2022 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) announce International Independent Film longlist including ‘Close,’ ‘Decision to Leave,’ ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
The British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) today announced the longlist Best International Independent Film sponsored by Champagne Taittinger and include Lukas Dhont’s Close, Park Chan-Wook’s Decision to Leave, The Daniels’ Everything Everywhere All at Once and Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person in the World. Nominations will be announced November 3. Winners will be revealed at the 25th annual BIFA ceremony on Sunday, December 4.
You can read the longlist for Documentary Feature here.
17 films are longlisted for Best International Independent Film sponsored by Champagne Taittinger and between them have already amassed a raft of top prizes from this year’s premier international festivals. Three of this year’s international titles are from the US, two are from South Korea, one is from China, one from Iran, one from South America and the remaining nine are from Europe.
Here is the longlist for Best International Independent Film.
ALCARRÀS
Carla Simón, María Zamora, Stefan Schmitz, Tono Folguera, Sergi Moreno
ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED
Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, Nan Goldin, Yoni Golijov, John S. Lyons
ARGENTINA, 1985
Santiago Mitre, Mariano Llinás, Axel Kuschevatzky, Federico Posternak, Agustina Llambi Campbell, Ricardo Darín, Santiago Carabante, Chino Darín, Victoria Alonso
BROKER
Kore-eda Hirokazu, Lee Eugene
CLOSE
Lukas Dhont, Angelo Tijssens, Michiel Dhont, Dirk Impens
DECISION TO LEAVE
Park Chan-Wook, Chung Seo-Kyung
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Jonathan Wang, Joe Russo, Anthony Russo, Mike Larocca
FULL TIME
Éric Gravel, Raphaëlle Delauche, Nicolas Sanfaute
HIT THE ROAD
Panah Panahi, Mastaneh Mohajer
LA MIF
Fred Baillif, Véronique Vergari, Agnès Boutruche
MORE THAN EVER
Emily Atef, Lars Hubrich, Xénia Maingot
MURINA
Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović, Danijel Pek, Rodrigo Teixeira
NAVALNY
Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller, Shane Boris
PLAYGROUND
Laura Wandel, Stéphane Lhoest
RETURN TO DUST
Li Ruijun, Qin Hong, Zhang Min, Li Yan
THE QUIET GIRL
Colm Bairéad, Cleona Ní Chrualaoi
THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Thomas Robsahm
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