British Independent Film awards 2025 Winners revealed
London, UK – The British Independent Film Awards (BIFA)โค concluded its 2025 ceremony today, celebrating the โขyear’s most innovative and compelling independent filmmaking talent. Honorsโ were distributed across a range of categories, spotlighting both emerging and established voices within theโ Britishโค film industry.
The BIFA awards,now in their โ28th year,are considered a crucial barometer of creative achievement outsideโ of mainstream studio productions.Recognizing films with budgetsโ under ยฃ15 million, the โคawards provide aโ vital platform for independent filmmakers โto โขgain recognitionโ and propel their careers โforward. This year’s winners reflect a diverse rangeโฃ of storytelling,โข technical skill, and artistic vision, signaling a robust future for โBritish independent cinema.
Tom Basden and Adem Ilhan took home the award for Best โขMusic for “The โคBallad of Wallis Island.” Other โnominees in the โขcategory included Bobby โKrlic (“Anemone”), โJed Kurzel (“Tornado”), and CJ Mirra and Duval โTimothy โ(“My Father’s Shadow”).
Nathan Parkerโค was recognized with the Best Production Design award for “Harvest,” surpassing Jennifer โขAnti and Pablo Anti โ(“My Father’s Shadow”), Mark Digby (“Warfare”), Tim Grimes (“Die My Love”), and Sofia sacomani (“100 Nights of Hero”).
The Best sound award went to Glenn Freemantle, Mitchโค Low, Howard Bargroff, Ben Barker, and Richard Spoonerโฃ for theirโฃ work on “Warfare.” They bested competition โคfrom Steve Fanagan and Stevieโ Haywood โ(“Anemone”), Tim Burns, Paul Davies, Linda Forsรฉn, โฃAndrew Stirk, Ron Osiowy (“Die My Love”), Nina Hartstone, Jake Whitelee, Jens Petersen, Mike Tehrani, โrobโ Davidson (“Ish”), and CJ Mirra, James Ridgway, Joe Jackson, Adele Fletcher, Pius Fatoke (“My Father’s Shadow”).
Luรญs Hindman, Sufiyaan Salam, and Aidan Robert Brooks’ โค”Magid/ Zafar”โค was named Best British Short Film, โtriumphing over “Flock”โ (Mac Nixon,โฃ Matt Ashwell, Daley Nixon), “A Sisyphean task” (Gus Flind-Henry, George Malcher, George Telfer), “Stomach Bug” (Matty Crawford, Karima Sammout Kanellopoulou), and “Two Black Boys in Paradise” (Ben Jackson, Baz Sells, Dean Atta).
Rounding out the major awards, The Magic Lantern Cinema was awarded Cinemaโ of the Year, chosen from a shortlist that โคalso included Depot Cinema, Montrose Playhouse, Queen’s Film Theater, and Watershed.
