William Oldroyd’s fierce period drama “Lady Macbeth” led all films in nominations for the British Independent Film Awards, which were announced on Wednesday in London.
The film, which stars Frances Pugh as a young wife in 19th-century England who rebels after being sold into an arranged marriage, set a new BIFA record with 15 nominations, though several were in newly created craft categories.
Other films with double-digit nominations were Armando Iannucci’s political satire “The Death of Stalin” and Rungano Nyoni’s African-set “I Am Not a Witch” with 13 each, Martin McDonagh’s blackly comic “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” with 11 and Frances Lee’s “Brokeback Mountain”-style drama “God’s Own Country,” also with 11.
“The Florida Project” and “Get Out” were among the films nominated for Best International Independent Film, along with Oscar foreign-language hopefuls “The Square” and “Loveless.”
The British Independent Film Awards will take place on December 10 in London.
The nominees:
Best British Independent Film
“The Death of Stalin”
“God’s Own Country”
“I Am Not a Witch”
“Lady Macbeth”
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Best International Independent Film
“The Florida Project”
“Get Out”
“I Am Not Your Negro”
“Loveless”
“The Square”
Best Director
Armando Iannucci, “The Death of Stalin”
Francis Lee, “God’s Own Country”
Martin McDonagh, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Rungano Nyoni, “I Am Not a Witch”
William Oldroyd, “Lady Macbeth”
Best Screenplay
Alice Birch, “Lady Macbeth”
Armando Iannucci, David Schneider, Ian Martin, “The Death of Stalin”
Francis Lee, “God’s Own Country”
Martin McDonagh,”Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Rungano Nyoni, “I Am Not a Witch”
Best Actress
Emily Beecham, “Daphne”
Frances McDormand, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Margaret Mulubwa, “I Am Not a Witch”
Florence Pugh, “Lady Macbeth”
Ruth Wilson, “Dark River”
Best Actor
Jamie Bell, “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool”
Paddy Considine, “Journeyman”
Johnny Harris, “Jawbone”
Josh O’Connor, “God’s Own Country”
Alec Secareanu, “God’s Own Country”
Best Supporting Actress
Naomi Ackie, “Lady Macbeth”
Patricia Clarkson, “The Party”
Kelly MacDonald, “Goodbye Christopher Robin”
Andrea Riseborough, “The Death of Stalin”
Julie Walters, “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool”
Best Supporting Actor
Simon Russell Beale, “The Death of Stalin”
Steve Buscemi, “The Death of Stalin”
Woody Harrelson, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Ian Hart, “God’s Own Country”
Sam Rockwell, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Most Promising Newcomer
Naomi Ackie, “Lady Macbeth”
Harry Gilby, “Just Charlie”
Cosmo Jarvis, “Lady Macbeth”
Harry Michell, “Chubby Funny”
Lily Newmark, “Pin Cushion”
The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director)
Deborah Haywood, “Pin Cushion”
Francis Lee, “God’s Own Country”
Thomas Napper, “Jawbone”
Rungani Nyoni, “I Am Not a Witch”
William Oldroyd, “Lady Macbeth”
Debut Screenwriter
Alice Birch, “Lady Macbeth”
Gaby Chiappe, “Their Finest”
Johnny Harris, “Jawbone”
Francis Lee, “God’s Own Country”
Rungani Nyoni, “I Am Not a Witch”
Breakthrough Producer
Gavin Humphries, “Pin Cushion”
Emily Morgan, “I Am Not a Witch”
Brendan Mullin, Katy Jackson, “Bad Day For The Cut”
Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly, “Lady Macbeth”
Jack Tarling, Manon Ardisson, “God’s Own Country”
The Discovery Award
“Even When I Fall”
“Halfway”
“In Another Life”
“Isolani R”
“My Pure Land”
Best Documentary
“Almost Heaven”
“Half Way”
“Kingdom Of Us”
“Uncle Howard”
“Williams”
Best British Short Film
“1745”
“Fish Story”
“The Entertainer”
“Work”
“Wren Boys”
Best Cinematography
Ben Davis, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
David Gallego, “I Am Not a Witch”
Tat Radcliffe, “Jawbone”
Thomas Riedelsheimer, “Leaning Into the Wind”
Ari Wegner, “Lady Macbeth”
Best Casting
“Lady Macbeth”
“God’s Own Country”
“The Death of Stalin”
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
“Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool”
Best Costume Design
“My Cousin Rachel”
“The Death of Stalin”
“How to Talk to Girls at Parties”
“I Am Not a Witch”
“Lady Macbeth”
Best Editing
“Williams”
“Jawbone”
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
“The Death of Stalin”
“Us And Them”
Best Effects
“The Ritual”
“Journeyman”
“The Death of Stalin”
“Double Date”
“Their Finest”
Best Make Up & Hair Design
“I Am Not a Witch”
“Breathe”
“Journeyman”
“The Death of Stalin”
“Lady Macbeth”
Best Music
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
“Leaning Into The Wind”
“I Am Not a Witch”
“Jawbone”
“The Death of Stalin”
Best Production Design
“Lady Macbeth”
“The Death of Stalin”
“Final Portrait”
“I Am Not a Witch”
“Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool”
Best Sound
“God’s Own Country”
“I Am Not a Witch”
“Jawbone”
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
“Breathe”