The British Independent Film Awards 2007

28/11/2007

Presented on Wednesday 28th November 2007 at the Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Road, London NW1 8EH

Hosted by James Nesbitt

Please find winners highlighted in red below

The winners for the tenth annual British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) were announced on Wednesday 28 November at the Roundhouse in London.

Johanna von Fischer and Tessa Collinson, BIFA co-directors say: “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.”

John Woodward, Chief Executive Officer of the UK Film Council, the major funding partner of the BIFAs says: "This year's nominations and award winners really highlight the outstanding talent working in the UK with beautiful and thought-provoking films made by both established and emerging filmmakers.  The BIFAs are a great champion for the British film industry celebrating excellence and originality in independent filmmaking."

WINNERS & NOMINEES:

Best British independent Film
And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Control
Eastern Promises
Hallam Foe
Notes on a Scandal

Best Actress
Anne Hathaway – Becoming Jane
Tannishtha Chatterjee – Brick Lane
Sophia Myles – Hallam Foe
Kierston Wareing – It’s A Free World…
Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal

Best Actor
Jim Broadbent – And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Sam Riley – Control
Viggo Mortensen – Eastern Promises
Jamie Bell – Hallam Foe
Cillian Murphy – Sunshine

Best Supporting Actor/Actresses
Colin Firth – And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Samantha Morton – Control
Toby Kebbell – Control
Armin Mueller Stahl – Eastern Promises
Cate Blanchett – Notes on a Scandal

Most Promising Newcomer
Imogen Poots – 28 Weeks Later
Matthew Beard – And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Sam Riley – Control
Bradley Cole – Exhibit A
Kierston Wareing – It’s A Free World…

Best Screenplay
David Nicholls – And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Matt Greenhalgh – Control
Steven Knight – Eastern Promises
David Mackenzie & Ed Whitmore – Hallam Foe
Patrick Marber – Notes on a Scandal

Best Director
Anand Tucker – And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Sarah Gavron – Brick Lane
Anton Corbijn – Control
David Cronenberg – Eastern Promises
David Mackenzie – Hallam Foe

Best Achievement in Production
Black Gold
Control
Exhibit A
Extraordinary Rendition
Garbage Warrior

The Douglas Hickox Award [Best Debut Director]
Marc Francis & Nick Francis – Black Gold
Anton Corbijn – Control
Oliver Hodge – Garbage Warrior
David Schwimmer – Run, Fat Boy, Run
Steve Hudson – True North

Best Documentary
Black Gold
Deep Water
Garbage Warrior
In the Shadow of the Moon
Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten

Best Technical Achievement
Enrique Chediak – Cinematography – 28 Weeks Later
Trevor Waite – Editing – And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Martin Ruhe – Cinematography – Control
David Mackenzie – Music – Hallam Foe
Mark Tildesley – Production design – Sunshine

Best British Short
A Bout de Truffe – The Truffle Hunter
Cherries
Dog Altogether
The Girls
What Does Your Daddy Do?

Best Foreign Independent Feature
Black Book [Zwartboek]
La Vie en Rose
The Lives of Others [Das Leben der Anderen]
Once
Tell No One [Ne le dis à personne]

The Raindance Award
Exhibit A
The Inheritance
Tovarisch I Am Not Dead

The Richard Harris Award
Ray Winstone

Special Jury Prize
Andi Engel, Pamela Engel and Robert Beeson [Artificial Eye]

The Variety Award
Daniel Craig

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