Kneecap leads the pack at this year’s British Independent Film Awards with 14 nominations. Action for Rich Peppiatt’s exuberant comedy about the eponymous west Belfast hip-hop trio, which was supported by BFI The production fund with National Lottery money, includes awards for Best Director, Best British Independent Film and Best Joint Lead Performance for Kneecap trio Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, Naoise Ó Cairelláin and JJ Ó Dochartaigh.

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

The Outrun, Nora Fingsheidt’s adaptation of Amy Liptrot’s novel, follows 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 each have seven.

Bird is also supported by BFI Film background, with others BFI financed films that received nominations, including Hoard (6 nominations), Santosh (4 nominations), Sister Midnight (4 nominations) and Sebastian (1 nomination). Grand Theft Hamlet, which was funded through BFI Doc Society Fund, also received 4 nominations, while Bring Them Down, funded through United Kingdom Global Screen Fund, received two.

In the international independent film category, Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine as Light, which will be released in theaters by BFI The December spread takes on Anora, The Chimera, No Other Land and The Sacred Fig Seed.

The winners will be announced at a ceremony on December 8.

Patella – Rich Peppiatt, Trevor Birney, Jack Tarling

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

On Becoming a Fairy – Rungano Nyoni, Tim Cole, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe

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

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

Everything we imagine as light – Payal Kapadia, Thomas Hakim, Julien Graff

Anora – Sean Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan

La chimera – Alice Rohrwacher, Carlo Cresto-Dina, Paolo Del Brocco

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

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

Nora Fingscheidt – The Outrun

Rose Glass – Love Lies Bleeding

Rungano Nyoni – On Becoming a Peacock

Rich Peppiatt – Patella

Radhika Apte – Sister Midnight

Susan Chardy – On Becoming a Peacock

Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths

Elliot Page – Close to you

Saoirse Ronan – The Outrun

Alicia Vikander – The Review

Nora Fingscheidt, Amy Liptrot – The Outrun

Rose Glass, Weronika Tofilska – Love Lies Bleeding

Rungano Nyoni – On Becoming a Peacock

Rich Peppiatt – Patella

Sandhya Suri – Santosh

Michele Austin – Hard Truths

Elizabeth Chisela – On Becoming a Peacock

Jack O’Connell – Back to Black

Franz Rogowski – Bird

Hayley Squires – Thesaurus

Joseph Quinn, Saura Lightfoot Leon – Hoard

Katy O’Brian, Kristen Stewart – Love Lies Bleeding

Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, Naoise Ó Cairelláin, JJ Ó Dochartaigh – Patella

Jason Patel, Ben Hardy – Unicorns

Christopher Andrews – Bring Them Down

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

Karan Kandhari – Sister Midnight

Rich Peppiatt – Patella

Hollie Bryan, Lucy Meer – The 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 – Treading Water

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

Susan Chardy – On Becoming a Peacock

Saura Lightfoot-Leon – Thesaurus

Ruaridh Mollica – Sebastian

Jason Patel – Unicorns

James Krishna Floyd – Unicorns

Karan Kandhari – Sister Midnight

Rich Peppiatt – Patella

Sandhya Suri – Santosh

Ms. & Mr. Thomas – The Review (also written by John Donnelly)

Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane – Grand Theft Hamlet

Manon Ouimet, Jacob Perlmutter – Two strangers trying not to kill themselves

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

Clair Titley – The Contender

Ceremony – Jack King, Hollie Bryan, Lucy Meer

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

Restless – Jed Hart, Benedict Turnbull

Village – Year of the Rabbit – Joshua Trigg

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

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

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

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

Two strangers trying not to kill themselves – Jacob Perlmutter, Manon Ouimet, Signe Byrge Sørensen

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

Delivery – Ben Lankester, Bophanie Lun, Joe Binks

House opening – Liam White, Guy Lindley

Meat Puppet – Eros V, Masha Thorpe, Leah Draws

A move – Elahe Esmaili, Hossein Behboudi Rad

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

Heather – Basten Hoard

Isabella Odoffin – About becoming a fairy

Carla Stronge – Patella

Mary Vernieu, Lindsay Graham Ahananu – Love Lies Bleeding

Ben Fordesman – Love Lies Bleeding

Yunus Roy Imer – The Outrun

Ryan Kernaghan – Patella

Zjena Glamocanin – Patella

Meghan Kasperlik – Civil War

Olga Mill – Love Lies Bleeding

Nirage Mirage – Unicorns

Michael O’Connor – Firebrand

Stephen Bechinger – The Outrun

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

Jake Roberts – Civil War

Ulian Ulrichs, Chris Gill – Patella

James Allen – Love Lies Bleeding

Glen McGuigan, Ingo Putze – Lee

David Simpson – Civil War

Iain Cooke, Giles Martin – Back to Black

Kle Savidge – Sister Midnight

Gary Welch, Jeanette Rehnstrom – Patella

Megan Daum, Frieda Valenzuela – Love Lies Bleeding

Peta Dunstall – Back to Black

Kat Morgan – The Outrun

Lisa Mustafa – Unicorns

Jenny Shircore – Firebrand

Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante – Patella

Stuart Earl – Unicorns

John Gürtler, Jan Miserre – The Outrun

Clint Mansell – Love Lies Bleeding

Bobbie Cousins ​​- Thesaurus

Jan Houllevigue – Evaluation

Katie Hickman – Love Lies Bleeding

Caty Maxey – Civil War

Nicola Moroney – Patella

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

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

Glen Freemantle – The Civil War

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

Mike Prestwood Smith, Csaba Major, Jimmy Boyle – Lee