‘All of Us Strangers’ sweeps the BIFAs with 7 wins including Best Picture

Andrew Haigh‘s Oscar hopeful had a wonderful night at the British Independent Film Awards on Sunday as it took home seven gongs including Best Picture, the most of any film. Haigh won two awards — Best Director and Best Screenplay. Paul Mescal won Best Supporting Performance alongside “How to Have Sex” actor Shaun Thomas while it also won Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and Best Music Supervision.

“Rye Lane” won a trio of prizes: Raine Allen Miller was Best Debut Director while Vivian Oparah was awarded Best Breakthrough Performance. It also won Best Original Music.

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Mia McKenna-Bruce won Best Lead Performance for “How to Have Sex” in a stacked gender-neutral category that also included Jodie Comer (“The End We Start From”), Tia Nomore (“Earth Mama”), Nabhaan Rizwan (“In Camera”), Andrew Scott (“All of Us Strangers”), and Tilda Swinton (“The Eternal Daughter”). And Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and George MacKay shared in Best Joint Lead Performance for “Femme.”

Elsewhere, “Anatomy of a Fall” edged out fellow Oscar hopeful “Past Lives” to take home Best International Independent Film. Best Documentary went to “If the Streets Were on Fire” while Best British Short was awarded to “Festival of Slaps.” Scroll down below for a complete winners list.

Best British Independent Film
“All Of Us Strangers” — WINNER
“Femme”
“How To Have Sex”
“Rye Lane”
“Scrapper”

Best International Independent Film sponsored by Champagne Taittinger
“Anatomy of a Fall” — WINNER
“Fallen Leaves”
“Fremont”
“Monster”
“Past Lives”

Best Director sponsored by Sky Cinema
Raine Allen Miller, “Rye Lane”
Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping, “Femme”
Andrew Haigh, “All Of Us Strangers” — WINNER
Molly Manning Walker, “How To Have Sex”
Charlotte Regan, “Scrapper”

Best Screenplay sponsored by Apple Original Films
Nathan Bryon and Tom Melia, “Rye Lane”
Sam H Freeman and Ng Choon Ping, “Femme”
Andrew Haigh, “All of Us Strangers” — WINNER
Molly Manning Walker, “How to Have Sex”
Charlotte Regan, “Scrapper”

Best Lead Performance
Jodie Comer, “The End We Start From”
Mia McKenna-Bruce, “How to Have Sex” — WINNER
Tia Nomore, “Earth Mama”
Nabhaan Rizwan, “In Camera”
Andrew Scott, “All of Us Strangers”
Tilda Swinton, “The Eternal Daughter”

Best Supporting Performance
Ritu Arya, “Polite Society”
Jamie Bell, “All of Us Strangers”
Samuel Bottomley, “How to Have Sex”
Alexandra Burke, “Pretty Red Dress”
Amir El-Masry, “In Camera”
Clair Foy, “All of Us Strangers”
Paul Mescal, “All of Us Strangers” — WINNER
Alia Shawkat, “Drift”
Shaun Thomas, “How to Have Sex” — WINNER
Katherine Waterston, “The End We Start From”

Best Joint Lead Performance
Lola Campbell and Harris Dickinson, “Scrapper”
David Jonsson and Vivian Oparah, “Rye Lane”
Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and George MacKay,” Femme” — WINNER

The Douglas Hickox Award  for Best Debut Director sponsored by BBC Film
Raine Allen Miller, “Rye Lane”
Sam H Freeman and Ng Choon Ping, “Femme”
Savanah Leaf, “Earth Mama” — WINNER
Holly Manning Walker, “How to Have Sex”
Charlotte Regan, “Scrapper”

Breakthrough Producer sponsored by Pinewood and Shepperton Studios
Theo Barrowclough, “Scrapper” — WINNER
Georgia Goggin, “Pretty Red Dress”
Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo, “Rye Lane”
Gannesh Rajah, “If the Streets Were on Fire”
Chi Thai, “Raging Grace”

Breakthrough Performance sponsored by Netflix
Le’Shantey Bonsu, “Girl”
Lola Campbell, “Scrapper”
Priya Kansara, “Polite Society”
Mia McKenna-Bruce, “How to Have Sex”
Vivian Oparah, “Rye Lane” — WINNER

Best Debut Screenwriter sponsored by Film4
Nathan Bryon and Tom Melia, “Rye Lane”
Sam H Freeman and Ng Choon Ping, “Femme”
Molly Manning Walker, “How to Have Sex”
Nida Manzoor, “Polite Society” — WINNER
Charlotte Regan, “Scrapper”

Best Debut Director – Feature Documentary
Chloe Abrahams, “The Taste of Mango” — WINNER
Sophie Compton and Reuben Hamlyn, “Another Baby”
Ella Glendining, “Is There Anybody Out There?”
Alice Russell, “If the Streets Were on Fire”
Christopher Sharp, “Bobi Wine: The People’s President”

The Raindance Maverick Award
“If the Streets Were on Fire” — WINNER
“Is There Anybody Out There?”
“Name Me Lawand”
“Raging Grace”
“Red Herring”

Best Feature Documentary sponsored by Intermission Film
“Another Body”
“Bobi Wine: The People’s President”
“If the Streets Were on Fire” — WINNER
“Lyra”
“Occupied City”

Best British Short Film
“Christopher At Sea”
“Festival of Slaps” — WINNER
“Lions”
“Muna”
“The Talent”

Best Casting sponsored by Casting Society & Spotlight 
Shaheen Baig, “Scrapper”
Kharmel Cochrane, “Rye Lane”
Kahleen Crawford, “All of Us Strangers”
Isabella Odoffin, “How to Have Sex” — WINNER
Salome Oggenfuss, Geraldine Barón, and Abby Harri, “Earth Mama”

Best Cinematography sponsored by Harbor & Kodak
Olan Collardy, “Rye Lane”
Suzie Lavelle, “The End We Start From”
Molly Manning Walker, “Scrapper”
Jamie D. Ramsay, “All of Us Strangers” — WINNER
James Rhodes, “Femme”

Best Costume Design
George Buxton, “How to Have Sex”
Oliver Cronk, “Scrapper”
Buki Ebiesuwa, “Femme” — WINNER
Cynthia Lawrence-John, “Rye Lane”
PC Williams, “The End We Start From”

Best Editing 
Jonathan Alberts, “All of Us Strangers” — WINNER
Victoria Boydell, “Rye Lane”
Paul Carlin, “Bobi Wine: The People’s President”
Avdhesh Mohla, “High & Low – John Galliano”
Arttu Salmi, “The End We Start From”

Best Effects
Paddy Eason, “Polite Society”
Theodor Flo-Groeneboom, “The End We Start From”
Jonathan Gales and Richard Baker, “The Kitchen” — WINNER

Best Music Supervision
Ciara Elwis, “Femme”
Connie Farr, “All of Us Strangers” — WINNER
David Fish, “Rye Lane”

Best Make-Up & Hair Design sponsored by The Wall Group
Zoe Clare Brown, “All of Us Strangers”
Claire Carter, “Polite Society”
Marie Deehan, “Femme” — WINNER
Natasha Lawes, “How to Have Sex”
Bianca Simone Scott, “Rye Lane”

Best Original Music sponsored by Universal Music Publishing Group
Adam Janota Bzowski, “Femme”
Patrick Jonsson, “Scrapper”
Kwes, “Rye Lane” — WINNER
Anna Meredith, “The End We Start From”
Ré Olunuga, “Girl”

Best Production Design sponsored by ATC & Broadsword
Laura Ellis Cricks, “The End We Start From”
Sarah Finlay, “All of Us Strangers”
Elena Muntoni, “Scrapper”
Nathan Parker, “The Kitchen” — WINNER
Anna Rhodes, “Rye Lane”

Best Sound supported by Halo
“Scrapper”
“How to Have Sex”
“All of Us Strangers”
“Enys Men” — WINNER
“The End We Start From”

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