British Independent Film Awards 2017

The 20th British Independent Film Awards nominations were announced on 1 November 2017.

Best British Independent Film

 * God's Own Country
 * The Death of Stalin
 * I Am Not a Witch
 * Lady Macbeth
 * Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Director

 * Rungano Nyoni - I Am Not a Witch
 * Armando Iannucci - The Death of Stalin
 * Francis Lee - God's Own Country
 * Martin McDonagh - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
 * William Oldroyd - Lady Macbeth

Best Actress

 * Florence Pugh - Lady Macbeth
 * Emily Beecham - Daphne
 * Frances McDormand - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
 * Margaret Mulubwa - I Am Not a Witch
 * Ruth Wilson - Dark River

Best Actor

 * Josh O'Connor - God's Own Country
 * Jamie Bell - Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
 * Paddy Considine - Journeyman
 * Johnny Harris - Jawbone
 * Alec Secareanu - God's Own Country

Best Supporting Actress

 * Patricia Clarkson - The Party
 * Naomi Ackie - Lady Macbeth
 * Kelly Macdonald - Goodbye Christopher Robin
 * Andrea Riseborough - The Death of Stalin
 * Julie Walters - Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

Best Supporting Actor

 * Simon Russell Beale - The Death of Stalin
 * Steve Buscemi - The Death of Stalin
 * Woody Harrelson - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
 * Ian Hart - God's Own Country
 * Sam Rockwell - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Most Promising Newcomer

 * Naomi Ackie - Lady Macbeth
 * Harry Gilby - Just Charlie
 * Cosmo Jarvis - Lady Macbeth
 * Harry Michell - Chubby Funny
 * Lily Newmark - Pin Cushion

The Douglas Hickox Award (Debut Director)

 * Rungano Nyoni - I Am Not a Witch
 * Deborah Haywood - Pin Cushion
 * Francis Lee - God's Own Country
 * Thomas Napper - Jawbone
 * William Oldroyd - Lady Macbeth

Best Debut Screenwriter

 * God's Own Country - Francis Lee
 * I Am Not a Witch - Rungano Nyoni
 * Jawbone - Johnny Harris
 * Lady Macbeth - Alice Birch
 * Their Finest - Gaby Chiappe

Breakthrough Producer

 * I Am Not a Witch - Emily Morgan
 * Bad Day for the Cut - Brendan Mullin and Katy Jackson
 * God's Own Country - Jack Tarling and Manon Ardisson
 * Lady Macbeth - Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly
 * Pin Cushion - Gavin Humphries

Best Screenplay

 * Lady Macbeth - Alice Birch
 * The Death of Stalin - Armando Iannucci, David Schneider and Ian Martin
 * God's Own Country - Francis Lee
 * I Am Not a Witch - Rungano Nyoni
 * Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Martin McDonagh

Best Documentary

 * Almost Heaven
 * Half Way
 * Kingdom of Us
 * Uncle Howard
 * Williams

Best Foreign Independent Film

 * Get Out
 * The Florida Project
 * I Am Not Your Negro
 * Loveless
 * The Square

Discovery Award

 * In Another Life
 * Even When I Fall
 * Halfway
 * Isolani
 * My Pure Land

Best Casting

 * The Death of Stalin - Sarah Crowe
 * Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool - Debbie McWilliams
 * God's Own Country - Shaheen Baig and Layla Merrick-Wolf
 * Lady Macbeth - Shaheen Baig
 * Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Sarah Halley Finn

Best Cinematography

 * Lady Macbeth - Ari Wegner
 * I Am Not a Witch - David Gallego
 * Jawbone - Tat Radcliffe
 * Leaning Into the Wind - Thomas Riedelsheimer
 * Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Ben Davis

Best Costume Design

 * Lady Macbeth - Holly Waddington
 * The Death of Stalin - Suzie Harman
 * How to Talk to Girls at Parties - Sandy Powell
 * I Am Not a Witch - Holly Rebecca
 * My Cousin Rachel - Dinah Collin

Best Editing

 * Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Jon Gregory
 * The Death of Stalin - Peter Lambert
 * Jawbone - David Charap
 * Us and Them - Joe Martin
 * Williams - Johnny Burke

Best Make-up and Hair Design

 * The Death of Stalin - Nicole Stafford
 * Breathe - Jan Sewell
 * I Am Not a Witch - Julene Paton
 * Journeyman - Nadia Stacey
 * Lady Macbeth - Sian Wilson

Best Music

 * Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Carter Burwell
 * The Death of Stalin - Christopher Willis
 * I Am Not a Witch - Matt Kelly
 * Jawbone - Paul Weller
 * Leaning Into the Wind - Fred Frith

Best Production Design

 * The Death of Stalin - Cristina Casali
 * Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool - Eve Stewart
 * Final Portrait - James Merifield
 * I Am Not a Witch - Nathan Parker
 * Lady Macbeth - Jacqueline Abrahams

Best Sound

 * God's Own Country - Anna Bertmark
 * Breathe - Sound team
 * I Am Not a Witch - Maiken Hansen
 * Jawbone - Andy Shelley and Steve Griffiths
 * Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Joakim Sundström

Best Effects

 * The Ritual - Nick Allder and Ben White
 * The Death of Stalin - Effects team
 * Double Date - Dan Martin
 * Journeyman - Luke Dodd
 * Their Finest - Chris Reynolds