British Independent Film Awards winners revealed

Biker romance Pillion has picked up the apical prize astatine the British Independent Film Awards.

The film's first-time diagnostic writer and manager Harry Lighton was besides named champion debut screenwriter astatine the ceremony, held astatine the Roundhouse successful Camden, London, connected Sunday evening.

Starring Harry Melling arsenic saccharine and timid Colin, and Alexander Skarsgard arsenic rugged biker Ray, the movie picked up 4 prizes successful full - including trade wins for champion costume plan and make-up and hair.

Tom Basden and Tim Key took location the BIFA awards for champion associated pb show and champion screenplay, for their debut diagnostic The Ballad Of Wallis Island. Also starring Carey Mulligan, the movie tells the communicative of a faded people instrumentalist and his erstwhile spouse who reluctantly reunite for an eccentric fan.

Elsewhere successful the acting categories, Robert Aramayo was honoured with the champion pb show grant for his portrayal of Tourette's campaigner John Davison successful I Swear, with the supporting show grant going to Jay Lycurgo for his relation successful pressure-cooker schoolhouse play Steve, besides starring Oscar-winner Cillian Murphy.

Newcomer Posy Sterling's portrayal of a parent warring for custody of her children in Lollipop earned her the breakthrough show award, portion the champion ensemble show prize went to the formed of Warfare - including Will Poulter, Kit Connor, Joseph Quinn and Charles Melton.

This year's ceremonial besides celebrated cinema itself, with the inaugural cinema of the twelvemonth grant going to The Magic Lantern Cinema successful the Welsh coastal municipality of Tywyn.

The BIFA for champion planetary autarkic movie was awarded to Sentimental Value, Joachim Trier's intimate exploration of family, memories and the reconciliatory powerfulness of art.

Behind the camera, Akinola Davies Jr was named champion manager for his debut diagnostic My Father's Shadow, a communicative of 2 brothers who archetypal travel to recognize their begetter astatine a pivotal infinitesimal successful some his beingness and Nigerian history, portion The Douglas Hickox Award for champion debut manager went to Cal McMau for situation play Wasteman.

And successful the documentary categories, Myrid Carten's exploration of mental wellness and addiction wrong her family, A Want In Her, picked up 3 BIFAs - champion diagnostic documentary, The Raindance Maverick Award, and champion debut manager for a diagnostic documentary.

Elsewhere, Emily Watson, prima of films including Gosford Park, Punch-Drunk Love and War Horse, and TV bid including Chernobyl and Dune: Prophecy, was awarded the outstanding publication to British movie prize.

Production institution Warp Films - down films specified arsenic Dead Man's Shoes and This Is England, arsenic good arsenic the caller critically acclaimed bid Adolescence - was honoured with the BIFA peculiar assemblage prize for its "unflinching and uncompromising" committedness to telling "raw and applicable stories".

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Founded successful 1998, the BIFAs purpose to celebrate, beforehand and enactment endowment and creativity successful British autarkic film.

Previous winners of the champion autarkic movie grant see Kneecap, the semi-autobiographical communicative of Irish-language rappers Kneecap, and Oscar victor The Favourite.

This year's ceremonial was hosted by comedians Lou Sanders and Harriet Kemsley, with Carey Mulligan, Stephen Merchant, Ruth Wilson, Billy Crudup and Celia Imrie among the prima presenters.