Andrew Scott’s Elsinore leads the nominations for the 2026 British Independent Film Awards, announced Tuesday. The film received 12 nominations, followed by Clio Barnard’s I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning with eight and Ashley Walters’ feature debut Animol with seven.
The nominees for best British independent film are Elsinore, I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning, Effi O Blaenau, Queen at Sea and Tender Loving Care. Directors Simon Stone and Barnard are also among the best director nominees, alongside Andrew Haigh for A Long Winter, Mark Jenkin for Rose of Nevada and Mike Leigh for Tender Loving Care.
Best lead performance nominees include Scott for Elsinore, Juliette Binoche for Queen at Sea, Erin Doherty for Faith, Leisa Gwenllian for Effi O Blaenau, Jonathan Jules for Florid and Tut Nyuot for Animol. The supporting performance category includes Claire Foy, Tom Courtenay, Sekou Diaby, Anna Calder-Marshall, Billie Piper and Bill Pullman.
Among the ensemble performance nominees are the casts of I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning, Sunny Dancer and Tender Loving Care. Bella Ramsey is among the performers nominated for Sunny Dancer.
The international independent film nominees are All of a Sudden, Club Kid, La Bola Negra, La Gradiva and Possible Love. Feature documentary contenders include All Rivers Spill Their Stories to the Sea, Everybody to Kenmure Street, One in a Million, Something Familiar and We, the Hated. Connie Farr received two nominations in the best music supervision category, for I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning and Queen at Sea.
The 2026 BIFAs ceremony is scheduled for December 6 at the Camden Roundhouse in London. The Richard Harris Award for Outstanding Contribution by an Actor to British Film will be announced later.
Sources: The Hollywood Reporter.