Peter Strickland's Berberian Sound Studio won four awards at last night's British Independent Film Awards, including Best Director for Peter Strickland and Best Actor for Toby Jones. Artificial Eye will release the film on Blu-ray on December 31.
Ben Wheatley's latest film, Sightseers, won Best Screenplay Awards, while Bart Layton's The Imposter won Best Documentary Award and the Douglas Hickox Award for Best Debut Director.
Rufus Norris's debut Broken, starring Cillian Murphy, Tim Roth and Rory Kinnear, won Best British Independent Film Award.
Below is a complete list of the winners:
BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM
Broken
BEST DIRECTOR
Peter Strickland – Berberian Sound Studio
THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD (BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR)
Bart Layton – The Imposter
BEST SCREENPLAY
Alice Lowe, Steve Oram, Amy Jump – Sightseers BEST ACTRESS
Andrea Riseborough – Shadow Dancer
BEST ACTOR
Toby Jones – Berberian Sound Studio
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Olivia Colman – Hyde Park on Hudson
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Rory Kinnear – Broken
MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER
James Floyd – My Brother the Devil
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION
Berberian Sound Studio
BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Joakim Sundström, Stevie Haywood AMPS IPS– Sound Design – Berberian Sound Studio
BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Imposter
BEST BRITISH SHORT
Volume
BEST INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM
The Hunt
THE RAINDANCE AWARD
Strings
THE RICHARD HARRIS AWARD (for outstanding contribution by an actor to British Film)
Michael Gambon
THE VARIETY AWARD
Jude Law
THE SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Sandra Hebron
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