Film4 Titles Scoop 16 Awards

Five Film4 backed productions took home 16 of the 24 competitive awards, including a record breaking 10 wins for Yorgos Lanthimos's The Favourite.

Bart Layton's American Animals and Lynne Ramsay’s You Were Never Really Here took home two awards apiece, while Michael Pearce’s Beast and Sebastián Lelio’s Disobedience were also winners on the night.

Director of Film4 Daniel Battsek commented: "Congratulations to all our nominees and award winners. We’re so pleased to see your work recognised in such a strong year for British independent film. Thank you to our many fantastic partners who've worked with us on this slate of films, and to the BIFAs for a truly memorable night."

Olivia Colman was crowned Best Actress and Rachel Weisz Best Supporting Actress for their roles in The Favourite, which also took home Best Director for Yorgos Lanthimos, Best Screenplay for Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara as well as top prize Best British Independent Film. The film had already won five of the craft awards announced previously: Dixie Chassay won Best Casting, Robbie Ryan Best Cinematography, Sandy Powell Best Costume Design, Nadia Stacey Best Make Up & Hair Design and Fiona Crombie Best Production Design.

Bart Layton won Debut Screenwriter for American Animals, to go with the previously announced Best Editing award for Nick Fenton, Julian Hart and Chris Gill.

Jessie Buckley won Most Promising Newcomer for Beast. Alessandro Nivola won Best Supporting Actor for his role in Disobedience. And You Were Never Really Here collected two awards: Jonny Greenwood winning Best Music and Paul Davies Best Sound.

Film4 titles secured 58 nominations for the 2018 BIFAs including a clean sweep of all five films in the Best British Independent Film, Director and Screenplay categories, as well as the four most highly nominated films.