The winners of the tenth British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) were announced this week, and it's a brilliant bunch, with Joy Division classic Control receiving deserved acclaim.
As Johanna von Fischer and Tessa Collinson, BIFA co-director says: “A decade ago, the need for an awards ceremony that celebrated British independent film talent was identified. We are now ten years on and BIFA has grown to celebrate the increasingly diverse range of talent out there. This year’s winners are no exception to this rule with Anton Corbijn winning the Douglas Hickox award and Judi Dench winning Best Actress.”
Quite right too. Here are the winners:
BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM
Control
BEST ACTRESS
Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal
BEST ACTOR
Viggo Mortensen – Eastern Promises
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Andi Engel, Pamela Engel and Robert Beeson [Artificial Eye]
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR/ACTRESS
Toby Kebbell – Control
MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER
Sam Riley – Control
BEST DIRECTOR
Anton Corbijn – Control
BEST SCREENPLAY
Patrick Marber – Notes on a Scandal
THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD [BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR]
Anton Corbijn – Control
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION
Black Gold
BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Mark Tildesley – Production Design – Sunshine
BEST BRITISH SHORT
Dog Altogether
BEST FOREIGN INDEPENDENT FEATURE
The Lives of Others
THE RAINDANCE AWARD
The Inheritance
THE RICHARD HARRIS AWARD
Ray Winstone
THE VARIETY AWARD
Daniel Craig
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