"After Love" Tops BIFAs With 6 Wins, Including Best British Indie Film
"After Love" was the big winner at the British Independent Film Awards
"Flee" named Best International Independent Film; "Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliche" is Best Documentary
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Aleem Khan’s directorial debut, After Love, became all the more auspicious last night (12/5) at the British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs), topping the competition with six wins--Best British Independent Film, Khan taking the individual honors of Best Director, The Douglas Hickox Award for Best Debut Director and Best Screenplay, with Best Actress and Supporting Actor distinction earned, respectively, by Joanna Scanlan and Talid Ariss.

Vinette Robinson took Best Supporting Actress for Boiling Point, which also scored three previously announced wins in the Craft categories; Best Cinematography for Matthew Lewis,  Best Casting for Carolyn McLeod, and Best Sound for James Drake, Rob Entwistle and Kiff McManus. 

The animated Flee was named Best International Independent Film while the Best Documentary Honor went to Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliche, which also took the Raindance Discovery Award.

Here’s a full rundown of the evening’s winners:

BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM
AFTER LOVE
ALEEM KHAN/MATTHIEU DE BRACONIER

BEST SCREENPLAY
AFTER LOVE
ALEEM KHAN

BEST DIRECTOR
AFTER LOVE
ALEEM KHAN

BEST ACTOR
ALI & AVA
ADEEL AKHTAR

BEST ACTRESS
AFTER LOVE
JOANNA SCANLAN

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
AFTER LOVE
TALID ARISS

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
BOILING POINT
VINETTE ROBINSON

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
SWEETHEART
NELL BARLOW

THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD (DEBUT DIRECTOR)
AFTER LOVE
ALEEM KHAN

DEBUT SCREENWRITER
WILDFIRE
CATHY BRADY

BREAKTHROUGH PRODUCER
SWEETHEART
MICHELLE ANTONIADES

BEST DOCUMENTARY
POLY STYRENE: I AM A CLICHÉ
PAUL SNG/CELESTE BELL/ZOE HOWE/REBECCA MARK-LAWSON/MATTHEW SILVERMAN/DARIA NITSCHE

THE RAINDANCE DISCOVERY AWARD
POLY STYRENE: I AM A CLICHÉ
PAUL SNG/CELESTE BELL/ZOE HOWE/REBECCA MARK-LAWSON/MATTHEW SILVERMAN/DARIA NITSCHE

BEST BRITISH SHORT
FEMME
SAM H FREEMAN/NG CHOON PING/SAM RITZENBERG/HAYLEY WILLIAMS/RIENKJE ATTOH

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM
FLEE
JONAS POHER RASMUSSEN/AMIN NAWABI/MONICA HELLSTRØM/SIGNE BYRGE SØRENSEN

SPECIAL AWARDS

THE RICHARD HARRIS AWARD
Honoring an actor or actress who has contributed significantly to British films throughout their career. 
RIZ AHMED

BIFA SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
In recogniation of work done in the U.K. Screen Industries
RAISING FILMS

CRAFT WINNERS (previously announced)

BEST CASTING
BOILING POINT
CAROLYN MCLEOD

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BOILING POINT
MATTHEW LEWIS

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
THE SOUVENIR PART II
GRACE SNELL

BEST EDITING
THE SOUVENIR PART II
HELLE LE FEVRE

BEST MAKE-UP & HAIR DESIGN
THE ELECTRICAL LIFE OF LOUIS WAIN
VICKIE LANG/KRISTYAN MALLETT/DONALD MCINNES

BEST MUSIC
ALI & AVA
CONNIE FARR /HARRY ESCOTT

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
THE SOUVENIR PART II
STÉPHANE COLLONGE

BEST SOUND
BOILING POINT
JAMES DRAKE/ROB ENTWISTLE/KIFF MCMANUS

BEST EFFECTS
DASHCAM
MIKE KNIGHTS/STEVEN BRAY/DAN MARTIN/LEIGH CRANSTON

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