British Independent Film Awards: ‘Elsinore’ Leads Nominations

Simon Stone’s Elsinore, starring Andrew Scott, leads this year’s British Independent Film Awards nominations with 12 nods. Scroll down for the full list of winners. Elsinore earned nominations for Best British Independent Film, Best Director for Simon Stone, Best Screenplay for Simon Beresford, Best Lead Performance for previous winner Andrew Scott, and Best Supporting Performance for Billie Piper. The film also received seven craft nominations, including Best Cinematography, Best Casting, Best Costume Design, Best Editing, Best Make-Up & Hair Design for Nadia Stacey, Best Original Music, and Best Production Design for Helen Scott. Clio Barnard’s I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning trails with eight nominations, including Best British Independent Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay for Enda Walsh, and Best Ensemble Performance. Craft nominees for the film include past BIFA winners and nominees Shaheen Baig (Casting), Connie Farr (Music Supervision) and Maya Maffioli (Editing). Watch on Deadline Ashley Walters’ debut feature Animol has seven nominations, including Best Debut Director Film for Walters and Breakthrough Producer for Tom Hawkins. The film’s acting leads, Tut Nyuot and Sekou Diaby, have two nominations each: Best Lead and Best Supporting Performance, alongside Breakthrough Performance Netflix. This year’s nominees for Best International Independent Film are Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s All of a Sudden, Lee Chang-dong’s Possible Love, Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo’s La Bola Negra, Jordan Firstman’s Club Kid, and Marine Atlan’s La Gradiva. BIFA craft winners will be announced on 24 November on BIFA’s social channels. The full BIFA ceremony takes place on 6 December at Roundhouse in Camden. BIFA NOMINATIONS 2026 Best British Independent Film EFFI O BLAENAU Marc Evans, Gary Owen, Branwen Cennard ELSINORE Simon Stone, Stephen Beresford, Andrea Occhipinti, Gabrielle Tana, Pete Shilaimon, Mickey Liddell, Stefano Massenzi, Carolyn Marks Blackwood, Andrew Scott I SEE BUILDINGS FALL LIKE LIGHTNING Clio Barnard, Enda Walsh, Tracy O’Riordan QUEEN AT SEA Lance Hammer, Tristan Goligher TENDER LOVING CARE Mike Leigh, Georgina Lowe Cinema of the Year supported by Kia ABBEYGATE CINEMA CAMPUS WEST HIPPODROME CINEMA THE KINEMA IN THE WOODS THE ULTIMATE PICTURE PALACE Best Director CLIO BARNARD I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning ANDREW HAIGH A Long Winter MARK JENKIN Rose of Nevada MIKE LEIGH Tender Loving Care SIMON STONE Elsinore Best Lead Performance JULIETTE BINOCHE Queen at Sea ERIN DOHERTY Faith LEISA GWENLLIAN Effi o Blaenau JONATHAN JULES Florid TUT NYUOT Animol ANDREW SCOTT Elsinore Best Screenplaysponsored by Apple Original Films STEPHEN BERESFORD Elsinore LANCE HAMMER Queen at Sea MIKE LEIGH Tender Loving Care GARY OWEN Effi O Blaenau ENDA WALSH I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning Best Supporting Performance ANNA CALDER-MARSHALL Queen at Sea TOM COURTENAY Queen at Sea SEKOU DIABY Animol CLAIRE FOY Ink BILLIE PIPER Elsinore BILL PULLMAN Everybody Digs Bill Evans Best Joint Lead Performance SÉAMUS MCLEAN ROSS, SAMUEL BOTTOMLEY California Schemin’ FLORA NICHOLSON, CLARE DUNNE, MIA THARIA The Education of Jane Cumming MARNI DUGGAN, GALAXIE CLEAR Extra Geography CHIMPAYE FLORENCE MARISERENA, BIZIMANA HUSSAIN Small Gods Best Ensemble Performance I SEE BUILDINGS FALL LIKE LIGHTNING Anthony Boyle, Joe Cole, Jay Lycurgo, Daryl McCormack, Lola Petticrew SUNNY DANCER Bella Ramsey, Daniel Quinn-Toye, Ruby Stokes, Earl Cave, Conrad Khan, Jasmine Elcock, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Louis Gaunt, Josie Walker, Jessica Gunning, James Norton, Neil Patrick Harris, James Blunt TENDER LOVING CARE Marion Bailey, Paul Jesson, Kate O’Flynn, Alice Bailey Johnson The Douglas Hickox Award(Best Debut Director)sponsored by BBC Film BILLY LUMBY Florid MOLLY MANNERS Extra Geography BERTIL NILSSON Masc LOUIS PAXTON The Incomer ASHLEY WALTERS Animol Breakthrough Producersponsored by Pinewood and Shepperton Studios ITAB AZZAM, JACK MACINNES, WILL ANDERSON, JAMES BLUEMEL, ANDREW PALMER One in a Million [also produced Raney Aronson-Rath] BRANWEN CENNARD Effi O Blaenau TOM HAWKINS Animol [also produced by Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, Nick Love, Ashley Walters] OSKAR PIMLOTT Bad Apples ALEX POLUNIN Black Church Bay [also produced by Tristan Goligher] Breakthrough Performancesponsored by Netflix GALAXIE CLEAR Extra Geography SEKOU DIABY Animol LEISA GWENLLIAN Effi O Blaenau JONATHAN JULES Florid TUT NYUOT Animol Best Debut Screenwritersponsored by Film4 MIRIAM BATTYE Extra Geography THEA GAJIĆ Surviving Earth RHYS MARC JONES Black Church Bay JESS O’KANE Bad Apples LOUIS PAXTON The Incomer Best Debut Director – Feature Documentary JANAY BOULOS, ABD ALKADER HABAK Birds of War ED SAYERS Super Nature RACHEL TAPARJAN Something Familiar The Raindance Maverick Award ACT 3 Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor, Alex Thiele, Hannah Patterson CHATLINES Neil Ely, Lloyd Eyre-Morgan, Paul Mortlock MASC Bertil Nilsson THE PERIL AT PINCER POINT Jake Kuhn, Noah Stratton-Twine SOMETHING FAMILIAR Rachel Taparjan, Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan, Elena Martin, Aleksandra Bilic Best Feature Documentary sponsored by Intermission Film ALL RIVERS SPILL THEIR STORIES TO THE SEA Jeanie Finlay, Charlie Phillips EVERYBODY TO KENMURE STREET Felipe Bustos Sierra, Ciara Barry ONE IN A MILLION Itab Azzam, Jack MacInnes, Will Anderson, Andrew Palmer, James Bluemel, Raney Aronson-Rath SOMETHING FAMILIAR Rachel Taparjan, Aleksandra Bilic, Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan WE, THE HATED Rich Felgate, David Allen Best British Short Film ALLIES IN EXILE Hasan Kattan, Orlando von Einsiedel COYOTES Said Zagha, Myriam Sassine, Laura Jumel FORGOTTEN SPACEMAN Elham Ehsas, Lorraine Bhattachary UNTITLED WOMAN Camille Summers-Valli, Rosmarie Vind, Sorcha Bacon, Martha McGuirk, David Zander VOTE GAVIN LYLE Aneil Karia, Scott O’Donnell, Tom Gardner Best International Independent Film sponsored by Champagne Taittinger ALL OF A SUDDEN Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Léa Le Dimna, David Gauquié, Julien Deris, Kôsuke Oshida, Yûji Sadai, Jean-Luc Ormières, Renan Artukmaç, Hiroko Matsuda CLUB KID Jordan Firstman, Galen Core, Alex Coco LA BOLA NEGRA Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo LA GRADIVA Marine Atlan, Anne Brouilet, Inès Daïen Dasi POSSIBLE LOVE Lee Chang-dong, Oh Jung-mi Best Casting SHAHEEN BAIG I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning HEATHER BASTEN Animol LARA MANWARING Florid LUCY PARDEE Extra Geography JESSICA RONANE Elsinore Best Cinematographysponsored by Kodak & Molinare MIKE ELEY Elsinore PIERS McGRAIL Everybody Digs Bill Evans CHRISTOPHER RIPLEY Straight Circle SIMON TINDALL I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning ANDRÉ TURPIN A Long Winter Best Costume Design SARAH BLENKINSOP The Incomer ALEX BOVAIRD Savage House CAROL CASE A Long Winter DARION HING Straight Circle MEL PAGE Elsinore Best Editing VALERIO BONELLI Elsinore OTTO BURNHAM Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story FOUAD GABER Straight Circle MAYA MAFFIOLI I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning FIN OATES Ink Best Effects JON BIGGINS, JEFF DILLON Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom RUSLAN BORYSOV, RICHARD CHEAL, TIM LEDBURY The Magic Faraway Tree DANIEL MORRIS The Incomer Best Music Supervision CONNIE FARR I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning CONNIE FARR Queen at Sea PHIL CANNING Sunny Dancer Best Make-Up & Hair Design JACQUETTA LEVON Savage House NADIA STACEY Elsinore NADIA STACEY Madfabulous KAREN HARTLEY THOMAS The Magic Faraway Tree TRISTAN VERSLUIS Straight Circle Best Original Musicsponsored by Universal Music Publishing Group ROGER GOULA Everybody Digs Bill Evans STEFAN GREGORY Elsinore MARK JENKIN Rose of Nevada HANNAH PEEL Underland SIÔN TREFOR, IOANA SELARU Effi o Blaenau Best Production Design sponsored by ATC LUKE MORAN-MORRIS Straight Circle GARETH PUGH, CARSON McCOLL Ink HELEN SCOTT Elsinore ALEXANDRA WALKER The Magic Faraway Tree GARY WILLIAMSON Savage House Best Sound sponsored by Bleat ANDY COLES, JOHN BRENNAN Everybody Digs Bill Evans PAUL COTTERELL, RON OSIOWY, JOAKIM SUNDSTRÖM A Long Winter SIMON HAYES, JOHNNIE BURN Ink MARK JENKIN, IAN WILSON Rose of Nevada DARIO SWADE, GEORGE ELLIOTT, TOM HARBURT Florid