‘Kneecap’ Leads 2024 British Independent Film Craft Awards Winners (BIFA)
Love Lies Bleeding, Civil War were double winners
The winners across the craft categories of the British Independent Film Awards were announced today by Connor Swindells and Ella Kemp in partnership with Letterboxd where Rich Peppiatt’s Kneecap earned three wins, for casting, editing and music supervision. The was the overall nomination leader with 14 nods across all categories.
Rose Glass’s Love Lies Bleeding was a double winner with cinematography and original music awards, and Alex Garland’s Civil War also grabbed two, for sound and effects.
Main category winners will be revealed at the 27th BIFA awards ceremony on Sunday, December 8, which sees BIFA return to Camden’s iconic Roundhouse.
Here is the full list of craft winners of the 2024 BIFAs.
Best Casting
Lucy Pardee, Bird
Heather Basten, Hoard
Carla Stronge, Kneecap – WINNER
Mary Vernieu and Lindsay Graham Ahanonu, Love Lies Bleeding
Isabella Odoffin, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
Best Cinematography
Rob Hardy, Civil War
Ryan Kernaghan, Kneecap
Pawel Edelman, Lee
Ben Fordesman, Love Lies Bleeding – WINNER
Yunus Roy Imer, The Outrun
Best Editing
Joe Bini, Bird
Jake Roberts, Civil War
Julian Ulrichs and Chris Gill, Kneecap – WINNER
Margarida Cartaxo and Stuart Davidson, Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
Stephen Bechinger, The Outrun
Best Production Design
Jan Houllevigue, The Assessment – WINNER
Caty Maxey, Civil War
Bobbie Cousins, Hoard
Nicola Moroney, Kneecap
Katie Hickman, Love Lies Bleeding
Best Costume Design
Meghan Kasperlik, Civil War
Michael O’Connor, Firebrand – WINNER
Zjena Glamocanin, Kneecap
Olga Mill, Love Lies Bleeding
Nirage Mirage, Unicorns
Best Make-Up & Hair Design
Peta Dunstall, Back to Black
Jenny Shircore, Firebrand
Megan Daum and Frieda Valenzuela, Love Lies Bleeding
Kat Morgan, The Outrun
Lisa Mustafa, Unicorns – WINNER
Best Original Music
Burial, Bird
Michael “Mikey J” Asante, Kneecap
Clint Mansell, Love Lies Bleeding – WINNER
John Gürtler and Jan Miserre, The Outrun
Stuart Earl, Unicorns
Best Music Supervision
Iain Cooke and Giles Martin, Back to Black
Gary Welch and Jeanette Rehnstrom, Kneecap – WINNER
Kle Savidge, Sister Midnight
Best Sound
Glen Freemantle, Civil War – WINNER
Louise Burton, Brendan Rehill, Aza Hand, & Simon Kerr – Kneecap
Mike Prestwood Smith, Csaba Major, & Jimmy Boyle – Lee
Paul Davies, Andrew Stirk, Linda Forsén, Rose Bladh, & Tim Burns – Love Lies Bleeding
Dominik Leube, Oscar Stiebitz, Jonathan Schorr, & Gregor Bonse – The Outrun
Best Effects
David Simpson, Civil War – WINNER
Glen McGuigan and Ingo Putze, Lee
James Allen, Love Lies Bleeding
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