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.
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.
Winners and nominees 2010s YearRecipient(s)Film 2016 Rachel Tunnard Adult Life Skills Julian Barratt and Simon Farnaby Mindhorn John Cairns and Michael McCartney A Patch of Fog Hope Dickson Leach The Levelling Ed Talfan The Passing (Yr Ymadawiad) 2017 Francis Lee God's Own Country Alice Birch Lady Macbeth Gaby Chiappe Their Finest Johnny Harris Jawbone Rungano Nyoni I Am Not a Witch 2018 Bart Layton American Animals Karen Gillan The Party's Just Beginning Daniel Kokotajlo (director) Apostasy Matt Palmer Calibre Michael Pearce Beast 2019 Emma Jane Unsworth Animals Kieran Hurley Beats Lisa Owens Days of the Bagnold Summer Nicole Taylor Wild Rose Harry Wootliff Only You
2020s YearRecipient(s)Film 2020 Riz Ahmed Mogul Mowgli Rose Glass Saint Maud Theresa Ikoko and Claire Wilson Rocks Joe Murtagh Calm with Horses Remi Weekes and Bassam Tariq His House 2021 Cathy Brady Wildfire Prano Bailey-Bond Censor Aleem Khan After Love Marley Morrison Sweetheart Reggie Yates Pirates 2022 Georgia Oakley Blue Jean Shane Crowley God's Creatures Davi Earl and Chris Hayward Brian and Charles Ruth Greenberg The Origin Charlotte Wells Aftersun 2023 Nida Manzoor Polite Society Nathan Bryon and Tom Melia Rye Lane Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping Femme Molly Manning Walker How to Have Sex Charlotte Regan Scrapper 2024 Rich Peppiatt Kneecap James Krishna Floyd Unicorns Karan Kandhari Sister Midnight Sandhya Suri Santosh Mrs & Mr Dave Thomas The Assessment
Notes
See also BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
References
External links Official website