Director Rich Peppiatt also found himself in the running for several categories, including Best Director, Best Screenplay and the Douglas Hickox Award for Best Debut Director. Overall, the film was a huge success for the British Film Institute and the Irish-Language Broadcasting Fund of Northern Ireland, which partially funded its production.

During a exclusive interview with Away earlier this year Kneecap’s Móglaí Bap said of the group’s creative ethos: “If art can cause controversy, I think that’s a good thing because that’s the role of art in society. I think there’s a lack of that (controversy) in the music industry because people want to impress the major labels.”

The second most nominated film was Rose Glass’ Love Lies Bleedinga bodybuilding noir starring Kristen Stewart and Ed Harris. It garnered 12 nominations, including Best Director and Best Screenplay for Glass, and Best Joint Lead Performance for Stewart and Katy O’Brian.

The Outrun followed closely behind with nine nominations, including Best Lead Performance for star Saoirse Ronan and Best Director for Nora Fingscheidt.

The winners will be announced at a ceremony on December 8. See the full list of nominees below.

British Independent Film Awards Nominations:

“Best British Independent Film”

knee cap
Love Lies Bleeding
About becoming a peacock
The Outrun
Santosh

“Best International Independent Film”

Everything we imagine as light
Anori
At the Chimera
No other land
The seed of the Holy Fig

“Best Director”

Andrea Arnold (Bird)
Nora Fingscheidt (The Outrun)
Rose bottle (Love Lies Bleeding)
Rungano Nyoni (About becoming a peacock)
Rich Peppiatt (knee cap)

“Best Lead Performance”

Radhika Apte (Sister Midnight)
Susan Chardy (About becoming a peacock)
Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard truths)
Elliot Page (close to you)
Saoirse Ronan (The Outrun)
Alicia Vikander (evaluation)

“Best Case Scenario”

Nora Fingscheidt, Amy Liptrot (The Outrun)
Rose Bottle, Weronika Tofilska (Love Lies Bleeding)
Rungano Nyoni (About becoming a peacock)
Rich Peppiatt (knee cap)
Sandhya Suri (Santosh)

“Best Supporting Performance”

Michele Austin (Hard truths)
Elizabeth Chisela (About becoming a peacock)
Barry Keoghan (Bird)
Jack O’Connell (Back to Black)
Franz Rogowski (Bird)
Hayley Squires (treasury)

“Best Joint Leadership Performance”

Joseph Quinn, Saura Lightfoot-Leon (treasury)
Katy O’Brian, Kristen Stewart (Love Lies Bleeding)
Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, Naoise Ó Cairelláin, JJ Ó Dochartaigh (knee cap)
Jason Patel, Ben Hardy (Unicorns)

“Douglas Hickox Award for Best Debut Director”

Christopher Andrews (Take them down)
Luna Carmoon (treasury)
James Krishna Floyd (also directed by Sally El Hosaini) (Unicorns)
Karan Kandhari (Sister Midnight)
Rich Peppiatt (knee cap)

“Revolutionary Producer Award”

Hollie Bryan and Lucy Meer (ceremony)
Balthazar De Ganay and James Bowsher (also produced by Mike Goodridge and Alan McAlex) (Santosh)
Jacob Swan Hyam (also produced by Julianne Ford, Ivana Mackinnon, Jean-Yves Roubin, Ruth Treacey and Cassandre Warnauts) (Take them down)
Ben Toye (Treading Water)
Rebecca Wolff (also produced by Julia Ton) (Grand Theft Hamlet)

“Breakthrough Performance Award”

Nykiya Adams (Bird)
Susan Chardy (About becoming a peacock)
Saura Lightfoot-Leon (treasury)
Ruaridh Mollica (Sebastian)
Jason Patel (Unicorns)

“Best Debut Screenwriter”

James Krishna Floyd (Unicorns)
Karan Kandhari (Sister Midnight)
Rich Peppiatt (knee cap)
Sandhya Suri (Santosh)
Mrs & Mr Thomas (also written by John Donnelly) (evaluation)

“Best Debut Director for a Feature Documentary”

Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane (Grand Theft Hamlet)
Manon Ouimet, Jacob Perlmutter (Two strangers trying not to kill each other)
Rachel Ramsay (also directed by James Erskine) (Cup 71)
Clair Titley (competitor)

“Raindance Maverick Award”

ceremony
Grand Theft Hamlet
Restless
Village – Year of the Rabbit
Witch

“Best Documentary Film”

competitor
Grand Theft Hamlet
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Two strangers trying not to kill each other
Witch

“Best British Short Film”

Delivery
Housewarming
Meat doll
A move
Wander to Wonder

“Best Cast”

treasury
About becoming a peacock
Bird
knee cap
Love Lies Bleeding

“Best Picture”

Lee
Love Lies Bleeding
The civil war
The Outrun
knee cap

“Best Costume Design”

knee cap
The civil war
Love Lies Bleeding
Unicorns
Instigator

“Best Editing”

The Outrun
Bird
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
The civil war
knee cap

“Best Effects”

Love Lies Bleeding
Lee
The civil war

“Best Music Surveillance”

Back to Black
Sister Midnight
knee cap

“Best Makeup and Hair Design”

Love Lies Bleeding
Back to Black
The Outrun
Unicorns
Instigator

“Best Original Score”

knee cap
Bird
Unicorns
The Outrun
Love Lies Bleeding

“Best Production Design”

treasury
Love Lies Bleeding
evaluation
The civil war
knee cap

“Best Sound”

knee cap
Love Lies Bleeding
The civil war
The Outrun
Lee

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