British Independent Film Awards: ‘Kneecap’, ‘Hoard’ & ‘Last Swim’ Among Titles On New Talent Longlists
deadline.comSubversive Irish breakout pic Kneecap and Sasha Nathwani’s gentle yet ambitious debut Last Swim are among the titles that have nabbed mentions on the new talent longlists at this year’s British Independent Film Awards.
Both Kneecap and Last Swim pop up on the Douglas Hickox Best Debut Director Award longlist. Other nominees include Hoard, directed by Luna Carmoon, and Karan Kandhari’s Sister Midnight, which debuted at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
All four films also feature on the best screenplay longlist alongside Christopher Andrews’s Bring Them Down starring Barry Keoghan and Christopher Abbott.
Other pics on the screenplay longlist include The Ceremony by Jack King and Jed Hart’s Restless. Overall, the longlists include 31 British features, with 20 fiction and 11 documentary features across four debut filmmaking categories.
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