It was an incredible night for Scottish film at the British Independent Film Awards 2022 with 11 wins in total for Screen Scotland backed productions.
Aftersun from Scottish director Charlotte Wells and Scottish Producer Amy Jackson picked up a whopping seven awards including Best British Independent Film. The melancholic father and daughter feature starring Paul Mescal and Frankie Corio took home the most awards of the night.
The Screen Scotland funded Too Rough from director Sean Lionadh, Winners from director Hassan Nazer and The Origin from director Andrew Cumming were also recognised at the BIFAs.
Scottish winners round-up
Aftersun
BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM
BEST SCREENPLAY
BEST DIRECTOR
THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST EDITING
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION
Still from Aftersun, courtesy of Mubi UK
Too Rough
BEST BRITISH SHORT
Behind the scenes on set of Too Rough, courtesy of Scheme Pictures
Winners
BREAKTHROUGH PRODUCER
THE RAINDANCE DISCOVERY AWARD
Winners key art, courtesy of Edge City Films
The Origin
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE (Safia Oakley-Green)
Still from The Origin, courtesy of Escape Plan
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BIFA are driving a British independent film revival, harnessing the power of British creativity to change lives through independent film.