' Wins 10 British Independent Film Awards, Living Up to Its Title". IndieWire . Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  8. ↑ Sharf, Zack (October 30, 2019). "2019 British Indie Film Awards Nominations: 'David Copperfield,' Zellweger, and More". IndieWire . Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  9. ↑ Ritman, Alex (December 1, 2019). "British Independent Film Awards: 'For Sama' Wins Top Prize". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  10. ↑ Ramachandran, Naman (December 9, 2020). "'Saint Maud,' 'His House,' 'Rocks' Lead British Independent Film Awards Nominations". Variety . Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  11. ↑ Grater, Tom (February 18, 2021). "'Rocks' & 'His House' Win Big At British Independent Film Awards". Deadline . Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  12. ↑ Ramachandran, Naman (November 3, 2021). "'Belfast,' 'Boiling Point' Lead BIFA Nominations". Variety . Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  13. ↑ Szalai, Georg (4 November 2022). "British Independent Film Awards: Debut Movies 'Aftersun,' 'Blue Jean' Lead Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  14. ↑ 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.
  15. ↑ Shafer, Ellise (2024-11-05). "'Kneecap,' 'Love Lies Bleeding' Lead British Independent Film Awards Nominations". Variety. Retrieved 2024-11-05.
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