3rd November 2025

We are proud that 10 films we advised on have been nominated at the 2025 British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs), collectively amounting to 39 nominations.

Congratulations to everyone involved in the following BIFA-nominated films:

• My Father’s Shadow (dir. Akinola Davies Jr) received 12 nominations: Best British Independent Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay (Wale Davies), Best Debut Director, Best Debut Screenwriter, Best Cinematography (Jermaine Edwards), Best Costume Design (PC Williams), Best Editing (Omar Guzman Castro), Best Make-Up & Hair Design (Kehinde Are, Feyzo Oyebisi), Best Original Music (CJ Mirra), Best Production Design (Jennifer Anti, Pablo Anti) and Best Sound (CJ Mirra, James Ridgway, Joe Jackson, Adele Fletcher, Pius Fatoke)
• Die My Love (dir. Lynne Ramsay) received 8 nominations: Best Director, Best Lead Performance (Jennifer Lawrence), Best Cinematography (Seamus McGarvey), Best Effects (Victor Tomi), Best Music Supervision (Ian Neil, Raife Burchell), Best Make-Up & Hair Design (Colleen Labaff, Miho Suzuki), Best Production Design (Tim Grimes) and Best Sound (Tim Burns, Paul Davies, Linda Forsen, Andrew Stirk, Ron Osiowy)
• Wasteman (dir. Cal McMau) received 5 nominations: Best Lead Performance (David Jonsson), Best Supporting Performance (Tom Blyth), Best Debut Director, Best Debut Screenwriter (Hunter Andrews, Eoin Doran) and Best Music Supervision (Phil Canning)
• On Falling (dir. Laura Carreira) received 4 nominations: Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Debut Director and Best Debut Screenwriter
• 100 Nights of Hero (dir. Julia Jackman) received 3 nominations: Best Costume Design (Susie Coulthard), Best Make-Up & Hair Design (Natasha Lawes), Best Production Design (Sofia Sacomani)
• Ish (dir. Imran Perretta) received 2 nominations: Breakthrough Producer (Dhiraj Mahey) and Best Sound (Nina Hartstone, Jake Whitelee, Jens Petersen, Mike Tehrani, Rob Davidson)
• Tornado (dir. John Maclean) received 2 nominations: Best Costume Design (Kirsty Halliday) and Best Original Music (Jed Kurzel)
• The Thing with Feathers (dir. Dylan Southern) received a nomination for Best Effects (Hayley Williams, Conor O’Sullivan, Martin Malmqvist)
• Stomach Bug (dir. Matty Crawford & Karima Sammout Kanellopoulou) received a nomination for Best British Short Film
• Harvest (dir. Athina Rachel Tsangari) received a nomination for Best Production Design (Nathan Parker)

Winners will be announced at the ceremony in London on Sunday 30 November.

You can read the full nominations list here and find out more about our experience across the film sector here.