British Independent Film Awards: ‘Rye Lane,’ ‘Scrapper’ & ‘All Of Us Strangers’ Lead Nominations

Raine Allen-Miller’s debut feature Rye Lane leads this year’s British Independent Film Award nominations with 16 nods, including Best Director and Best British Independent Film.

Allen-Miller’s Peckham-set feature also has nominations for Best Screenplay and Best Debut Screenwriter for writing duo Nathan Bryon and Tom Melia, as well as a nod for Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo for Breakthrough Producer. The film’s leads Vivian Oparah and David Jonsson scored a Best Joint Lead Performance nomination. Oparah is also nominated in Breakthrough Performance.

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Rye Lane is trailed by Scrapper and All Of Us Strangers, which both clocked 14 nominations. Scrapper received four nominations for debut feature filmmaker Charlotte Regan, including Best Director and Best Screenplay. All Of Us Strangers clocked Best Director. In the performance categories, Andrew Scott picked up a Best Lead Performance nomination, and Jamie Bell, Claire Foy, and Paul Mescal grabbed a Best Supporting Performance nod each. Seven craft nominations round out the All of Us Strangers haul.

Elsewhere, Molly Manning Walker’s debut feature, How to Have Sex, clocked 13 nominations, Jodie Comer received a nod for her role in Mahalia Belo’s debut The End We Start From, and Tilda Swinton got a Best Lead Performance nod for Joanna Hogg’s The Eternal Daughter.

Check out the full nominations list below:

Best British Independent Film

ALL OF US STRANGERS Andrew Haigh, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Sarah Harvey

FEMME Sam H Freeman, Ng Choon Ping, Myles Payne, Sam Ritzenberg

HOW TO HAVE SEX Molly Manning Walker, Ivana MacKinnon, Emily Leo, Konstantinos Kontovrakis

RYE LANE Raine Allen-Miller, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia, Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo, Damian Jones

SCRAPPER Charlotte Regan, Theo Barrowclough

Best International Independent Film sponsored by Champagne Taittinger

ANATOMY OF A FALL Justine Triet, Arthur Harari, Marie-Ange Luciani, David Thion

FALLEN LEAVES Aki Kauriskmäki

FREMONT Babak Jalali, Carolina Cavalli, Marjaneh Moghimi, Sudnya Shroff, Rachael Fung

MONSTER Hirokazu Kore-Eda, Yuji Sakamoto, Genki Kawamura, Kenji Yamada

PAST LIVES Celine Song, David Hinojosa, Christine Vachon, Pamela Koffler

Best Director sponsored by Sky Cinema

RAINE ALLEN-MILLER Rye Lane

SAM H FREEMAN, NG CHOON PING Femme

ANDREW HAIGH All of Us Strangers

MOLLY MANNING WALKER How to Have Sex CHARLOTTE REGAN Scrapper

Best Screenplay sponsored by Apple Original Films

NATHAN BRYON, TOM MELIA Rye Lane

SAM H FREEMAN, NG CHOON PING Femme

ANDREW HAIGH All of Us Strangers

MOLLY MANNING WALKER How to Have Sex

CHARLOTTE REGAN Scrapper

Best Lead Performance

JODIE COMER The End We Start From

MIA MCKENNA-BRUCE How to Have Sex

TIA NOMORE Earth Mama

NABHAAN RIZWAN In Camera

ANDREW SCOTT All of Us Strangers

TILDA SWINTON The Eternal Daughter

Best Supporting Performance

RITU ARYA Polite Society

JAMIE BELL All of Us Strangers

SAMUEL BOTTOMLEY How to Have Sex

ALEXANDRA BURKE Pretty Red Dress

AMIR EL-MASRY In Camera

CLAIRE FOY All of Us Strangers

PAUL MESCAL All of Us Strangers

ALIA SHAWKAT Drift

SHAUN THOMAS How to Have Sex KATHERINE WATERSON The End We Start From

Best Joint Lead Performance

LOLA CAMPBELL, HARRIS DICKINSON Scrapper

DAVID JONSSON, VIVIAN OPARAH Rye Lane NATHAN STEWART-JARRETT, GEORGE MACKAY Femme

The Douglas Hickox Award
(Best Debut Director)
sponsored by BBC Film

RAINE ALLEN-MILLER Rye Lane

SAM H FREEMAN, NG CHOON PING Femme

SAVANAH LEAF Earth Mama

MOLLY MANNING WALKER How to Have Sex

CHARLOTTE REGAN Scrapper

Breakthrough Producer
sponsored by Pinewood and Shepperton Studios

THEO BARROWCLOUGH Scrapper

GEORGIA GOGGIN Pretty Red Dress

YVONNE ISIMEME IBAZEBO Rye Lane
[also produced by Damian Jones]

GANNESH RAJAH If the Streets Were on Fire

CHI THAI Raging Grace

Breakthrough Performance
sponsored by Netflix
LE’SHANTEY BONSU Girl
LOLA CAMPBELL Scrapper
PRIYA KANSARA Polite Society
MIA MCKENNA-BRUCE How to Have Sex
VIVIAN OPARAH Rye Lane

Best Debut Director – Feature Documentary
CHLOE ABRAHAMS The Taste of Mango
SOPHIE COMPTON, REUBEN HAMLYN Another Body
ELLA GLENDINING Is There Anybody Out There?
ALICE RUSSELL If the Streets Were on Fire
CHRISTOPHER SHARP Bobi Wine: The People’s President [also directed by Moses Bwayo]


Best Debut Screenwriter
sponsored by Film4
NATHAN BRYON, TOM MELIA Rye Lane
SAM H FREEMAN, NG CHOON PING Femme
MOLLY MANNING WALKER How to Have Sex
NIDA MANZOOR Polite Society
CHARLOTTE REGAN Scrapper

The Raindance Maverick Award
IF THE STREETS WERE ON FIRE Alice Russell, Gannesh Rajah
IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE? Ella Glendining, Janine Marmot
NAME ME LAWAND Edward Lovelace
RAGING GRACE Paris Zarcilla, Chi Thai
RED HERRING Kit Vincent, Ed Owles

Best Feature Documentary sponsored by Intermission Film

ANOTHER BODY Sophie Compton, Reuben Hamlyn, Isabel Freeman, Elizabeth Woodward

BOBI WINE: THE PEOPLE’S PRESIDENT Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp, John Battsek

IF THE STREETS WERE ON FIRE Alice Russell, Gannesh Rajah

LYRA Alison Millar, Jackie Doyle

OCCUPIED CITY Steve McQueen, Bianca Stitger, Floor Onrust, Anna Smith-Tenser

Best British Short Film

CHRISTOPHER AT SEA Tom C J Brown, Laure Desmazières, Emmanuel-Alain Raynal, Pierre Baussaron, Amanda Miller, Hannah Stolarski, Nick Read, Emily-Jane Brown

FESTIVAL OF SLAPS Abdou Cissé, Cheri Darbon, George Telfer

LIONS Beru Tessema, Ama Ampadu

MUNA Warda Mohamed, Angela Moneke, Simon Hatton

THE TALENT Thomas May Bailey, Emma D’Arcy, Ellen Spence

Best Casting
sponsored by Casting Society & Spotlight
SHAHEEN BAIG Scrapper
KHARMEL COCHRANE Rye Lane
KAHLEEN CRAWFORD All of Us Strangers
ISABELLA ODOFFIN How to Have Sex
SALOME OGGENFUSS, GERALDINE BARÓN, ABBY HARRI Earth Mama


Best Cinematography
sponsored by Harbor & Kodak
OLAN COLLARDY Rye Lane
SUZIE LAVELLE The End We Start From
MOLLY MANNING WALKER Scrapper
JAMIE D. RAMSAY All of Us Strangers
JAMES RHODES Femme


Best Costume Design
GEORGE BUXTON How to Have Sex
OLIVER CRONK Scrapper
BUKI EBIESUWA Femme
CYNTHIA LAWRENCE-JOHN Rye Lane
PC WILLIAMS The End We Start From


Best Editing
JONATHAN ALBERTS All of Us Strangers
VICTORIA BOYDELL Rye Lane
PAUL CARLIN Bobi Wine: The People’s President
AVDHESH MOHLA High & Low – John Galliano
ARTTU SALMI The End We Start From


Best Effects
PADDY EASON Polite Society
THEODOR FLO-GROENEBOOM The End We
Start From
JONATHAN GALES, RICHARD BAKER The Kitchen


Best Music Supervision
CIARA ELWIS Femme
CONNIE FARR All of Us Strangers
DAVID FISH Rye Lane


Best Make-Up & Hair Design
sponsored by The Wall Group
ZOE CLARE BROWN All of Us Strangers
CLAIRE CARTER Polite Society
MARIE DEEHAN Femme
NATASHA LAWES How to Have Sex
BIANCA SIMONE SCOTT Rye Lane

Best Original Music
sponsored by Universal Music Publishing Group
ADAM JANOTA BZOWSKI Femme
PATRICK JONSSON Scrapper
KWES Rye Lane
ANNA MEREDITH The End We Start From
RÉ OLUNUGA Girl

Best Production Design
sponsored by ATC & Broadsword
LAURA ELLIS CRICKS The End We Start From
SARAH FINLAY All of Us Strangers
ELENA MUNTONI Scrapper
NATHAN PARKER The Kitchen
ANNA RHODES Rye Lane


Best Sound supported by Halo
BEN BAIRD, JACK WENSLEY, ADAM FLETCHER, ALEXEJ MUNGERSDORFF Scrapper
STEVE FANAGAN How to Have Sex
STEVIE HAYWOOD, JOAKIM SUNDSTRÖM,
PER BOSTROM All of Us Strangers
MARK JENKIN Enys Men
JENS ROSENLUND-PETERSEN, AMY FELTON,
JOE JACKSON, TIM CAVAGIN, LORI DOVI
The End We Start From

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