Andrew Scott’s Elsinore leads the nominations for the 2026 British Independent Film Awards ( BIFAs ), which were unveiled on Tuesday.

BIFA-winning actors Jay Lycurgo and Posy Sterling revealed at One Hundred Shoreditch in London that the film received 12 nominations, followed by Clio Barnard’s I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning with eight, and Animol , the directorial feature debut of Adolescence star Ashley Walters, with seven.

In the best British independent film category, Simon Stone’s Elsinore and I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning are joined by Marc Evans’ Effi O Blaenau , Queen at Sea , directed by Lance Hammer, and Mike Leigh’s Tender Loving Care .

Stone and Barnard also scored best debut director nominations, along with Andrew Haigh for A Long Winter , Mark Jenkin for Rose of Nevada and Leigh for Tender Loving Care .

Best lead performance nominees include Scott for Elsinore , Juliette Binoche for her role in Queen at Sea ,

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