Paul Mescal and Jodie Comer are among the nominees for the 2023 British Independent Film Awards.

The Irish actor was nominated for Best Supporting Performance for All of Us Strangers, while the Killing Eve star earned recognition for Best Lead Performance for The End We Start From.

Mescal will be competing against his co-stars Claire Foy and Jamie Bell as well as Samuel Bottomley and Shaun Thomas for How to Have Sex, Ritu Arya for Polite Society, Katherine Waterston for The End We Start From and Alexandra Burke for Pretty Red Dress, among others.

The Best Lead Performance category also features Mescal’s All of Us Strangers co-star Andrew Scott, Tilda Swinton for The Eternal Daughter, Mia McKenna-Bruce for How to Have Sex, Tia Nomore for Earth Mama and In Camera’s Nabhaan Rizwan.

The British romantic comedy Rye Lane received the most nominations with 16. It was closely followed by Scrapper and All of Us Strangers with 14 and How to Have Sex with 13. All four movies are up for Best British Independent Film alongside Femme.

The winners will be announced in London on 3 December.

The main list of nominees are as follows:

Best British Independent Film:

All of Us Strangers

Femme

How to Have Sex

Rye Lane

Scrapper

Best International Independent Film:

Anatomy of a Fall

Fallen Leaves

Fremont

Monster

Past Lives

Best Director:

Raine Allen-Miller – Rye Lane

Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping – Femme

Andrew Haigh – All of Us Strangers

Molly Manning Walker – How to Have Sex

Charlotte Regan – Scrapper

Best Screenplay:

Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia – Rye Lane

Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping – Femme

Andrew Haigh – All of Us Strangers

Molly Manning Walker – How to Have Sex

Charlotte Regan – Scrapper

Best Lead Performance:

Jodie Comer – The End We Start From

Mia Mckenna-Bruce – How to Have Sex

Tia Nomore – Earth Mama

Nabhaan Rizwan – In Camera

Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers

Tilda Swinton – The Eternal Daughter

Best Joint Lead Performance:

Lola Campbell, Harris Dickinson – Scrapper

David Jonsson, Vivian Oparah – Rye Lane

Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, George Mackay – Femme

Best Supporting Performance:

Ritu Arya – Polite Society

Jamie Bell – All Of Us Strangers

Samuel Bottomley – How to Have Sex

Alexandra Burke – Pretty Red Dress

Amir El-Masry – In Camera

Claire Foy – All of Us Strangers

Paul Mescal – All of Us Strangers

Alia Shawkat – Drift

Shaun Thomas – How to Have Sex

Katherine Waterston – The End We Start From

The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director):

Raine Allen-Miller – Rye Lane

Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping – Femme

Savanah Leaf – Earth Mama

Molly Manning Walker – How to Have Sex

Charlotte Regan – Scrapper

Breakthrough Performance:

Le’Shantey – Bonsu Girl

Lola Campbell – Scrapper

Priya Kansara – Polite Society

Mia Mckenna-Bruce – How to Have Sex

Vivian Oparah – Rye Lane

Best Debut Screenwriter:

Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia – Rye Lane

Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping – Femme

Molly Manning Walker – How to Have Sex

Nida Manzoor – Polite Society

Charlotte Regan – Scrapper.

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