EXCLUSIVE: The British Unbiased Movie Awards (Bifas) has chosen 15 options on every of the longlists for greatest function documentary and greatest worldwide impartial movie, with titles together with Constantine Costi’s The Golden Spurtle and Kaouther Ben Hania’s The Voice Of Hind Rajab.
The debut function documentary from Australian opera director Costi, The Golden Spurtle follows the rivals and organisers of the World Porridge Championships within the Scottish Highlands village of Carrbridge, the place the Golden Spurtle is on supply to the very best porridge maker.
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The movie debuted at Copenhagen’s CPH:DOX in March, happening to play festivals together with Sydney, Melbourne, Edinburgh and Telluride. It’s produced by Rebecca Lamond for Australia’s Hytra Movies and John Archer for the UK’s Hopscotch Movies; Dogwoof handles world gross sales.
Different titles on the documentary longlist embrace Zodiac Killer Venture, by which filmmaker Charlie Shackleton explores his deserted Zodiac killer documentary; ladies’s jail documentary Holloway, from Lollipop director Daisy-Might Hudson and Sophie Compton; and James Jones’ Antidote, about whistleblowers and activists risking their lives exposing Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian regime.
The worldwide listing contains Ben Hania’s The Voice Of Hind Rajab, which gained the Grand Jury Prize on debut at Venice in September. The movie is a dramatisation of the Palestinian Pink Crescent response to the calls of Hind Rajab, a five-year-old Palestinian lady trapped in a automotive underneath fireplace in Gaza and ultimately killed by the Israel Defence Forces.
The Tunisia-France-US-UK co-production is Tunisia’s entry to the very best worldwide function Oscar. The Celebration Movie Gross sales handles worldwide gross sales; Altitude acquired the movie for UK-Eire launch final month.
Additionally on the worldwide longlist are Cannes Competitors titles It Was Simply An Accident from Jafar Panahi, The Secret Agent from Kleber Mendonca Filho, Sentimental Worth from Joachim Trier, Sirât from Oliver Laxe and Sound Of Falling from Mascha Schilinski.
Six of the very best documentary longlisted titles had been additionally longlisted in the very best debut director – function documentary class final week.
Longlists have now been unveiled for the 4 new expertise classes, plus the breakthrough efficiency, documentary and worldwide sections. 4 movies have secured probably the most longlist spots thus far with 5 every – Stroma Cairns’ The Son And The Sea, Ronan Corrigan’s LifeHack, Daisy-Might Hudson’s Lollipop and Imran Perretta’s Ish.
The ultimate 5 nominations in every class shall be introduced on Monday, November 3; with winners revealed on the 28th Bifa ceremony on Sunday, November 30 on the Camden Roundhouse in London.
Bifa 2025 documentary, worldwide longlists
Greatest function documentary
Antidote, dir. James Jones
The Golden Spurtle, dir. Constantine Costi
Holloway, dirs. Sophie Compton, Daisy-Might Hudson
How Deep Is Your Love, dir. Eleanor Mortime
Mom Vera, dirs. Cecile Embleton, Alys Tomlinson
Motherboard, dir. Victoria Mapplebeck
Ocean With David Attenborough, dirs. Toby Nowlan, Keith Scholey, Colin Butfield
One To One: John & Yoko, dir. Kevin Macdonald
Palestine Comedy Membership, dir. Alaa Aliabdallah
Energy Station, dirs. Daniel Edelstyn, Hilary Powell
The Secret Of Me, dir. Grace Hughes-Hallett
The Shepherd And The Bear, dir. Max Keegan
Nonetheless Pushing Pineapples, dir. Kim Hopkins
A Need In Her, dir. Myrid Carten
Zodiac Killer Venture, dir. Charlie Shackleton
Greatest worldwide impartial movie
Christy (UK-Ire) dir. Brendan Canty
It Was Simply An Accident (Iran-Fr-Lux)
Late Shift (Switz-Ger) dir. Petra Volpe
Left-Handed Woman (UK-Fr-Tai-Sing) dir. Shih-Ching Tsou
Little Hassle Women (Slovenia-It-Cro-Ser) dir. Urska Djukic
The Love That Stays (Ice-Den-Swe-Fr) dir. Hlynur Palmason
No Different Alternative (S Kor) dir. Park Chan-wook
The President’s Cake (Iraq-US-Qat) dir. Hasan Hadi
Put Your Soul On Your Hand And Stroll (Fr) dir. Sepideh Farsi
The Secret Agent (Bra-Fr-Ger-Neth)
Sentimental Worth (Nor-Fr-Ger-Den-Swe) dir. Joachim Trier
Sirât (Sp) dir. Oliver Laxe
Sorry, Child (US-Fr-Sp) dir. Eva Victor
Sound Of Falling (Ger) dir. Mascha Schilinski
The Voice Of Hind Rajab (Tun-Fr-US-UK)
