British Independent Film Awards 2017


The 20th British Independent Film Awards nominations were announced on 1 November 2017.

Awards and nominations

Best British Independent Film

Best Director

Rungano Nyoni - I Am Not a Witch

Best Actress

Best Actor

Best Supporting Actress

Best Supporting Actor

Most Promising Newcomer

The Douglas Hickox Award (Debut Director)

Best Debut Screenwriter

Breakthrough Producer

Best Screenplay

Best Documentary

Best Foreign Independent Film

Discovery Award

Best Casting

  • The Death of Stalin - Sarah Crowe
  • Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool - Debbie McWilliams
  • God's Own Country - Shaheen Baig and Layla Merrick-Wolf
  • Lady Macbeth - Shaheen Baig
  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Sarah Halley Finn

Best Cinematography

Best Costume Design

Best Editing

  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Jon Gregory
  • The Death of Stalin - Peter Lambert
  • Jawbone - David Charap
  • Us and Them - Joe Martin
  • Williams - Johnny Burke

Best Make-up and Hair Design

  • The Death of Stalin - Nicole Stafford
  • Breathe - Jan Sewell
  • I Am Not a Witch - Julene Paton
  • Journeyman - Nadia Stacey
  • Lady Macbeth - Sian Wilson

Best Music

Best Production Design

  • The Death of Stalin - Cristina Casali
  • Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool - Eve Stewart
  • Final Portrait - James Merifield
  • I Am Not a Witch - Nathan Parker
  • Lady Macbeth - Jacqueline Abrahams

Best Sound

Best Effects