British Independent Film Awards 2007 Explained

The 10th British Independent Film Awards, held in November 2007 at the Roundhouse in Camden, London, honoured the best British independent films of 2007.^[1]

Awards

Best British Independent Film

• Control
• And When Did You Last See Your Father?
• Eastern Promises
• Hallam Foe
• Notes on a Scandal

Best Director

• Anton Corbijn – Control
• Anand Tucker – And When Did You Last See Your Father?
• Sarah Gavron – Brick Lane
• David Cronenberg – Eastern Promises
• David Mackenzie – Hallam Foe

The Douglas Hickox Award

Given to a director of a British film on their debut feature

• Anton Corbijn – Control
• Marc Francis and Nick Francis – Black Gold
• Oliver Hodge – Garbage Warrior
• David Schwimmer – Run Fatboy Run
• Steve Hudson – True North

Best Actor

• Viggo Mortensen – Eastern Promises
• Jim Broadbent – And When Did You Last See Your Father?
• Sam Riley – Control
• Jamie Bell – Hallam Foe
• Cillian Murphy – Sunshine

Best Actress

• Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal
• Anne Hathaway – Becoming Jane
• Tannishtha Chatterjee – Brick Lane
• Sophia Myles – Hallam Foe
• Kierston Wareing – It's a Free World...

Best Supporting Actor/Actress

• Toby Kebbell – Control
• Colin Firth – And When Did You Last See Your Father?
• Samantha Morton – Control
• Armin Mueller-Stahl – Eastern Promises
• Cate Blanchett – Notes on a Scandal

Best Screenplay

• Patrick Marber – Notes on a Scandal
• David Nicholls – And When Did You Last See Your Father?
• Matt Greenhalgh - Control
• Steven Knight – Eastern Promises
• Ed Whitmore and David Mackenzie – Hallam Foe

Most Promising Newcomer

• Sam Riley - Control
• Imogen Poots - 28 Weeks Later
• Matthew Beard - And When Did You Last See Your Father?
• Bradley Cole - Exhibit A
• Kierston Wareing – It's a Free World...

Best Achievement in Production

• Black Gold
• Control
• Exhibit A
• Extraordinary Rendition
• Garbage Warrior

Best Technical Achievement

• Mark Tildesley - Sunshine (for production design)
• Enrique Chediak - 28 Weeks Later (for cinematography)
• Trevor Waite - And When Did You Last See Your Father? (for editing)
• Martin Ruhe - Control (for cinematography)
• Colin Monie and David Mackenzie – Hallam Foe (for music)

Best British Documentary

• Black Gold
• Deep Water
• Garbage Warrior
• In the Shadow of the Moon

Best British Short

• Dog Altogether
• À bout de truffe
• Cherries
• The Girls
• What Does Your Daddy Do?

Best Foreign Film

• The Lives of Others - (Germany)
• La vie en rose - (France)
• Tell No One - (France)
• Once - (Ireland)
• Black Book - (Netherlands)

The Raindance Award

• The Inheritance
• Exhibit A
• Tovarisch, I Am Not Dead

The Richard Harris Award

• Ray Winstone

Special Jury Prize

• Robert Beeson, Andi Engel, Pamela Engel - Artificial Eye

Entertainment Personality Award

• Daniel Craig

External links

• BIFE Homepage

Notes and References

1. http://www.bifa.org.uk/awards/winners/2007.html BIFA Winners 2007