British Independent Film Awards 2012

The 15th British Independent Film Awards , held on 9 December 2012 at the Old Billingsgate Market in central London, honoured the best British independent films of 2012. ^[1]

Awards

Best Director

• Peter Strickland - Berberian Sound Studio
• Bart Layton - The Imposter
• Ben Wheatley - Sightseers
• John Madden - The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
• Rufus Norris - Broken

The Douglas Hickox Award

Given to a British director on their debut feature.

• Bart Layton - The Imposter
• Ben Drew - Ill Manors
• Rowan Athale - Wasteland
• Rufus Norris - Broken
• Sally El Hosaini - My Brother the Devil

Best Screenplay

• Amy Jump, Alice Lowe and Steve Oram - Sightseers
• Mark O'Rowe - Broken
• Paul Andrew Williams - Song for Marion
• Peter Strickland - Berberian Sound Studio
• Abi Morgan - The Iron Lady

Best Actress

• Andrea Riseborough - Shadow Dancer
• Alice Lowe - Sightseers
• Elle Fanning - Ginger and Rosa
• Judi Dench - The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
• Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady

Best Supporting Actress

• Olivia Colman - Hyde Park on Hudson
• Vanessa Redgrave - Song for Marion
• Maggie Smith - The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
• Eileen Davies - Sightseers
• Alice Englert - Ginger and Rosa

Best Actor

• Toby Jones - Berberian Sound Studio
• Tim Roth - Broken
• Terence Stamp - Song for Marion
• Steve Oram - Sightseers
• Riz Ahmed - Ill Manors

Best Supporting Actor

• Rory Kinnear - Broken
• Billy Connolly - Quartet
• Cillian Murphy - Broken
• Domhnall Gleeson - Shadow Dancer
• Tom Wilkinson - The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Most Promising Newcomer

• James Floyd - My Brother the Devil
• Elliott Tittensor - Spike Island
• Eloise Laurence - Broken
• Paul Brannigan - The Angels' Share
• Zawe Ashton - Dreams of a Life

Best Technical Achievement

• Joakim Sundström - Sound Design - Berberian Sound Studio
• Nic Knowland - Cinematographer - Berberian Sound Studio
• Electric Wave Bureau - Music - Broken
• Robbie Ryan - Cinematographer - Ginger and Rosa
• Andrew Hulme - Editor - The Imposter

Best Documentary

• The Imposter
• London: The Modern Babylon
• Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
• Marley
• Dreams of a Life

Best Achievement in Production

• Berberian Sound Studio
• Sightseers
• The Sweeney
• Ill Manors
• The Imposter

Best Short Film

• Volume
• Friday
• Junk
• Swimmer
• Skyborn

The Raindance Award

• Strings
• Love Tomorrow
• Frank
• Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet
• City Slacker

Best Foreign Independent Film

• The Hunt
• Amour
• Searching for Sugarman
• Rust and Bone
• Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best British Independent Film

• Broken
• Sightseers
• The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
• The Imposter
• Berberian Sound Studio

The Richard Harris Award

• Michael Gambon

The Variety Award

• Jude Law

The Special Jury Prize

• Sandra Hebron

References

1. "NOMINATIONS, HOST AND JURY REVEALED FOR THE 15th ANNUAL MOËT BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS". Bifa.org.uk. 5 November 2012. Archived from the original on 11 May 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2013.

External links

• BIFA homepage