British Independent Film Awards 2012

The 15th British Independent Film Awards, held on 9 December 2012 at the Old Billingsgate Market in central London, honoured the best British independent films of 2012.^[1]

Awards[]

Best Director[]

• Peter Strickland - Berberian Sound Studio
• Bart Layton - The Imposter
• Ben Wheatley - Sightseers
• John Madden - The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
• Rufus Norris - Broken

The Douglas Hickox Award[]

Given to a British director on their debut feature.

• Bart Layton - The Imposter
• Ben Drew - Ill Manors
• -
• Rufus Norris - Broken
• Sally El Hosaini - My Brother the Devil

Best Screenplay[]

• Amy Jump, Alice Lowe and Steve Oram - Sightseers
• Mark O'Rowe - Broken
• Paul Andrew Williams - Song for Marion
• Peter Strickland - Berberian Sound Studio
• Abi Morgan - The Iron Lady

Best Actress[]

• Andrea Riseborough - Shadow Dancer
• Alice Lowe - Sightseers
• Elle Fanning - Ginger and Rosa
• Judi Dench - The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
• Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady

Best Supporting Actress[]

• Olivia Colman - Hyde Park on Hudson
• Vanessa Redgrave - Song for Marion
• Maggie Smith - The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
• Eileen Davies - Sightseers
• Alice Englert - Ginger and Rosa

Best Actor[]

• Toby Jones - Berberian Sound Studio
• Tim Roth - Broken
• Terence Stamp - Song for Marion
• Steve Oram - Sightseers
• Riz Ahmed - Ill Manors

Best Supporting Actor[]

• Rory Kinnear - Broken
• Billy Connolly - Quartet
• Cillian Murphy - Broken
• Domhnall Gleeson - Shadow Dancer
• Tom Wilkinson - The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Most Promising Newcomer[]

• James Floyd - My Brother the Devil
• Elliott Tittensor - Spike Island
• - Broken
• Paul Brannigan - The Angels' Share
• Zawe Ashton - Dreams of a Life

Best Technical Achievement[]

• Joakim Sundström - Sound Design - Berberian Sound Studio
• - Cinematographer - Berberian Sound Studio
• - Music - Broken
• Robbie Ryan - Cinematographer - Ginger and Rosa
• - Editor - The Imposter

Best Documentary[]

• The Imposter
• Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
• Marley
• Dreams of a Life

Best Achievement in Production[]

• Berberian Sound Studio
• Sightseers
• The Sweeney
• Ill Manors
• The Imposter

Best Short Film[]

• Volume
• Friday
• Junk
• Swimmer
• Skyborn

The Raindance Award[]

• Strings
• Love Tomorrow
• Frank
• Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet
• City Slacker

Best Foreign Independent Film[]

• The Hunt
• Amour
• Searching for Sugarman
• Rust and Bone
• Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best British Independent Film[]

• Broken
• Sightseers
• The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
• The Imposter
• Berberian Sound Studio

The Richard Harris Award[]

• Michael Gambon

The Variety Award[]

• Jude Law

The Special Jury Prize[]

References[]

External links[]

• BIFA homepage