Armando Iannucci’s adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic David Copperfield sits atop the nominations list for the British Independent Film Awards, which will be handed out in December.
The Personal History of David Copperfield, is up for 11 awards, including Best British Independent Film, Best Actor for Dev Patel, Best Supporting Actor for Hugh Laurie and Best Supporting Actress for Tilda Swinton, but Iannucci himself has missed out in the directing category.
Just behind it, with ten nominations, is Wild Rose. Jessie Buckley – last year’s winner in the Most Promising Newcomer category – is in the running for the Best Actress award for her turn as a Scottish country singer.
Other films nominated in the Best British Independent Film Category include the documentary For Sama, Bait and The Souvenir, whose eight nominations include a Most Promising Newcomer nod for Tilda Swinton’s daughter, Honor Swinton Byrne,
Among the higher profile nominees, Renee Zellweger is recognised for her lead performance as Judy Garland – one of five nominations for Rupert Goold’s biopic Judy.
It’s a strong year for documentaries at BIFA with both Diego Maradona and For Sama earning five nominations each, including Best Documentary and Best Director, for Asif Kapadia and Waad al-Kateab & Edward Watts respectively.
Other nominations of note include two for Chiwetel Ejiofor, who’s recognised in both the Debut Director and Best Supporting Actor category for The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.
Ten of the nominated films are part of the BBC Film slate – among them, Judy, In Fabric and Sorry We Missed You. The Director of BBC Films, Rose Garnett, said “We’re hugely proud to have played a part in bringing these 10 films from brave, ambitious and boundary-breaking filmmakers to the screen and we’re thrilled that their work has been recognised by BIFA voters today.”
And here is the full list of this year’s BIFA nominations:
| Best British Independent Film
BAIT Mark Jenkin, Kate Byers, Linn Waite FOR SAMA Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD Armando Iannucci, Simon Blackwell, Kevin Loader THE SOUVENIR Joanna Hogg, Luke Schiller WILD ROSE Tom Harper, Nicole Taylor, Faye Ward |
| Best Director sponsored by Broadsword Event HouseWAAD AL-KATEAB, EDWARD WATTS For SamaOLIVER HERMANUS Moffie JOANNA HOGG The Souvenir MARK JENKIN Bait ASIF KAPADIA Diego Maradona |
Best Screenplay sponsored by BBC FilmsJOANNA HOGG The SouvenirARMANDO IANNUCCI, SIMON BLACKWELL The Personal History of David Copperfield PAUL LAVERTY Sorry We Missed You PETER STRICKLAND In Fabric NICOLE TAYLOR Wild Rose |
| Best Actress
JESSIE BUCKLEY Wild Rose HOLLIDAY GRAINGER Animals SALLY HAWKINS Eternal Beauty VICKY KNIGHT Dirty God RENEE ZELLWEGER Judy
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Best Actor
SAM ADEWUNMI The Last Tree TOM BURKE The Souvenir KRIS HITCHEN Sorry We Missed You JOSH O’CONNOR Only You DEV PATEL The Personal History of David Copperfield |
| Best Supporting Actress
JESSICA BARDEN Scarborough RUTHXJIAH BELLENEA The Last Tree ELIZABETH DEBICKI Vita & Virginia TILDA SWINTON The Personal History of David Copperfield JULIE WALTERS Wild Rose |
Best Supporting Actor
CHIWETEL EJIOFOR The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind HUGH LAURIE The Personal History of David Copperfield EDLISON MANUEL OLBERA NÚÑEZ Yuli – The Carlos Acosta Story PETER MULLAN The Vanishing BLUEY ROBINSON Dirty God
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| The Douglas Hickox Award (Debut Director) sponsored by Kodak & Pinewood
WILL BECHER, RICHARD PHELAN A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon FYZAL BOULIFA Lynn + Lucy NINIAN DOFF Boyz in the Wood CHIWETEL EJIOFOR The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind HARRY WOOTLIFF Only You |
Breakthrough Producer
FINN BRUCE Tucked KATE BYERS, LINN WAITE Bait JOY GHARORO-AKPOJOTOR Blue Story [also produced by Damian Jones] BECKY READ Three Identical Strangers [also produced by Grace Hughes-Hallett] JACK SIDEY Moffie [also produced by Eric Abraham] |
| Debut Screenwriter sponsored by Film4
KIERAN HURLEY Beats LISA OWENS Days of the Bagnold Summer NICOLE TAYLOR Wild Rose EMMA JANE UNSWORTH Animals HARRY WOOTLIFF Only You |
Most Promising Newcomer
SAM ADEWUMNI The Last Tree VICKY KNIGHT Dirty God LORN MACDONALD Beats ROXANNE SCRIMSHAW Lynn + Lucy HONOR SWINTON BYRNE The Souvenir |
| Best Documentary
COUP 53 Taghi Amirani, Walter Murch, Paul Zaentz DIEGO MARADONA Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees, Paul Martin FOR SAMA Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts SEAHORSE Jeanie Finlay, Andrea Cornwell TELL ME WHO I AM Ed Perkins, Simon Chinn |
The Raindance Discovery Award
A BUMP ALONG THE WAY Shelly Love CHILDREN OF THE SNOW LAND Zara Balfour, Marcus Stephenson, Mark Hakansson HERE FOR LIFE Andrea Luka Zimmerman, Adrian Jackson, James Lingwood, Michael Morris, Cressida Day MUSCLE Gerard Johnson, Matthew James Wilkinson, Richard Wylie, Ed Barratt THE STREET Zed Nelson |
| Best British Short Film supported by BFI NETWORK
ANNA Dekel Berenson, Merlin Merton, Olga Beskhmelnitsyna BOILING POINT Philip Barantini, Bart Ruspoli, James Cummings, Gabriella Callea, Grace Nelder THE DEVIL’S HARMONY Dylan Holmes Williams, Jess O’Kane, Nathan Craig GOLDFISH Hector Dockrill, Laura Dockrill, Benedict Turnbull, Harri Kamalanathan SERIOUS TINGZ Abdou Cissé, Kieran Kenlock, Matt Ellingham |
Best International Independent Film sponsored by Champagne TaittingerASH IS PUREST WHITE Jia Zhang-Ke, Shôzô Ichiyama
MARRIAGE STORY Noah Baumbach, David Heyman MONOS Alejandro Landes, Alexis Dos Santos, Fernando Epstein, Cristina Landes, Santiago A Zapata PARASITE Bong Joon-ho, Jan Young-Hwan, Moon Yang-kwon, Sin-ae Kwak, Han Jin Won PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE Céline Sciamma, Véronique Cayla, Bénédicte Couvreur |
| Best Casting sponsored by Casting Society of America & Spotlight
SHAHEEN BAIG In FabricSHAHEEN BAIG, AISHA BYWATERS The Last TreeKAHLEEN CRAWFORD, CAROLINE STEWART Only YouKAHLEEN CRAWFORD Wild RoseSARAH CROWE The Personal History of David Copperfield |
Best Cinematography OLE BRATT BIRKELAND JudyBENJAMIN KRACUN BeatsZAC NICHOLSON The Personal History of David Copperfield JAMIE D RAMSAY Moffie ARI WEGNER In Fabric |
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Best Costume Design
ANNA MARY SCOTT ROBBINS Wild Rose GRACE SNELL The Souvenir JANY TEMIME Judy JO THOMPSON In Fabric |
Best Editing sponsored by Intermission Film
MARK JENKIN Bait CHRIS KING Diego Maradona CHLOE LAMBOURNE, SIMON McMAHON For Sama HELLE LE FEVRE The Souvenir |
| Best Effects HOWARD JONES A Shaun the Sheep Movie: FarmageddonPAUL MANN In FabricANDY QUINN The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind |
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| Best Make Up & Hair Design sponsored by MAC Cosmetics
MORTEN JACOBSEN, ROGIER SAMUELS, LINDELOTTE VAN DER MEER Dirty God KAREN HARTLEY-THOMAS The Personal History of David Copperfield EMMA SCOTT In Fabric JODY WILLIAMS Wild Rose JEREMY WOODHEAD Judy |
Best Music sponsored by Universal Music Publishing Group
JACK ARNOLD Wild RoseCAVERN OF ANTI-MATTER In FabricNAINITA DESAI For Sama
ANTONIO PINTO Diego Maradona JD TWITCH, PENELOPE TRAPPES, STEPHEN HINDMAN Beats |
| Best Production Design sponsored by Studio Juice
CRISTINA CASALI The Personal History of David Copperfield STÉPHANE COLLONGE The Souvenir KAVE QUINN Judy ANNE SEIBEL The White Crow PAKI SMITH In Fabric
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Best Sound supported by Halo Post
ANNA MY BERTMARK, JONATHAN SEALE, JULES WOODS Gwen DAVID BOWTLE-McMILLAN, JOAKIM SUNDSTRÖM, ROBERT FARR Beats STEPHEN GRIFFITHS, TIM CAVAGIN, MAX WALSH, ANDY SHELLEY Diego Maradona LEE WALPOLE, COLIN NICHOLSON, STUART HILLIKER Wild Rose MARTIN PAVEY In Fabric |