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BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS

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    British Independent Film Award

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    Best Achievement in Production

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Metro Manila

      7.6 (9.5K)
    • [object Object]

      A Field in England

      6.2 (15K)
    • [object Object]

      Filth

      7.0 (121K)
    • [object Object]

      The Selfish Giant

      7.3 (13K)
    • [object Object]

      Starred Up

      7.3 (51K)

    Best Actor

    • James McAvoy
      Winner
      • James McAvoy
      • Filth
    • Jim Broadbent at an event for Empire (2002)
      • Jim Broadbent
      • Le Week-End
    • Steve Coogan at an event for Tropic Thunder (2008)
      • Steve Coogan
      • Philomena
    • Tom Hardy
      • Tom Hardy
      • Locke
    • Jack O'Connell
      • Jack O'Connell
      • Starred Up

    Best Actress

    • Lindsay Duncan
      Winner
      • Lindsay Duncan
      • Le Week-End
    • Judi Dench at an event for The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)
      • Judi Dench
      • Philomena
    • Scarlett Johansson
      • Scarlett Johansson
      • Under the Skin
    • Felicity Jones at an event for The Oscars (2015)
      • Felicity Jones
      • The Invisible Woman
    • Saoirse Ronan at an event for The Host (2013)
      • Saoirse Ronan
      • How I Live Now

    Best British Independent Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Metro Manila

      7.6 (9.5K)
    • [object Object]

      Philomena

      7.6 (107K)
    • [object Object]

      The Selfish Giant

      7.3 (13K)
    • [object Object]

      Starred Up

      7.3 (51K)
    • [object Object]

      Le Week-End

      6.4 (8.9K)

    Best British Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Z1

      6.7 (28)
    • [object Object]

      L'Assenza

      4.1 (55)
    • [object Object]

      Dr. Easy

      6.7 (197)
    • [object Object]

      Dylan's Room

      8.9 (69)
    • [object Object]

      Jonah

      6.8 (416)

    Best Director

    • Sean Ellis at the NY premiere of Anthropoid
      Winner
      • Sean Ellis
      • Metro Manila
    • Jon S. Baird
      • Jon S. Baird
      • Filth
    • Clio Barnard
      • Clio Barnard
      • The Selfish Giant
    • Jonathan Glazer at an event for Birth (2004)
      • Jonathan Glazer
      • Under the Skin
    • David Mackenzie in Hell or High Water (2016)
      • David Mackenzie
      • Starred Up

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Pussy Riot - A Punk Prayer

      7.0 (2.1K)
    • [object Object]

      The Great Hip Hop Hoax

      7.1 (649)
    • [object Object]

      The Moo Man

      6.9 (225)
    • [object Object]

      The Spirit of '45

      7.1 (1.4K)
    • [object Object]

      The Stone Roses: Made of Stone

      7.2 (2.9K)

    Best International Independent Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Blue Is the Warmest Colour

      7.6 (171K)
    • [object Object]

      Blue Jasmine

      7.3 (219K)
    • [object Object]

      Frances Ha

      7.4 (101K)
    • [object Object]

      The Great Beauty

      7.7 (105K)
    • [object Object]

      Wadjda

      7.5 (22K)

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Locke

      7.1 (167K)
      Steven Knight
    • [object Object]

      Starred Up

      7.3 (51K)
      Jonathan Asser
    • [object Object]

      The Selfish Giant

      7.3 (13K)
      Clio Barnard
    • [object Object]

      Le Week-End

      6.4 (8.9K)
      Hanif Kureishi
    • [object Object]

      Philomena

      7.6 (107K)
      Jeff Pope
      Steve Coogan

    Best Supporting Actor

    • Ben Mendelsohn
      Winner
      • Ben Mendelsohn
      • Starred Up
    • John Arcilla
      • John Arcilla
      • Metro Manila
    • Rupert Friend
      • Rupert Friend
      • Starred Up
    • Jeff Goldblum
      • Jeff Goldblum
      • Le Week-End
    • Eddie Marsan
      • Eddie Marsan
      • Filth

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Imogen Poots at an event for Solitary Man (2009)
      Winner
      • Imogen Poots
      • The Look of Love
    • Siobhan Finneran
      • Siobhan Finneran
      • The Selfish Giant
    • Shirley Henderson at an event for 24 Hour Party People (2002)
      • Shirley Henderson
      • Filth
    • Kristin Scott Thomas at an event for Only God Forgives (2013)
      • Kristin Scott Thomas
      • The Invisible Woman
    • Mia Wasikowska
      • Mia Wasikowska
      • The Double

    Best Technical Achievement

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Selfish Giant

      7.3 (13K)
      Amy Hubbard(casting)
    • [object Object]

      Starred Up

      7.3 (51K)
      Shaheen Baig(casting)
    • [object Object]

      Under the Skin

      6.3 (168K)
      Johnnie Burn(sound design)
    • [object Object]

      Under the Skin

      6.3 (168K)
      Mica Levi(music)
    • [object Object]

      Locke

      7.1 (167K)
      Justine Wright(editing)

    Most Promising Newcomer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Shell

      6.4 (1.9K)
      Chloe Pirrie
    • [object Object]

      How I Live Now

      6.4 (33K)
      Harley Bird
    • [object Object]

      The Selfish Giant

      7.3 (13K)
      Conner Chapman
      Shaun Thomas
    • [object Object]

      The Machine

      6.0 (33K)
      Caity Lotz
    • [object Object]

      Metro Manila

      7.6 (9.5K)
      Jake Macapagal

    Douglas Hickox Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      For Those in Peril

      6.3 (1.3K)
      Paul Wright
    • [object Object]

      Titus

      7.1 (19)
      Charlie Cattrall
    • [object Object]

      I Am Nasrine

      5.3 (372)
      Tina Gharavi
    • [object Object]

      In Fear

      5.4 (11K)
      Jeremy Lovering
    • [object Object]

      Last Passenger

      5.7 (7.7K)
      Omid Nooshin

    Special Jury Prize

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    • Winner
      • Sixteen Films
      Sixteen Films & Friends (AKA Team Loach)

    Raindance Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Machine

      6.0 (33K)
    • [object Object]

      Everyone's Going to Die

      6.6 (342)
    • [object Object]

      The Patrol

      4.3 (1.1K)
    • [object Object]

      Sleeping Dogs

      7.8 (54)
    • [object Object]

      Titus

      7.1 (19)

    Richard Harris Award

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    • Julie Walters
      Winner
      • Julie Walters

    Variety Award

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    • Paul Greengrass at an event for Jason Bourne (2016)
      Winner
      • Paul Greengrass

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    • BIFA

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    England, UK

    Event links

    • http://www.bifa.org.uk/

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