British Independent Film Award for Best Debut Screenwriter
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| British Independent Film Award for Best Debut Screenwriter | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Debut Screenwriter |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | BIFA |
| First award | 2016 |
| Currently held by | Rich Peppiatt for Kneecap (2024) |
| Website | www |
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.[1]
2010s
| Year | Recipient(s) | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 (19th) [2][3] | 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 (20th) [4][5] | 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 (21st) [6][7] | Bart Layton | American Animals |
| Karen Gillan | The Party's Just Beginning | |
| Daniel Kokotajlo | Apostasy | |
| Matt Palmer | Calibre | |
| Michael Pearce | Beast | |
| 2019 (22nd) [8][9] | Emma Jane Unsworth | Animals |
| Kieran Hurley | Beats | |
| Lisa Owens | Days of the Bagnold Summer | |
| Nicole Taylor | Wild Rose | |
| Harry Wootliff | Only You | |
2020s
| Year | Recipient(s) | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 (23rd) [10][11] | 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 (24th) [12] | Cathy Brady | Wildfire |
| Prano Bailey-Bond | Censor | |
| Aleem Khan | After Love | |
| Marley Morrison | Sweetheart | |
| Reggie Yates | Pirates | |
| 2022 (25th) [13] | 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 (26th) [14] | 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 (27th) [15] | Rich Peppiatt | Kneecap |
| James Krishna Floyd | Unicorns | |
| Karan Kandhari | Sister Midnight | |
| Sandhya Suri | Santosh | |
| Mrs & Mr Dave Thomas | The Assessment [a] | |