The British Independent Film Award for Best Debut Screenwriter is an annual award given by the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) to recognize the best British debut screenwriter. The award was first presented in the 2016 ceremony.
| British Independent Film Award for Best Debut Screenwriter | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Debut Screenwriter |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | BIFA |
| First awarded | 2016 |
| Currently held by | Georgia Oakley for Blue Jean (2022) |
| Website | www |
According to BIFA, the award is for a "British screenwriter for their debut fiction feature film". The award usually goes to one screenwriter with co-writers being eligible when there is no lead screenwriter credited for the film.[1]
Winners and nominees
2010s
| Year | Recipient(s) | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 (19th) [2][3] | Rachel Tunnard | Adult Life Skills |
| Hope Dickson Leach | The Levelling | |
| Julian Barratt, Simon Farnaby | Mindhorn | |
| Ed Talfan | The Passing (Yr Ymadawiad) | |
| John Cairns, Michael McCartney | A Patch of Fog | |
| 2017 (20th) [4][5] | Francis Lee | God's Own Country |
| Rungano Nyoni | I Am Not a Witch | |
| Johnny Harris | Jawbone | |
| Alice Birch | Lady Macbeth | |
| Gaby Chiappe | Their Finest | |
| 2018 (21st) [6][7] | Bart Layton | American Animals |
| Daniel Kokotajlo | Apostasy | |
| Michael Pearce | Beast | |
| Matt Palmer | Calibre | |
| Karen Gillan | The Party's Just Beginning | |
| 2019 (22nd) [8][9] | Emma Jane Unsworth | Animals |
| Kieran Hurley | Beats | |
| Lisa Owens | Days of the Bagnold Summer | |
| Harry Wootliff | Only You | |
| Nicole Taylor | Wild Rose |
2020s
| Year | Recipient(s) | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 (23rd) [10][11] | Riz Ahmed | Mogul Mowgli |
| Joe Murtagh | Calm with Horses | |
| Remi Weekes, Bassam Tariq | His House | |
| Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson | Rocks | |
| Rose Glass | Saint Maud | |
| 2021 (24th) [12] | Cathy Brady | Wildfire |
| Prano Bailey-Bond | Censor | |
| Reggie Yates | Pirates | |
| Aleem Khan | After Love | |
| Marley Morrison | Sweetheart | |
| 2022 (25th) [13] | Georgia Oakley | Blue Jean |
| Shane Crowley | God's Creatures | |
| Davi Earl, Chris Hayward | Brian and Charles | |
| Ruth Greenberg | The Origin | |
| Charlotte Wells | Aftersun | |
| 2023 (25th) [14] | Nathan Bryon and Tom Melia | Rye Lane |
| Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping | Femme | |
| Nida Manzoor | Polite Society | |
| Charlotte Regan | Scrapper | |
| Molly Manning Walker | How to Have Sex |
See also
References
External links
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