British Independent Film Award for Best Costume Design

British Independent Film Award for Best Costume Design
British Independent Film Award for Best Costume Design
Awarded for	Best Costume Design
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	BIFA
First awarded	2017
Currently held by	Buji Ebiesuwa for Femme (2023)
Website	www.bifa.org.uk

The British Independent Film Award for Best Costume Design is an annual award given by the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) to recognize the best costume design in a British independent film. The award was first presented in the 2017 ceremony.

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Prior to 2017, costume design was included in the category Best Technical Achievement alongside different areas of crafts in film, this category was presented from 2001 to 2016.

2000s

Best Technical Achievement

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Year	Film	Recipient(s)	Area
2001 (4th) ^[1]	The Warrior	Roman Osin	Cinematography
	Alone	Jonathan Rudd	Editing
	Enigma	John Beard	Production Design
	High Heels and Low Lifes	Jany Temime	Costume Design
2002 (5th) ^[2]^[3]	Morvern Callar	Alwin H. Küchler	Cinematography
	24 Hour Party People	Mark Tildesley	Production Design
	Lawless Heart	Scott Thomas	Editing
	Bloody Sunday	Ivan Strasburg	Cinematography
2003 (6th) ^[4]^[5]	In This World	Peter Christelis	Editing
	16 Years of Alcohol	John Rhodes	Cinematography
	Bright Young Things	Michael Howells	Production Design
	Buffalo Soldiers	David Holmes	Music
	In This World	Tim Alban, Joakim Sundström, Stuart Wilson	Sound
2004 (7th) ^[6]	Touching the Void	Mike Eley	Cinematography
	Bride and Prejudice	Eduardo Castro, Ralph Wheeler-Holes	Costume Design
	Code 46	Mark Tildesley	Production Design
	Dead Man's Shoes	Lucas Roche, Chris Wyatt	Editing
	Enduring Love	Haris Zambarloukos	Cinematography
2005 (8th) ^[7]	The Descent	Jon Harris	Editing
	The Constant Gardener	César Charlone	Cinematography
	The Libertine	Ben Van Os	Production Design
	A Cock and Bull Story	Peter Christelis	Editing
	Mrs Henderson Presents	Sandy Powell	Costume Design
2006 (9th) ^[8]^[9]	The Last King of Scotland	Anthony Dod Mantle	Cinematography
	The Queen	Alan MacDonald	Production Design
	The Queen	Daniel Phillips	Makeup
	This Is England	Ludovico Einaudi	Music
	The Wind That Shakes the Barley	Barry Ackroyd	Cinematography
2007 (10th) ^[10]^[11]	Sunshine	Mark Tildesley	Production Design
	28 Weeks Later	Enrique Chediak	Cinematography
	Control	Martin Ruhe	Cinematography
	And When Did You Last See Your Father?	Trevor Waite	Editing
	Hallam Foe	Colin Monie, David Mackenzie	Music
2008 (11th) ^[12]^[13]	Hunger	Sean Bobbitt	Cinematography
	The Duchess	Michael O'Connor	Costume Design
	Slumdog Millionaire	Anthony Dod Mantle	Cinematography
	In Bruges	Jon Gregory	Editing
	Shifty	Harry Escott, Molly Nyman	Music
2009 (12th) ^[14]^[15]	Bright Star	Greig Fraser	Cinematography
	Moon	Clint Mansell	Music
	Moon	Tony Noble	Production Design
	Bunny and the Bull	Gary Williamson	Production Design
	Fish Tank	Robbie Ryan	Cinematography

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2010s

Best Technical Achievement

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Year	Film	Recipient(s)	Area
2010 (13th) ^[16]^[17]	Monsters	Gareth Edwards	Visual Effects
	The Arbor	Tim Barker	Sound
	The King's Speech	Eve Stewart	Production Design
	Brighton Rock	John Mathieson	Cinematography
	The Illusionist	Sylvain Chomet	Animation
2011 (14th) ^[18]^[19]	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	Maria Djurkovic	Production Design
	We Need to Talk about Kevin	Seamus McGarvey	Cinematography
	Shame	Sean Bobbitt	Cinematography
	Shame	Joe Walker	Editing
	Senna	Chris King, Gregers Sall	Editing
2012 (15th) ^[20]^[21]	Berberian Sound Studio	Joakim Sundström	Sound Design
	Berberian Sound Studio	Nic Knowland	Cinematography
	Ginger and Rosa	Robbie Ryan	Cinematography
	Broken	Electric Wave Bureau	Music
	The Imposter	Andrew Hulme	Editing
2013 (16th) ^[22]^[23]	The Selfish Giant	Amy Hubbard	Casting
	Locke	Justine Wright	Editing
	Starred Up	Shaheen Baig	Casting
	Under the Skin	Johnnie Burn	Sound Design
	Under the Skin	Mica Levi	Music
2014 (17th) ^[24]^[25]	Frank	Stephen Rennicks	Music
	'71	Chris Wyatt	Editing
	'71	Tat Radcliffe	Cinematography
	Catch Me Daddy	Robbie Ryan
	Mr. Turner	Dick Pope
2015 (18th) ^[26]^[27]	Ex Machina	Andrew Whitehurst	Visual Effects
	Amy	Chris King	Editing
	Brooklyn	Fiona Weir	Casting
	Ex Machina	Mark Digby	Production Design
	Macbeth	Adam Arkapaw	Cinematography
2016 (19th) ^[28]^[29]	American Honey	Robbie Ryan	Cinematography
	Free Fire	Shaheen Baig	Casting
	The Girl with All the Gifts	Seb Barker	Visual Effects
	Notes on Blindness	Joakim Sundström	Sound Design
	Oasis: Supersonic	Paul Monaghan, Mat Whitecross	Editing

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Best Costume Design

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Year	Film	Recipient(s)
2017 (20th) ^[30]^[31]	Lady Macbeth	Holly Waddington
	The Death of Stalin	Suzie Harman
	How to Talk to Girls at Parties	Sandy Powell
	I Am Not a Witch	Holly Rebecca
	My Cousin Rachel	Dinah Collin
2018 (21st) ^[32]^[33]	The Favourite	Sandy Powell
	An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn	Alyssa Tull
	Colette	Andrea Flesch
	Peterloo	Jacqueline Durran
	Stan & Ollie	Guy Sperenza
2019 (22nd) ^[34]^[35]	The Personal History of David Copperfield	Suzie Harman, Robert Worley
	In Fabric	Jo Thompson
	Judy	Jany Temime
	The Souvenir	Grace Snell
	Wild Rose	Anna Mary, Scott Robbins

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2020s

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Year	Film	Recipient(s)
2020 (23rd) ^[36]^[37]	Misbehaviour	Charlotte Walter
	Ammonite	Michael O'Connor
	Rocks	Ruka Johnson
	Saint Maud	Tina Kalivas
	The Secret Garden	Michele Clapton
2021 (24th) ^[38]	The Souvenir Part II	Grace Snell
	The Electrical Life of Louis Wain	Michael O'Connor
	Everybody's Talking About Jamie	Guy Speranza
	Benediction	Annie Symons
	Belfast	Charlotte Walter
2022 (25th) ^[39]^[40]	Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris	Jenny Beavan
	Flux Gourmet	Saffron Cullane
	The Wonder	Odile Dicks-Mireaux
	Aftersun	Frank Gallacher
	Living	Sandy Powell
2023 (25th) ^[41]^[42]	Femme	Buki Ebiesuwa
	The End We Start From	PC Williams
	How to Have Sex	George Buxton
	Rye Lane	Cynthia Lawrence-John
	Scrapper	Oliver Cronk
2024 (27th) ^[43]	Kneecap	Zjena Glamocanin
	Civil War	Meghan Kasperlik
	Love Lies Bleeding	Olga Mill
	Unicorns	Nirage Mirage
	Firebrand	Michael O'Connor

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"'Scotland' duo, 'Queen' pic among top BIFA nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. October 31, 2006. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
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""This is England" Takes Top Prize at British Independent Film Awards". Indiewire. November 30, 2006. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
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Kemp, Stuart (December 1, 2008). "'Slumdog' wins big at British indie awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
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Knegt, Peter (October 26, 2009). ""Fish Tank," "Moon" Lead British Indie Award Nods". IndieWire. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
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Thompson, Anne (December 6, 2009). "British Independent Film Awards: Moon Wins Best Film". IndieWire. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
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Child, Ben (November 2, 2010). "The King's Speech rings out in Bifa awards nominations". The Guardian. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
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Masters, Tim (December 6, 2010). "King's Speech reigns at British Independent Film awards". BBC News. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
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Knegt, Peter (October 31, 2011). ""Shame," "Tyrannosaur" and "Tinker Tailor" Lead British Independent Film Award Nominations". IndieWire. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
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Masters, Tim (December 5, 2011). "Tyrannosaur in triple win at British Independent Film Awards". BBC News. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
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Child, Ben (November 6, 2012). "Broken fixed up with nine British independent film award nominations". The Guardian. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
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Mueller, Matt (December 9, 2012). "British Independent Film Awards: 'Broken' Takes Best Film, 'Berberian Sound Studio' and 'The Imposter' Big Winners". IndieWire. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
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Kemp, Stuart (December 8, 2013). "'Metro Manila' Wins Big at British Independent Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
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Rosser, Michael (November 3, 2014). "'71, Pride lead BIFA nominations". Screen Daily. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
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"Pride wins best film at British Independent Film Awards". BBC News. December 7, 2014. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
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Tartaglione, Nancy (November 3, 2015). "'The Lobster', '45 Years', 'Macbeth' Lead British Independent Film Award Nominations". Deadline. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
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Lee, Benjamin (December 7, 2015). "Ex Machina triumphs at British independent film awards". The Guardian. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
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Evans, Alan (November 1, 2016). "I, Daniel Blake leads British independent film award nominations". The Guardian. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
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Barranclough, Leo (December 4, 2016). "'American Honey' Triumphs at British Independent Film Awards". Variety. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
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Clarke, Stewart (November 1, 2017). "'Lady Macbeth' Tops Nominations for British Independent Film Awards". Variety. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
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Nordine, Michael (December 10, 2017). "British Independent Film Awards: 'God's Own Country' and 'Lady Macbeth' Win Top Prizes". IndieWire. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
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Brown, Mark (October 31, 2018). "The Favourite dominates British independent film award nominations". The Guardian. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
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Nordine, Michael (December 2, 2018). "'The Favourite' Wins 10 British Independent Film Awards, Living Up to Its Title". IndieWire. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
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Sharf, Zack (October 30, 2019). "2019 British Indie Film Awards Nominations: 'David Copperfield,' Zellweger, and More". IndieWire. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
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Ritman, Alex (December 1, 2019). "British Independent Film Awards: 'For Sama' Wins Top Prize". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
[36]
Ramachandran, Naman (December 9, 2020). "'Saint Maud,' 'His House,' 'Rocks' Lead British Independent Film Awards Nominations". Variety. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
[37]
Grater, Tom (February 18, 2021). "'Rocks' & 'His House' Win Big At British Independent Film Awards". Deadline. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
[38]
Ramachandran, Naman (November 3, 2021). "'Belfast,' 'Boiling Point' Lead BIFA Nominations". Variety. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
[39]
Szalai, Georg (4 November 2022). "British Independent Film Awards: Debut Movies 'Aftersun,' 'Blue Jean' Lead Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
[40]
Ntim, Zac (November 18, 2022). "British Independent Film Awards: 'Aftersun' Leads Craft Winners". Deadline. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
[41]
Ramachandran, Naman (2 November 2023). "Jodie Comer, Paul Mescal Score Nods as 'Rye Lane,' 'Scrapper', 'All of Us Strangers' Lead British Independent Film Awards Nominations". Variety. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
[42]
Dalton, Ben (20 November 2023). "'All Of Us Strangers' leads Bifa 2023 craft winners with three awards; 'Femme', 'The Kitchen' take two each". Screen International. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
[43]
Shafer, Ellise (2024-11-05). "'Kneecap,' 'Love Lies Bleeding' Lead British Independent Film Awards Nominations". Variety. Retrieved 2024-11-05.

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Frater, Patrick (October 24, 2001). "Sexy Beast scores at British indie film awards". Screen Daily. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

[2] [2]
"Morvern Callar leads British Independent Film Awards nominations". Screen Daily. September 17, 2002. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

[3] [3]
Gibbons, Fiachra (October 31, 2002). "Sweet Sixteen named best of the independents". The Guardian. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

[4] [4]
Dams, Tim (September 22, 2003). "Dirty Pretty Things leads BIFA nominations". Screen Daily. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

[5] [5]
"Dirty Pretty Things sweeps Brit indie awards". The Guardian. November 3, 2003. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

[6] [6]
Dawtrey, Adam (November 30, 2004). "'Drake' takes the cake". Variety. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

[7] [7]
"Constant Gardener wins UK awards". BBC News. December 1, 2005. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

[8] [8]
"'Scotland' duo, 'Queen' pic among top BIFA nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. October 31, 2006. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

[9] [9]
""This is England" Takes Top Prize at British Independent Film Awards". Indiewire. November 30, 2006. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

[10] [10]
"British Independent Film Awards nominations list". Variety. October 23, 2007. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

[11] [11]
"Control takes over at British Independent Film Awards". CBC News. November 29, 2007. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

[12] [12]
Ward, Audrey (October 28, 2008). "Nominations for British Independent Film Awards announced". Screen Daily. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

[13] [13]
Kemp, Stuart (December 1, 2008). "'Slumdog' wins big at British indie awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

[14] [14]
Knegt, Peter (October 26, 2009). ""Fish Tank," "Moon" Lead British Indie Award Nods". IndieWire. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

[15] [15]
Thompson, Anne (December 6, 2009). "British Independent Film Awards: Moon Wins Best Film". IndieWire. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

[16] [16]
Child, Ben (November 2, 2010). "The King's Speech rings out in Bifa awards nominations". The Guardian. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

[17] [17]
Masters, Tim (December 6, 2010). "King's Speech reigns at British Independent Film awards". BBC News. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

[18] [18]
Knegt, Peter (October 31, 2011). ""Shame," "Tyrannosaur" and "Tinker Tailor" Lead British Independent Film Award Nominations". IndieWire. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

[19] [19]
Masters, Tim (December 5, 2011). "Tyrannosaur in triple win at British Independent Film Awards". BBC News. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

[20] [20]
Child, Ben (November 6, 2012). "Broken fixed up with nine British independent film award nominations". The Guardian. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

[21] [21]
Mueller, Matt (December 9, 2012). "British Independent Film Awards: 'Broken' Takes Best Film, 'Berberian Sound Studio' and 'The Imposter' Big Winners". IndieWire. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

[22] [22]
"'Metro Manila' gets 5 nominations in British film awards". ABS-CBN News. November 13, 2013. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

[23] [23]
Kemp, Stuart (December 8, 2013). "'Metro Manila' Wins Big at British Independent Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

[24] [24]
Rosser, Michael (November 3, 2014). "'71, Pride lead BIFA nominations". Screen Daily. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

[25] [25]
"Pride wins best film at British Independent Film Awards". BBC News. December 7, 2014. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

[26] [26]
Tartaglione, Nancy (November 3, 2015). "'The Lobster', '45 Years', 'Macbeth' Lead British Independent Film Award Nominations". Deadline. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

[27] [27]
Lee, Benjamin (December 7, 2015). "Ex Machina triumphs at British independent film awards". The Guardian. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

[28] [28]
Evans, Alan (November 1, 2016). "I, Daniel Blake leads British independent film award nominations". The Guardian. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

[29] [29]
Barranclough, Leo (December 4, 2016). "'American Honey' Triumphs at British Independent Film Awards". Variety. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

[30] [30]
Clarke, Stewart (November 1, 2017). "'Lady Macbeth' Tops Nominations for British Independent Film Awards". Variety. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

[31] [31]
Nordine, Michael (December 10, 2017). "British Independent Film Awards: 'God's Own Country' and 'Lady Macbeth' Win Top Prizes". IndieWire. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

[32] [32]
Brown, Mark (October 31, 2018). "The Favourite dominates British independent film award nominations". The Guardian. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

[33] [33]
Nordine, Michael (December 2, 2018). "'The Favourite' Wins 10 British Independent Film Awards, Living Up to Its Title". IndieWire. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

[34] [34]
Sharf, Zack (October 30, 2019). "2019 British Indie Film Awards Nominations: 'David Copperfield,' Zellweger, and More". IndieWire. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

[35] [35]
Ritman, Alex (December 1, 2019). "British Independent Film Awards: 'For Sama' Wins Top Prize". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

[36] [36]
Ramachandran, Naman (December 9, 2020). "'Saint Maud,' 'His House,' 'Rocks' Lead British Independent Film Awards Nominations". Variety. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

[37] [37]
Grater, Tom (February 18, 2021). "'Rocks' & 'His House' Win Big At British Independent Film Awards". Deadline. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

[38] [38]
Ramachandran, Naman (November 3, 2021). "'Belfast,' 'Boiling Point' Lead BIFA Nominations". Variety. Retrieved November 3, 2021.

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Szalai, Georg (4 November 2022). "British Independent Film Awards: Debut Movies 'Aftersun,' 'Blue Jean' Lead Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 4 November 2022.

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Ntim, Zac (November 18, 2022). "British Independent Film Awards: 'Aftersun' Leads Craft Winners". Deadline. Retrieved November 19, 2022.

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Ramachandran, Naman (2 November 2023). "Jodie Comer, Paul Mescal Score Nods as 'Rye Lane,' 'Scrapper', 'All of Us Strangers' Lead British Independent Film Awards Nominations". Variety. Retrieved 2 November 2023.

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Dalton, Ben (20 November 2023). "'All Of Us Strangers' leads Bifa 2023 craft winners with three awards; 'Femme', 'The Kitchen' take two each". Screen International. Retrieved 21 November 2023.

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Shafer, Ellise (2024-11-05). "'Kneecap,' 'Love Lies Bleeding' Lead British Independent Film Awards Nominations". Variety. Retrieved 2024-11-05.

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British Independent Film Award for Best Costume Design

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