After receiving four Gotham Award nods, “Aftersun” leads the 2022 British Independent Film Awards nominations in 16 categories, followed by 12 for “Blue Jean” and “The Wonder,” respectively. “Living” earned nine nominations and “Flux Gourmet,” “God’s Creatures,” “Men,” and “The Origin” each landed five nods. The 25th annual BIFAs introduces new performance, first-time documentary feature, and music categories, with female filmmakers dominating the performance, writing, and directing categories for this year’s batch of nominees, recognizing 36 British features. The 2022 BIFA ceremony takes place December 4. Hosts Sam Claflin and BIFA winner Kosar Ali announced the 2022 BIFA nominations, including former BIFA recipients Emma Thompson, Jessie Buckley, Florence Pugh, and Alice Birch among them. Two Paul Mescal films, “Aftersun” and “God’s Creatures,” are among the top-nominated films, with Mescal in the running for both Best Joint Lead Performance and Best Supporting Performance for the respective films.
See the full list of nominees below. The BIFAs will take place December 4. Best British Independent Film Aftersun – Charlotte Wells, Barry Jenkins, Mark Ceryak, Adele Romanski, Amy Jackson Blue Jean – Georgia Oakley, Hélène Sifre Good Luck to You, Leo Grande – Sophie Hyde, Katy Brand, Debbie Gray, Adrian Politowski Living – Oliver Hermanus, Kazuo Ishiguro, Stephen Woolley, Elizabeth Karlsen The Wonder – Sebastián Lelio, Emma Donoghue, Alice Birch, Juliette Howell, Andrew Lowe, Tessa Ross, Ed Guiney Best Director Oliver Hermanus – Living Sophie Hyde – Good Luck to You, Leo Grande Sebastián Lelio – The Wonder Georgia Oakley – Blue Jean Charlotte Wells – Aftersun Best Screenplay Katy Brand – Good Luck to You, Leo Grande Kazuo Ishiguro – Living Sebastián Lelio, Alice Birch, Emma Donoghue – The Wonder Georgia Oakley – Blue Jean Charlotte Wells – Aftersun Best Lead Performance Sally Hawkins – The Lost King Cosmo Jarvis – It Is In Us All Emma Mackey – Emily Rosy McEwen – Blue Jean Bill Nighy – Living Florence Pugh – The Wonder Emily Watson – God’s Creatures Hala Zein – Nezouh Best Supporting Performance Zoey Deutch – The Outfit Aisling Franciosi – God’s Creatures Lucy Halliday – Blue Jean Kerrie Hayes – Blue Jean Zainab Joda – Our River… Our Sky Fatma Mohamed – Flux Gourmet Paul Mescal – God’s Creatures Fionn Whitehead – Emily Aimee Lou Wood – Living Best Joint Lead Performance Frankie Corio, Paul Mescal – Aftersun Daryl McCormack, Emma Thompson – Good Luck to You, Leo Grande Jessie Buckley, Rory Kinnear – Men Tamara Lawrance, Letitia Wright – The Silent Twins
Best Ensemble Performance Blue Jean Emily Flux Gourmet Our River… Our Sky The Wonder The Douglas Hickox Award (Best debut director) Andrew Cumming – The Origin Thomas Hardiman – Medusa Deluxe Frances O’Connor – Emily Georgia Oakley – Blue Jean Charlotte Wells – Aftersun Breakthrough Producer Aleksandra Bilić, Jennifer Corcoran – Nascondino [Hide & Seek] Paul Kennedy – Nightride [also produced by Jon Silk] Rupert Majendie – Brian and Charles Nadira Murray – Winners [also produced by Paul Welsh] Hélène Sifre – Blue Jean Breakthrough Performance Frankie Corio – Aftersun Leo Long – I Used to Be Famous Kíla Lord Cassidy – The Wonder Rosy Mcewen – Blue Jean Safia Oakley-Green – The Origin Best Debut Screenwriter Shane Crowley – God’s Creatures David Earl, Chris Hayward – Brian and Charles Ruth Greenberg – The Origin Georgia Oakley – Blue Jean Charlotte Wells – Aftersun Best Debut Director – Feature Documentary Kathryn Ferguson – Nothing Compares Victoria Fiore – Nascondino [Hide & Seek] Leah Gordon, Eddie Hutton Mills – Kanaval Jono McLeod – My Old School Becky Hutner – Fashion Reimagined The Raindance Discovery Award Electric Malady – Marie Lidén, Aimara Reques Fadia’s Tree – Sarah Beddington, Susan Simnett Off the Rails – Peter Day, Grant Keir, Rob Alexander Rebellion – Elena Sánchez Bellot, Maia Kenworthy, Kat Mansoor Winners – Hassan Nazer, Nadira Murray, Paul Welsh Best Feature Documentary My Childhood, My Country – 20 Years in Afghanistan Phil Grabsky, Shoaib Sharifi, Amanda Wilkie My Old School – Jono McLeod, John Archer, Olivia Lichtenstein Nascondino [Hide & Seek] – Victoria Fiore, Jennifer Corcoran, Aleksandra Bilić Nothing Compares – Kathryn Ferguson, Eleanor Emptage, Michael Mallie Young Plato – Neasa Ní Chianáin, Declan McGrath, David Rane Best British Short Film – supported by BFI NETWORK A Fox in the Night – Keeran Anwar Blessie, Benjamin Jacob Smith Honesty – Roxy Rezvany, Emily Renée, Elly Camisa Sandstorm – Seemab Gul, Abid Aziz Merchant Scale – Joseph Pierce, Hélène Mitjavile Too Rough – Sean Lìonadh, Ross McKenzie, Alfredo Covelli Best International Independent Film All the Beauty and the Bloodshed – Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, John Lyons, Nan Goldin, Yoni Golijov, Close – Lukas Dhont, Angelo Tijssens, Michiel Dhont, Dirk Impens Decision to Leave – Park Chan-wook, Chung Seo-Kyung Everything Everywhere All at Once – Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Jonathan Wang, Joe Russo, Anthony Russo, Mike Larocca The Worst Person in the World – Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Thomas Robsahm Best Casting Shaheen Baig – Blue Jean Leila Bertrand – Our River… Our Sky Kharmel Cochrane – The Silent Twins Kahleen Crawford – Living Lucy Pardee – Aftersun
Best Cinematography Nascondino [Hide & Seek] – Alfredo De Juan Rob Hardy – Men Joel Honeywell – Kanaval Gregory Oke – Aftersun Ari Wegner – The Wonder Best Costume Design Jenny Beavan – Mrs Harris Goes to Paris Saffron Cullane – Flux Gourmet Odile Dicks-Mireaux – The Wonder Frank Gallacher – Aftersun Sandy Powell – Living Best Editing Joanna Crickmay – Elizabeth: A Portrait In Parts Izabella Curry – Blue Jean Mátyás Fekete – Flux Gourmet Mick Mahon – Nothing Compares Blair McClendon – Aftersun Best Original Music Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans – God’s Creatures Oliver Coates – Aftersun Matthew Herbert – The Wonder Adam Janota Bzowski – The Origin Ben Salisbury, Geoff Barrow – Men Best Makeup and Hair Design Oya Aygör, Murat Çağin – Aftersun Morna Ferguson, Lorri Ann King – The Wonder Siobhan Harper-Ryan – Flux Gourmet Niamh Morrison – The Origin Eugene Souleiman, Scarlett O’Connell – Medusa Deluxe Best Effects Chris Marshall – The Feast David Simpson – Men Ahmed Yousry – Nezouh Best Music Supervision Lucy Bright – Aftersun Phil Canning – The Phantom of the Open Rupert Hollier – Living Best Sound Tim Harrison, Raoul Brand, Cassandra Rutledge – Flux Gourmet Glenn Freemantle, Ben Barker, Gillian Dodders, Howard Bargoff, Mitch Low – Men Jovan Ajder – Aftersun Hugh Fox, Ben Baird – The Wonder Dom Corbisiero, Dai Shell – The Feast Best Production Design Fletcher Jarvis – Flux Gourmet Grant Montgomery – The Wonder Helen Scott – Living Billur Turan – Aftersun Gary Williamson – Medusa Deluxe Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.
