British Independent Film Awards 2004

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The 7th British Independent Film Awards, held on November 30, 2004 at the Hammersmith Palais, London, honoured the best British independent films of 2004.

Awards[]

Best British Independent Film[]

• Vera Drake
• Dead Man's Shoes
• My Summer of Love
• Shaun of the Dead
• Touching the Void

Best Director[]

• Mike Leigh - Vera Drake
• Shane Meadows - Dead Man's Shoes
• Roger Michell - Enduring Love
• Paweł Pawlikowski - My Summer of Love
• Kevin Macdonald - Touching the Void

The Douglas Hickox Award[]

Given to a British director on their debut feature

• John Crowley - Intermission
• Saul Dibb - Bullet Boy
• Peter Webber - Girl with a Pearl Earring
• Emily Young - Kiss of Life
• Matthew Vaughn - Layer Cake

Best Actor[]

• Phil Davis - Vera Drake
• Ian Hart - Blind Flight
• Paddy Considine - Dead Man's Shoes
• Daniel Craig - Enduring Love
• Geoffrey Rush - The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

Best Actress[]

• Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake
• Eva Birthistle - Ae Fond Kiss...
• Scarlett Johansson - Girl with a Pearl Earring
• Anne Reid - The Mother
• Natalie Press - My Summer of Love

Best Supporting Actor/Actress[]

• Eddie Marsan - Vera Drake
• Gary Stretch - Dead Man's Shoes
• Samantha Morton - Enduring Love
• Romola Garai - Rory O'Shea Was Here
• Paddy Considine - My Summer of Love

Best Screenplay[]

• Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg - Shaun of the Dead
• Shane Meadows and Paddy Considine - Dead Man's Shoes
• Paul Laverty - Ae Fond Kiss...
• Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely - The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
• Mike Leigh - Vera Drake

Most Promising Newcomer[]

• Ashley Walters - Bullet Boy
• Toby Kebbell - Dead Man's Shoes
• Atta Yaqub - Ae Fond Kiss...
• Emily Blunt - My Summer of Love
• Nick Frost - Shaun of the Dead

Best Achievement in Production[]

• Vera Drake
• Bride and Prejudice
• Code 46
• Dead Man's Shoes
• Girl with a Pearl Earring

Best Technical Achievement[]

• - Touching the Void (for cinematography)
• Eduardo Castro and Ralph Wheeler-Holes - Bride and Prejudice (for costumes)
• Mark Tildesley - Code 46 (for production design)
• Lucas Roche and Chris Wyatt - Dead Man's Shoes (for editing)
• Haris Zambarloukos - Enduring Love (for cinematography)

Best British Documentary[]

• Touching the Void
• Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer
• Drowned Out
• Peace One Day
• Trollywood

Best British Short Film[]

• School of Life
• 6.6.04
• Brand Spanking
• London Fields Are Blue
• Wasp

Best Foreign Film[]

• Oldboy
• The Motorcycle Diaries
• Fahrenheit 9/11
• Pieces of April
• Hero

The Raindance Award[]

• The Barn
• Blinded

The Richard Harris Award[]

• Bob Hoskins

Special Jury Prize[]

• Norma Heyman

Entertainment Personality Award[]

• J. K. Rowling