The British Independent Film Awards has announced the winners of its 10 film craft categories, with Seamus McGarvey ASC BSC ISC scooping Best Cinematography for Die My Love.
The DP won the category sponsored by Kodak and Molinare, while Raife Burchell and Ian Neil also scooped Best Music Supervision for their work on the thought-provoking Lynne Ramsay drama.
Elsewhere, Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s visceral Navy SEAL outing Warfare added to its 2025 Best Ensemble Performance BIFA with three craft wins – Best Editing for Fin Oates, Best Effects for Simon Stanley-Clamp and Ryan Conder, and Best Sound sponsored by Bleat for Glenn Freemantle, Mitch Low, Howard Bargroff, Ben Barker and Richard Spooner, marking the second year in a row that Glenn Freemantle and Howard Bargroff have won this award, last year alongside Mary H Ellis for Civil War.
Harry Lighton’s debut feature Pillion, following the ups and downs (and pleasures and pains) of a budding relationship between two very different men, took two awards: Best Costume Design for 2021 BIFA winner Grace Snell, and Best Make-Up & Hair Design for Diandra Ferreira.
Tom Basden and Adem Ilhan won Best Original Music sponsored by Universal Music Publishing Group for The Ballad of Wallis Island, in which Basden stars as a faded folk musician who reunites with his former partner for an eccentric fan.
Best Casting sponsored by Casting Society and Spotlight went to Lauren Evans for I Swear, Kirk Jones’ touching feature chronicling the life of Tourette’s campaigner John Davison, which was lensed by James Blann.
Best Production Design sponsored by ATC went to Nathan Parker for his work on Athina Rachel Tsangari’s folk horror Harvest, adapted from Jim Crace’s 2013 novel; Parker previously won this award in 2023 for Daniel Kaluuya’s debut The Kitchen.
The winners of all remaining categories will be announced at the BIFA ceremony at the Roundhouse on Sunday 30 November. You can see all the 2025 nominees and winners so far on the BIFA website.
