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British Independent Film Awards
British Independent Film Awards
The cream of British independent cinema at the 2009 BIFA Awards
Sunday, 06 December 2009
Sir Michael Caine and Daniel Day Lewis were the headline honorees at the 12th British Independent Film Awards in London last night, while Moon, an ultra low-budget sci-fi movie directed by Duncan Jones, David Bowie's son, was named Best Film. The full list of nominees and winners follows below. The winning candidates are in bold typeface.
An Education (read the review on theartsdesk)
Fish Tank (read the review on theartsdesk)
In The Loop
Moon (read the review on theartsdesk)
Nowhere Boy (read the review on theartsdesk)
Best Director of a British Independent Film
Lone Scherfig for An Education
Jane Campion for Bright Star
Andrea Arnold for Fish Tank
Armando Iannucci for In The Loop
Duncan Jones for Moon
The Douglas Hickox Award
Amando Iannucci for In the Loop
Peter Strickland for Katalin Varga
Duncan Jones for Moon
Sam Taylor-Wood for Nowhere Boy
Samantha Morton for The Unloved
Best Screenplay
Nick Hornby for An Education
Andrea Arnold for Fish Tank
Armando Iannucci, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell and Tony Roche for In The Loop
Nathan Parker for Moon
Matt Greenhalgh for Nowhere Boy
Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film
Carey Mulligan for An Education (read an interview with her on theartsdesk)
Abbie Cornish for Bright Star
Katie Jarvis for Fish Tank
Sophie Okonedo for Skin
Emily Blunt for The Young Victoria
Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film
Tom Hardy for Bronson
Peter Capaldi for In The Loop
Sam Rockwell for Moon
Aaron Johnson for Nowhere Boy
Andy Serkis for Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Best Supporting Actress
Rosamund Pike for An Education
Kerry Fox for Bright Star
Kierston Wareing for Fish Tank
Anne Marie Duff for Nowhere Boy (read an interview with her on theartsdesk)
Kristin Scott Thomas for Nowhere Boy
Best Supporting Actor
Alfred Molina for An Education
Michael Fassbender for Fish Tank
Tom Hollander for In The Loop
John Henshaw for Looking For Eric
Jim Broadbent for The Damned United
Most Promising Newcomer
Katie Jarvis for Fish Tank
Hilda Peter for Katalin Varga
Christian McKay for Me and Orson Welles
George McKay for The Boys Are Back
Edward Hogg for White Lightnin'
Best Achievement In Production
Bronson
Bunny And The Bull
Katalin Varga
The Hide
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
The Raindance Award
Colin
Down Terrace
Exam
The Disappearance of Alice Creed
They Call It Acid
Best Technical Achievement
Greig Fraser for Bright Star (Cinematography)
Gary Williamson for Bunny And The Bull (Production Design)
Robbie Ryan for Fish Tank (Cinematography)
Clint Mansell for Moon (Original Score)
Tony Noble for Moon (Production Design)
Best British Documentary
Mugabe and The White African
Sons of Cuba
Sounds Like Teen Spirit
The Age of Stupid
The End of The Line
Best British Short Film
Christmas With Dad
Leaving
Love You More
Sidney Turtlebaum
Washdays
Best Foreign Independent Film
Il Divo
Let The Right One In
Sin Nombre
The Hurt Locker
The Wrestler
The Richard Harris Award
Daniel Day-Lewis
The Variety Award
Michael Caine (read an interview with him on theartsdesk)
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