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‘Elsinore’ Lands 12 BIFA Nominations

Joey Moser by Joey Moser
November 3, 2026
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‘Elsinore’: Focus Debuts Moving First Trailer

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Don’t underestimate Elsinore in Best Picture, people…

Best British Independent Film

  • Marc Evans, Gary Owen, Branwen Cennard – Effi O Blaenau
  • Simon Stone, Stephen Beresford, Andrea Occhipinti, Gabrielle Tana, Pete Shilaimon, Mickey Liddell, Stefano Massenzi, Carolyn Marks Blackwood, Andrew Scott – Elsinore
  • Clio Barnard, Enda Walsh, Tracy O’Riordan – I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning
  • Lance Hammer, Tristan Goligher – Queen At Sea
  • Mike Leigh, Georgina Lowe – Tender Loving Care

Cinema of the Year

  • Abbeygate Cinema – Bury St Edmunds
  • Campus West –  Welwyn Garden City
  • Hippodrome Cinema – Bo’ness
  • The Kinema In The Woods – Woodhall Spa
  • The Ultimate Picture Palace – Oxford

Best Director

  • Clio Barnard – I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning
  • Andrew Haigh – A Long Winter
  • Mark Jenkin – Rose Of Nevada
  • Mike Leigh – Tender Loving Care
  • Simon Stone – Elsinore

Best Lead Performance

  • Juliette Binoche – Queen At Sea
  • Erin Doherty – Faith
  • Leisa Gwenllian – Effi O Blaenau
  • Jonathan Jules – Florid
  • Tut Nyuot – Animol
  • Andrew Scott – Elsinore

Best Screenplay

  • Stephen Beresford – Elsinore
  • Lance Hammer – Queen At Sea
  • Mike Leigh – Tender Loving Care
  • Gary Owen – Effi O Blaenau
  • Enda Walsh – I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning

Best Supporting Performance

  • Anna Calder-Marshall – Queen At Sea
  • Tom Courtenay – Queen At Sea
  • Sekou Diaby – Animol
  • Claire Foy – Ink
  • Billie Piper – Elsinore
  • Bill Pullman – Everybody Digs Bill Evans

Best Joint Lead Performance

  • Séamus McLean Ross, Samuel Bottomley – California Schemin’
  • Flora Nicholson, Clare Dunne, Mia Tharia – The Education Of Jane Cumming
  • Marni Duggan, Galaxie Clear – Extra Geography
  • Chimpaye Florence Mariserena, Bizimana Hussain – Small Gods

Best Ensemble Performance

  • Anthony Boyle, Joe Cole, Jay Lycurgo, Daryl McCormack, Lola Petticrew – I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning
  • Bella Ramsey, Daniel Quinn-Toye, Ruby Stokes, Earl Cave, Conrad Khan, Jasmine Elcock, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Louis Gaunt, Josie Walker, Jessica Gunning, James Norton, Neil Patrick Harris, James Blunt – Sunny Dancer
  • Marion Bailey, Paul Jesson, Kate O’Flynn, Alice Bailey Johnson – Tender Loving Care

The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director)

  • Billy Lumby – Florid
  • Molly Manners – Extra Geography
  • Bertil Nilsson – Masc
  • Louis Paxton – The Incomer
  • Ashley Walters – Animol

Breakthrough Producer

  • Itab Azzam, Jack MacInnes, Will Anderson, James Bluemel, Andrew Palmer – One In A Million (also produced by Raney Aronson-Rath)
  • Branwen Cennard – Effi O Blaenau
  • Tom Hawkins – Animol (also produced by Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, Nick Love, Ashley Walters)
  • Oskar Pimlott – Bad Apples
  • Alex Polunin – Black Church Bay (also produced by Tristan Goligher)

Breakthrough Performance

  • Galaxie Clear – Extra Geography
  • Sekou Diaby – Animol
  • Leisa Gwenllian – Effi O Blaenau
  • Jonathan Jules – Florid
  • Tut Nyuot – Animol

Best Debut Screenwriter

  • Miriam Battye – Extra Geography
  • Thea Gajić – Surviving Earth
  • Rhys Marc Jones – Black Church Bay
  • Jess O’Kane – Bad Apples
  • Louis Paxton – The Incomer

Best Debut Director – Feature Documentary

  • Janay Boulos, Abd AlKader Habak – Birds Of War
  • Ed Sayers – Super Nature
  • Rachel Taparjan – Something Familiar

The Raindance Maverick Award

  • Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor, Alex Thiele, Hannah Patterson – Act 3
  • Neil Ely, Lloyd Eyre-Morgan, Paul Mortlock – Chatlines
  • Bertil Nilsson – Masc
  • Jake Kuhn, Noah Stratton-Twine – The Peril At Pincer Point
  • Rachel Taparjan, Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan, Elena Martin, Aleksandra Bilic – Something Familiar

Best Feature Documentary

  • Jeanie Finlay, Charlie Phillips – All Rivers Spill Their Stories To The Sea
  • Felipe Bustos Sierra, Ciara Barry – Everybody To Kenmure Street
  • Itab Azzam, Jack MacInnes, Will Anderson, Andrew Palmer, James Bluemel, Raney Aronson-Rath – One In A Million
  • Rachel Taparjan, Aleksandra Bilic, Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan – Something Familiar
  • Rich Felgate, David Allen – We, The Hated

Best British Short Film

  • Hasan Kattan, Orlando von Einsiedel – Allies In Exile
  • Said Zagha, Myriam Sassine, Laura Jumel – Coyotes
  • Elham Ehsas, Lorraine Bhattachary – Forgotten Spaceman
  • Camille Summers-Valli, Rosmarie Vind, Sorcha Bacon, Martha McGuirk, David Zander – Untitled Woman
  • Aneil Karia, Scott O’Donnell, Tom Gardner – Vote Gavin Lyle

Best International Independent Film

  • Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Léa Le Dimna, David Gauquié, Julien Deris, Kôsuke Oshida, Yûji Sadai, Jean-Luc Ormières, Renan Artukmaç, Hiroko Matsuda – All Of A Sudden
  • Jordan Firstman, Galen Core, Alex Coco – Club Kid
  • Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo – La Bola Negra
  • Marine Atlan, Anne Brouilet, Inès Daïen Dasi – La Gradiva
  • Lee Chang-dong, Oh Jung-mi – Possible Love

Best Casting

  • Shaheen Baig – I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning
  • Heather Basten – Animol
  • Lara Manwaring – Florid
  • Lucy Pardee – Extra Geography
  • Jessica Ronane – Elsinore

Best Cinematography

  • Mike Eley – Elsinore
  • Piers McGrail – Everybody Digs Bill Evans
  • Christopher Ripley – Straight Circle
  • Simon Tindall – I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning
  • André Turpin – A Long Winter

Best Costume Design

  • Sarah Blenkinsop – The Incomer
  • Alex Bovaird – Savage House
  • Carol Case – A Long Winter
  • Darion Hing – Straight Circle
  • Mel Page – Elsinore

Best Editing

  • Valerio Bonelli – Elsinore
  • Otto Burnham – Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story
  • Fouad Gaber – Straight Circle
  • Maya Maffioli – I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning
  • Fin Oates – Ink

Best Effects

  • Jon Biggins, Jeff Dillon – Shaun The Sheep: The Beast Of Mossy Bottom
  • Ruslan Borysov, Richard Cheal, Tim Ledbury – The Magic Faraway Tree
  • Daniel Morris – The Incomer

Best Music Supervision

  • Connie Farr – I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning
  • Connie Farr – Queen At Sea
  • Phil Canning – Sunny Dancer

Best Make-up & Hair Design

  • Jacquetta Levon – Savage House
  • Nadia Stacey – Elsinore
  • Nadia Stacey – Madfabulous
  • Karen Hartley Thomas – The Magic Faraway Tree
  • Tristan Versluis – Straight Circle

Best Original Music

  • Roger Goula – Everybody Digs Bill Evans
  • Stefan Gregory – Elsinore
  • Mark Jenkin – Rose Of Nevada
  • Hannah Peel – Underland
  • Siôn Trefor, Ioana Selaru – Effi O Blaenau

Best Production Design

  • Luke Moran-Morris – Straight Circle
  • Gareth Pugh, Carson McColl – Ink
  • Helen Scott – Elsinore
  • Alexandra Walker – The Magic Faraway Tree
  • Gary Williamson – Savage House

Best Sound

  • Andy Coles, John Brennan – Everybody Digs Bill Evans
  • Paul Cotterell, Ron Osiowy, Joakim Sundström – A Long Winter
  • Simon Hayes, Johnnie Burn – Ink
  • Mark Jenkin, Ian Wilson – Rose Of Nevada
  • Dario Swade, George Elliott, Tom Harburt – Florid

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Joey Moser

Joey Moser

Joey is a co-founder of The Contending currently living in Columbus, OH. He is a proud member of GALECA and Critics Choice. Since he is short himself, Joey has a natural draw towards short film filmmaking. He is a Rotten Tomatoes approved critic, and he has also appeared in Xtra Magazine. If you would like to talk to Joey about cheese, corgis, or Julianne Moore, follow him on Twitter or Instagram.

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