Moët British Independent Film Awards 2012
The Moët British Independent Film Awards will take place tomorrow at Old Billingsgate in central London. Now in its 15th year, the Awards were created in 1998 by Raindance and set out to celebrate merit and achievement in independently funded British filmmaking, to honour new talent, and to promote British films and filmmaking to a wider public. Tonight’s star studded awards bash will by actor James Nesbitt, soon to be seen as Bofur the Dwarf in The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey.
Full list of this year’s nominees below:
Best Director
Director - Bart Layton for The Imposter
Director - Ben Wheatley for Sightseers
Director - John Madden for The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Director - Peter Strickland for Berberian Sound Studio
Director - Rufus Norris for Broken
The Douglas Hickox Award (Directorial Debut)
Director - Bart Layton for The Imposter
Director - Ben Drew for Ill Manors
Director - Rowan Athale for Wasteland
Director - Rufus Norris for Broken
Director - Sally El Hosaini for My Brother the Devil
Best Screenplay
Screenwriter - Abi Morgan for The Iron Lady
Screenwriter - Alice Lowe / Steve Oram / Amy Jump for Sightseers
Screenwriter - Mark O’Rowe for Broken
Screenwriter - Paul Andrew Williams for Song For Marion
Screenwriter - Peter Strickland for Berberian Sound Studio
Best Actress
Actress - Alice Lowe for Sightseers
Actress - Andrea Riseborough for Shadow Dancer
Actress - Elle Fanning for Ginger and Rosa
Actress - Judi Dench for The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Actress - Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady
Best Actor
Actor - Riz Ahmed for Ill Manors
Actor - Steve Oram for Sightseers
Actor - Terence Stamp for Song For Marion
Actor - Toby Jones for Berberian Sound Studio
Best Supporting Actress
Supporting Actress - Alice Englert for Ginger and Rosa
Supporting Actress - Eileen Davies for Sightseers
Supporting Actress - Maggie Smith for The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Supporting Actress - Olivia Colman for Hyde Park on Hudson
Supporting Actress - Vanessa Redgrave for Song For Marion
Best Supporting Actor
Actor - Billy Connolly for Quartet
Actor - Cillian Murphy for Broken
Actor - Domhnall Gleeson for Shadow Dancer
Actor - Rory Kinnear for Broken
Actor - Tom Wilkinson for The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Most Promising Newcomer
Actor - Elliott Tittensor for Spike Island
Actress - Eloise Laurence for Broken
Actor - James Floyd for My Brother the Devil
Actor - Paul Brannigan for The Angels’ Share
Actress - Zawe Ashton for Dreams of a Life
Best Technical Achievement
Cinematographer - Nic Knowland Bsc for Berberian Sound Studio
Sound Design - Joakim Sundström / Stevie Haywood AMPS IPS for Berberian Sound Studio
Music - Electric Wave Bureau for Broken
Cinematographer - Robbie Ryan for Ginger and Rosa
Editor - Andrew Hulme for The Imposter
The Richard Harris Award
The Variety Award
Best Documentary
Best Achievement In Production
Best Short
The Raindance Award
Best International Independent Film
Best British Independent Film
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel