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The nominations for the 2018 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) were announced at a ceremony at Everyman King’s Cross this morning (31 October 2018). Leading the list is Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite. The black comedy picked up 13 nominations, including Best British Independent Film, Best Director sponsored by Broadsword Event House and Best Screenplay sponsored by BBC Films. The three leading female stars of the film all picked up acting nominations, with Olivia Coleman nominated for Best Actress supported by MAC, and both Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
Other leading films include Bart Layton’s American Animals, which bagged 11 nominations, Beast which took home five nominations and Lynee Ramsay’s You Were Never Really Here, which was nominated in eight categories. This continues Ramsay’s longstanding association with BIFA, with her second nomination for Best Director and her third nomination for Best Screenplay.
This year’s BIFA nominations highlight a landmark year for female representation, with 40% of the individual nominations recognising women, across fields such as directing, writing, craft, performance and producing. This statistic rises to 50% when looking at the nominees for Best British Independent Film, and female nominees make up four out of five nominees for Most Promising Newcomer and Breakthrough Producer supported by Creativity Media.
Nominees for The Richard Harris Award and The Variety Award will be announced at a later date.
The winners of the 2018 BIFAs will be announced at a ceremony on Sunday 2 December at Old Billingsgate.
For more information and to read the full list of nominees, click here.