Rocks takes top awards at BIFAs

Sarah Gavron's Rocks will compete for the Golden Shell Photo: Courtesy of San Sebastian Film Festival

Rocks was the big winner at this year's British Independent Film Awards[imagefullwidth id={ID}], last night, where it topped five categories, including Best British Independent Film.

Sarah Gavron's drama about a teenager's attempts to look after her younger brother after their mother goes AWOL, also took home the Best Supporting Actress and Actor's awards and Most Promising Newcomer and Best Casting (read more about the film's unusual process, here and here), which was previously announced with other craft awards in January.

Remi Weekes British horror His House won two awards and Florian Zeller's The Father took home, three, including a Best Actor award for Anthony Hopkins.

Jerry Rothwell’s documentary The Reason I Jump won Best Documentary and the Best International Independent Film award was won by Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland.

The full list of winners is below:

Best British Independent Film

• WINNER: Rocks
• Calm With Horses
The Father
• His House
• Saint Maud

Best Director

• WINNER: Remi Weekes, His House
• Sarah Gavron, Rocks
• Rose Glass, Saint Maud
• Nick Rowland, Calm With Horses
• Florian Zeller, The Father

Best Screenplay

• WINNER: Florian Zeller, Christopher Hampton, The Father
• Rose Glass, Saint Maud
• Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson, Rocks
• Bassam Tariq, Riz Ahmed, Mogul Mowgli
• Remi Weekes, His House

Best Actress

• WINNER: Wunmi Mosaku, His House
• Bukky Bakray, Rocks
• Morfydd Clark, Saint Maud
• Clare Dunne, Herself
• Andrea Riseborough, Luxor

Best Actor

• WINNER: Anthony Hopkins, The Father
• Riz Ahmed, Mogul Mowgli
• Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, His House
• Amir El-Masry, Limbo
• Cosmo Jarvis, Calm With Horses

Best Supporting Actress

• WINNER: Kosar Ali, Rocks
• Niamh Algar, Calm With Horses
• Jennifer Ehle, Saint Maud
• Ashley Madekwe, County Lines
• Fiona Shaw, Kindred

Best Supporting Actor

• WINNER: D'angelou Osei Kissiedu, Rocks
• Harris Dickinson, County Lines
• Barry Keoghan, Calm With Horses
• Alyy Khan, Mogul Mowgli
• Merab Ninidze, The Courier

The Douglas Hickox Award (Debut Director)

• WINNER: Rose Glass, Saint Maud
• Henry Blake, County Lines
• Eva Riley, Perfect 10
• Nick Rowland, Calm With Horses
• Remi Weekes, His House

Breakthrough Producer

• WINNER: Irune Gurtubai, Limbo [also produced by Angus Lamont]
• Douglas Cox, Host [also produced By Emily Gotto, Samuel Zimmerman]
• Daniel Emmerson, Calm With Horses
• Oliver Kassman, Saint Maud [also produced by Andrea Cornwell]
• Edward King, Martin Gentles, His House [also produced by Aidan Elliott, Roy Lee, Arnon Milchan]

Debut Screenwriter

• WINNER: Riz Ahmed, Mogul Mowgli [also written by Bassam Tariq]
• Rose Glass, Saint Maud
• Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson, Rocks
• Joe Murtagh, Calm With Horses
• Remi Weekes, His House

Most Promising Newcomer

• WINNER: Kosar Ali, Rocks
• Niamh Algar, Calm With Horses
• Bukky Bakray, Rocks
• Frankie Box, Perfect 10
• Conrad Khan, County Lines

Best Documentary

• WINNER: The Reason I Jump
• The Australian Dream
• Being A Human Person
• Rising Phoenix
• White Riot

The Raindance Discovery Award

• WINNER: Perfect 10
• Justine
• Looted
• One Man And His Shoes
• Rose: A Love Story

Best British Short Film

• WINNER: The Long Goodbye
• Filipiñana
• The Forgotten C
• Mandem
• Sudden Light

Best International Independent Film

• WINNER: Nomadland
• Babyteeth
• Les Misérables
• Never Rarely Sometimes Always
• Notturno

Best Casting

• WINNER: Lucy Pardee, Rocks
• Shaheen Baig, Calm With Horses
• Kharmel Cochrane, Saint Maud
• Carmen Cuba, His House
• Dan Jackson, Limbo

Best Cinematography

• WINNER: Ben Fordesman, Saint Maud
• Nick Cooke, Limbo
• Hélène Louvart, Rocks
• Annika Summerson, Mogul Mowgli
• Jo Willems, His House

Best Costume Design

• WINNER: Charlotte Walter, Misbehaviour
• Michele Clapton, The Secret Garden
• Ruka Johnson, Rocks
• Tina Kalivas, Saint Maud
• Michael O’connor, Ammonite

Best Editing

• WINNER: Yorgos Lamprinos, The Father
• Julia Bloch, His House
• Maya Maffioli, Rocks
• Brenna Rangott, Host
• Mark Towns, Saint Maud

Best Effects

• WINNER: Pedro Sabrosa, Stefano Pepin, His House
• Agnes Asplund, Martin Malmqvist, Undergods
• Scott Macintyre, Bariş Kareli, Kristyan Mallett, Saint Maud

Best Make Up & Hair Design

• WINNER: Jill Sweeney, Misbehaviour
• Jacquetta Levon, Saint Maud
• Sharon A Martin, His House
• Ivana Primorac, Ammonite
• Nora Robertson, Rocks

Best Music

• WINNER: Paul Corley, Mogul Mowgli
• Roque Baños, His House
• Nainita Desai, The Reason I Jump
• Connie Farr, Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch, Rocks
• Adam Janota Bzowski, Saint Maud

Best Production Design

• WINNER: Jacqueline Abrahams, His House
• Cristina Casali, Misbehaviour
• Peter Francis, The Father
• Marketa Korinkova, Elo Soode, Undergods
• Paulina Rzeszowska, Saint Maud

Best Sound

• WINNER: Nick Ryan, Ben Baird, Sara De Oliveira Lima, The Reason I Jump
• Adrian Bell, Glenn Freemantle, Frank Kruse, Brendan Nicholson, Richard Pryke, His House
• Paul Davies, Simon Farmer, Andrew Skirk Saint, Maud
• Paul Davies, Robert Farr, Nigel Albermaniche, Ian Morgan, Mogul Mowgli
• Calum Sample, Host