British Independent Film Awards - Congratulations
London - 9 December 2010
Many congratulations go to the team behind The King's Speech which swept the board at the British Independent Film Awards on Sunday night (5 December 2010). The film picked up five awards for Best Film, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Screenplay. We're proud to have supported the development and production of The King's Speech with £1 million of National Lottery funding.
Congratulations also to Monsters which scooped three awards for Best Director, Best Achievement in Production and Best Technical Achievement. The film was supported with distribution funding from the UK Film Council allowing it to be seen more widely throughout the UK and to increase promotional activity and awareness of the film through location-based social media.
The UK Film Council is also proud to have supported the following winners at the BIFAs Best Debut Director for Clio Barnard (The Arbor), Raindance Award for Son of Babylon and Best British short film Baby.
Well done to all those involved with films which were nominated as well as those that took home trophies on Sunday night.
The full list of winners at the 2010 British Independent Film Awards are:
BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM
Sponsored by Moët & Chandon
THE KING'S SPEECH
BEST DIRECTOR
Sponsored by The Creative Partnership
GARETH EDWARDS (MONSTERS)
THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD [BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR]
Sponsored by 3 Mills Studios
CLIO BARNARD (THE ARBOR)
BEST SCREENPLAY
Sponsored by BBC Films
DAVID SEIDLER (THE KING'S SPEECH)
BEST ACTRESS
Sponsored by M.A.C
CAREY MULLIGAN (NEVER LET ME GO)
BEST ACTOR
COLIN FIRTH (THE KING'S SPEECH)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
HELENA BONHAM CARTER (THE KING'S SPEECH)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
GEOFFREY RUSH (THE KING'S SPEECH)
MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER
Sponsored by Optimum Releasing
JOANNE FROGGATT (IN OUR NAME)
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION
Sponsored by Ascent Media
MONSTERS
RAINDANCE AWARD
Sponsored by Exile Media
SON OF BABYLON
BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Sponsored by Chapter Media
GARETH EDWARDS – VISUAL EFFECTS (MONSTERS)
BEST DOCUMENTARY
ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE
BEST BRITISH SHORT
BABY
BEST FOREIGN FILM
A PROPHET
THE RICHARD HARRIS AWARD (for outstanding contribution by an actor to British Film)
Sponsored by Working Title
HELENA BONHAM CARTER
THE VARIETY AWARD
LIAM NEESON
THE SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Sponsored by UK Film Council
JENNE CASAROTTO
