“The Kneecap”, “Love Lies Bleeding”, Saoirse Ronan

The nominations for the 2024 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) were revealed on Tuesday morning by Mia McKenna-Bruce (How to have sex) and Vivian Oparah (Rye Street) at One Hundred Shoreditch in London, with Patellathe Irish rap comedy starring Michael Fassbender, and Love lies bleeding with Kristen Stewart leading the charge, followed by The Outrun with Saoirse Ronan, as well as that of Andrea Arnold Bird with Barry Keoghan, queer love story Unicornsand that of Rungano Nyoni How to become a guinea fowl.

In the performance categories, big names nominated include the likes of Saoirse Ronan, Barry Keoghan, Kristen Stewart, Alicia Vikander, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Elliot Page and Jack O'Connell.

In the category of best international feature films, that of Sean Baker Anora he will compete with the likes of Mohammad Rasoulof The seed of the sacred fig tree.

“Celebrating extraordinary films and exceptional talent from the British film industry and beyond, this year's list highlights the UK's brightest new talent alongside BIFA heroes such as Andrea Arnold, Rose Glass, Rungano Nyoni, Saoirse Ronan , Jack O'Connell, Barry Keoghan and Hayley Squires,” the organization said.

Leading the nominations with 14 is PatellaRich Peppiatt's comedy that follows the West Belfast hip-hop trio of the same name and their mission to save their native language. Among others, it received nominations for best British independent film, best director, best debut director, best screenplay and best debut screenwriter. The Kneecap trio of Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin and JJ Ó Dochartaigh are also nominated for the honor of Best Joint Solo Performance. Additionally, the film is up for eight craft awards.

Love lies bleeding by director Rose Glass, winner of the BIFA 2020 for Saint Maudreceived a total of 12 nominations. These include nominations in the best British independent film, best director and best screenplay categories, as well as best joint leading performance for stars Katy O'Brian and Stewart, along with eight craft nominations.

Based on Amy Liptrot's best-selling novel about self-discovery and sobriety in the wilds of Orkney, Nora Fingsheidt's novel The Outrun earned nine nominations in categories including Best British Independent Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing and Best Leading Performance for BIFA veteran Ronan, who won Best Actress in 2015 for her role in Brooklyn.

Andrew Haigh's gay love story All of us strangers took home the most honors at BIFA 2023. This year's ceremony will take place at the Roundhouse in Camden, London on 8 December.

Check out the full list of BIFA 2024 nominations below.

The Richard Harris Award for Outstanding Contribution by an Actor to British Cinema

To be revealed in the coming weeks

Best British Independent Film

PATELLA Rich Peppiatt, Trevor Birney, Jack Tarling

LOVE IS ALREADY BLOODY Rose Glass, Weronika Tofilska, Andrea Cornwell, Oliver Kassman

BECOMING A PHARAHOE Rungano Nyoni, Tim Cole, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe

THE EXCURSION Nora Fingscheidt, Amy Liptrot, Sarah Brocklehurst, Dominic Norris, Jack Lowden, Saoirse Ronan

SANTOSH Sandhya Suri, Mike Goodridge, James Bowsher, Balthazar de Ganay, Alan McAlex

Best international independent film, sponsored by Champagne Taittinger

WE ALL IMAGINE Payal Kapadia, Thomas Hakim, Julien Graff AS LIGHT

AGAIN Sean Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan

THE CHIMERA Alice Rohrwacher, Carlo Cresto-Dina, Paolo Del Brocco

NO OTHER LAND Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Fabrien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning

THE SEED OF THE SACRED PIG Mohammad Rasoulof, Rozita Hendijanian, Amin Sadraei, Jean-Christophe Simon, Mani Tilgner

Best Director, sponsored by Sky Cinema

ANDREW ARNOLD Bird

NORA FINGSCHEIDT The Outrun

PINK GLASS Love lies bleeding

RUNGANO NYONI How to become a guinea fowl

RICH PEPPIATT Patella

Best Screenplay, sponsored by Apple Original Films

NORA FINGSCHEIDT, AMY LIPTROT The Outrun

PINK GLASS, WERONIKA TOFILSKA Love lies bleeding

RUNGANO NYONI How to become a guinea fowl

RICH PEPPIATT Patella

SANDHYA SURI Santosh

Best Main Performance

RADHIKA APTE Sister Midnight

SUSAN CHARDY How to become a guinea fowl

MARIANNE JEAN-BAPTISTE Hard truths

ELLIOT PAGE Close to you

SAOIRSE RONAN The Outrun

ALICIA VIKANDER The evaluation

Best Supporting Performance

MICHELE AUSTIN Hard truths

ELISABETTA CHISELA How to become a guinea fowl

BARRY KEOGHAN Bird

JACK O'CONNELL Let's go back to black

FRANZ ROGOWSKI Bird

HAYLEY SQUIRES Treasure

Best Joint Leading Performance

JOSEPH QUINN, SAURA LIGHTFOOT LEON Treasure

KATY O'BRIAN, KRISTEN STEWART Love lies bleedingG

LIAM ÓGÓ HANNAIDH, NAOISE Ó CAIREALLÁIN, JJ Ó DOCHARTAIGH Patella

JASON PATEL, BEN HARDY Unicorns

The Douglas Hickox Award (for best debut director), sponsored by BBC Film

CHRISTOPHER ANDREWS Take them down

CARMOON MOON Treasure

JAMES KRISHNA FLOYD Unicorns [also directed by Sally El Hosaini]

KARAN KANDHARI Sister Midnight

RICH PEPPIATT Patella

Breakthrough producer, sponsored by Pinewood and Shepperton Studios

HOLLIE BRYAN, LUCY MEER The ceremony

BALTHAZAR DE GANAY, JAMES BOWSHER Santosh [also produced by Mike Goodridge, Alan McAlex]

JACOB SWAN HYAM Tear them down [also produced by also produced by Julianne Ford, Ivana MacKinnon, Jean-Yves Roubin, Ruth Treacey, Cassandre Warnauts]

BEN TOYE Afloat

REBECCA WOLFF Hamlet's Theft [also produced by Julia Ton]

Groundbreaking performance, sponsored by Netflix

NYKIYA ADAMS Bird

SUSAN CHARDY How to become a guinea fowl

SAURA LIGHTFOOT-LEON Treasure

RUARIDH MOLLICA Sebastian

JASON PATEL Unicorns

Best Debut Director: Feature Documentary

PINNY GRYLLS, SAM CRANE Hamlet of the Great Theft

MANON OUIMET, JACOB PERLMUTTER Two strangers trying not to kill each other

RACHEL RAMSAY Cup 71 [also directed by James Erskine]

CLAIR TITLE The competitor

Best New Screenwriter, sponsored by Film4

JAMES KRISHNA FLOYD Unicorns

KARAN KANDHARI Sister Midnight

RICH PEPPIATT Patella

SANDHYA SURI Santosh

Mrs. and Mr. Tommaso The evaluation [also written by John Donnelly]

The Raindance Maverick Award

THE CEREMONY Jack King, Hollie Bryan, Lucy Meer

HAMLET OF THE GREAT THEFT Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane, Julia Ton, Rebecca Wolff

RESTLESS Jed Hart, Benedict Turnbull

SATU – THE YEAR OF THE RABBIT Joshua Trigg

WITCHES Elizabeth Sankey, Jeremy Warmsley, Chiara Ventura, Manon Ardisson

Best Documentary, sponsored by Intermission Film

THE COMPETITOR Clair Titley, Megumi Inman, Andee Ryder, Amit Dey, Ian Bonhôte

GRAND THEFT HAMLET Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane, Julia Ton, Rebecca Wolff

SUPER/MAN: THE CHRISTOPHER REEVE STORY Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui, Lizzie Gillett, Robert Ford

TWO STRANGERS TRYING NOT TO KILL EACH OTHER Jacob Perlmutter, Manon Ouimet, Signe Byrge Sørensen

WITCHES Elizabeth Sankey, Jeremy Warmsley, Chiara Ventura, Manon Ardisson

Best British Short Film

DELIVERY Ben Lankester, Bophanie Lun, Joe Binks

HOUSE HEATING Liam White, Guy Lindley

MEAT PUPPET Eros V, Masha Thorpe, Leah Draw

ONE MOVE Elahe Esmaili, Hossein Behboudi Rad

WALK THROUGH WONDERFUL Nina Gantz, Stendette Bosklopper, Simon Cartwright, Daan Bakker, Maarten Swart

Best Casting, sponsored by Casting Society & Spotlight

HEATHER BASTEN Treasure

ISABELLA ODOFFIN How to become a guinea fowl

LUCIA PARDEE Bird

CARLA FORTE Patella

MARY VERNIEU, LINDSAY GRAHAM AHANONU Love lies bleeding

Best photography, sponsored by Harbor & Kodak

PAWEL EDELMAN Lee

BEN FORDESMAN Love lies bleeding

ROB HARDY Civil war

YUNUS ROY IMER The Outrun

RYAN KERNAGHAN Patella

Best costumes

ZJENA GLAMOCANINA Patella

MEGHAN KASPERLIK Civil war

OLGA MILL Love lies bleeding

MIRAGE OF THE NIRAGE Unicorns

MICHAEL O'CONNOR Burning ember

Best editing

STEPHEN BACHINGER The Outrun

JOE BINI Bird

MARGARIDA CARTAXO, STUART DAVIDSON Made in England: the films of Powell and Pressburger

JAKE ROBERT Civil war

JULIAN ULRICHS, CHRIS GILL Patella

Better effects

JAMES ALLEN Love lies bleeding

GLEN MCGUIGAN, INGO PUTZE Lee

DAVID SIMPSON Civil war

Best makeup and hair design

MEGAN DAUM, FRIEDA VALENZUELA Love lies bleeding

PETA DUNSTALL Let's go back to black

KAT MORGAN The Outrun

LISA MUSTAFA Unicorns

JENNY SHIRCORE Burning ember

Best Music Supervision

IAIN COOKE, GILES MARTIN Let's go back to black

KLE SAVIDGE Sister Midnight

GARY WELCH, JEANETTE REHNSTROM Patella

Best Original Music, sponsored by Universal Music Publishing Group

MICHAEL 'MIKEY J' ASANTE Patella

BURIAL Bird

STUART COUNT Unicorns

JOHN GÜRTLER, JAN MISERRE The Outrun

CLINT MANSELL Love lies bleeding

Better sound

LOUISE BURTON, BRENDAN REHILL, AZA HAND, SIMON KERR Patella

PAUL DAVIES, ANDREW STIRK, LINDA FORSÉN, ROSE BLADH, TIM BURNS Love lies bleeding

GLEN FREEMANTLE Civil war

DOMINIK LEUBE, OSCAR STIEBITZ, JONATHAN SCHORR, GREGOR BONSE The Outrun

MIKE PRESTWOOD SMITH, CSABA MAGGIORE, JIMMY BOYLE Lee

Best Production Design, sponsored by ATC & Broadsword

BOBBIE'S COUSINS Treasure

JAN HOULLEVIGUE The evaluation

KATIE HICKMAN Love lies bleeding

CATY MAXEY Civil war

NICOLA MORONEY Patella

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