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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