British Independent Film Award for Best Screenplay
| British Independent Film Award for Best Screenplay | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Screenplay |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | BIFA |
| Currently held by | Andrew Haigh for All of Us Strangers (2023) |
| Website | www |
The British Independent Film Award for Best Screenplay is an annual award given by the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) to recognize the best screenplay in a British independent film. The award was first presented in the 1998 ceremony with Paul Laverty being the first recipient of this award for his work in Ken Loach's My Name is Joe.
Steven Knight, Armando Iannucci and Simon Blackwell are the only nominees who have received this award more than once with two wins each while Paul Laverty has received the most nominations for this category with six followed by Lynne Ramsay with four.
Winners and nominees
[edit]1990s
[edit]| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 (1st) [1] |
My Name is Joe | Paul Laverty |
| Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels | Guy Ritchie | |
| My Son the Fanatic | Hanif Kureishi | |
| Nil by Mouth | Gary Oldman | |
| Orphans | Peter Mullan | |
| 1999 (2nd) [2] |
East Is East | Ayub Khan-Din |
| Beautiful People | Jasmin Dizdar | |
| Ratcatcher | Lynne Ramsay | |
| A Room for Romeo Brass | Paul Fraser, Shane Meadows | |
| This Year's Love | David Kane |
2000s
[edit]2010s
[edit]2020s
[edit]| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 (23rd) [39][40] |
The Father | Florian Zeller, Christopher Hampton |
| His House | Remi Weekes | |
| Mogul Mowgli | Bassam Tariq, Riz Ahmed | |
| Rocks | Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson | |
| Saint Maud | Rose Glass | |
| 2021 (24th) [41] |
After Love | Aleem Khan |
| Ali & Ava | Clio Barnard | |
| Benediction | Terence Davis | |
| The Nest | Sean Durkin | |
| The Souvenir Part II | Joanna Hogg | |
| 2022 (25th) [42] |
Aftersun | Charlotte Wells |
| Blue Jean | Georgia Oakley | |
| Good Luck to You, Leo Grande | Katy Brand | |
| Living | Kazuo Ishiguro | |
| The Wonder | Sebastián Lelio, Alice Birch and Emma Donoghue | |
| 2023 (26th) [43] |
All of Us Strangers | Andrew Haigh |
| Femme | Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping | |
| How to Have Sex | Molly Manning Walker | |
| Rye Lane | Nathan Bryon and Tom Melia | |
| Scrapper | Charlotte Regan |
Multiple nominations
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Multiple wins
[edit]References
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