‘Kneecap’, ‘Hoard’ Filmmakers Among BIFA 2024 New Talent Longlists

As an ardent film enthusiast with a keen interest in nurturing new talent, I find myself deeply inspired by the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) 2024 longlists. The sheer diversity and depth of the selected works are truly remarkable.

On a noteworthy note, “Kneecap” by Rich Peppiatt and “Hoard” by Luna Carmoon have been included in the longlists of promising new talent for the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) in 2024. This announcement, made on Friday, highlights a total of 31 British films spread across four categories dedicated to debut filmmaking. These categories embrace both fictional and documentary productions.

Peppiatt and Carmoon are part of a group of debut directors competing for the Douglas Hickox Award. This group includes Amrou Al-Kadhi for “Layla,” Christopher Andrews for “Bring Them Down,” and Daina O Pusić for “Tuesday.” Other nominees in this category are Lucy Cohen with “Edge of Summer,” James Krishna Floyd for “Unicorns,” Stuart Gatt’s “Catching Dust,” Karan Kandhari’s “Sister Midnight,” Jack King’s “The Ceremony,” Rob Morgan’s “Stopmotion,” Sasha Nathwani’s “Last Swim,” and Joshua Trigg’s “Satu – Year of the Rabbit.” The award category is sponsored by BBC Film.

In the category for the top new screenwriter, supported by Film4, Andrews and Carmoon are up against Floyd, Jed Hart, Kandhari, King, Peppiatt, Pusić, Sandhya Suri, as well as the writing team of Mrs & Mr Thomas. All of them are nominated for their work in “Restless,” “Santosh,” and “The Assessment.

David Allen’s “Wilding” and Clair Titley’s “The Contestant” are among the notable debut directorial works in the category of best feature documentary debut. These films are accompanied by Georgia Bradburn, Lucy Walker, Benjamin Brown, Sam Chown Ahern, Robin Elliot Knowles for “The Stimming Pool”, Duncan Cowles’ “Silent Men”, Carla J. Easton and Blair Young’s “Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland’s Girl Bands”, Pinny Grylls and Sam Crane’s “Grand Theft Hamlet”, Manon Ouimet and Jacob Perlmutter’s “Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other”, Rachel Ramsay’s “Copa 71”, and Franc Vissers’ “I’m Still Here”. In simpler terms, all these films are first-time directorial efforts in the feature documentary category that have been recognized for their excellence.

The list of outstanding producers, supported by Pinewood & Shepperton Studios, highlights talents like Beth Allan for “Tummy Monster,” Hollie Bryan and Lucy Meer for “The Ceremony,” Mark David for “Catching Dust,” Balthazar de Ganay and James Bowsher for “Santosh,” Robert Ford for “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story,” Helen Gladders for “Tuesday,” Savannah James-Bayly for “Layla,” Virginia Gilbert and Barry Castagnola for “Reawakening,” John McKay for “Falling Into Place,” Nisha Mullea for “Last Swim,” Jacob Swan Hyam for “Bring Them Down,” Ben Toye for “Treading Water,” Jeremy Warmsley and Chiara Ventura for “Witches,” Chloe White for “The Stimming Pool,” and Rebecca Wolff for “Grand Theft Hamlet.” In simpler terms, this list honors these individuals for their exceptional work on various productions.

After unveiling its list of potential groundbreaking performances for 2024, featuring twelve rising British actors, BIFA will disclose the final nominees across all categories on November 5th. The winners in these categories will be announced during the awards ceremony, which is scheduled for December 8th at London’s Roundhouse venue.

2024-10-18 12:16

‘Kneecap’, ‘Hoard’ Filmmakers Among BIFA 2024 New Talent Longlists

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