The British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) announced today that 19 films are longlisted for Best International Independent Film sponsored by Champagne Taittinger. Six of this year’s international titles are from the US/Canada, one is from Japan and the remaining 12 are from Europe. Nine of the directors longlisted are women.
Best International Independent Film sponsored by Champagne Taittinger
A CHIARA Jonas Carpignano, Jon Coplon, Paolo Carpignano, Ryan Zacarias
COMPARTMENT NO. 6 Juho Kuosmanen, Livia Ulman, Andris Feldmanis, Jussi Rantamäki, Emilia Haukka
DRIVE MY CAR Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe, Teruhisa Yamamoto
FIRST COW Kelly Reichardt, Jon Raymond, Neil Kopp, Vincent Savino, Anish Savjani
FLEE Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Amin Nawabi, Monica Hellstrøm, Signe Byrge Sørensen
GREAT FREEDOM Sebastian Meise, Thomas Reider, Sabine Moser, Oliver Neumann, Benny Drechsel
THE HAND OF GOD Paolo Sorrentino, Lorenzo Mieli
HIVE Blerta Basholli, Robert S. Wilson, Yll Uka, Valon Bajgora, Agon Uka
HOPE Maria Sødahl, Thomas Robsahm
PARIS, 13TH DISTRICT Jacques Audiard, Céline Sciamma, Léa Mysius, Valérie Schermann
PETITE MAMAN Céline Sciamma, Bénédicte Couvreur
PLEASURE Ninja Thyberg, Peter Modestij, Erik Hemmendorff, Eliza Jones, Markus Waltå
RED ROCKET Sean Baker, Chris Bergoch, Samantha Quan, Alex Coco, Alex Saks, Shih-Ching Tsou
SHIVA BABY Emma Seligman, Kieran Altmann, Katie Schiller, Lizzie Shapiro
SOUAD Ayten Amin, Mahmoud Ezzat, Sameh Awad
SOUND OF METAL Darius Marder, Abraham Marder, Bert Hamelinck, Sacha Ben Harroche TBC
SUMMER OF SOUL (…OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED) Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent, David Dinerstein
TITANE Julia Ducournau, Jean-Christophe Reymond
ZOLA Janicza Bravo, Jeremy O. Harris, Christine Vachon, David Hinojosa, Gia Walsh, Kara Baker, Vince Jolivette, Elizabeth Haggard, Dave Franco
The final five nominations will be announced on Wednesday 3 November. Winners will be revealed at the Awards Ceremony on Sunday 5 December.
For details of how to watch the longlisted films, visit watch.bifa.film
