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Carey Mulligan led the glamour on the pink carpet at the 2025 British Independent Film Awards at The Roundhouse in London on Sunday night.
The actress, 40, was joined by Andrea Riseborough, 44, and Emily Watson, 58, for the 28th ceremony, which is held to highlight the most innovative and creative independent filmmaking in the UK.
Romantic-comedy Pillion led the winners as it scooped four awards, while Carey's The Ballad Of Wallis Island won three of its five nominations, including Best Screenplay.
Carey, who was a presenter, looked sophisticated in a strapless gold satin gown which had cream chiffon sashes running down the sides.
The Hollywood starlet had minimal accessories but added a boost to her frame with white heels.
Andrea, who has been nominated for Best Joint Lead Performance for her role in Dragonfly, wore a plunging black velvet dress from Fendi while Emily put on a dazzling display in a yellow gold silk gown.
The trio were joined by a whole host of acting talent, with Ruth Wilson, 43, and Traitors star Celia Imrie, 73, also seen on the pink carpet.
Celia wore an Atlas Carré Royal Solaris Brooch set with lab-grown diamonds and sapphire in grey gold on her white power suit.
Hosts Lou Sanders and Harriet Kemsley and presenters including Carey, Stephen Merchant, Ruth and Billy Crudup joined nominees and guests to celebrate the wealth of talent in British independent film and beyond.
Harry Lighton's unconventional romantic comedy Pillion was the big winner of the night, scooping four awards in total.
Celia presented the award for Best British Independent Film to Pillion, while follows the lure of a charismatic biker challenges a timid man's mundane life.
First-time feature writer/director Harry also won Best Debut Screenwriter sponsored by Film4. The film also won Best Costume Design and Best Make Up & Hair Design.
Best Director went to Akinola Davies Jr for his debut feature My Father's Shadow, a story of two brothers who first come to understand their father at a pivotal moment in both his life and Nigerian history.
Tom Basden and Tim Key were awarded Best Screenplay for their debut feature The Ballad of Wallis Island.
It sees a faded folk musician and his former partner reluctantly reunite for an eccentric fan. The pair also won Best Joint Lead Performance.
The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director) went to Cal McMau for his gripping prison drama Wasteman, tracing the tense bond between two men whose lives collide behind bars, starring David Jonsson and Tom Blyth.
Breakthrough Producer went to Dhiraj Mahey for his work on social-realist coming-of-age drama Ish, which was also produced by Bennett McGhee.
Robert Aramayo won 2025's Best Lead Performance award for his role as John Davison in I Swear, Kirk Jones' touching feature chronicling the Tourette's campaigner's life.
Best Supporting Performance went to Jay Lycurgo for Tim Mielants's 1990s-set pressure-cooker school drama Steve, also starring Cillian Murphy.
Newcomer Posy Sterling won Breakthrough Performance sponsored by Netflix as a mother fighting for custody of her children in Daisy-May Hudson's debut feature Lollipop.
Previously announced, the Best Ensemble Performance award went to the cast of Warfare; Eddie Marsan presented the award to Will Poulter, Kit Connor, Joseph Quinn and Charles Melton on behalf of the ensemble.
Myrid Carten's searing exploration of mental health and addition within her family, A Want in Her took an impressive three BIFAs – Best Feature Documentary sponsored by Intermission Film, The Raindance Maverick Award and Best Debut Director – Feature Documentary for Carten.
Best British Short Film was awarded to MAGID / ZAFAR, a masterful dissection of the relationship between two men amid rising tensions in a British-Pakistani takeaway.
The BIFA for Best International Independent Film sponsored by Champagne Taittinger went to Sentimental Value, Joaquim Trier's intimate exploration of family, memories, and the reconciliatory power of art, marking Trier's second BIFA win in this category, following The Worst Person in the World in 2022.
Winners of this year's craft awards, announced earlier this month, were also celebrated at the ceremony.
The 2025 Richard Harris Award for Outstanding Contribution by an Actor to British Film was presented to Emily by her two-time co-star and friend Paul Mescal.
This year, the BIFA Special Jury Prize was presented to Warp Films by Jury members Genevieve O'Reilly and Daniel Mays. 'For nearly 25 years, Warp Films has been the preeminent independent film and TV production company in the UK' the jury said.
'Their commitment to telling raw and relevant stories, made by visionary writers and directors, is unflinching and uncompromising. From Dead Man's Shoes and This Is England to Adolescence and Reunion, they have proved over and over that there is a genuine hunger for stories that tell us the unvarnished truth.'