No surprises at this years' 10th British Independent Film Awards – Anton Corbijn's Ian Curtis biopic Control took home a total of five awards including Best film. The only surprise of the evening seems to be the acting awards – Sam Riley losing out to Viggo Mortensen took Best actor for his take on a Russian undercover agent posing as a mobster and Judi Dench won for a film role that feels like it came out ages ago (Notes on a Scandal). Below is the full list of winners and noms (winners in double **)
Best British Independent Film
* And When Did You Last See Your Father?
** Control
* Eastern Promises
* Hallam Foe
* Notes on a Scandal
Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film
* Anne Hathaway for Becoming Jane
* Tannishtha Chatterjee for Brick Lane
* Sophia Myles for Hallam Foe
* Kierston Wareing for It's a Free World…
** Judi Dench for Notes on a Scandal
Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film
* Jim Broadbent for And When Did You Last See Your Father?
* Sam Riley for Control
** Viggo Mortensen for Eastern Promises
* Jamie Bell for Hallam Foe
* Cillian Murphy for Sunshine
Best Performance by a Supporting Actor or Actress in a British Independent Film
* Colin Firth for And When Did You Last See Your Father?
* Samantha Morton for Control
** Toby Kebbell for Control
* Armin Mueller Stahl for Eastern Promises
* Cate Blanchett for Notes on a Scandal
Most Promising Newcomer
* Imogen Poots for 28 Weeks Later
* Matthew Beard for And When Did You Last See Your Father?
** Sam Riley for Control
* Bradley Cole for Exhibit A
* Kierston Wareing for It's a Free World…
Best Screenplay
* David Nicholls for And When Did You Last See Your Father?
* Matt Greenhalgh for Control
* Steve Knight for Eastern Promises
* Ed Whitmore, David MacKenzie for Hallam Foe
** Patrick Marber for Notes on a Scandal
Best Director of a British Independent Film
* Anand Tucker for And When Did You Last See Your Father?
* Sarah Gavron for Brick Lane
** Anton Corbijn for Control
* David Cronenberg for Eastern Promises
* David MacKenzie for Hallam Foe
Best Achievement In Production
** Black Gold
* Control
* Exhibit A
* Extraordinary Rendition
* Garbage Warrior
The Douglas Hickox Award
* Mark Francis, Nick Francis for Black Gold
* Anton Corbijn for Control
* Oliver Hodge for Garbage Warrior
* David Schwimmer for Run, Fat Boy, Run
* Steve Hudson for True North
Best British Documentary
* Black Gold
* Deep Water
* Garbage Warrior
* In the Shadow of the Moon
* Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
Best Technical Achievement
* Enrique Chediak for 28 Weeks Later (for Cinematography)
* Trevor Waite for And When Did You Last See Your Father? (for Editing)
* Martin Ruhe for Control (for Cinematography)
* David MacKenzie, Colin Monie for Hallam Foe (for Music)
* Mark Tildesley for Sunshine (for Production Design)
Best British Short Film
* A Bout de Truffe – The Truffle Hunter
* Cherries
** Dog Altogether
* The Girls
* What Does Your Daddy Do?
Best Foreign Independent Film
* Black Book
* La Vie en Rose
* Once
* Tell No One [Ne le dis à personne]
** The Lives of Others
The Raindance Award
* Exhibit A
* The Inheritance [2007]
* Tovarisch: I Am Not Dead
The Richard Harris Award
* Ray Winstone
The Special Jury Prize
* Pamela Engel, Robert Beeson, Andi Engel (Artificial Eye)
The Variety Award
* Daniel Craig
