In Full: The British Independent Film Awards
Winners of the 9th British Independent Film Awards
29th November 2006
The winners of the British Independent Film Awards , organised by Raindance, were announced at the Hammersmith Palais on Wedenesday night, 29th November.
Raindance says:
The UK may not have Hollywood, but it does not need nor should it want it. Its film industry is booming even if it was not when BIFA was first established by Raindance in 1998. BIFA is extremely important to filmmakers on the domestic front, as it understands the value of ‘British' film being truly ‘British,' that American cinema often writes off as ‘too British,' as if this were a bad thing. There is an unfortunate desire to impress Hollywood that leaves the British film industry on the back burner, where it is not meant to be. British film stands alone and should have no desire to conform to the foreign standards. Having BIFA to reward British filmmakers for British films is a fantastic incentive for our young filmmakers to make more British films and make British films better.
The Nominations and Awards
BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM
The Last King of Scotland
The Queen
Red Road
X This is England
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
BEST DIRECTOR
SPONSORED BY THE CREATIVE PARTNERSHIP
XKevin Macdonald - The Last King of Scotland
Stephen Frears - The Queen
Michael Caton Jones - Shooting Dogs
Shane Meadows - This is England
Ken Loach - The Wind that Shakes the Barley
BEST ACTOR
Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Peter O'Toole - Venus
Cillian Murphy - The Wind that Shakes the Barley
X Tony Curran - Red Road
James McAvoy - The Last King of Scotland
BEST ACTRESS
SPONSORED BY MAC
Helen Mirren - The Queen
X Kate Dickie - Red Road
Frances de la Tour - The History Boys
Robin Wright Penn - Breaking & Entering
Juliette Binoche - Breaking & Entering
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR / ACTRESS
Martin Compston - Red Road
X Leslie Phillips - Venus
Vanessa Redgrave - Venus
Joseph Gilgun - This is England
Stephen Graham - This is England
MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER (ON SCREEN)
SPONSORED BY DIESEL
Jodie Whittaker - Venus
X Thomas Turgoose - This is England
Samuel Barnett - The History Boys
Harry and Luke Treadaway - Brothers of the Head
Dominic Cooper - The History Boys
Rafi Gavron - Breaking & Entering
BEST SCREENPLAY
SPONSORED BY BBC FILMS
Alan Bennett - The History Boys
X Peter Morgan - The Queen
Hanif Kureishi - Venus
Shane Meadows - This is England
Peter Morgan & Jeremy Brock - The Last King of Scotland
BEST FOREIGN INDEPENDENT FILM
Volver
X Hidden (Cache)
The Beat My Heart Skipped
Brick
Hard Candy
THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD
(BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR)
Sponsored by the Independent Fim Trust
X Menhaj Huda - Kidulthood
Paul Andrew Williams - London to Brighton
Andrea Arnold - Red Road
Tom Vaughan - Starter For Ten
Caradog W James - Little White Lies
BEST BRITISH DOCUMENTARY
X The Road to Guantanamo
Blindsight
The Great Happiness Space
The Pervert's Guide To Cinema
Unknown White Male
BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
SPONSORED BY SKILLSET
X The Last King of Scotland - Cinematography: Anthony Dod Mantle
This is England - Music: Ludovico Einaudi (Original Music)
The Wind That Shakes The Barley - Cinematography: Barry Ackroyd
The Queen - Make-Up: Daniel Phillips
The Queen - Production Design: Alan MacDonald
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION
SPONSORED BY RECORDED PICTURE COMPANY
X London to Brighton
Kidulthood
Shooting Dogs
The Road to Guantanamo
Severance
BEST BRITISH SHORT
X Cubs
Ex Memoria
The 10th Man
Who I Am & What I Want
At the End of the Sentence
THE RAINDANCE AWARD
SPONSORED BY RAINDANCE
X The Ballad of AJ Weberman
London to Brighton
Scenes of a Sexual Nature
BEST 15 SECOND SHORT
SPONSORED BY NOKIA
Chrysanthemums the Word
X What's the Point?
Fate and Mr McKinley
Death of the Dinosaurs
Ah, Youth
SPECIAL AWARDS
THE VARIETY UK PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
Helen Mirren
THE RICHARD HARRIS AWARD
(OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO BRITISH FILM BY AN ACTOR)
SPONSORED BY BUENA VISTA INTERNATIONAL
Jim Broadbent
THE SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
SPONSORED BY THE UK FILM COUNCIL
Ken Loach
This year's jury, which will be chaired by Sandy Lieberson, consists of Reuben Barnes, Martin Childs, Anne V Coates, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Alan Cumming, Leo Davis, Anna Friel, Jason Isaacs, Mick Jones, Damian Lewis, Helen McCrory, Damien O'Donnell, Kelly Reilly, Martin Sherman and Colin Salmon.
With thanks to RAINDANCE who organise the British Independent Film Awards