Stars look glam at British Independent Film Awards as Aftersun takes seven prizes

Elite British actors and film industry professionals looked glamorous on the red carpet in London on Sunday night, as they attended the 25th annual British Independent Film Awards in Old Billingsgate Market. Don't Worry Darling actress Florence Pugh was among them, wearing a feminine blush-pink dress by Rodarte with a detached mesh train she clearly enjoyed posing with. The Sandman star Jenna Coleman also joined, opting for an off-the-shoulder semi-sheer floor-length black dress with frilled embellishments, while Normal People actress Daisy Edgar-Jones donned a chic black trouser suit dotted with silver sequins. Scroll through the gallery above to see the best fashion on the red carpet at the 2022 British Independent Film Awards Charlotte Wells's directorial debut in the feature film category, Aftersun , took home seven awards from 16 nominations, far more than any other nominee. The film, which spans 20 years, follows Sophie (Frankie Corio) from the age of 11 on holiday with her father in Turkey, ending with her in adulthood reflecting on that experience. Edgar-Jones presented Wells the award for Best British Independent Film, as Aftersun also took Best Director, Best Debut Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing and Best Music Supervision. Georgia Oakley's Blue Jeans took a handful of awards, with Best Lead Performance and Best Supporting Performance going to actresses Rosy McEwen and Kerrie Hayes, respectively. It also got Best Debut Screenwriter and Best Casting. Arab film Our River...Our Sky ( Kulshi Makoo in Arabic) won Best Ensemble Performance, which includes acting by cast members Zainab Joda, Darina Al Joundi, Amed Hashimi, Mahmoud Abo Al Abbas, Basim Hajar, Labwa Arab, Meriam Abbas and Siham Mustafa. The story, set in Baghdad against a backdrop of violence, which takes place between Christmas and Eid Al Adha in 2006, follows Sara (Al Joundi), a single mother and novelist who is unable to write as she's shocked into silence by her surroundings. The new category Best Joint Lead Performance went to Tamara Lawrance and Letitia Wright, for The Silent Twins , based on a true story about twins who could only communicate with each other. Romantic dramedy The Worst Person in the World by director Joachim Trier, which was nominated for two Oscars earlier this year, took Best International Independent Film. Samantha Morton Open Door WINNER: Aftersun – Charlotte Wells, Barry Jenkins, Mark Ceryak, Adele Romanski, Amy Jackson Blue Jean – Georgia Oakley, Helene Sifre Good Luck To You, Leo Grande – Sophie Hyde, Katy Brand, Debbie Gray, Adrian Politowski Living – Oliver Hermanus, Kazuo Ishiguro, Stephen Woolley, Elizabeth Karlsen The Wonder – Sebastian Lelio, Emma Donoghue, Alice Birch, Juliette Howell, Andrew Lowe, Tessa Ross, Ed Guiney Oliver Hermanus – Living Sophie Hyde – Good Luck To You, Leo Grande Sebastian Lelio – The Wonder Georgia Oakley – Blue Jean WINNER: Charlotte Wells – Aftersun Katy Brand – Good Luck To You, Leo Grande Kazuo Ishiguro – Living Sebastian Lelio, Alice Birch, Emma Donoghue – The Wonder Georgia Oakley – Blue Jean WINNER: Charlotte Wells – Aftersun Sally Hawkins – The Lost King Cosmo Jarvis – It Is In Us All Emma Mackey – Emily WINNER: Rosy McEwen – Blue Jean Bill Nighy – Living Florence Pugh – The Wonder Emily Watson – God’s Creatures Hala Zein – Nezouh Zoey Deutch – The Outfit Aisling Franciosi – God’s Creatures Lucy Halliday – Blue Jean WINNER: Kerrie Hayes – Blue Jean Zainab Joda – Our River…Our Sky Fatma Mohamed – Flux Gourmet Paul Mescal – God’s Creatures Fionn Whitehead – Emily Aimee Lou Wood – Living Frankie Corio, Paul Mescal – Aftersun Daryl McCormack, Emma Thompson – Good Luck To You, Leo Grande Jessie Buckley, Rory Kinnear – Men WINNER: Tamara Lawrance, Letitia Wright – The Silent Twins Blue Jean , including Rosy McEwen, Kerrie Hayes, Lucy Halliday, Lydia Page, Stacy Abalogun, Farrah Cave, Amy Booth-Steel Emily , including Amelia Gething, Emma Mackey, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Fionn Whitehead, Alexandra Dowling, Gemma Jones, Adrian Dunbar Flux Gourmet , including Makis Papadimitriou, Gwendoline Christie, Asa Butterfield, Fatma Mohamed, Ariane Labed, Richard Bremmer WINNER: Our River…Our Sky , including Zainab Joda, Darina Al Joundi, Amed Hashimi, Mahmoud Abo Al Abbas, Basim Hajar, Labwa Arab, Meriam Abbas, Siham Mustafa The Wonder , including Kila Lord Cassidy, Florence Pugh, Tom Burke, Toby Jones, Niamh Algar, Elaine Cassidy, Ciaran Hinds, Brian F O’Byrne, Josie Walker Frankie Corio – Aftersun Leo Long – I Used To Be Famous Kila Lord Cassidy – The Wonder Rosy McEwen – Blue Jean WINNER: Safia Oakley-Green – The Origin Andrew Cumming – The Origin Thomas Hardiman – Medusa Deluxe Frances O’Connor – Emily Georgia Oakley – Blue Jean WINNER: Charlotte Wells – Aftersun WINNER: Kathryn Ferguson – Nothing Compares Victoria Fiore – Nascondino [Hide & Seek] Leah Gordon, Eddie Hutton Mills – Kanaval Jono McLeod – My Old School Becky Hutner – Fashion Reimagined Aleksandra Bilic, Jennifer Corcoran – Nascondino [Hide & Seek] Paul Kennedy – Nightride [also produced by Jon Silk] Rupert Majendie – Brian And Charles WINNER: Nadira Murray – Winners [also produced by Paul Welsh] Helene Sifre – Blue Jean Shane Crowley – God’s Creatures David Earl, Chris Hayward – Brian And Charles Ruth Greenberg – The Origin WINNER: Georgia Oakley – Blue Jean Charlotte Wells – Aftersun Electric Malady – Marie Liden, Aimara Reques Fadia’s Tree – Sarah Beddington, Susan Simnett Off The Rails – Peter Day, Grant Keir, Rob Alexander Rebellion – Elena Sanchez Bellot, Maia Kenworthy, Kat Mansoor WINNER: Winners – Hassan Nazer, Nadira Murray, Paul Welsh My Childhood, My Country – 20 Years In Afghanistan – Phil Grabsky, Shoaib Sharifi, Amanda Wilkie My Old School – Jono McLeod, John Archer, Olivia Lichtenstein Nascondino [Hide & Seek] – Victoria Fiore, Jennifer Corcoran, Aleksandra Bilic WINNER: Nothing Compares – Kathryn Ferguson, Eleanor Emptage, Michael Mallie Young Plato – Neasa Ni Chianain, Declan McGrath, David Rane A Fox In The Night – Keeran Anwar Blessie, Benjamin Jacob Smith Honesty Roxy Rezvany, Emily Renee, Elly Camisa Sandstorm – Seemab Gul, Abid Aziz Merchant Scale – Joseph Pierce, Helene Mitjavile WINNER: Too Rough – Sean Lionadh, Ross McKenzie, Alfredo Covelli All The Beauty And The Bloodshed – Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, John Lyons, Nan Goldin, Yoni Golijov Close – Lukas Dhont, Angelo Tijssens, Michiel Dhont, Dirk Impens Decision To Leave – Park Chan-wook, Chung Seo-kyung Everything Everywhere All At Once – Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Jonathan Wang, Joe Russo, Anthony Russo, Mike Larocca WINNER: The Worst Person In The World – Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Thomas Robsahm WINNER: Shaheen Baig – Blue Jean Leila Bertrand – Our River…Our Sky Kharmel Cochrane – The Silent Twins Kahleen Crawford – Living Lucy Pardee – Aftersun WINNER: Jenny Beavan – Mrs Harris Goes To Paris Saffron Cullane – Flux Gourmet Odile Dicks-Mireaux – The Wonder Frank Gallacher – Aftersun Sandy Powell – Living Alfredo De Juan – Nascondino [Hide & Seek] Rob Hardy – Men Joel Honeywell – Kanaval WINNER: Gregory Oke – Aftersun Ari Wegner – The Wonder Joanna Crickmay – Elizabeth: A Portrait In Parts Izabella Curry – Blue Jean Matyas Fekete – Flux Gourmet Mick Mahon – Nothing Compares WINNER: Blair McClendon – Aftersun Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans – God’s Creatures Oliver Coates – Aftersun WINNER: Matthew Herbert – The Wonder Adam Janota Bzowski – The Origin Ben Salisbury, Geoff Barrow – Men Chris Marshall – The Feast WINNER: David Simpson – Men Ahmed Yousry – Nezouh WINNER: Tim Harrison, Raoul Brand, Cassandra Rutledge – Flux Gourmet Glenn Freemantle, Ben Barker, Gillian Dodders, Howard Bargoff, Mitch Low – Men Jovan Ajder – Aftersun Hugh Fox, Ben Baird – The Wonder Dom Corbisiero, Dai Shell – The Feast Oya Aygor, Murat Cagin – Aftersun Morna Ferguson, Lorri Ann King – The Wonder Siobhan Harper-Ryan – Flux Gourmet Niamh Morrison – The Origin WINNER: Eugene Souleiman, Scarlett O’Connell – Medusa Deluxe WINNER: Lucy Bright – Aftersun Phil Canning – The Phantom Of The Open Rupert Hollier – Living Fletcher Jarvis – Flux Gourmet Grant Montgomery – The Wonder Helen Scott – Living Billur Turan – Aftersun Gary Williamson – Medusa Deluxe

Stars look glam at British Independent Film Awards as Aftersun takes seven prizes

The Arab film Our River...Our Sky took home the gong for Best Ensemble Performance