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The 2016 British Independent Film Awards Interviews & Full List of Winners

British Independent Film has its night in the spotlight

Dec 4, 2016

We present the list of winners and our interviews from our favourite night of the year: The 2016 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) held in London’s at Old Billingsgate.

Jennifer Saunders hosted the event, which celebrates the very best in British Independent Film.

Those attending the awards include Nominees Michael Fassbender, Hayley Squires, Jodie Whittaker, Gemma Arterton, Jamie Dornan, Ken Loach and Ben Wheatley, presenters Danny Boyle, Olivia Colman, Martin Freeman, Anna Friel, Stephen Merchant, Naomie Harris and Richard Harris Award winner Alison Steadman.

Also in attendance were Eleanor Tomlinson, Laura Carmichael, Douglas Booth, Claire Skinner, Jason Issacs, Ophelia Lovibond, Babak Anvari, Ken Loach, Peter Middleton and James Spinney, Avin Manshadi, Shana Swash, Terry Pheto, Kate Dickie, and Narges Rashidi, Dave Johns, Max Records, Steve Brandon, ArinzéKene, Christopher Lloyd.

A full list of the nominees are below – with the winners highlighted in BOLD.

Our red carpet and winners room interviews will appear as soon as possible – we’ll be adding them through the evening.

Jamie Dornan BIFA Interview

Best Actor Winner Dave Johns BIFA Interview

Debut Screenwriter Winner Rachel Tunnard BIFA Interview

Arnold Oceng BIFA Interview

Adam Smith BIFA Interview

Most Promising Newcomer Winner Hayley Squires BIFA Interview

Naomie Harris BIFA Interview

Hello to Jason Isaacs BIFA Interview

Kate Dickie BIFA Interview

Alice Lowe BIFA Interview

Ken Loach BIFA Interview

Simon Farnaby & Julian Barratt BIFA Interview

Gemma Arterton

2016 BIFA Winners Room Interviews

Naomie Harris

Barry Jenkins & Jeremy Kleiner

Alison Steadman

Hayley Squires

Dave Johns

Rachel Tunnard

Babak Anvari

Producer Camille Gatin

Special Jury Prize Winner Clare Binns

Jim Hosking

Peter Middleton & James Spinney

Rene Pannevis & Jennifer Eriksson

BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS 2016 WINNERS

The Special Jury Prize goes to the wonderful Clare Binns from Picturehouse

Best British Independent Film

AMERICAN HONEY Andrea Arnold, Lars Knudsen, Jay Van Hoy, Pouya Shahbazian, Alice Weinberg, Thomas Benski, Lucas Ochoa
COUPLE IN A HOLE Tom Geens, Zorana Piggott
I, DANIEL BLAKE Ken Loach, Paul Laverty, Rebecca O’Brien
NOTES ON BLINDNESS Peter Middleton, James Spinney, Mike Brett, Jo-Jo Ellison, Steve Jamison, Alex Usborne
UNDER THE SHADOW Babak Anvari, Emily Leo, Oliver Roskill, Lucan Toh

Best International Independent Film

sponsored by Champagne Taittinger

HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE Taika Waititi, Carthew Neal, Matt Noonan, Leanne Saunders
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA Kenneth Lonergan, Kimberly Steward, Matt Damon, Chris Moore, Lauren Beck, Kevin J. Walsh
MOONLIGHT Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner
MUSTANG Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Alice Winocour, Charles Gillibert
TONI ERDMANN Maren Ade, Janine Jackowski, Jonas Dornbach, Michel Merkt

Best Director

ANDREA ARNOLD American Honey
BABAK ANVARI Under the Shadow
BEN WHEATLEY Free Fire
KEN LOACH I, Daniel Blake
PETER MIDDLETON, JAMES SPINNEY, Notes on Blindness

Best Screenplay

sponsored by BBC Films

ANDREA ARNOLD American Honey
BABAK ANVARI Under the Shadow
BILLY O’BRIEN, CHRISTOPHER HYDE I Am Not a Serial Killer
PAUL LAVERTY I, Daniel Blake
RACHEL TUNNARD Adult Life Skills

Best Actress

sponsored by MAC Cosmetics

HAYLEY SQUIRES I, Daniel Blake
JODIE WHITTAKER Adult Life Skills
KATE DICKIE Couple in a Hole
NARGES RASHIDI Under the Shadow
SASHA LANE American Honey

Best Actor

DAVE JOHNS I, Daniel Blake
MAX RECORDS I Am Not a Serial Killer
MICHAEL FASSBENDER Trespass Against Us
SHIA LABEOUF American Honey
STEVE BRANDON My Feral Heart

Best Supporting Actress

AVIN MANSHADI Under the Shadow
GEMMA ARTERTON The Girl With All the Gifts
NAOMIE HARRIS Our Kind of Traitor
SHANA SWASH My Feral Heart
TERRY PHETO A United Kingdom

Best Supporting Actor

ARINZÉ KENE The Pass
BRETT GOLDSTEIN Adult Life Skills
CHRISTOPHER LLOYD I Am Not a Serial Killer
JAMIE DORNAN Anthropoid
SEAN HARRIS Trespass Against Us

Best Documentary

THE CONFESSION: LIVING THE WAR ON TERROR Ashish Ghadiali, James Rogan
DANCER Steven Cantor, Gabrielle Tana
THE HARD STOP George Amponsah, Dionne Walker
NOTES ON BLINDNESS Peter Middleton, James Spinney, Mike Brett, Jo-Jo Ellison, Steve Jamison, Alex Usborne
VERSUS: THE LIFE AND FILMS OF KEN LOACH Louise Osmond, Rebecca O’Brien

Outstanding Achievement in Craft

JOAKIM SUNDSTRÖM Sound – Notes on Blindness
PAUL MONAGHAN, MAT WHITECROSS Editing – Supersonic
ROBBIE RYAN Cinematography – American Honey
SEB BARKER Visual Effects – The Girl With All the Gifts
SHAHEEN BAIG Casting – Free Fire

The Douglas Hickox Award (Debut Director)

ADAM SMITH Trespass Against Us
ALICE LOWE Prevenge
BABAK ANVARI Under the Shadow
PETER MIDDLETON, JAMES SPINNEY Notes on Blindness
RACHEL TUNNARD Adult Life Skills

Debut Screenwriter – new for 2016

ED TALFAN The Passing (Yr Ymadawiad)
HOPE DICKSON LEACH The Levelling
JOHN CAIRNS, MICHAEL McCARTNEY A Patch of Fog
RACHEL TUNNARD Adult Life Skills
SIMON FARNABY, JULIAN BARRATT Mindhorn

Breakthrough Producer – new for 2016

CAMILLE GATIN The Girl With All the Gifts
DIONNE WALKER The Hard Stop
MICHAEL BERLINER Adult Life Skills
MIKE BRETT, JO-JO ELLISON, STEVE JAMISON Notes on Blindness
PAUL FEGAN Where You’re Meant to Be

Most Promising Newcomer

sponsored by The London Edition

DAVE JOHNS I, Daniel Blake
HAYLEY SQUIRES I, Daniel Blake
LETITIA WRIGHT Urban Hymn
SENNIA NANUA The Girl With All the Gifts
STEVE BRANDON My Feral Heart

The Discovery Award

sponsored by Raindance

BLACK MOUNTAIN POETS Jamie Adams, Jon Rennie
THE DARKEST UNIVERSE Tom Kingsley, Will Sharpe, Tiani Ghosh, Jo-Jo Ellison
THE GHOUL Gareth Tunley, Jack Healy Guttmann, Tom Meeten
GOZO Miranda Bowen, Leo Scott
THE GREASY STRANGLER Jim Hosking, Toby Harvard, Daniel Noah, Andrew Starke, Ant Timpson, Josh C Waller, Elijah Wood