Harris Dickinson’s Urchin, Laura Carreira’s On Falling and Harry Lighton’s Pillion are among the many movies longlisted within the new expertise classes for the 2025 British Impartial Movie Awards.
The brand new expertise classes are the Douglas Hickox award for greatest debut director; the breakthrough producer award; the debut screenwriter award; and the perfect debut director – function documentary award.
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Urchin is listed in greatest debut director for Dickinson, and breakthrough producer for Archie Pearch, who produced the movie with Scott O’Donnell. Dickinson’s story of a younger addict on the streets of London debuted in Un Sure Regard at Cannes this yr, with Frank Dillane profitable the perfect actor award.
Carreira is longlisted for each debut director and screenwriter for On Falling. Produced by Jack Thomas-O’Brien for Sixteen Movies, the Toronto 2024 premiere follows a Portuguese employee in a Scottish warehouse, navigating loneliness and alienation in an algorithm-driven gig economic system. On Falling beforehand gained the Sutherland award for greatest movie at BFI London Movie Competition final yr, with Carreira taking the perfect director prize at San Sebastian.
Lighton can also be longlisted within the debut director and screenwriter classes for Pillion, the story of a directionless man swept off his ft by a good-looking biker who takes him on as his submissive. It additionally launched in Un Sure Regard at Cannes in Might.
Different movies to make the lists embody The Ballad Of Wallis Island, for Tom Basden and Tim Key as debut screenwriters; and My Father’s Shadow, listed in debut director for Akinola Davies Jr. and debut screenwriter for Wale Davies.
Additional abilities listed in each the director and screenwriter classes embody Pleasure Gharoro-Akpojotor for Dreamers, Daisy-Might Hudson for Lollipop, Imran Perretta for Ish, Ronan Corrigan for LifeHack and Stroma Cairns for The Son And The Sea.
The documentary director class contains Max Keegan for The Shepherd And The Bear, Grace Hughes-Hallett for The Secret Of Me and Myrid Carten for A Need In Her.
It’s the second longlist to be unveiled this week, after the checklist for breakthrough efficiency, introduced by Display yesterday.
The 5 nominees in every class can be introduced on Monday, November 3; with winners revealed on the 28th Bifa awards ceremony on Sunday, November 3 on the Camden Roundhouse in London.
Bifa 2025 new expertise filmmaker longlists
Douglas Hickox award for greatest debut director
- Stroma Cairns — The Son And The Sea
- Laura Carreira — On Falling
- Ronan Corrigan — LifeHack
- Akinola Davies Jr — My Father’s Shadow
- Harris Dickinson — Urchin
- Patrick Dickinson — Cottontail
- Nadia Fall — Brides
- Pleasure Gharoro-Akpojotor — Dreamers
- Daisy-Might Hudson — Lollipop
- Harry Lighton — Pillion
- Cal McMau — Wasteman
- Imran Perretta — Ish
Breakthrough producer
- Wyn Baptiste — Shoot the Folks
- Helena Berndl — In Symbiosis
- William Bridges, Brett Goldstein — All of You (additionally produced by Aaron Ryder, Andrew Swett)
- Polly Creed — Holloway (additionally produced by Alice Hughes, Sophie Compton)
- Marie-Elena Dyche — Dragonfly (additionally produced by Dominic Tighe)
- Ian Henry — Hallow Street (additionally produced by Lucan Toh)
- Eloise King, Bona Orakwue — The Shadow Students (additionally produced by Anna Smith Tenser, Tabs Breese)
- Charlotte Knowles — Palestine Comedy Membership
- Joann Kushner — LifeHack (additionally produced by Timur Bekmambetov, Aleksandr Kletzov)
- Dhiraj Mahey — Ish (additionally produced by Bennett McGhee)
- Archie Pearch — Urchin (additionally produced by Scott O’Donnell)
- Laura Shacham — Mom Vera
- Nick Skaugen — Row
- Flora Stewart — The Secret of Me (additionally produced by James Rogan)
Greatest debut screenwriter
- Hunter Andrews, Eoin Doran — Wasteman
- Tom Basden, Tim Key — The Ballad Of Wallis Island
- Ronan Corrigan, Hope Elliott Kemp — LifeHack
- Laura Carreira — On Falling
- Wale Davies — My Father’s Shadow
- Suhayla El-Bushra — Brides
- Pleasure Gharoro-Akpojotor — Dreamers
- Daisy-Might Hudson — Lollipop
- Harry Lighton — Pillion
- Imran Perretta — Ish (additionally written by Enda Walsh)
- Max Porter — Steve
- Imogen West, Stroma Cairns — The Son And The Sea
Greatest debut director – function documentary
- Myrid Carten — A Need In Her
- Deadhorses (Ivo Beckett & James Topley) — Hakeem
- Cecile Embleton, Alys Tomlinson — Mom Vera
- Jessi Gutch — Blue Has No Borders
- Grace Hughes-Hallett — The Secret Of Me
- Max Keegan — The Shepherd And The Bear
- Eloise King — The Shadow Students
- Victoria Mapplebeck — Motherboard
- Jane Mingay — Pauline Black: A 2-Tone Story
- Eleanor Mortimer — How Deep Is Your Love
- Toby Robson — Poised
