Today BIFA announced this year’s long list in its highly-competitive Best International Independent Film category, sponsored by Champagne Taittinger.
Discover the 17 best new independent films from around the world:
- About Endlessness – Roy Andersson, Johan Carlsson, Pernilla Sandström
- Another Round – Thomas Vinterberg, Tobias Lindholm, Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Kasper Dissing
- The Assistant – Kitty Green, Scott Macaulay, James Schamus, Jennifer Dana, Ross Jacobson
- Babyteeth – Shannon Murphy, Rita Kalnejais, Alex White
- Boys State – Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss
- Crip Camp – Sara Bolder, Jim LeBrecht, Nicole Newnham
- The Dissident – Bryan Fogel, Mark Monroe, Jake Swantko, Thor Halvorssen
- The Forty-Year-Old Version – Radha Blank, Inuka Bacote-Capiga, Jordan Fudge, Rishi Rajani, Jennifer Semler, Lena Waithe
- Gunda – Viktor Kosakovskiy, Ainara Vera, Anita Rehoff Larsen
- Les Misérables – Ladj Ly, Toufik Ayadi, Christophe Barral, Giordano Gederlini, Alexis Manenti
- Minari – Lee Isaac Chung, Christina Oh, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner
- Never Rarely Sometimes Always – Eliza Hittman, Adele Romanski, Sara Murphy
- Nomadland – Chloé Zhao, Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey
- Notturno – Gianfranco Rosi, Donatella Palermo, Serge Lalou, Camille Laemlè, Orwa Nyrabia, Eva-Maria Weerts
- Pieces of A Woman – Kornél Mundruczó, Kata Wéber, Kevin Turen, Ashley Levinson, Aaron Ryder
- Sweat – Magnus von Horn, Mariusz Wlodarski
- Wolfwalkers – Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, Will Collins, Stéphan Roelants, Nora Twomey, Paul
Young
The nominations will be be announced on Wednesday 9 December. The BIFA ceremony and winner announcements will take place in early February 2021.
