The British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) announced today that 14 films are longlisted for Best Documentary sponsored by Intermission Film. 10 of the 14 documentaries are directed or co-directed by women and non-binary filmmakers.
19 films are longlisted for Best International Independent Film sponsored by Champagne Taittinger. Six of this year’s international titles are from the US/Canada, one is from Japan and the remaining 12 are from Europe. Nine of the directors longlisted are women.
The final five nominations will be announced on Wednesday 3 November. Winners will be revealed at the awards ceremony on Sunday 5 December.
For details of how to watch the longlisted films, visit watch.bifa.film
Best International Independent Film sponsored by Champagne Taittinger
A CHIARA Jonas Carpignano, Jon Coplon, Paolo Carpignano, Ryan Zacarias
COMPARTMENT NO. 6 Juho Kuosmanen, Livia Ulman, Andris Feldmanis, Jussi Rantamäki, Emilia Haukka
DRIVE MY CAR Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe, Teruhisa Yamamoto
FIRST COW Kelly Reichardt, Jon Raymond, Neil Kopp, Vincent Savino, Anish Savjani
FLEE Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Amin Nawabi, Monica Hellstrøm, Signe Byrge Sørensen
GREAT FREEDOM Sebastian Meise, Thomas Reider, Sabine Moser, Oliver Neumann, Benny Drechsel
THE HAND OF GOD Paolo Sorrentino, Lorenzo Mieli
HIVE Blerta Basholli, Yll Uka, Valon Bajgora, Agon Uka
HOPE Maria Sødahl, Thomas Robsahm
PARIS, 13TH DISTRICT Jacques Audiard, Céline Sciamma, Léa Mysius, Valérie Schermann
PETITE MAMAN Céline Sciamma, Bénédicte Couvreur
PLEASURE Ninja Thyberg, Peter Modestij, Erik Hemmendorff, Eliza Jones, Markus Waltå
RED ROCKET Sean Baker, Chris Bergoch, Samantha Quan, Alex Coco, Alex Saks, Shih-Ching Tsou
SHIVA BABY Emma Seligman, Kieran Altmann, Katie Schiller, Lizzie Shapiro
SOUAD Ayten Amin, Mahmoud Ezzat, Sameh Awad
SOUND OF METAL Darius Marder, Abraham Marder, Bert Hamelinck, Sacha Ben Harroche
SUMMER OF SOUL (...OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED) Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent, David Dinerstein
TITANE Julia Ducournau, Jean-Christophe Reymond
ZOLA Janicza Bravo, Jeremy O. Harris, Christine Vachon, David Hinojosa, Gia Walsh, Kara Baker, Vince Jolivette, Elizabeth Haggard, Dave Franco
Best Documentary sponsored by Intermission Film
BANK JOB Daniel Edelstyn, Hilary Powell, Christopher Hird
COW Andrea Arnold, Kat Mansoor
DYING TO DIVORCE Chloë Fairweather, Sinead Kirwan
EL FATHER PLAYS HIMSELF Mo Scarpelli, Manon Ardisson, Rodrigo Michelangeli
FINDING JACK CHARLTON Gabriel Clarke, Pete Thomas, John McKenna, Torquil Jones, Drew Masters, Catherine Quantschnigg
HOSTILE Sonita Gale
I AM BELMAYA Sue Carpenter, Christopher Hird
KEYBOARD FANTASIES Posy Dixon, Liv Proctor
MISHA AND THE WOLVES Sam Hobkinson, Poppy Dixon, Al Morrow, Matt Wells, Jurgen Buedts, Gregory Zalcman
POLY STYRENE: I AM A CLICHÉ Paul Sng, Celeste Bell, Zoë Howe, Rebecca Mark-Lawson, Matthew Silverman, Daria Nitsche
THE REAL CHARLIE CHAPLIN Pete Middleton, James Spinney, Oliver Kindeberg, Mike Brett, John Battsek, Jo Jo Ellison, Steve Jamison, Ben Limberg
REBEL DYKES Harri Shanahan, Siân A. Williams, Siobhan Fahey
SISTERS WITH TRANSISTORS Lisa Rovner, Anna Lena Vaney, Marcus Werner Hed
THE STORY OF LOOKING Mark Cousins, Adam Dawtrey, Mary Bell
