BBC Film celebrates 39 nominations throughout 10 movies for the British Independent Film Awards 2025

Ten movies backed by BBC Film have acquired a complete of 39 nominations for this yr’s British Independent Film Awards, with winners to be introduced on the awards ceremony on Sunday 30 November.

Akinola Davies Jr.’s My Father’s Shadow lead the nominations with 12 nods, adopted by Harry Lighton’s Pillion with 10 nominations. Harris Dickinson’s Urchin, which was launched in cinemas throughout the UK and Ireland on 3 October, acquired 6 nominations. All three originated and had been developed with BBC Film.

Laura Carreira’s On Falling acquired 4 nominations, with Laura receiving nominations for all 4 writing and directing classes. Imran Perretta’s Ish acquired 2 nominations; Daisy-May Hudson’s Lollipop, Stroma Cairns’ The Son and the Sea, Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Harvest and Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value all acquired 1 nomination every.

Short movie Stomach Bug directed by Matty Crawford provides a BIFA nomination to its BAFTA nomination from earlier this yr. The movie was made by BBC Film’s ‘Bridge to Industry’ brief movie initiative with the NFTS, which is at the moment in its ninth yr.

Eva Yates, Director of BBC Film says: “Congratulations to the many films and filmmakers nominated for a British Independent Film Award in a year where British film has had such notable success on the world stage, a testament to the creative ambition and resilience of our filmmaking community. Thank you once again to BIFA for their passion and advocacy for independent cinema here in the UK and beyond.”

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BBC Film’s BIFA nominations

My Father’s Shadow

12 nominations: Best British Independent Film, Best Director (Akinola Davies Jr.), Best Screenplay (Wale Davies), Best Debut Director (Akinola Davies Jr.), Best Debut Screenwriter (Wale Davies), Best Cinematography (Jermaine Edwards), Best Costume Design (PC Williams), Best Editing (Omar Guzmán Castro), Best Make-Up & Hair Design (Kehinde Are, Feyzo Oyebisi),Best Original Music (CJ Mirra), Best Production Design (Jennifer Anti, Pablo Anti), Best Sound (CJ Mirra, James Ridgway, Joe Jackson, Adele Fletcher, Pius Fatoke)

Pillion

10 nominations: Best British Independent Film, Best Lead Performance (Harry Melling), Best Supporting Performance (Alexander Skarsgård), Best Director (Harry Lighton), Best Screenplay (Harry Lighton), Best Debut Director (Harry Lighton), Best Debut Screenwriter (Harry Lighton), Best Costume Design (Grace Snell), Best Editing (Gareth C. Scales), Best Make-Up & Hair Design (Diandra Ferreira)

Urchin

6 nominations: Best British Independent Film, Best Lead Performance (Frank Dillane), Best Debut Director (Harris Dickinson), Breakthrough Producer (Archie Pearch – additionally produced by Scott O’Donnell), Best Casting (Shaheen Baig), Best Music Supervision (Bridget Samuels)

On Falling

4 nominations: Best Director (Laura Carreira), Best Screenplay (Laura Carreira), Best Debut Director (Laura Carreira), Best Debut Screenwriter (Laura Carreira)

Ish

2 nominations: Breakthrough Producer (Dhiraj Mahey – additionally produced by Bennett Mcghee), Best Sound (Nina Hartstone, Jake Whitelee, Jens Petersen, Mike Tehrani, Rob Davidson)

Lollipop

1 nomination: Breakthrough Performance (Posy Sterling)

The Son and the Sea

1 nomination: Breakthrough Performance (Connor Tompkins)

Harvest

1 nomination: Best Production Design (Nathan Parker)

Sentimental Value

1 nomination: Best International Independent Film

Stomach Bug (Short Film)

1 nomination: Best British Short Film (Matty Crawford, Karima Sammout Kanellopoulou)

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