# British Independent Film Awards 2019

The British Independent Film Awards 2019 were held on 1 December 2019 to recognise the best in British independent cinema and filmmaking talent from United Kingdom. The nominations were announced on 30 October 2019. The Personal History of David Copperfield led the nominations with 11, followed by Wild Rose with 10.

## Winners and nominees

| Best British Independent Film | Best Director |
| For Sama Bait The Personal History of David Copperfield The Souvenir Wild Rose | Waad Al-Khateab & Edward Watts - For Sama Oliver Hermanus - Moffie Joanna Hogg - The Souvenir Mark Jenkin - Bait Asif Kapadia - Diego Maradona |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Josh O'Connor - Only You as Jake Sam Adewunmi - The Last Tree as Femi Tom Burke - The Souvenir as Anthony Kris Hitchen - Sorry We Missed You as Ricky Turner Dev Patel - The Personal History of David Copperfield as David Copperfield | Renée Zellweger - Judy as Judy Garland Jessie Buckley - Wild Rose as Rose-Lynn Harlan Holliday Grainger - Animals as Laura Sally Hawkins - Eternal Beauty as June Vicky Knight - Dirty God as Jade |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Hugh Laurie - The Personal History of David Copperfield as Mr. Dick Chiwetel Ejiofor - The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind as Trywell Kamkwamba Edlison Manuel Olbera Núñez - Yuli: The Carlos Acosta Story as Young Carlos Acosta Peter Mullan - The Vanishing as Thomas Marshall Bluey Robinson - Dirty God as Naz | Ruthxjiah Bellenea - The Last Tree as Tope Jessica Barden - Scarborough as Beth Elizabeth Debicki - Vita and Virginia as Virginia Woolf Tilda Swinton - The Personal History of David Copperfield as Betsey Trotwood Julie Walters - Wild Rose as Marion Harlan |
| Best Screenplay | Most Promising Newcomer |
| Simon Blackwell & Armando Iannucci - The Personal History of David Copperfield Joanna Hogg - The Souvenir Paul Laverty - Sorry We Missed You Peter Strickland - In Fabric Nicole Taylor - Wild Rose | Sam Adewunmi - The Last Tree Honor Swinton Byrne - The Souvenir Vicky Knight - Dirty God Lorn Macdonald - Beats Roxanne Scrimshaw - Lynn + Lucy |
| The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director) | Best Debut Screenwriter |
| Harry Wootliff - Only You Will Becher and Richard Phelan - A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon Fyzal Boulifa - Lynn + Lucy Daniel Kokotajlo - Boyz in the Wood Chiwetel Ejiofor - The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind | Emma Jane Unsworth - Animals Kieran Hurley - Beats Lisa Owens - Days of the Bagnold Summer Nicole Taylor - Wild Rose Harry Wootliff - Only You |
| Breakthrough Producer | The Discovery Award |
| Kate Byers and Linn Waite - Bait Finn Bruce - Tucked Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor - Blue Story Becky Read - Three Identical Strangers Jack Sidey - Moffie | Children of the Snow Land - Zara Balfour, Marcus Stephenson and Mark Hakansson A Bump Along The Way - Shelly Love Here For Life - Adrian Jackson & Andrea Luka Zimmerman, James Lingwood, Michael Morris and Cressida Day Cunningham, Rebecca Mark-Lawson, David Arthur, Ellie Land Muscle - Gerard Johnson, Matthew James Wilkinson, Richard Wylie, Ed Barratt The Street - Zed Nelson |
| Best Documentary | Best British Short Film |
| For Sama Coup 53 Diego Maradona Seahorse Tell Me Who I Am | Anna Boiling Point The Devil's Harmony Goldfish Serious Tingz |
| Best International Independent Film | Best Casting |
| Parasite Ash Is Purest White Marriage Story Monos Portrait of a Lady on Fire | Sarah Crowe- The Personal History of David Copperfield Shaheen Baig - In Fabric Shaheen Baig and Aisha Bywaters - The Last Tree Kahleen Crawford - Wild Rose Kahleen Crawford and Caroline Stewart - Only You |
| Best Cinematography | Best Costume Design |
| Benjamin Kračun - Beats Ole Bratt Birkeland - Judy Zac Nicholson - The Personal History of David Copperfield Jamie D. Ramsay - Moffie Ari Wegner - In Fabric | Suzie Harman & Robert Worley - The Personal History of David Copperfield Anna Robbins - Wild Rose Grace Snell - The Souvenir Jany Temime - Judy Jo Thompson - In Fabric |
| Best Editing | Best Effects |
| Chloe Lambourne & Simon McMahon - For Sama Mick Audsley and Peter Lambert - The Personal History of David Copperfield Mark Jenkin - Bait Chris King - Diego Maradona Helle Le Fevre - The Souvenir | Howard Jones - A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon Paul Mann - In Fabric Andy Quinn - The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind |
| Best Make Up & Hair Design | Best Music |
| Jeremy Woodhead - Judy Morten Jacobsen, Rogier Samuels, Lindelotte Van Der Meer - Dirty God Karen Hartley-Thomas - The Personal History of David Copperfield Emma Scott - In Fabric Jody Williams - Wild Rose | Jack Arnold - Wild Rose Nainita Desai - For Sama Tim Gane - In Fabric Antônio Pinto - Diego Maradona JD Twitch, Penelope Trappes and Stephen Hindman - Beats |
| Best Production Design | Best Sound |
| Cristina Casali - The Personal History of David Copperfield Stéphane Collonge - The Souvenir Kave Quinn - Judy Anne Seibel - The White Crow Paki Smith - In Fabric | Beats - David Bowtle-Mcmillan, Joakim Sundström, Robert Farr Diego Maradona - Stephen Griffiths, Tim Cavagin, Max Walsh, Andy Shelley Gwen - Anna My Bertmark, Jonathan Seale, Jules Woods In Fabric - Martin Pavey Wild Rose - Lee Walpole, Colin Nicholson, Stuart Hilliker |

### Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Film |
| 11 | The Personal History of David Copperfield |
| 10 | Wild Rose |
| 9 | In Fabric |
| 8 | The Souvenir |
| 5 | Beats |
| 5 | Diego Maradona |
| 5 | For Sama |
| 5 | Judy |
| 4 | Bait |
| 4 | Dirty God |
| 4 | The Last Tree |
| 4 | Only You |
| 3 | The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind |
| 3 | Moffie |
| 2 | Animals |
| 2 | Lynn + Lucy |
| 2 | A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon |
| 2 | Sorry We Missed You |
Films that received multiple awards :
| Awards | Film |
| 5 | The Personal History of David Copperfield |
| 4 | For Sama |
| 2 | Beats |
| 2 | Only You |
| 2 | The Last Tree |
| 2 | Judy |