Kneecap tops the list at this year’s British Independent Film Awards with 14 nominations. Rich Peppiatt’s spirited comedy about the eponymous West Belfast hip-hop trio BFI The Filmmaking Fund with National Lottery money includes best director, best British independent film and best joint lead performance from Kneecap trio Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin. J.J. Ó Dochartaigh.

Rose Glass’s bodybuilding noir Love Lies Bleeding comes in second with 12 nominations, including best director, best British independent film and best co-lead performance for stars Katy O’Brian and Kristen Stewart.

Nora Fingsheidt’s The Outrun, adapted from Amy Liptrot’s novel, followed with 9 nominations, while Andrea Arnold’s Bird, Rungano Nyoni’s On Becoming a Guinea Fowl and Sally El Hosaini and James Krishna Floyd’s Unicorns followed with 7 nominations each. .

Bird is also supported BFI Film Production Fund, among others BFI Films financed and nominated include Hoard (6 nominations), Santosh (4 nominations), Sister Midnight (4 nominations) and Sebastian (1 nomination). financed by Grand Theft Hamlet BFI Doc Society Fund also received 4 nominations, while Bring Them Down also received 4 nominations. England The Global Display Fund received two awards.

In the international independent film category, All We Imagine as Light, directed by Payal Kapadia, will be released in cinemas. BFI December distribution is up against Anora, La Chimera, No Other Land and The Seed of the Sacred Fig.

The winners will be announced at the ceremony to be held on December 8.

Kneecap – Rich Peppiatt, Trevor Birney, Jack Tarling

Love Lies Bleeding – Rose Glass, Weronika Tofilska, Andrea Cornwell, Oliver Kassman

On Being a Guinea Hen – Rungano Nyoni, Tim Cole, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe

Released – Nora Fingscheidt, Amy Liptrot, Sarah Brocklehurst, Dominic Norris, Jack Lowden, Saoirse Ronan

Santosh – Sandhya Suri, Mike Goodridge, James Bowsher, Balthazar De Ganay, Alan Mcalex

Everything We Imagine as Light – Payal Kapadia, Thomas Hakim, Julien Graff

Anora – Sean Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan

Chimera – Alice Rohrwacher, Carlo Cresto-Dina, Paolo Del Brocco

No Other Country – Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Fabrien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning

Sacred Fig Seed – Mohammad Rasoulof, Rozita Hendijanian, Amin Sadraei, Jean-Christophe Simon, Mani Tilgner

Nora Fingscheidt – Exit

Rose Glass – Love Lies Bleeding

Rungano Nyoni – On Being a Guinea Fowl

Rich Peppiatt – Kneecap

Radhika Apte – Midnight Sister

Susan Chardy – On Being a Guinea Fowl

Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths

Elliot Page – Nearby

Saoirse Ronan – Exit

Alicia Vikander – Review

Nora Fingscheidt, Amy Liptrot – Exit

Rose Glass, Weronika Tofilska – Love Lies Bleeding

Rungano Nyoni – On Being a Guinea Fowl

Rich Peppiatt – Kneecap

Sandhya Suri – Santosh

Michele Austin – Hard Truths

Elizabeth Chisela – On Being a Guinea Fowl

Jack O’Connell – Back to Black

Franz Rogowski – The Bird

Hayley Squires – Hoard

Joseph Quinn, Saura Lightfoot Leon – Stack

Katy O’Brian, Kristen Stewart – Love Bleeds Lies

Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, J.J. Ó Dochartaigh – Kneecap

Jason Patel, Ben Hardy – Unicorns

Christopher Andrews – Bring Them Down

James Krishna Floyd – Unicorns (also directed by Sally El Hosaini)

Karan Kandhari – Midnight Brother

Rich Peppiatt – Kneecap

Hollie Bryan, Lucy Meer – Ceremony

Balthazar De Ganay, James Bowsher – Santosh (also produced by Mike Goodridge, Alan McAlex)

Jacob Swan Hyam – Bring Them Down (also produced by Julianne Ford, Ivana Mackinnon, Jean-Yves Roubin, Ruth Treacey, Cassandre Warnauts)

Ben Toye – Purifying Water

Rebecca Wolff – Grand Theft Hamlet (also produced by Julia Ton)

Susan Chardy – On Being a Guinea Fowl

Saura Lightfoot-Leon – Hoard

Ruaridh Mollica-Sebastian

Jason Patel – Unicorns

James Krishna Floyd – Unicorns

Karan Kandhari – Midnight Brother

Rich Peppiatt – Kneecap

Sandhya Suri – Santosh

Woman & Mr Thomas – Review (also written by John Donnelly)

Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane – Grand Theft Hamlet

Manon Ouimet, Jacob Perlmutter – Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other

Rachel Ramsay – Copa 71 (also managed by James Erskine)

Clair Titley – Contestant

Ceremony – Jack King, Hollie Bryan, Lucy Meer

Grand Theft Hamlet – Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane, Julia Ton, Rebecca Wolff

Restless – Jed Hart, Benedict Turnbull

Satu – Year of the Rabbit – Joshua Trigg

Witches Elizabeth Sankey, Jeremy Warmsley, Chiara Ventura, Manon Ardisson

Contestant – Clair Titley, Megumi Inman, Andee Ryder, Amit Dey, Ian Bonhôte

Grand Theft Hamlet – Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane, Julia Ton, Rebecca Wolff

Super/Male: The Christopher Reeve Story – Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui, Lizzie Gillett, Robert Ford

Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other – Jacob Perlmutter, Manon Ouimet, Signe Byrge Sørensen

Witches – Elizabeth Sankey, Jeremy Warmsley, Chiara Ventura, Manon Ardisson

Delivery – Ben Lankester, Bophanie Lun, Joe Binks

Housewarming party – Liam White, Guy Lindley

Meat Puppet – Eros V, Masha Thorpe, Leah Draws

A Movement – ​​Elahe Esmaili, Hossein Behboudi Rad

Wander to Wonder – Nina Gantz, Stinette Bosklopper, Simon Cartwright, Daan Bakker, Maarten Swart

Heather – Basten Hoard

Isabella Odoffin – On Being a Guinea Fowl

Carla Stronge – Kneecap

Mary Vernieu, Lindsay Graham Ahanonu – Love Lies Bleeding

Ben Fordesman – Love Lies Bleeding

Yunus Roy Imer – Exit

Ryan Kernaghan – Kneecap

Zjena Glamocanin – Kneecap

Meghan Kasperlik – Civil War

Olga Mill – Love Lies Bleeding

Nirage Mirage – Unicorns

Michael O’Connor – Firebrand

Stephen Bechinger – Exit

Margarida Cartaxo, Stuart Davidson – Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

Jake Roberts – Civil War

Ulian Ulrichs, Chris Gill – Kneecap

James Allen – Love Bleeds Lies

Glen McGuigan, Ingo Putze–Lee

David Simpson – Civil War

Iain Cooke, Giles Martin – Back to Black

Kle Savidge – Midnight Sister

Gary Welch, Jeanette Rehnstrom – Kneecap

Megan Daum, Frieda Valenzuela – Love Lies Bleeding

Peta Dunstall – Back to Black

Kat Morgan – Exit

Lisa Mustafa – Unicorns

Jenny Shircore – Firebrand

Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante – Kneecap

Stuart Earl – Unicorns

John Gürtler, Jan Miserre – Exit

Clint Mansell – Love Lies Bleeding

Bobbie Cousins ​​– The Hoard

Jan Houllevigue – Review

Katie Hickman – Love Bleeds Lies

Caty Maxey – Civil War

Nicola Moroney – Kneecap

Louise Burton, Brendan Rehill, Aza Hand, Simon Kerr – Kneecap

Paul Davies, Andrew Stirk, Linda Forsén, Rose Bladh, Tim Burns – Love Is Bleeding Lies

Glen Freemantle – Civil War

Dominik Leube, Oscar Stiebitz, Jonathan Schorr, Gregor Bonse – The Outrun

Mike Prestwood Smith, Csaba Major, Jimmy Boyle – Lee