BBC Films has received a total of 12 nominations for The British Independent Film Awards 2016.
Ken Loach’s I, DANIEL BLAKE, topped the list with 7 nominations, VERSUS: THE LIFE AND FILMS OF KEN LOACH received one nomination, and there was a further nomination each for DANCER, MINDHORN, THE LEVELLING and A UNITED KINGDOM.
Joe Oppenheimer, Acting Head of BBC Films said: “We are all extremely proud of the BIFA nominations that our films have received and the recognition this gives to the range of talented film-makers we have been able to back in the past year, reflected in nominations for DANCER, VERSUS, THE LEVELLING, MINDHORN and A UNITED KINGDOM. We’re also thrilled that with its leading tally of 7 nominations, I, DANIEL BLAKE clearly resonates as strongly with the BIFA committee as it does with audiences.“
Announced today in London by British actors Ophelia Lovibond and Douglas Booth, I DANIEL BLAKE, has been nominated for Best British Independent Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay. HAYLEY SQUIRES and DAVE JOHNS are each nominated twice – for Best Actress and Best Actor, and competing against each other for Most Promising Newcomer.
VERSUS: THE LIFE AND FILMS OF KEN LOACH, has also been nominated for Best Documentary, directed by LOUISE OSMOND and produced by REBECCA O'BRIEN.
DANCER, directed by STEVE CANTOR and produced by GABRIELLE TANA, has been nominated for Best Documentary - an unprecedented look into the life of a complex young dancer, Sergei Polunin.
THE LEVELLING, an iFeatures production sees HOPE DICKSON LEACH nominated for Debut Screenwriter (DICKSON LEACH also directs the film).
Comedy MINDHORN directed by Sean Foley, is nominated in the Debut Screenwriter category. The script was written by SIMON FARNABY and JULIAN BARRATT who also star.
TERRY PHETO is nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in A UNITED KINGDOM, the inspiring true story by Guy Hibbert and directed by Amma Asante.
The winners will be announced at The British Independent Film Awards on Sunday 4 December at Old Billingsgate, London.
Full list of nominations
Best British independent film
American Honey
Couple in a Hole
I, Daniel Blake
Notes on Blindness
Under the Shadow
Best international independent film
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Manchester By the Sea
Moonlight
Mustang
Toni Erdmann
Best director
Andrea Arnold (American Honey)
Babak Anvari (Under the Shadow)
Ben Wheatley (Free Fire)
Ken Loach (I, Daniel Blake)
Peter Middleton and James Spinney (Notes on Blindness)
Best screenplay
Andrea Arnold (American Honey)
Babak Anvari (Under the Shadow)
Billy O’Brien and Christopher Hyde (I Am Not a Serial Killer)
Paul Laverty (I, Daniel Blake)
Rachel Tunnard (Adult Life Skills)
Best actress
Hayley Squires (I, Daniel Blake)
Jodie Whittaker (Adult Life Skills)
Kate Dickie (Couple in a Hole)
Narges Rashidi (Under the Shadow)
Sasha Lane (American Honey)
Best actor
Dave Johns (I, Daniel Blake)
Max Records (I Am Not a Serial Killer)
Michael Fassbender (Trespass Against Us)
Shia LaBeouf (American Honey)
Steve Brandon (My Feral Heart)
Best supporting actress
Avin Manshadi (Under the Shadow)
Gemma Arterton (The Girl With All the Gifts)
Naomie Harris (Our Kind of Traitor)
Shana Swash (My Feral Heart)
Terry Pheto (A United Kingdom)
Best supporting actor
Arinzé Kene (The Pass)
Brett Goldstein (Adult Life Skills)
Christopher Lloyd (I Am Not a Serial Killer)
Jamie Dornan (Anthropoid)
Sean Harris (Trespass Against Us)
Best documentary
The Confession: Living the War on Terror
Dancer
The Hard Stop
Notes on Blindness
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Outstanding achievement in craft
Joakim Sundström (sound, Notes on Blindness)
Paul Monaghan and Mat Whitecross (editing, Supersonic)
Robbie Ryan (cinematography, American Honey)
Seb Barker (visual effects, The Girl With All the Gifts)
Shaheen Baig (casting, Free Fire)
Douglas Hickox award for best debut director
Adam Smith (Trespass Against Us)
Alice Lowe (Prevenge)
Babak Anvari (Under the Shadow)
Peter Middleton and James Spinney (Notes on Blindness)
Rachel Tunnard (Adult Life Skills)
Best debut screenwriter
Ed Talfan (The Passing/Yr Ymadawiad)
Hope Dickson Leach (The Levelling)
John Cairns, Michael McCartney (A Patch of Fog)
Rachel Tunnard (Adult Life Skills)
Simon Farnaby and Julian Barratt (Mindhorn)
Breakthrough producer
Camille Gatin (The Girl With All the Gifts)
Dionne Walker (The Hard Stop)
Michael Berliner (Adult Life Skills)
Mike Brett, Jo-Jo Ellison, Steve Jamison (Notes on Blindness)
Paul Fegan (Where You’re Meant to Be)
Most promising newcomer
Dave Johns (I, Daniel Blake)
Hayley Squires (I, Daniel Blake)
Letitia Wright (Urban Hymn)
Sennia Nanua (The Girl With All the Gifts)
Steve Brandon (My Feral Heart)
Discovery award
Black Mountain Poets
The Darkest Universe
The Ghoul
Gozo
The Greasy Strangler
Best British short
Jacked
Mother
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