It has been a fantastic year for British independent film with Steven McQueen’s Shame, Ben Wheatley’s Kill List and the directorial debut of Paddy Considine, Tyrannosaur, heading up a fine list of nominees.
There was a particularly strong set of nominees competing for the Douglas Hickox Award for Best Debut Director with Richard Ayoade’s wonderful coming of age love story Submarine and Joe Cornish’s Attack the Block being firm favourites here. Lynne Ramsay’s We Need to Talk About Kevin made for a fine return for director Lynne Ramsay and there’s a lot of love for Andrew Haigh’s Weekend, which was represented tonight in two categories.
It’s great to see Paddy Considine’s film do so well, not least the award for Olivia Colman, and the awards represent a very promising time for the British film industry, with some very strong voices emerging in the last year. Tonight the BIFAs celebrate the wealth of talent and there’much to look forward in the coming years.
The list of winners is below,
BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM
Winner: TYRANNOSAUR
Nominees:
- SENNA
- SHAME
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
BEST DIRECTOR
Winner: Lynne Ramsay – WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
Nominees:
- Ben Wheatley – KILL LIST
- Steve McQueen – SHAME
- Tomas Alfredson – TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
- Paddy Considine – TYRANNOSAUR
THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD [BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR]
Winner: Paddy Considine – TYRANNOSAUR
Nominees:
- Joe Cornish – ATTACK THE BLOCK
- Ralph Fiennes – CORIOLANUS
- John Michael McDonagh – THE GUARD
- Richard Ayoade – SUBMARINE
BEST SCREENPLAY
Winner: Richard Ayoade – SUBMARINE
Nominees:
- John Michael McDonagh – THE GUARD
- Ben Wheatley, Amy Jump – KILL LIST
- Abi Morgan, Steve McQueen – SHAME
- Lynne Ramsay, Rory Kinnear – WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
BEST ACTRESS
Winner: Olivia Colman – TYRANNOSAUR
Nominees:
- Rebecca Hall – THE AWAKENING
- Mia Wasikowska – JANE EYRE
- MyAnna Buring – KILL LIST
- Tilda Swinton – WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
BEST ACTOR
Winner: Michael Fassbender – SHAME
Nominees:
- Brendan Gleeson – THE GUARD
- Neil Maskell – KILL LIST
- Gary Oldman – TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
- Peter Mullan – TYRANNOSAUR
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner: Vanessa Redgrave – CORIOLANUS
Nominees:
- Felicity Jones – ALBATROSS
- Carey Mulligan – SHAME
- Sally Hawkins – SUBMARINE
- Kathy Burke – TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner: Michael Smiley – KILL LIST
Nominees:
- Tom Hardy – TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
- Benedict Cumberbatch – TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
- Eddie Marsan – TYRANNOSAUR
- Ezra Miller – WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER
Winner: Tom Cullen – WEEKEND
Nominees:
- Jessica Brown Findlay – ALBATROSS
- John Boyega – ATTACK THE BLOCK
- Craig Roberts – SUBMARINE
- Yasmin Paige – SUBMARINE
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION
Winner: WEEKEND
Nominees:
- KILL LIST
- TYRANNOSAUR
- WILD BILL
- YOU INSTEAD
BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Winner: Maria Djurkovic – Production Design – TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
Nominees:
- Chris King, Gregers Sall – Editing – SENNA
- Sean Bobbitt – Cinematography – SHAME
- Joe Walker – Editing – SHAME
- Seamus McGarvey – Cinematography – WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Winner: SENNA
Nominees:
- HELL AND BACK AGAIN
- LIFE IN A DAY
- PROJECT NIM
- TT3D: CLOSER TO THE EDGE
BEST BRITISH SHORT
Winner: CHALK
Nominees:
- 0507
- LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
- RITE
- ROUGH SKIN
BEST FOREIGN INDEPENDENT FILM
Winner: A SEPARATION
Nominees:
- ANIMAL KINGDOM
- DRIVE
- PINA
- THE SKIN I LIVE IN
THE RAINDANCE AWARD
Winner: LEAVING BAGHDAD
Nominees:
- ACTS OF GODFREY
- BLACK POND
- HOLLOW
- A THOUSAND KISSES DEEP
THE RICHARD HARRIS AWARD (for outstanding contribution by an actor to British Film)
Ralph Fiennes
THE VARIETY AWARD
Kenneth Branagh
THE SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Graham Easton
