Grand Theft Hamlet

Bifa Unveils 2024 Documentary and International Film Longlists

The British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) has revealed its documentary and international film longlists for the 2024 ceremony, featuring titles including in-videogame title "Grand Theft Hamlet" and Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or winner "Anora".

Documentary Longlist

• The Contestant, dir. Clair Titley
• Copa 71, dirs. Rachel Ramsay, James Erskine
• The Cranes Call, dir. Laura Warner
• The Flight Of Bryan, dir. James Erskine
• Grand Theft Hamlet, dirs. Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane
• Made In England: The Films Of Powell And Pressburger, dir. David Hinton
• Ronnie O’Sullivan: The Edge Of Everything, dir. Sam Blair
• Strike: An Uncivil War, dir. Daniel Gordon
• Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, dirs. Ian Bonhote, Peter Ettedgui
• Two Strangers Trying Not To Kill Each Other, dirs. Manon Ouimet, Jacob Perlmutter
• Wilding, dir. David Allen
• Witches, dir. Elizabeth Sankey

International Independent Film Longlist

• About Dry Grasses, dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan
• All We Imagine As Light, dir. Payal Kapadia
• Àma Gloria, dir. Marie Amachoukeli-Barsacq
• Anora, dir. Sean Baker
• Bye Bye Tiberias, dir. Lina Soualem
• Crossing, dir. Levan Akin
• A Different Man, dir. Aaron Schimberg
• The Girl With The Needle, dir. Magnus von Horn
• I’m Still Here, dir. Walter Salles
• Julie Keeps Quiet, dir. Leonardo Van Dijl
• La Chimera, dir. Alice Rohrwacher
• No Other Land, dirs. Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor
• The Remarkable Life Of Ibelin, dir. Benjamin Ree
• The Seed Of The Sacred Fig, dir. Mohammad Rasoulof
• Sing Sing, dir. Greg Kwedar

The final five nominations in each category will be unveiled on November 5, with the winners announced at the BIFA ceremony on December 8 at the Camden Roundhouse in London.