The BIFA 2024 winners have been announced with ‘Kneecap’ winning seven awards including Best British Independent Film, Best Joint Lead Performance and Best Casting.
The Awards took place on 8 December at the Roundhouse in Camden, London, and were hosted by actor and comedian Peter Serafinowicz.
Kneecap was the major winner of the night, taking home seven awards including Best British Independent Film and Best Joint Lead Performance for Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin and JJ Ó Dochartaigh who star in the Irish comedy as themselves. The film’s director, Rich Peppiatt, accepted the award commenting, “There’s an irony in the best British film being Irish.”
Spotlight sponsored the Best Casting category, alongside the Casting Society, and we’re delighted to congratulate Spotlight member Carla Stronge for winning the award for her work on Kneecap.
Congratulations also goes to Spotlight member Marianne Jean-Baptiste, who won Best Lead Performance for her role in Hard Truths – a drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh. And also to Franz Rogowski, who won Best Supporting Performance for their role in Andrea Arnold’s Bird.
Here are the BIFA 2024 Winners:
*indicates where a winner is a Spotlight member
Best British Independent Film — Kneecap
Best International Independent Film — Anora
Best Director — Rungano Nyoni for On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
Best Lead Performance — Marianne Jean-Baptiste* for Hard Truths
Best Screenplay — Sandhya Suri for Santosh
Best Supporting Performance — Franz Rogowski for Bird
Best Joint Lead Performance — Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, JJ Ó Dochartaigh for Kneecap
The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director) — Christopher Andrews for Bring Them Down
Breakthrough Producer — Balthazar de Ganay, James Bowsher for Santosh
Breakthrough Performance — Susan Chardy* for On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
Best Debut Screenwriter — Rich Peppiatt for Kneecap
Best Debut Director – Feature Documentary — Pinny Grylls & Sam Crane for Grand Theft Hamlet
The Raindance Maverick Award — Grand Theft Hamlet
Best Feature Documentary — Witches
Best British Short Film — Wander to Wonder
Best Casting – Carla Stronge for Kneecap
Congratulations to all the winners!
Visit the BIFA website to see the full winners list.
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