{"id":673678,"date":"2026-11-03T12:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T12:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/673678\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T12:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T12:40:11","slug":"bifa-nominations-2026-elsinore-leads-awards-nods-with-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/673678\/","title":{"rendered":"BIFA Nominations 2026: ‘Elsinore’ Leads Awards Nods With 12"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAndrew Scott\u2019s Elsinore<\/a> leads the nominations for the 2026 British Independent Film Awards<\/a> (BIFAs<\/a>), which were unveiled on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\n\tBIFA-winning actors Jay Lycurgo and Posy Sterling revealed at One Hundred Shoreditch in London that the film received 12 nominations, followed by Clio Barnard\u2019s I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning with eight, and Animol, the directorial feature debut of Adolescence star Ashley Walters, with seven.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the best British independent film category, Simon Stone\u2019s Elsinore and I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning are joined by Marc Evans\u2019 Effi O Blaenau<\/a>, Queen at Sea, directed by Lance Hammer, and Mike Leigh\u2019s Tender Loving Care.<\/p>\n

\n\tStone and Barnard also scored best debut director nominations, along with Andrew Haigh for A Long Winter, Mark Jenkin for Rose of Nevada and Leigh for Tender Loving Care.<\/p>\n

\n\tBest lead performance nominees include Scott for Elsinore, Juliette Binoche<\/a> for her role in Queen at Sea<\/a>,
Erin Doherty for Faith, Leisa Gwenllian for Effi o Blaenau, Jonathan Jules for Florid, and Tut Nyuot for Animol.<\/p>\n

\n\tClaire Foy, Tom Courtenay, Sekou Diaby, Anna Calder-Marshall, Billie Piper and Bill Pullman were nominated as best supporting performers. And among the nominees in the best ensemble performance category are the likes of Bella Ramsey, Anthony Boyle, Joe Cole, Lycurgo, Daryl McCormack, Lola Petticrew<\/a>, James Blunt, James Norton and Neil Patrick Harris.<\/p>\n

\n\tCompeting for the best international<\/a> independent film are All of a Sudden, Club Kid, La Bola Negra, La Gradiva and Possible Love.<\/p>\n

\n\tMeanwhile, nominated for the feature documentary award are All Rivers Spill Their Stories to the Sea<\/a>, Everybody to Kenmure Street<\/a>, One in a Million, Something Familiar<\/a> and We, the Hated.<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd in a notable feat, the best music supervision award category features Connie Farr receiving two nominations.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe BIFAs 2026 ceremony takes place on Dec. 6 at the Camden Roundhouse in London. Check out the full list of nominees for the 2026 BIFAs below.<\/p>\n

\n\tBest British Independent Film
Effi O Blaenau Marc Evans, Gary Owen, Branwen Cennard<\/p>\n

\n\tElsinore Simon Stone, Stephen Beresford, Andrea Occhipinti, Gabrielle Tana, Pete Shilaimon, Mickey Liddell, Stefano Massenzi, Carolyn Marks Blackwood, Andrew Scott<\/p>\n

\n\tI See Buildings Fall Like Lightning Clio Barnard, Enda Walsh, Tracy O\u2019riordan<\/p>\n

\n\tQueen at Sea Lance Hammer, Tristan Goligher<\/p>\n

\n\tTender Loving Care Mike Leigh, Georgina Lowe<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Director
Clio Barnard I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning<\/p>\n

\n\tAndrew Haigh A Long Winter<\/p>\n

\n\tMark Jenkin Rose of Nevada<\/p>\n

\n\tMike Leigh Tender Loving Care<\/p>\n

\n\tSimon Stone Elsinore<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Screenplay, sponsored by Apple Original Films
Stephen Beresford Elsinore<\/p>\n

\n\tLance Hammer Queen at Sea<\/p>\n

\n\tMike Leigh Tender Loving Care<\/p>\n

\n\tGary Owen Effi O Blaenau<\/p>\n

\n\tEnda Walsh I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Lead Performance
Juliette Binoche Queen at Sea<\/p>\n

\n\tErin Doherty Faith<\/p>\n

\n\tLeisa Gwenllian Effi O Blaenau<\/p>\n

\n\tJonathan Jules Florid<\/p>\n

\n\tTut Nyuot Animol<\/p>\n

\n\tAndrew Scott Elsinore<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Supporting Performance
Anna Calder-Marshall Queen at Sea<\/p>\n

\n\tTom Courtenay Queen at Sea<\/p>\n

\n\tSekou Diaby Animol<\/p>\n

\n\tClaire Foy Ink<\/p>\n

\n\tBillie Piper Elsinore<\/p>\n

\n\tBill Pullman Everybody Digs Bill Evans<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Joint Lead Performance
S\u00e9amus Mclean Ross, Samuel Bottomley California Schemin\u2019<\/p>\n

\n\tFlora Nicholson, Clare Dunne, Mia Tharia The Education of Jane Cumming<\/p>\n

\n\tMarni Duggan, Galaxie Clear Extra Geography<\/p>\n

\n\tChimpaye Florence Mariserena, Bizimana Hussain Small Gods<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Ensemble Performance
I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning Anthony Boyle, Joe Cole, Jay Lycurgo, Daryl Mccormack, Lola Petticrew<\/p>\n

\n\tSunny Dancer Bella Ramsey, Daniel Quinn-Toye, Ruby Stokes, Earl Cave, Conrad Khan, Jasmine Elcock, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Louis Gaunt, Josie Walker, Jessica Gunning, James Norton, Neil Patrick Harris, James Blunt<\/p>\n

\n\tTender Loving Care Marion Bailey, Paul Jesson, Kate O\u2019flynn, Alice Bailey Johnson<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Feature Documentary, sponsored by Intermission Film
All Rivers Spill Their Stories to the Sea Jeanie Finlay, Charlie Phillips<\/p>\n

\n\tEverybody to Kenmure Street Felipe Bustos Sierra, Ciara Barry<\/p>\n

\n\tOne in a Million Itab Azzam, Jack Macinnes, Will Anderson, Andrew Palmer, James Bluemel, Raney Aronson-Rath<\/p>\n

\n\tSomething Familiar Rachel Taparjan, Aleksandra Bilic, Monica L\u0103zurean-Gorgan<\/p>\n

\n\tWe, the Hated Rich Felgate, David Allen<\/p>\n

\n\tCinema of the Year, supported by Kia<\/p>\n

\n\tAbbeygate Cinema<\/p>\n

\n\tCampus West<\/p>\n

\n\tHippodrome Cinema<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Kinema in the Woods<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Ultimate Picture Palace<\/p>\n

The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director), sponsored by BBC Film
Billy Lumby Florid<\/p>\n

\n\tMolly Manners Extra Geography<\/p>\n

\n\tBertil Nilsson Masc<\/p>\n

\n\tLouis Paxton The Incomer<\/p>\n

\n\tAshley Walters Animol<\/p>\n

\n\tBreakthrough Producer, sponsored by Pinewood and Shepperton Studios<\/p>\n

\n\tItab Azzam, Jack Macinnes, Will Anderson, James Bluemel, Andrew Palmer One in a Million [also produced by Raney Aronson-Rath]<\/p>\n

\n\tBranwen Cennard Effi O Blaenau<\/p>\n

\n\tTom Hawkins Animol [also Produced by Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, Nick Love, Ashley Walters]<\/p>\n

\n\tOskar Pimlott Bad Apples<\/p>\n

\n\tAlex Polunin Black Church Bay [also Produced by Tristan Goligher]<\/p>\n

\n\tBreakthrough Performance, sponsored by Netflix
Galaxie Clear Extra Geography<\/p>\n

\n\tSekou Diaby Animol<\/p>\n

\n\tLeisa Gwenllian Effi O Blaenau<\/p>\n

\n\tJonathan Jules Florid<\/p>\n

\n\tTut Nyuot Animol<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Debut Screenwriter, sponsored by Film4
Miriam Battye Extra Geography<\/p>\n

\n\tThea Gaji\u0107 Surviving Earth<\/p>\n

\n\tRhys Marc Jones Black Church Bay<\/p>\n

\n\tJess O\u2019Kane Bad Apples<\/p>\n

\n\tLouis Paxton The Incomer<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Raindance Maverick Award
Act 3 Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor, Alex Thiele, Hannah Patterson<\/p>\n

\n\tChatlines Neil Ely, Lloyd Eyre-Morgan, Paul Mortlock<\/p>\n

\n\tMasc Bertil Nilsson<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Peril at Pincer Point Jake Kuhn, Noah Stratton-Twine<\/p>\n

\n\tSomething Familiar Rachel Taparjan, Monica L\u0103zurean-Gorgan, Elena Martin, Aleksandra Bilic<\/p>\n

\n\tBest British Short Film
Allies in Exile Hasan Kattan, Orlando Von Einsiedel<\/p>\n

\n\tCoyotes Said Zagha, Myriam Sassine, Laura Jumel<\/p>\n

\n\tForgotten Spaceman<\/a> Elham Ehsas, Lorraine Bhattachary<\/p>\n

\n\tUntitled Woman Camille Summers-Valli, Rosmarie Vind, Sorcha Bacon, Martha Mcguirk, David Zander<\/p>\n

\n\tVote Gavin Lyle Aneil Karia, Scott O\u2019donnell, Tom Gardner<\/p>\n

\n\tBest International Independent Film, sponsored by Champagne Taittinger
All of a Sudden Ryusuke Hamaguchi, L\u00e9a Le Dimna, David Gauqui\u00e9, Julien Deris, K\u00f4suke Oshida, Y\u00fbji Sadai, Jean-Luc Ormi\u00e8res, Renan Artukma\u00e7, Hiroko Matsuda<\/p>\n

\n\tClub Kid Jordan Firstman, Galen Core, Alex Coco<\/p>\n

\n\tLa Bola Negra Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo<\/p>\n

\n\tLa Gradiva Marine Atlan, Anne Brouilet, In\u00e8s Da\u00efen Dasi<\/p>\n

\n\tPossible Love Lee Chang-Dong, Oh Jung-Mi<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Casting
Shaheen Baig I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning<\/p>\n

\n\tHeather Basten Animol<\/p>\n

\n\tLara Manwaring Florid<\/p>\n

\n\tLucy Pardee Extra Geography<\/p>\n

\n\tJessica Ronane Elsinore<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Cinematography, sponsored by Kodak & Molinare
Mike Eley Elsinore<\/p>\n

\n\tPiers Mcgrail Everybody Digs Bill Evans<\/p>\n

\n\tChristopher Ripley Straight Circle<\/p>\n

\n\tSimon Tindall I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning<\/p>\n

\n\tAndr\u00e9 Turpin a Long Winter<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Costume Design
Sarah Blenkinsop The Incomer<\/p>\n

\n\tAlex Bovaird Savage House<\/p>\n

\n\tCarol Case A Long Winter<\/p>\n

\n\tDarion Hing Straight Circle<\/p>\n

\n\tMel Page Elsinore<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Editing
Valerio Bonelli Elsinore<\/p>\n

\n\tOtto Burnham Black Is Beautiful: the Kwame Brathwaite Story<\/p>\n

\n\tFouad Gaber Straight Circle<\/p>\n

\n\tMaya Maffioli I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning<\/p>\n

\n\tFin Oates Ink<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Effects
Jon Biggins, Jeff Dillon Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom<\/p>\n

\n\tRuslan Borysov, Richard Cheal, Tim Ledbury The Magic Faraway Tree<\/p>\n

\n\tDaniel Morris The Incomer<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Music Supervision
Connie Farr I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning<\/p>\n

\n\tConnie Farr Queen at Sea<\/p>\n

\n\tPhil Canning Sunny Dancer<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Make-Up & Hair Design
Jacquetta Levon Savage House<\/p>\n

\n\tNadia Stacey Elsinore<\/p>\n

\n\tNadia Stacey Madfabulous<\/p>\n

\n\tKaren Hartley Thomas The Magic Faraway Tree<\/p>\n

\n\tTristan Versluis Straight Circle<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Original Music, sponsored by Universal Music Publishing Group
Roger Goula Everybody Digs Bill Evans<\/p>\n

\n\tStefan Gregory Elsinore<\/p>\n

\n\tMark Jenkin Rose of Nevada<\/p>\n

\n\tHannah Peel Underland<\/p>\n

\n\tSi\u00f4n Trefor, Ioana Selaru Effi O Blaenau<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Production Design, sponsored by ATC
Luke Moran-Morris Straight Circle<\/p>\n

\n\tGareth Pugh, Carson McColl Ink<\/p>\n

\n\tHelen Scott Elsinore<\/p>\n

\n\tAlexandra Walker The Magic Faraway Tree<\/p>\n

\n\tGary Williamson Savage House<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Sound, sponsored by Bleat
Andy Coles, John Brennan Everybody Digs Bill Evans<\/p>\n

\n\tPaul Cotterell, Ron Osiowy, Joakim Sundstr\u00f6m A Long Winter<\/p>\n

\n\tSimon Hayes, Johnnie Burn Ink<\/p>\n

\n\tMark Jenkin, Ian Wilson Rose of Nevada<\/p>\n

\n\tDario Swade, George Elliott, Tom Harburt Florid<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Richard Harris Award for Outstanding Contribution by an Actor to British Film
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