British Independent Film Awards Articles

Peter Mullan, Tyrannosaur TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY: Four British Independent Film Award Acting Nods BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM SENNA SHAME TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY * TYRANNOSAUR WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN BEST FOREIGN INDEPENDENT FILM ANIMAL KINGDOM DRIVE PINA * A SEPARATION THE SKIN I LIVE IN BEST DIRECTOR Ben Wheatley – KILL LIST Steve McQueen – SHAME Tomas Alfredson – TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER [...]

Ralph Fiennes, Vanessa Redgrave, Coriolanus Much like the Gotham Awards and the Spirit Awards, the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) don't have much influence on eventual awards-season favorites. Independent films generally do well with U.S. critics and organizations only when they have the backing of a subsidiary of a major Hollywood studio, e.g., Fox Searchlight, or influential mid-level distributors such as The Weinstein Company. Else, [...]

Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy As expected, Steve McQueen's Shame, Tomas Alfredson's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and Lynne Ramsay's We Need to Talk About Kevin are three of the top contenders for the Raindance Institute's 2011 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA), the British version of the United States' Spirit Awards (West Coast) and Gotham Awards (East Coast) — apart from the fact that British [...]

Colin Firth, The King's Speech The King's Speech dominated the British Independent Film Awards 2010, bagging five (expected) awards: Best British Independent Film, Best Actor (Colin Firth), Best Supporting Actress (Helena Bonham Carter), Best Supporting Actor (Geoffrey Rush), and Best Screenplay (David Seidler). Directed by Tom Hooper, who lost the Best Director BIFA to Monsters' Gareth Edwards, The King's Speech chronicles the struggles of King [...]