British Independent Film Awards 2019

The British Independent Film Awards 2019 were held on 1 December 2019 to recognise the best in British independent cinema and filmmaking talent from United Kingdom. The nominations were announced on 30 October 2019.^[1][2] The Personal History of David Copperfield led the nominations with 11, followed by Wild Rose with 10.

British Independent Film Awards 2019
Date	1 December 2019
Location	Old Billingsgate, London, United Kingdom
Website	www.bifa.film
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Winners and nominees

Best British Independent Film	Best Director
For Sama Bait The Personal History of David Copperfield The Souvenir Wild Rose	Waad Al-Khateab & Edward Watts - For Sama Oliver Hermanus - Moffie Joanna Hogg - The Souvenir Mark Jenkin - Bait Asif Kapadia - Diego Maradona
Best Actor	Best Actress
Josh O'Connor - Only You as Jake Sam Adewunmi - The Last Tree as Femi Tom Burke - The Souvenir as Anthony Kris Hitchen - Sorry We Missed You as Ricky Turner Dev Patel - The Personal History of David Copperfield as David Copperfield	Renée Zellweger - Judy as Judy Garland Jessie Buckley - Wild Rose as Rose-Lynn Harlan Holliday Grainger - Animals as Laura Sally Hawkins - Eternal Beauty as June Vicky Knight - Dirty God as Jade
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Hugh Laurie - The Personal History of David Copperfield as Mr. Dick Chiwetel Ejiofor - The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind as Trywell Kamkwamba Edlison Manuel Olbera Núñez - Yuli: The Carlos Acosta Story as Young Carlos Acosta Peter Mullan - The Vanishing as Thomas Marshall Bluey Robinson - Dirty God as Naz	Ruthxjiah Bellenea - The Last Tree as Tope Jessica Barden - Scarborough as Beth Elizabeth Debicki - Vita and Virginia as Virginia Woolf Tilda Swinton - The Personal History of David Copperfield as Betsey Trotwood Julie Walters - Wild Rose as Marion Harlan
Best Screenplay	Most Promising Newcomer
Simon Blackwell & Armando Iannucci - The Personal History of David Copperfield Joanna Hogg - The Souvenir Paul Laverty - Sorry We Missed You Peter Strickland - In Fabric Nicole Taylor - Wild Rose	Sam Adewunmi - The Last Tree Honor Swinton Byrne - The Souvenir Vicky Knight - Dirty God Lorn Macdonald - Beats Roxanne Scrimshaw - Lynn + Lucy
The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director)	Best Debut Screenwriter
Harry Wootliff - Only You Will Becher and Richard Phelan - A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon Fyzal Boulifa - Lynn + Lucy Daniel Kokotajlo - Boyz in the Wood Chiwetel Ejiofor - The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind	Emma Jane Unsworth - Animals Kieran Hurley - Beats Lisa Owens - Days of the Bagnold Summer Nicole Taylor - Wild Rose Harry Wootliff - Only You
Breakthrough Producer	The Discovery Award
Kate Byers and Linn Waite - Bait Finn Bruce - Tucked Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor - Blue Story Becky Read - Three Identical Strangers Jack Sidey - Moffie	Children of the Snow Land - Zara Balfour, Marcus Stephenson and Mark Hakansson A Bump Along The Way - Shelly Love Here For Life - Adrian Jackson & Andrea Luka Zimmerman, James Lingwood, Michael Morris and Cressida Day Cunningham, Rebecca Mark-Lawson, David Arthur, Ellie Land Muscle - Gerard Johnson, Matthew James Wilkinson, Richard Wylie, Ed Barratt The Street – Zed Nelson
Best Documentary	Best British Short Film
For Sama Coup 53 Diego Maradona Seahorse Tell Me Who I Am	Anna Boiling Point The Devil's Harmony Goldfish Serious Tingz
Best International Independent Film	Best Casting
Parasite Ash Is Purest White Marriage Story Monos Portrait of a Lady on Fire	Sarah Crowe- The Personal History of David Copperfield Shaheen Baig - In Fabric Shaheen Baig and Aisha Bywaters - The Last Tree Kahleen Crawford - Wild Rose Kahleen Crawford and Caroline Stewart - Only You
Best Cinematography	Best Costume Design
Benjamin Kračun - Beats Ole Bratt Birkeland - Judy Zac Nicholson - The Personal History of David Copperfield Jamie D. Ramsay - Moffie Ari Wegner - In Fabric	Suzie Harman & Robert Worley - The Personal History of David Copperfield Anna Robbins - Wild Rose Grace Snell - The Souvenir Jany Temime - Judy Jo Thompson - In Fabric
Best Editing	Best Effects
Chloe Lambourne & Simon McMahon - For Sama Mick Audsley and Peter Lambert - The Personal History of David Copperfield Mark Jenkin - Bait Chris King - Diego Maradona Helle Le Fevre - The Souvenir	Howard Jones - A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon Paul Mann - In Fabric Andy Quinn - The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Best Make Up & Hair Design	Best Music
Jeremy Woodhead - Judy Morten Jacobsen, Rogier Samuels, Lindelotte Van Der Meer - Dirty God Karen Hartley-Thomas - The Personal History of David Copperfield Emma Scott - In Fabric Jody Williams - Wild Rose	Jack Arnold - Wild Rose Nainita Desai - For Sama Tim Gane - In Fabric Antônio Pinto - Diego Maradona JD Twitch, Penelope Trappes and Stephen Hindman - Beats
Best Production Design	Best Sound
Cristina Casali - The Personal History of David Copperfield Stéphane Collonge - The Souvenir Kave Quinn - Judy Anne Seibel - The White Crow Paki Smith - In Fabric	Beats - David Bowtle-Mcmillan, Joakim Sundström, Robert Farr Diego Maradona - Stephen Griffiths, Tim Cavagin, Max Walsh, Andy Shelley Gwen - Anna My Bertmark, Jonathan Seale, Jules Woods In Fabric - Martin Pavey Wild Rose - Lee Walpole, Colin Nicholson, Stuart Hilliker

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
11	The Personal History of David Copperfield
10	Wild Rose
9	In Fabric
8	The Souvenir
5	Beats
	Diego Maradona
	For Sama
	Judy
4	Bait
	Dirty God
	The Last Tree
	Only You
3	The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
	Moffie
2	Animals
	Lynn + Lucy
	A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
	Sorry We Missed You

Films that received multiple awards

Awards	Film
5	The Personal History of David Copperfield
4	For Sama
2	Beats
	Only You
	The Last Tree
	Judy