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BIFA Breakthrough Performers: Nykiya Adams, Susan Chardy, Ruaridh Mollica, Saura Lightfoot-Leon and Jason Patel on Their ‘Absolutely Mad’ Year
2024 BIFA breakout performance nominees Nykiya Adams, Susan Chardy, Ruaridh Mollica, Saura Lightfoot-Leon and Jason Patel discuss their breakout roles
Since bursting on the scene in 1998 as a scruffier and scrappier distant cousin to the BAFTAs, the British Independent Film Awards(BIFAs) have been an early bellwether for future talent in front of and behind the camera. As for Emily Blunt, John Boyega, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mia Goth, Andrea Riseborough, Will Poulter, George MacKay, Jodie Whittaker and Cosmo Jarvis, they’re among a formidable lineup of names who only managed a nomination. Speaking to Variety ahead of the awards ceremony on Dec. 8, Nykiya Adams (“Bird”), Susan Chardy (“On Becoming a Guinea Fowl”), Ruaridh Mollica (“Sebastian”), Saura Lightfoot-Leon (“Horde”) and Jason Patel (“Unicorns”) discuss almost giving up, first-time festival visits, upcoming projects and the year in which everything kicked off.
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