British Independent Film Awards 2011

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NOTE: Some of the winners are already out on Blu-ray, others are upcoming

WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT THE 14th MOËT BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS

London, Sunday 4th December – There was a spectacular turn out this evening from the very best in British talent for the 14th Moët British Independent Film Awards. The winners were announced at the star-studded ceremony, held at Old Billingsgate which was hosted by actor and comedian Chris O’Dowd and streamed live for the first time ever on LOVEFiLM.

Best British Independent Film was won by Tyrannosaur, with Lynne Ramsay picking up Best Director for We Need to Talk About Kevin, Olivia Colman Best Actress for Tyrannosaur and Michael Fassbender Best Actor for Shame. Vanessa Redgrave won Best Supporting Actress for Coriolanus and Michael Smiley Best Supporting Actor for Kill List

Tyrannosaur won the most awards on the night, picking up three trophies for Best British Independent Film, Best Actress and Paddy Considine was awarded The Douglas Hickox Award for Best Debut Director. Weekend won two awards for Best Achievement in Production and Most Promising Newcomer for Tom Cullen

Joint Directors, The Moët British Independent Film Awards Johanna von Fischer & Tessa Collinson said: “What a fantastic year for British film! This year’s nominees embodied a diverse range of genres and those walking away with awards tonight are representative of the high quality of outstanding talent we have in this country. Congratulations to them all."

As previously announced, Ralph Fiennes was awarded the coveted Richard Harris Award for outstanding contribution by an actor to British film, and Kenneth Branagh the Variety Award. The Special Jury Prize went to Graham Easton.

Elsa Corbineau, Marketing Director for Moët & Chandon, commented: “As the Champagne of film, cinema and celebration, Moët & Chandon is delighted to toast the achievements of the British Film Industry at The Moët British Independent Film Awards. We are thrilled that so many winners and nominees from this years awards have supported ‘Toast for a Cause’, helping raise thousands of pounds for their favourite charities by toasting with mini Moët & Chandon bottles.”

Elliot Grove, Founder Raindance Film Festival and BIFA added: “As always the Moët British Independent Film Awards has been an awesome celebration of the very best of British independent filmmaking. This year demonstrates that the international spotlight is on Britain for quality, innovation and creativity.”

The Moët British Independent Film Awards are proud to announce the following winners for 2011 (highlighted below in BLUE):

BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM Sponsored by Moët & Chandon
SENNA
SHAME
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
Tyrannosaur
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN



BEST DIRECTOR Sponsored by The Creative Partnership
Ben Wheatley – KILL LIST
Steve McQueen – SHAME
Tomas Alfredson – TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
Paddy Considine – TYRANNOSAUR
Lynne Ramsay – We Need to Talk About Kevin



THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD [BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR] Sponsored by 3 Mills Studios
Joe Cornish – ATTACK THE BLOCK
Ralph Fiennes – CORIOLANUS
John Michael McDonagh – THE GUARD
Richard Ayoade – SUBMARINE
Paddy Considine – Tyrannosaur


BEST SCREENPLAY Sponsored by BBC Films
John Michael McDonagh – THE GUARD
Ben Wheatley, Amy Jump – KILL LIST
Abi Morgan, Steve McQueen – SHAME
Richard Ayoade – Submarine
Lynne Ramsay, Rory Kinnear – WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN

BEST ACTRESS Sponsored by M.A.C
Rebecca Hall – THE AWAKENING
Mia Wasikowska – JANE EYRE
MyAnna Buring – KILL LIST
Olivia Colman – Tyrannosaur
Tilda Swinton – WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN

BEST ACTOR
Brendan Gleeson – THE GUARD
Neil Maskell – KILL LIST
Michael Fassbender – SHAME
Gary Oldman – TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
Peter Mullan – TYRANNOSAUR


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Felicity Jones – ALBATROSS
Vanessa Redgrave – CORIOLANUS
Carey Mulligan – SHAME
Sally Hawkins – SUBMARINE
Kathy Burke – TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY



BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Michael Smiley – Kill List
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 Sponsored by STUDIO CANAL
Jessica Brown Findlay – ALBATROSS
John Boyega – ATTACK THE BLOCK
Craig Roberts – SUBMARINE
Yasmin Paige – SUBMARINE
Tom Cullen – Weekend



BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION Sponsored by Deluxe142
KILL LIST
TYRANNOSAUR
Weekend
WILD BILL
YOU INSTEAD

THE RAINDANCE AWARD Sponsored by Exile Media
ACTS OF GODFREY
BLACK POND
HOLLOW
LEAVING BAGHDAD
A THOUSAND KISSES DEEP



BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Chris King, Gregers Sall – Editing – SENNA
Sean Bobbitt – Cinematography – SHAME
Joe Walker – Editing – SHAME
Maria Djurkovic – Production Design – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Seamus McGarvey – Cinematography – WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN



BEST DOCUMENTARY
HELL AND BACK AGAIN
LIFE IN A DAY
PROJECT NIM
Senna
TT3D: CLOSER TO THE EDGE



BEST BRITISH SHORT
0507
CHALK
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
RITE
ROUGH SKIN


BEST FOREIGN INDEPENDENT FILM
ANIMAL KINGDOM
DRIVE
PINA
A Separation
THE SKIN I LIVE IN



THE RICHARD HARRIS AWARD (for outstanding contribution by an actor to British Film) Sponsored by Working Title
Ralph Fiennes

THE VARIETY AWARD
Kenneth Branagh

THE SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Graham Easton

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[alien2010]

I'm glad Smiley won Best Supporting Actor, he was so good in that film. I'm happy that Ramsey won Best Director, women don't get much luck when it comes to awards. Look at Kathryn Bigelow, won the Best Director award at the Oscars and she's still having trouble raising funds for her new film. Not to mention its pretty annoying she wasn't even considered to helm the upcoming Bond film Skyfall it'll pretty interesting to see a woman directing a Bond film.

However I'm pretty annoyed at the fact that Weekend won Best Achievment in Production, Kill List deserved that honour in spades. It cost a few hundred thousand pounds to make, it was shot in three weeks and the result is the most haunting and suspenceful film of the last decade. And the fact Drive didn't win was obvious to a theory a friend of mine mentioned, genre fare doesn't get much luck at these ceramonies.

[adamhopelies]

I think they nailed it last night, which is surprising considering the sheer strength of British cinema this year (I was concerned that something might be overlooked). Tyrannosaur is my favourite of the bunch, so I'm pleased to see that take Best Picture. My one niggle is with director; I love Ramsay's earlier stuff, but really didn't get along with KEVIN.

Presumably Archipelago was last year (in awards circles)?

[scott87]

Im glad senna got an award, it deserves everything it gets

[nametag]

Originally Posted by alien2010

I'm glad Smiley won Best Supporting Actor, he was so good in that film. I'm happy that Ramsey won Best Director, women don't get much luck when it comes to awards. Look at Kathryn Bigelow, won the Best Director award at the Oscars and she's still having trouble raising funds for her new film. Not to mention its pretty annoying she wasn't even considered to helm the upcoming Bond film Skyfall it'll pretty interesting to see a woman directing a Bond film.

However I'm pretty annoyed at the fact that Weekend won Best Achievment in Production, Kill List deserved that honour in spades. It cost a few hundred thousand pounds to make, it was shot in three weeks and the result is the most haunting and suspenceful film of the last decade. And the fact Drive didn't win was obvious to a theory a friend of mine mentioned, genre fare doesn't get much luck at these ceramonies.

Kill List was great, but I think Weekend succeeded in what it was trying to do just that bit more, with similarly limited resources - I'm really happy it won.

I would have thought Archipelago would be this year if Submarine was, but I'm not totally sure of release dates. Not a massive fan of the former though, so don't mind too much.

Really dying to see Tyrannosaur before the end of the year, hoping some cinema in London does a repeat screening in the next few weeks. And I'm doing a rare blind buy of A Separation when it comes out, sounds like something I'm very likely to like.

[The Driver]

No Blu-ray for the enjoyable Archipelago?

Another disinterested release from Artificial Eye? Having a Blu-ray of this adds value (you know, money like) to your release as it opens up the distribution to more people.

This was a recommendation from adamhopelies and although it's not a great British film it's still very enjoyable and rather painterly (if you know what I mean). Eric Rohmer without the close-ups. I related to the Tom Hiddleston (Loki from Thor) character. I think the film left a lot of people cold but it was just a simple quiet story about a family trying to move on but really just stuck in the past.

Another missed opportunity from Artifical Eye. We'll just have to be happy with the cheap low-resolution (and bargain basement-priced) DVD.

http://www.artificial-eye.com/film.php?dvd=ART528DVD

[adamhopelies]

Originally Posted by The Driver

No Blu-ray for the enjoyable Archipelago?

Another disinterested release from Artificial Eye? Having a Blu-ray of this adds value (you know, money like) to your release as it opens up the distribution to more people.

This was a recommendation from adamhopelies and although it's not a great British film it's still very enjoyable and rather painterly (if you know what I mean). Eric Rohmer without the close-ups. I related to the Tom Hiddleston (Loki from Thor) character. I think the film left a lot of people cold but it was just a simple quiet story about a family trying to move on but really just stuck in the past.

Another missed opportunity from Artifical Eye. We'll just have to be happy with the cheap low-resolution (and bargain basement-priced) DVD.

http://www.artificial-eye.com/film.php?dvd=ART528DVD

Pleased to hear that you enjoyed the film. And yes, it's a major shame that it isn't available on Blu-ray. Same goes for Park Circus' Chaplin Collection, which I've just had to buy on DVD, regardless of the fact that most of the titles were already released on BD by the very same company.

[Yami]

Originally Posted by adamhopelies

Pleased to hear that you enjoyed the film. And yes, it's a major shame that it isn't available on Blu-ray. Same goes for Park Circus' Chaplin Collection, which I've just had to buy on DVD, regardless of the fact that most of the titles were already released on BD by the very same company.

I'm thinking/hoping that when A King in New York, Monsieur Verdoux and A Woman in Paris get restored and released on BD, Park Circus will release a Blu-Ray box.

[adamhopelies]

Originally Posted by Yami

I'm thinking/hoping that when A King in New York, Monsieur Verdoux and A Woman in Paris get restored and released on BD, Park Circus will release a Blu-Ray box.

Here's hoping, although it seems odd for them not to wait and do it all together. I know that some were unhappy with the PC Blu-rays anyway, so its not too much of an issue, but it's an irritant. I bought the discs for work, and it'll take some convincing for them to upgrade should a BD set be released at some point in the near future.