British Independent Film Awards 2004 Explained

The 7th British Independent Film Awards, held on November 30, 2004 at the Hammersmith Palais, London, honoured the best British independent films of 2004.

Awards

Best British Independent Film

• Vera Drake
• Dead Man's Shoes
• My Summer of Love
• Shaun of the Dead
• Touching the Void

Best Director

• Mike Leigh - Vera Drake
• Shane Meadows - Dead Man's Shoes
• Roger Michell - Enduring Love
• Paweł Pawlikowski - My Summer of Love
• Kevin Macdonald - Touching the Void

The Douglas Hickox Award

Given to a British director on their debut feature

• John Crowley - Intermission
• Saul Dibb - Bullet Boy
• Peter Webber - Girl with a Pearl Earring
• Emily Young - Kiss of Life
• Matthew Vaughn - Layer Cake

Best Actor

• Phil Davis - Vera Drake
• Ian Hart - Blind Flight
• Paddy Considine - Dead Man's Shoes
• Daniel Craig - Enduring Love
• Geoffrey Rush - The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

Best Actress

• Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake
• Eva Birthistle - Ae Fond Kiss...
• Scarlett Johansson - Girl with a Pearl Earring
• Anne Reid - The Mother
• Natalie Press - My Summer of Love

Best Supporting Actor/Actress

• Eddie Marsan - Vera Drake
• Gary Stretch - Dead Man's Shoes
• Samantha Morton - Enduring Love
• Romola Garai - Rory O'Shea Was Here
• Paddy Considine - My Summer of Love

Best Screenplay

• Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg - Shaun of the Dead
• Shane Meadows and Paddy Considine - Dead Man's Shoes
• Paul Laverty - Ae Fond Kiss...
• Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely - The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
• Mike Leigh - Vera Drake

Most Promising Newcomer

• Ashley Walters - Bullet Boy
• Toby Kebbell - Dead Man's Shoes
• Atta Yaqub - Ae Fond Kiss...
• Emily Blunt - My Summer of Love
• Nick Frost - Shaun of the Dead

Best Achievement in Production

• Vera Drake
• Bride and Prejudice
• Code 46
• Dead Man's Shoes
• Girl with a Pearl Earring

Best Technical Achievement

• Mike Eley - Touching the Void (for cinematography)
• Eduardo Castro and Ralph Wheeler-Holes - Bride and Prejudice (for costumes)
• Mark Tildesley - Code 46 (for production design)
• Lucas Roche and Chris Wyatt - Dead Man's Shoes (for editing)
• Haris Zambarloukos - Enduring Love (for cinematography)

Best British Documentary

• Touching the Void
• Drowned Out
• Peace One Day
• Trollywood

Best British Short Film

• School of Life
• 6.6.04
• Brand Spanking
• London Fields Are Blue
• Wasp

Best Foreign Film

• Oldboy
• The Motorcycle Diaries
• Fahrenheit 9/11
• Pieces of April
• Hero

The Raindance Award

• The Barn
• Blinded
• Chicken Tikka Masala

The Richard Harris Award

• Bob Hoskins

Special Jury Prize

• Norma Heyman

Entertainment Personality Award

• J. K. Rowling