“Pillion,” the kinky BDSM rom-com during which Alexander Skarsgard’s strapping biker takes Harry Melling’s timid wallflower as his new submissive, has gained the highest honor on the British Impartial Movie Awards.
The debut characteristic of author/director Harry Lighton, “Pillion” — which bowed in Cannes earlier this yr and is due for launch within the U.S. with A24 — additionally gained greatest debut screenwriter. These be part of the movie’s beforehand introduced craft wins for greatest costume design and greatest make up and hair design.
Held on Sunday at London’s Roundhouse, the awards ceremony introduced collectively the the movie world within the U.Okay. and overseas. Among the many company presenters had been Carey Mulligan, Stephen Service provider, Ruth Wilson, Celia Imrie and Billy Crudup.
Having led the pack of nominations with nods in 11 classes, Akinola Davies Jr’s Nigeria-set “My Father’s Shadow” — one other Cannes-bowing directorial debut and, like “Pillion,” produced by Irish powerhouse Ingredient Image — could have solely emerged with one award. However that win was for greatest director.
Elsewhere on the night time, within the gender-neutral efficiency classes Robert Aramayo gained greatest lead for his acclaimed flip as a Tourette’s campaigner in indie hit “I Swear” (beating, amongst others, Jennifer Lawrence). In the meantime, fast-rising British star Jay Lycurgo — just lately listed on Selection‘s Actors to Watch — gained greatest supporting for enjoying a troubled teenager in pressure-cooking college drama “Steve.”
With the BIFAs typically serving as a bellwether of future expertise in entrance of and behind the digicam, the ceremony additionally noticed Cal McMau win greatest debut director for “Wasteman,” Dhiraj Mahey named breakthrough producer for “Ish” and Posy Sterling declare the breakthrough efficiency award for “Lollipop.”
See the total checklist of winners under.
Greatest British Impartial Movie
“The Ballad of Wallis Island”
“I Swear”
“My Father’s Shadow”
“Pillion” (WINNER)
“Urchin”
Greatest Lead Efficiency
Robert Aramayo,” I Swear” (WINNER)
Frank Dillane, “Urchin”
David Jonsson, “Wasteman”
Jennifer Lawrence, “Die My Love”
Harry Melling, “Pillion”
Cillian Murphy, “Steve”
Greatest Supporting Efficiency
Tom Blyth, “Wasteman”
Scott Ellis Watson, “I Swear”
Jay Lycurgo, “Steve” (WINNER)
Peter Mullan, “I Swear”
Maxine Peake, “I Swear”
Alexander Skarsgård, “Pillion”
Greatest Joint Lead Efficiency
Ebada Hassan, Saffiya Ingar, “Brides”
Tim Key, Tom Basden, “The Ballad of Wallis Island” (WINNER)
Andrea Riseborough, Brenda Blethyn, “Dragonfly”
Greatest Director
Laura Carreira, “On Falling”
Akinola Davies Jr, “My Father’s Shadow” (WINNER)
Kirk Jones, “I Swear”
Harry Lighton, “Pillion”
Lynne Ramsay, “Die My Love”
Greatest Screenplay
Tom Basden, Tim Key, “The Ballad of Wallis Island” (WINNER)
Laura Carreira, “On Falling”
Wale Davies, “My Father’s Shadow”
Kirk Jones, “I Swear”
Harry Lighton, “Pillion”
The Douglas Hickox Award for greatest debut director
Laura Carreira, “On Falling”
Akinola Davies Jr, “My Father’s Shadow”
Harris Dickinson, “Urchin”
Harry Lighton, “Pillion”
Cal Mcmau, “Wasteman” (WINNER)
Breakthrough Producer
Wyn Baptiste, “Shoot the Folks”
Charlotte Knowles, “Palestine Comedy Membership”
Joann Kushner, “Lifehack” [also produced by Timur Bekmambetov, Aleksandr Kletzov]
Dhiraj Mahey, “Ish” [also produced By Bennett Mcghee] (WINNER)
Archie Pearch, “Urchin” [also produced By Scott O’Donnell]
Breakthrough Efficiency
Scott Ellis Watson, “I Swear”
Ebada Hassan, “Brides”
Safiyya Ingar, “Brides”
Posy Sterling, “Lollipop” (WINNER)
Connor Tompkins, “The Son and the Sea”
Greatest Debut Screenwriter
Hunter Andrews, Eoin Doran, “Wasteman”
Tom Basden, Tim Key, “The Ballad of Wallis Island”
Laura Carreira, “On Falling”
Wale Davies, “My Father’s Shadow”
Harry Lighton, “Pillion” (WINNER)
Greatest Function Documentary
“Antidote” — James Jones, David Moulton
“Mom Vera” — Cécile Embleton, Alys Tomlinson, Laura Shacham
“Motherboard” — Victoria Mapplebeck
“The Shepherd and the Bear” — Max Keegan, Elizabeth Woodward, Amanda Mcbaine, Jesse Moss
“A Need in Her” — Myrid Carten, Tadhg O’Sullivan, Roisín Geraghty, Kat Mansoor (WINNER)
Greatest Debut Director – Function Documentary
Myrid Carten, “A Need in Her” (WINNER)
Cécile Embleton, Alys Tomlinson, “Mom Vera”
Victoria Mapplebeck, “Motherboard”
The Raindance Maverick Award
“Foul Evil Deeds,” Richard Hunter
“Holloway,” Sophie Compton, Daisy-Might Hudson, Stella Heath Keir, Alice Hughes, Polly Creed
“Mom Vera,” Cécile Embleton, Alys Tomlinson, Laura Shacham
“Motherboard,” Victoria Mapplebeck
“A Need in Her,” Myrid Carten (WINNER)
Greatest Worldwide Impartial Movie
“It Was Simply an Accident”
“Sentimental Worth” (WINNER)
“Sirāt”
“Sorry, Child”
“Sound of Falling”
Greatest Casting
Shaheen Baig, “Brides”
Shaheen Baig, “Urchin”
Kharmel Cochrane, “Warfare”
Lauren Evans, “I Swear” (WINNER)
Robert Sterne, “Steve”
Greatest Cinematography
Charlotte Bruus Christensen, “H Is for Hawk”
Jermaine Edwards, “My Father’s Shadow”
Cécile Embleton, “Mom Vera”
Seamus Mcgarvey, “Die My Love” (WINNER)
Piotr Niemyjski, “A Pale View of Hills”
Greatest Costume Design
Susie Coulthard, “100 Nights of Hero”
Kirsty Halliday, “Twister”
Grace Snell, “Pillion” (WINNER)
Sayaka Takahashi, Matthew Worth, “A Pale View of Hills”
PC Williams, “My Father’s Shadow”
Greatest Modifying
Ronan Corrigan, Aleksandr Kletsov, “Lifehack”
Omar Guzmán Castro, “My Father’s Shadow”
Fin Oates, “Warfare” (WINNER)
Sam Rice-Edwards, “One to One: John & Yoko”
Gareth C. Scales, “Pillion”
Greatest Results
Simon Stanley-Clamp, Ryan Conder, “Warfare” (WINNER)
Victor Tomi, “Die My Love”
Hayley Williams, Conor O’Sullivan, Martin Malmqvist, “The Factor With Feathers”
Greatest Music Supervision
Phil Canning, “Wasteman”
Ian Neil, Raife Burchell, “Die My Love” (WINNER)
Bridget Samuels, “Urchin”
Greatest Make-Up & Hair Design
Kehinde Are, Feyzo Oyebisi, “My Father’s Shadow”
Diandra Ferreira, “Pillion” (WINNER)
Paul Gooch, Tristan Versluis, “Warfare”
Colleen Labaff, Miho Suzuki, “Die My Love”
Natasha Lawes, “100 Nights of Hero”
Greatest Authentic Music
Tom Basden, Adem Ilhan, “The Ballad of Wallis Island” (WINNER)
Bobby Krlic, “Anemone”
Jed Kurzel, “Twister”
CJ Mirra, Duval Timothy “My Father’s Shadow”
Steven Worth, “Ocean With David Attenborough”
Greatest Manufacturing Design
Jennifer Anti, Pablo Anti, “My Father’s Shadow”
Mark Digby, “Warfare”
Tim Grimes, “Die My Love”
Nathan Parker, “Harvest” (WINNER)
Sofia Sacomani, “100 Nights of Hero”
Greatest Sound
Steve Fanagan, Stevie Haywood, “Anemone”
Tim Burns, Paul Davies, Linda Forsén, Andrew Stirk, Ron Osiowy, “Die My Love”
Nina Hartstone, Jake Whitelee, Jens Petersen, Mike Tehrani, Rob Davidson, “Ish”
CJ Mirra, James Ridgway, Joe Jackson, Adele Fletcher, Pius Fatoke, “My Father’s Shadow”
Glenn Freemantle, Mitch Low, Howard Bargroff, Ben Barker and Richard Spooner, “Warfare” (WINNER)
Greatest British Brief Movie
“Flock” — Mac Nixon, Matt Ashwell, Daley Nixon
“Magid/ Zafar” — Luís Hindman, Sufiyaan Salam, Aidan Robert Brooks (WINNER)
“A Sisyphean Activity” — Gus Flind-Henry, George Malcher, George Telfer
“Abdomen Bug” — Matty Crawford, Karima Sammout Kanellopoulou
“Two Black Boys in Paradise” — Ben Jackson, Baz Sells, Dean Atta
Cinema of the Yr
Depot Cinema
The Magic Lantern Cinema (WINNER)
Montrose Playhouse
Queen’s Movie Theatre
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