British Independent Film Awards 2009

BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM
An Education
Fish Tank
In the Loop
* Moon
Nowhere Boy

BEST FOREIGN FILM
Il Divo
The Hurt Locker
* Let The Right One In
Sin Nombre
The Wrestler

BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Age of Stupid
The End of The Line
* Mugabe and The White African
Sons of Cuba
Sounds Like Teen Spirit

BEST DIRECTOR
* Andrea Arnold – Fish Tank
Armando Iannucci – In the Loop
Duncan Jones – Moon
Jane Campion – Bright Star
Lone Scherfig – An Education

THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD FOR BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR
Armando Iannucci – In the Loop
* Duncan Jones – Moon
Peter Strickland – Katalin Varga
Sam Taylor Wood – Nowhere Boy
Samantha Morton – The Unloved

BEST ACTRESS
Abbie Cornish – Bright Star
* Carey Mulligan – An Education
Emily Blunt – The Young Victoria
Katie Jarvis – Fish Tank
Sophie Okonedo – Skin

BEST ACTOR
Aaron Johnson – Nowhere Boy
Andy Serkis – Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Peter Capaldi – In the Loop
Sam Rockwell – Moon
* Tom Hardy – Bronson

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
* Anne-Marie Duff – Nowhere Boy
Kerry Fox – Bright Star
Kierston Wareing – Fish Tank
Kristin Scott Thomas – Nowhere Boy
Rosamund Pike – An Education

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alfred Molina – An Education
Jim Broadbent – The Damned United
* John Henshaw – Looking for Eric
Michael Fassbender – Fish Tank
Tom Hollander – In the Loop

BEST SCREENPLAY
An Education – Nick Hornby
Fish Tank – Andrea Arnold
* In the Loop – Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
Moon – Nathan Parker
Nowhere Boy – Matt Greenhalgh

MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER
Christian McKay – Me & Orson Welles
Edward Hogg – White Lightnin’
George MacKay – The Boys Are Back
Hilda Péter – Katalin Varga
* Katie Jarvis – Fish Tank

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION
Bronson
* Bunny & The Bull
The Hide
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Katalin Varga

BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
* Bright Star – Cinematography – Greig Fraser
Bunny & The Bull – Production Design – Gary Williamson
Fish Tank – Cinematography – Robbie Ryan
Moon – Original Score – Clint Mansell
Moon – Production Design – Tony Noble

RAINDANCE AWARD ("for filmmakers working against the odds")
Colin
The Disappearance of Alice Creed
* Down Terrace
Exam
They Call It Acid

BEST BRITISH SHORT
Christmas with Dad
Leaving
* Love You More
Sidney Turtlebaum
Washdays

THE RICHARD HARRIS AWARD (for outstanding contribution to British Film)
Daniel Day Lewis

THE VARIETY AWARD
Michael Caine

THE SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Baz Bamigboye

Nominees are selected by an Advisory Committee. Winners are selected by a jury panel.

Jury: Actress Jodie Whittaker, Actors Idris Elba, Liam Cunningham, Eddie Marsan and Peter Mullan, Directors Sarah Gavron and Eran Creevy, Producers Dixie Linder, Anita Overland and Adrian Sturges, Documentary Filmmaker Kate Blewett, Film Marketing Consultant Robert Mitchell, Projectionist Paul Speed, and Head of Distribution and Exhibition at The UK Film Council Peter Buckingham.

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