The film by and about the Belfast-based rap trio won seven awards at the 2024 BIFAs Sunday night, while Marianne Jean-Baptiste took home the prize for best performance for her role in 'Hard Truths'.
The cheeky Belfast-based rap trio have become the talk of the town with their “print the legend” biopic, picking upat the BIFAs. The team nabbed three more on Sunday: Chiwetel Ejiofor presented the award for best British independent film to director Rich Peppiatt, who also earned best debut screenwriter. Best joint lead went to trio Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin and J.J. Ó Dochartaigh, who played themselves.
The film won seven BIFAs in total, including the craft wins, announced in November: best casting sponsored for Carla Stronge, best editing for Julian Ulrichs and Chris Gill, best original music for Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante and best music supervision for Gary Welch and Jeanette Rehnstrom. “It’s a real honor to be here,” Peppiatt said while accepting his best debut screenwriter award. “We were at the European Film Awards yesterday and we won fuck all!” He continued: “Films likedon’t get made without funders who are prepared to take a chance and probably not get their money back.The annual ceremony saw BIFA return to London’s Roundhouse venue with host Peter Serafinowicz leading the night.
the fiery, not-quite Cinderella tale of an exotic dancer and her oligarch Prince Charming took the BIFA for best international feature film. Star Mikey Madison toldon the BIFA red carpet: “I really had no expectations going into the release of this film… I think people have really been loving it, it makes me happy because I have always felt the film was special, and I think it’s special to other people as well. Sean is just dedicated to telling human stories and people resonate with that.
On the movie’s Oscar buzz, Madison was coy. “I am so happy the film is being celebrated and recognized,” she said. “I think Sean is an absolute visionary, we have so many beautiful, incredible actors in … I want everyone to receive their flowers.”for best international feature film, took best screenplay for Sandhya Suri. The film, in which a Hindu widow, given a chance at a new life, is forced to face police corruption, also scored breakthrough producer for Balthazar de Ganay and James Bowsher.
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