"Elsinore" Leads the BIFA Nominations

by Nathaniel R

Andrew Scott stars in ELSINORE

Hot on the heels of the Gotham nominations here in New York, London follows with the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) nominations. Elsinore, hotly tipped to land Andrew Scott an Oscar nomination (finally) leads the field with 12 nominations while Clio Barnard’s I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning is a distant but still impressive second with 8 citations. Because these nods are overseas AND independent, I’ll attempt to explain some of the titles -- educating myself in the process, too, since I hadn't heard of a few of these.

Nominations and synopsis of sorts after the jump...

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