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British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) announces longlist

British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) announces longlist

British Independent Film Awards announced this year’s longlists in its influential new talent categories for new writers, directors, performers and producers. 31 films have been longlisted in the BIFA prestigious new talent categories. 13 first time directors, 20 first time writers, 16 breakthrough producers and 16 new performers have been recognised by BIFA voters for their outstanding achievements this year.
The 39 longlisted filmmakers will be invited to join BIFA’s Springboard scheme, a tailored programme of continuing professional development, peer-to-peer support, mentoring, networking and skills development aimed at nurturing emerging talent as they build on the success of their first features.
The final five nominations in each category will be announced on Wednesday 3 November. Winners will be revealed at the ceremony on Sunday 5 December.

The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director) British Independent Film Awards:

ALEEM KHAN After Love 
MATT CHAMBERS The Bike Thief 
PRANO BAILEY-BOND Censor 
JONATHAN BUTTERELL Everybody’s Talking About Jamie 
SONITA GALE Hostile 
JACK CLOUGH People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan 
REGGIE YATES Pirates 
CELESTE BELL Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché [also directed by Paul Sng] 
CORINNA FAITH The Power 
CHARLOTTE COLBERT She Will 
CAMILLE GRIFFIN Silent Night 
MARLEY MORRISON Sweetheart 
CATHY BRADY Wildfire

Best Debut Screenwriter sponsored by Film4

ALEEM KHAN After Love 
TOM PALMER, TOM STOURTON All My Friends Hate Me 
MATT CHAMBERS The Bike Thief 
COLUM EASTWOOD Black Medicine 
PRANO BAILEY-BOND Censor [also written by Anthony Fletcher] 
RICHARD BEAN, CLIVE COLEMAN The Duke 
TOM MACRAE Everybody’s Talking About Jamie 
STEVE STAMP, ALLAN MUSTAFA People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan 
REGGIE YATES Pirates 
CORINNA FAITH The Power 
CHARLOTTE COLBERT, KITTY PERCY She Will 
CAMILLE GRIFFIN Silent Night 
JAMES WEBBER Sorority 
MARLEY MORRISON Sweetheart 
MATT REDD The Toll 
CATHY BRADY Wildfire

Breakthrough Producer sponsored by Pinewood Studios Group

TOM PALMER All My Friends Hate Me 
PK FELLOWES, SOPHIA GIBBER The Bike Thief [also produced by Lene Bausager] 
ANNIKA RANIN, JASMIN MORRISON Boarders 
HESTER RUOFF Boiling Point [also produced by Bart Ruspoli] 
DOMINIC TIGHE Bull [also produced by Leonora Darby, Sarah Gabriel, Marc Goldberg, Mark Lane] 
HELEN JONES Censor 
KATIE HODGKIN Martyrs Lane [also produced by Christine Alderson] 
TIM SEALEY People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan [also produced by Claire Jones] 
ROB WATSON The Power [also produced by Matthew James Wilkinson] 
MARTYN ROBERTSON, LOUISE STORRIE Ride the Wave 
JESSICA MALIK She Will [also produced by Bob Last] 
CLIVE PATTERSON Sing, Freetown 
MICHELLE ANTONIADES Sweetheart

See Also

Breakthrough Performance

ARIANA BODOROVÁ Ali & Ava 
TOM STOURTON All My Friends Hate Me 
JUDE HILL Belfast 
LAURYN AJUFO Boiling Point 
MAX HARWOOD Everybody’s Talking About Jamie 
TOM PRIOR Firebird 
ELLORA TORCHIA In the Earth 
HANNAH DOUGLAS Lapwing 
KIERA THOMPSON Martyrs Lane 
DANIEL LAMONT Nowhere Special 
TALLULAH GREIVE Our Ladies 
ELLIOT EDUSAH Pirates 
JORDAN PETERS Pirates 
REDA ELAZOUR Pirates 
ROSE WILLIAMS The Power 
NELL BARLOW Sweetheart

For details of how to watch the longlisted films, click here

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