Sunday night hosted the fantastic British Independent Film Awards (#BIFA2016) who help shine a light on those British Indie films that you have, and haven’t yet, heard of. They love bringing to your attention many of the most innovative and creative talents the UK has to offer and let us assure you, there’s an absolute massive array of super talented people who deserve more time in the limelight.

The one and only Jennifer Saunders hosted tonight and here’s the run down, with the winners in bold, of what went down. We also highly recommend watching Brett Goldstein‘s acceptance speech in which he gave Adult Life Skills co-star Jodie Whittaker an entertaining ‘Cannot make it tonight’ thank you to read out…

Congratulations to all nominees and winners! 

BIFA 2016 Winners List

BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM

AMERICAN HONEY Andrea Arnold, Lars Knudsen, Jay Van Hoy, Pouya Shahbazian, Alice Weinberg, Thomas Benski, Lucas Ochoa

COUPLE IN A HOLE Tom Geens, Zorana Piggott

I, DANIEL BLAKE Ken Loach, Paul Laverty, Rebecca O’Brien

NOTES ON BLINDNESS Peter Middleton, James Spinney, Mike Brett, Jo-Jo Ellison, Steve Jamison, Alex Usborne

UNDER THE SHADOW Babak Anvari, Emily Leo, Oliver Roskill, Lucan Toh

 

BEST DIRECTOR

ANDREA ARNOLD American Honey

BABAK ANVARI Under the Shadow

BEN WHEATLEY Free Fire

KEN LOACH I, Daniel Blake

PETER MIDDLETON, JAMES SPINNEY, Notes on Blindness

 

BEST SCREENPLAY

ANDREA ARNOLD American Honey

BABAK ANVARI Under the Shadow

BILLY O’BRIEN, CHRISTOPHER HYDE I Am Not a Serial Killer

PAUL LAVERTY I, Daniel Blake

RACHEL TUNNARD Adult Life Skills

 

BEST ACTRESS

HAYLEY SQUIRES I, Daniel Blake

JODIE WHITTAKER Adult Life Skills

KATE DICKIE Couple in a Hole

NARGES RASHIDI Under the Shadow

SASHA LANE American Honey

 

BEST ACTOR

DAVE JOHNS I, Daniel Blake

MAX RECORDS I Am Not a Serial Killer

MICHAEL FASSBENDER Trespass Against Us

SHIA LABEOUF American Honey

STEVE BRANDON My Feral Heart

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

AVIN MANSHADI Under the Shadow

GEMMA ARTERTON The Girl With All the Gifts

NAOMIE HARRIS Our Kind of Traitor

SHANA SWASH My Feral Heart

TERRY PHETO A United Kingdom

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

ARINZÉ KENE The Pass

BRETT GOLDSTEIN Adult Life Skills

CHRISTOPHER LLOYD I Am Not a Serial Killer

JAMIE DORNAN Anthropoid

SEAN HARRIS Trespass Against Us

 

BEST DOCUMENTARY

THE CONFESSION: LIVING THE WAR ON TERROR Ashish Ghadiali, James Rogan

DANCER Steven Cantor, Gabrielle Tana

THE HARD STOP George Amponsah, Dionne Walker

NOTES ON BLINDNESS Peter Middleton, James Spinney, Mike Brett, Jo-Jo Ellison, Steve Jamison, Alex Usborne

VERSUS: THE LIFE AND FILMS OF KEN LOACH Louise Osmond, Rebecca O’Brien

 

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN CRAFT

JOAKIM SUNDSTRÖM Sound – Notes on Blindness

PAUL MONAGHAN, MAT WHITECROSS Editing – Supersonic

ROBBIE RYAN Cinematography – American Honey

SEB BARKER Visual Effects – The Girl With All the Gifts

SHAHEEN BAIG Casting – Free Fire

 

DEBUT SCREENWRITER

ED TALFAN The Passing (Yr Ymadawiad)

HOPE DICKSON LEACH The Levelling

JOHN CAIRNS, MICHAEL McCARTNEY A Patch of Fog

RACHEL TUNNARD Adult Life Skills

SIMON FARNABY, JULIAN BARRATT Mindhorn

 

BREAKTHROUGH PRODUCER

CAMILLE GATIN The Girl With All the Gifts

DIONNE WALKER The Hard Stop

MICHAEL BERLINER Adult Life Skills

MIKE BRETT, JO-JO ELLISON, STEVE JAMISON Notes on Blindness

PAUL FEGAN Where You’re Meant to Be

 

THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD (DEBUT DIRECTOR)

ADAM SMITH Trespass Against Us

ALICE LOWE Prevenge

BABAK ANVARI Under the Shadow

PETER MIDDLETON, JAMES SPINNEY Notes on Blindness

RACHEL TUNNARD Adult Life Skills

 

THE DISCOVERY AWARD

BLACK MOUNTAIN POETS Jamie Adams, Jon Rennie

THE DARKEST UNIVERSE Tom Kingsley, Will Sharpe, Tiani Ghosh, Jo-Jo Ellison

THE GHOUL Gareth Tunley, Jack Healy Guttmann, Tom Meeten

GOZO Miranda Bowen, Leo Scott

THE GREASY STRANGLER Jim Hosking, Toby Harvard, Daniel Noah, Andrew Starke, Ant Timpson, Josh C Waller, Elijah Wood

 

BEST BRITISH SHORT

JACKED Rene Pannevis, Ashish Ghadiali, Jennifer Eriksson

MOTHER Leo Leigh, Scott O’Donnell

OVER Jorn Threlfall, Jeremy Bannister

RATE ME Fyzal Boulifa, Taina Galis

THE WRONG END OF THE STICK Terri Matthews, Chris Cornwell, Sam Bank

 

MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER

DAVE JOHNS I, Daniel Blake

HAYLEY SQUIRES I, Daniel Blake

LETITIA WRIGHT Urban Hymn

SENNIA NANUA The Girl With All the Gifts

STEVE BRANDON My Feral Heart

 

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM

HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE Taika Waititi, Carthew Neal, Matt Noonan, Leanne Saunders

MANCHESTER BY THE SEA Kenneth Lonergan, Kimberly Steward, Matt Damon, Chris Moore, Lauren Beck, Kevin J. Walsh

MOONLIGHT Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner

MUSTANG Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Alice Winocour, Charles Gillibert

TONI ERDMANN Maren Ade, Janine Jackowski, Jonas Dornbach, Michel Merkt

 

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE

CLARE BINNS – Picturehouse Cinemas

 

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