The British Unbiased Movie Award nominations for 2025 have been unveiled, celebrating the previous 12 months of independently funded productions from the UK. Akinola Davies Jr.’s Cannes premiere “My Father’s Shadow,” a coming-of-age story set throughout the 1993 Nigerian presidential election, leads the pack with 12 nominations, together with for Finest British Unbiased Movie.
Harry Lighton’s queer BDSM romance “Pillion,” starring Alexander Skarsgård, follows with 10 nominations, as does Kirk Jones’ “I Swear,” about Tourette syndrome campaigner John Davidson. The opposite movies up for Finest British Unbiased Movie had been Harris Dickinson’s “Urchin” (six nominations) and James Griffiths’ “The Ballad of Wallis Island” (5). Whereas not nominated on this class, “Die My Love” additionally did very effectively on Monday with eight nominations, together with for director Lynne Ramsay and actress Jennifer Lawrence.
The opposite actors nominated for lead efficiency are Robert Aramayo for “I Swear,” Frank Dillane for “Urchin,” David Jonsson for “Wasteman,” Harry Melling for “Pillion,” and Cillian Murphy for “Steve.”
The ceremony will happen on November 30 on the Roundhouse in London.
See the total checklist of British Unbiased Movie Award nominations under.
Finest British Unbiased Movie
“The Ballad of Wallis Island”
“I Swear”
“My Father’s Shadow”
“Pillion”
“Urchin”
Finest Lead Efficiency
Robert Aramayo,” I Swear”
Frank Dillane, “Urchin”
David Jonsson, “Wasteman”
Jennifer Lawrence, “Die My Love”
Harry Melling, “Pillion”
Cillian Murphy, “Steve”
Finest Supporting Efficiency
Tom Blyth, “Wasteman”
Scott Ellis Watson, “I Swear”
Jay Lycurgo, “Steve”
Peter Mullan, “I Swear”
Maxine Peake, “I Swear”
Alexander Skarsgård, “Pillion”
Finest Joint Lead Efficiency
Ebada Hassan, Saffiya Ingar, “Brides”
Tim Key, Tom Basden, “The Ballad of Wallis Island”
Andrea Riseborough, Brenda Blethyn, “Dragonfly”
Finest Director
Laura Carreira, “On Falling”
Akinola Davies Jr, “My Father’s Shadow”
Kirk Jones, “I Swear”
Harry Lighton, “Pillion”
Lynne Ramsay, “Die My Love”
Finest Screenplay
Tom Basden, Tim Key, “The Ballad of Wallis Island”
Laura Carreira, “On Falling”
Wale Davies, “My Father’s Shadow”
Kirk Jones, “I Swear”
Harry Lighton, “Pillion”
The Douglas Hickox Award for Finest Debut Director
Laura Carreira, “On Falling”
Akinola Davies Jr, “My Father’s Shadow”
Harris Dickinson, “Urchin”
Harry Lighton, “Pillion”
Cal McMau, “Wasteman”
Breakthrough Producer
Wyn Baptiste, “Shoot the Individuals”
Charlotte Knowles, “Palestine Comedy Membership”
Joann Kushner, “Lifehack” [also produced by Timur Bekmambetov, Aleksandr Kletzov]
Dhiraj Mahey, “Ish” [also produced by Bennett McGhee]
Archie Pearch, “Urchin” [also produced by Scott O’Donnell]
Breakthrough Efficiency
Scott Ellis Watson, “I Swear”
Ebada Hassan, “Brides”
Safiyya Ingar, “Brides”
Posy Sterling, “Lollipop”
Connor Tompkins, “The Son and the Sea”
Finest Debut Screenwriter
Hunter Andrews, Eoin Doran, “Wasteman”
Tom Basden, Tim Key, “The Ballad of Wallis Island”
Laura Carreira, “On Falling”
Wale Davies, “My Father’s Shadow”
Harry Lighton, “Pillion”
Finest Function Documentary
“Antidote” — James Jones, David Moulton
“Mom Vera” — Cécile Embleton, Alys Tomlinson, Laura Shacham
“Motherboard” — Victoria Mapplebeck
“The Shepherd and the Bear” — Max Keegan, Elizabeth Woodward, Amanda Mcbaine, Jesse Moss
“A Need in Her” — Myrid Carten, Tadhg O’Sullivan, Roisín Geraghty, Kat Mansoor
Finest Debut Director – Function Documentary
Myrid Carten, “A Need in Her”
Cécile Embleton, Alys Tomlinson, “Mom Vera”
Victoria Mapplebeck, “Motherboard”
The Raindance Maverick Award
“Foul Evil Deeds,” Richard Hunter
“Holloway,” Sophie Compton, Daisy-Might Hudson, Stella Heath Keir, Alice Hughes, Polly Creed
“Mom Vera,” Cécile Embleton, Alys Tomlinson, Laura Shacham
“Motherboard,” Victoria Mapplebeck
“A Need in Her,” Myrid Carten
Finest Worldwide Unbiased Movie
“It Was Simply an Accident”
“Sentimental Worth”
“Sirāt”
“Sorry, Child”
“Sound of Falling”
Finest Casting
Shaheen Baig, “Brides”
Shaheen Baig, “Urchin”
Kharmel Cochrane, “Warfare”
Lauren Evans, “I Swear”
Robert Sterne, “Steve”
Finest Cinematography
Charlotte Bruus Christensen, “H Is for Hawk”
Jermaine Edwards, “My Father’s Shadow”
Cécile Embleton, “Mom Vera”
Seamus Mcgarvey, “Die My Love”
Piotr Niemyjski, “A Pale View of Hills”
Finest Costume Design
Susie Coulthard, “100 Nights of Hero”
Kirsty Halliday, “Twister”
Grace Snell, “Pillion”
Sayaka Takahashi, Matthew Value, “A Pale View of Hills”
PC Williams, “My Father’s Shadow”
Finest Enhancing
Ronan Corrigan, Aleksandr Kletsov, “Lifehack”
Omar Guzmán Castro, “My Father’s Shadow”
Fin Oates, “Warfare”
Sam Rice-Edwards, “One to One: John & Yoko”
Gareth C. Scales, “Pillion”
Finest Results
Simon Stanley-Clamp, Ryan Conder, “Warfare”
Victor Tomi, “Die My Love”
Hayley Williams, Conor O’Sullivan, Martin Malmqvist, “The Factor With Feathers”
Finest Music Supervision
Phil Canning, “Wasteman”
Ian Neil, Raife Burchell, “Die My Love”
Bridget Samuels, “Urchin”
Finest Make-Up & Hair Design
Kehinde Are, Feyzo Oyebisi, “My Father’s Shadow”
Diandra Ferreira, “Pillion”
Paul Gooch, Tristan Versluis, “Warfare”
Colleen Labaff, Miho Suzuki, “Die My Love”
Natasha Lawes, “100 Nights of Hero”
Finest Authentic Music
Tom Basden, Adem Ilhan, “The Ballad of Wallis Island”
Bobby Krlic, “Anemone”
Jed Kurzel, “Twister”
CJ Mirra, “My Father’s Shadow”
Steven Value, “Ocean With David Attenborough”
Finest Manufacturing Design
Jennifer Anti, Pablo Anti, “My Father’s Shadow”
Mark Digby, “Warfare”
Tim Grimes, “Die My Love”
Nathan Parker, “Harvest”
Sofia Sacomani, “100 Nights of Hero”
Finest Sound
Steve Fanagan, Stevie Haywood, “Anemone”
Tim Burns, Paul Davies, Linda Forsén, Andrew Stirk, Ron Osiowy, “Die My Love”
Nina Hartstone, Jake Whitelee, Jens Petersen, Mike Tehrani, Rob Davidson, “Ish”
CJ Mirra, James Ridgway, Joe Jackson, Adele Fletcher, Pius Fatoke, “My Father’s Shadow”
Sound crew “Warfare”
Finest British Brief Movie
“Flock” — Mac Nixon, Matt Ashwell, Daley Nixon
“Magid/ Zafar” — Luís Hindman, Sufiyaan Salam, Aidan Robert Brooks
“A Sisyphean Activity” — Gus Flind-Henry, George Malcher, George Telfer
“Abdomen Bug” — Matty Crawford, Karima Sammout Kanellopoulou
“Two Black Boys in Paradise” — Ben Jackson, Baz Sells, Dean Atta
Cinema of the Yr
Depot Cinema
The Magic Lantern Cinema
Montrose Playhouse
Queen’s Movie Theatre
Watershed
