British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) 2016 – Full list of winners

The 2016 British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) winners were announced at a star-studded ceremony last night.

Here’s who took what home:

BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM

• AMERICAN HONEY Andrea Arnold, Lars Knudsen, Jay Van Hoy, Pouya Shahbazian, Alice Weinberg, Thomas Benski, Lucas Ochoa – WINNER
• 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 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 – WINNER
• MUSTANG Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Alice Winocour, Charles Gillibert
• TONI ERDMANN Maren Ade, Janine Jackowski, Jonas Dornbach, Michel Merkt

 

BEST DIRECTOR

• ANDREA ARNOLD American Honey – WINNER
• 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 – WINNER
• 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 – WINNER

BEST ACTOR

• DAVE JOHNS I, Daniel Blake – WINNER
• 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 – WINNER
• 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 – WINNER
• 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 – WINNER
• 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 – WINNER
• SEB BARKER Visual Effects – The Girl With All the Gifts
• SHAHEEN BAIG Casting – Free Fire

THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD (DEBUT DIRECTOR)

• ADAM SMITH Trespass Against Us
• ALICE LOWE Prevenge
• BABAK ANVARI Under the Shadow – WINNER
• PETER MIDDLETON, JAMES SPINNEY Notes on Blindness
• RACHEL TUNNARD Adult Life Skills

DEBUT SCREENWRITER – NEW FOR 2016

• ED TALFAN The Passing (Yr Ymadawiad)
• HOPE DICKSON LEACH The Levelling
• JOHN CAIRNS, MICHAEL McCARTNEY A Patch of Fog
• RACHEL TUNNARD Adult Life Skills – WINNER
• SIMON FARNABY, JULIAN BARRATT Mindhorn

BREAKTHROUGH PRODUCER – NEW FOR 2016

• CAMILLE GATIN The Girl With All the Gifts – WINNER
• 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 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 – WINNER

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE

• ClARE BINNS, Picturehouse Cinemas

BEST BRITISH SHORT

• JACKED Rene Pannevis, Ashish Ghadiali, Jennifer Eriksson – WINNER
• MOTHER Leo Leigh, Scott O’Donnell
• OVER Jörn 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 – WINNER
• LETITIA WRIGHT Urban Hymn
• SENNIA NANUA The Girl With All the Gifts
• STEVE BRANDON My Feral Heart

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