British Independent Film Awards 2018

The British Independent Film Awards 2018 were held on 2 December 2018 to recognise the best in British independent cinema and filmmaking talent from United Kingdom. The nominations were announced on 31 October 2018.^[1][2] The Favourite led the nominations with 13, followed by American Animals with 11.

British Independent Film Awards 2018
Date	2 December 2018
Location	Old Billingsgate, London, United Kingdom
Website	www.bifa.film
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Winners and nominees

Best British Independent Film	Best Director
The Favourite – Yorgos Lanthimos, Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara, Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney and Lee Magiday American Animals – Bart Layton, Katherine Butler, Dimitri Doganis, Derrin Schlesinger and Mary Jane Skalski Beast – Michael Pearce, Kristian Brodie, Lauren Dark and Ivana Mackinnon Disobedience – Sebastián Lelio, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Ed Guiney, Frida Torresblanco and Rachel Weisz You Were Never Really Here – Lynne Ramsay, Pascal Caucheteux, Rosa Attab, James Wilson and Rebecca O’Brien	Yorgos Lanthimos – The Favourite Andrew Haigh – Lean on Pete Bart Layton – American Animals Michael Pearce – Beast Lynne Ramsay – You Were Never Really Here
Best Actor	Best Actress
Joe Cole – A Prayer Before Dawn as Billy Moore Steve Coogan – Stan & Ollie as Stan Laurel Rupert Everett – The Happy Prince as Oscar Wilde Joaquin Phoenix – You Were Never Really Here as Joe Charlie Plummer – Lean on Pete as Charley Thompson	Olivia Colman – The Favourite as Queen Anne Gemma Arterton – The Escape as Tara Jessie Buckley – Beast as Moll Maxine Peake – Funny Cow as Funny Cow Rachel Weisz – Disobedience as Ronit Krushka
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Alessandro Nivola – Disobedience as Dovid Kuperman Steve Buscemi – Lean on Pete as Del Montgomery Barry Keoghan – American Animals as Spencer Reinhard Evan Peters – American Animals as Warren Lipka Dominic West – Colette as Henry Gauthier-Villars	Rachel Weisz – The Favourite as Sarah Churchill Nina Arianda – Stan & Ollie as Ida Kitaeva Laurel Rachel McAdams – Disobedience as Esti Kuperman Emma Stone – The Favourite as Abigail Masham Molly Wright – Apostasy as Alex
Best Screenplay	Most Promising Newcomer
Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara – The Favourite Michael Pearce – Beast Bart Layton – American Animals Sebastián Lelio and Rebecca Lenkiewicz – Disobedience Lynne Ramsay – You Were Never Really Here	Jessie Buckley – Beast Michaela Coel – Been So Long Liv Hill – Jellyfish Marcus Rutherford – Obey Molly Wright – Apostasy
The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director)	Best Debut Screenwriter
Richard Billingham – Ray & Liz Michael Pearce – Beast Daniel Kokotajlo – Apostasy Matt Palmer – Calibre Leanne Welham – Pili	Bart Layton – American Animals Michael Pearce – Beast Matt Palmer – Calibre Daniel Kokotajlo – Apostasy Karen Gillan – The Party's Just Beginning
Breakthrough Producer	The Discovery Award
Jacqui Davies – Ray & Liz Kristian Brodie – Beast Marcie Maclellan – Apostasy Anna Griffin – Calibre Faye Ward – Stan & Ollie	Voyageuse – May Miles Thomas The Dig – Andy Tohill, Ryan Tohill, Stuart Drennan, Brian J. Falconer Irene’s Ghost – Iain Cunningham, Rebecca Mark-Lawson, David Arthur, Ellie Land A Moment in the Reeds – Mikko Makela, James Watson Super November – Douglas King, Josie Long
Best Documentary	Best British Short Film
Evelyn – Orlando Von Einsiedel, Joanna Natasegara Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story – Steve Sullivan Island – Steven Eastwood, Elhum Shakerifar Nae Pasaran – Felipe Bustos Sierra Under The Wire – Christopher Martin, Tom Brisley	The Big Day – Dawn Shadforth, Kellie Smith, Michelle Stein Bitter Sea – Fateme Ahmadi, Emma Parsons The Field – Sandhya Suri, Balthazar De Ganay, Thomas Bidegain Pommel – Paris Zarcilla, Sebastian Brown, Ivan Kelava To Know Him – Ted Evans, Kellie Smith, Jennifer Monks, Michelle Stein
Best International Independent Film	Best Casting
Roma – Alfonso Cuarón, Gabriela Rodriguez and Nicolás Celis Capernaum – Nadine Labaki, Jihad Hojeily, Michelle Keserwani, Khaled Mouzanar and Michel Merkt Cold War – Pawel Pawlikowski, Janusz Glowacki, Ewa Puszczynska and Tanya Seghatchian The Rider – Chloé Zhao, Mollye Asher, Sacha Ben Harroche and Bert Hamelinck Shoplifters – Hirokazu Kore-eda	Dixie Chassay – The Favourite Julie Harkin – Beast Avy Kaufman – American Animals Andy Pryor – Stan & Ollie Michelle Smith – Apostasy
Best Costume Design	Best Cinematography
Sandy Powell – The Favourite Jacqueline Durran – Peterloo Andrea Flesch – Colette Guy Sperenza – Stan & Ollie Alyssa Tull – An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn	Robbie Ryan – The Favourite Ole Bratt Birkeland – American Animals Magnus Nordenhof Jønk – Lean on Pete Tom Townend – You Were Never Really Here David Ungaro – A Prayer Before Dawn
Best Editing	Best Effects
Nick Fenton, Julian Hart, Chris Gill – American Animals Joe Bini – You Were Never Really Here Marc Boucrot – A Prayer Before Dawn Yorgos Mavropsaridis – The Favourite Ben Wheatley – Happy New Year, Colin Burstead	Howard Jones – Early Man Matthew Strange, Mark Wellband – Dead In A Week (or your money back) George Zwier, Paul Driver – Peterloo
Best Make Up & Hair Design	Best Music
Nadia Stacey – The Favourite Christine Blundell – Peterloo Mark Coulier, Jeremy Woodhead – Stan & Ollie Stacey Louise Holman – A Prayer Before Dawn Ivana Primorac – Colette	Jonny Greenwood – You Were Never Really Here Aaron Cupples – Island Of The Hungry Ghosts Richard Hawley – Funny Cow Anne Nikitin – American Animals Jim Williams – Beast
Best Production Design	Best Sound
Fiona Crombie – The Favourite Michael Carlin – Colette Suzie Davies – Peterloo John Paul Kelly – Stan & Ollie Beck Rainford – Ray & Liz	Paul Davies – You Were Never Really Here Johnnie Burn – The Favourite Séverin Favriau – A Prayer Before Dawn CJ Mirra – Time Trial Andrew Stirk – American Animals

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
13	The Favourite
11	American Animals
10	Beast
8	You Were Never Really Here
7	Stan & Ollie
6	Apostasy
5	Disobedience
	A Prayer Before Dawn
4	Lean on Pete
	Colette
	Peterloo
3	Ray & Liz
	Calibre
2	Funny Cow

Films that received multiple wins

Wins	Film
10	The Favourite
2	American Animals
	Ray & Liz
	You Were Never Really Here