The British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) has announced the 2020 award winners for its nine film craft categories. The nominations were announced on 9 December 2020.

Rose Glass’ psychological horror film “Saint Maud”, which topped the BIFA nominations with 17, won Best Cinematography for Ben Fordesman.

Remi Weekes’ horror-thriller “His House”, which garnered 16 nominations in total, won the Best Effects for Pedro Sabrosa and Stefano Pepin, and Best Production Design for Jacqueline Abrahams.

Sarah Gavron’s coming-of-age drama “Rocks”, which amassed 15 nominations, won Best Casting for Lucy Pardee. Casting for this film was done through a collaborative process that involved workshops with young untrained actors to explore their characters.

Philippa Lowthorpe’s comedy-drama “Misbehaviour” won awards for Best Costume Design for Charlotte Walter and Best Make Up & Hair for Jill Sweeney.

Yorgos Lamprinos was awarded Best Editing for his work on Florian Zeller’s “The Father”, a film about an aging Welshman (Anthony Hopkins) who has to deal with his progressing memory loss.

Best Sound went to Nick Ryan, Ben Baird and Sara De Oliveira Lima for “The Reason I Jump”, directed by Jerry Rothwell, that focussed on autism spectrum disorder.

Bassam Tariq’s “Mogul Mowgli” – that follows a young rapper (Riz Ahmed) whose career is derailed by an autoimmune disease – won Best Music for Paul Corley.

These categories were introduced in 2017 to better recognise the wealth of exceptional talent working on British independent films.

The nominations and winners are below:

BEST CASTING (Sponsored by Casting Society Of America & Spotlight)
Shaheen Baig – “Calm With Horses”
Carmen Cuba – “His House”
Dan Jackson – “Limbo”
Kharmel Cochrane – “Saint Maud”
Lucy Pardee – “Rocks” – WINNER

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Sponsored by Dirty Looks)
Jo Willems – “His House”
Nick Cooke – “Limbo”
Annika Summerson – “Mogul Mowgli”
Hélène Louvart – “Rocks”
Ben Fordesman – “Saint Maud” – WINNER

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Michael O’connor – “Ammonite”
Ruka Johnson – “Rocks”
Tina Kalivas – “Saint Maud”
Charlotte Walter – “Misbehaviour” – WINNER
Michele Clapton – “The Secret Garden”

BEST EDITING (Sponsored by Intermission Film)
Julia Bloch – “His House”
Yorgos Lamprinos – “The Father” – WINNER
Mark Towns – “Saint Maud”
Maya Maffioli – “Rocks”
Brenna Rangott – “Host”

BEST EFFECTS
Agnes Asplund, Martin Malmqvist – “Undergods”
Scott Macintyre, Bariş Kareli, Kristyan Mallett – “Saint Maud”
Pedro Sabrosa, Stefano Pepin – “His House” – WINNER

BEST MAKE UP & HAIR DESIGN
Ivana Primorac – “Ammonite”
Nora Robertson – “Rocks”
Jill Sweeney – “Misbehaviour” – WINNER
Jacquetta Levon – “Saint Maud “
Sharon A Martin – “His House”

BEST MUSIC (Sponsored by Universal Music Publishing Group)
Nainita Desai – “The Reason I Jump”
Connie Farr, Emilie Levienaise-farrouch – “Rocks”
Adam Janota Bzowski – “Saint Maud”
Roque Baños – “His House”
Paul Corley – “Mogul Mowgli” – WINNER

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN (Sponsored By Studio Juice)
Jacqueline Abrahams – “His House” – WINNER
Cristina Casali – “Misbehaviour”
Peter Francis – “The Father”
Marketa Korinkova, Elo Soode – “Undergods”
Paulina Rzeszowska – “Saint Maud”

BEST SOUND (Supported by Halo Post)
Nick Ryan, Ben Baird, Sara De Oliveira Lima – “The Reason I Jump” – WINNER
Calum Sample – “Host”
Adrian Bell, Glenn Freemantle, Frank Kruse, Brendan Nicholson, Richard Pryke – “His House”
Paul Davies – “Saint Maud”
Paul Davies, Robert Farr, Nigel Albermaniche, Ian Morgan – “Mogul Mowgli”

The winners for the rest of the categories will be announced in early February.