British Independent Film Awards

Monday, 07 December 2009 01:48 Written by Sheila Johnston

Moon, starring Sam Rockwell and directed by Duncan Jones, was named Best British Independent Film

Sir Michael Caine and Daniel Day Lewis were the headline honorees at the 12th British Independent Film Awards in London last night, while Moon, an ultra low-budget sci-fi movie directed by Duncan Jones, David Bowie's son, was named Best Film. The full list of nominees and winners follows below. The winning candidates are in bold typeface.

Best British Independent Film

An Education (read the review on theartsdesk)

Fish Tank (read the review on theartsdesk)

In The Loop

Moon (read the review on theartsdesk)

Nowhere Boy (read the review on theartsdesk)

Best Director of a British Independent Film

Lone Scherfig for An Education

Jane Campion for Bright Star

Andrea Arnold for Fish Tank

Armando Iannucci for In The Loop

Duncan Jones for Moon

The Douglas Hickox Award

Amando Iannucci for In the Loop

Peter Strickland for Katalin Varga

Duncan Jones for Moon

Sam Taylor-Wood for Nowhere Boy

Samantha Morton for The Unloved

Best Screenplay

Nick Hornby for An Education

Andrea Arnold for Fish Tank

Armando Iannucci, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell and Tony Roche for In The Loop

Nathan Parker for Moon

Matt Greenhalgh for Nowhere Boy

Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film

Carey Mulligan for An Education (read an interview with her on theartsdesk)

Abbie Cornish for Bright Star

Katie Jarvis for Fish Tank

Sophie Okonedo for Skin

Emily Blunt for The Young Victoria

Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film

Tom Hardy for Bronson

Peter Capaldi for In The Loop

Sam Rockwell for Moon

Aaron Johnson for Nowhere Boy

Andy Serkis for Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

Best Supporting Actress

Rosamund Pike for An Education

Kerry Fox for Bright Star

Kierston Wareing for Fish Tank

Anne Marie Duff for Nowhere Boy (read an interview with her on theartsdesk)

Kristin Scott Thomas for Nowhere Boy

Best Supporting Actor

Alfred Molina for An Education

Michael Fassbender for Fish Tank

Tom Hollander for In The Loop

John Henshaw for Looking For Eric

Jim Broadbent for The Damned United

Most Promising Newcomer

Katie Jarvis for Fish Tank

Hilda Peter for Katalin Varga

Christian McKay for Me and Orson Welles

George McKay for The Boys Are Back

Edward Hogg for White Lightnin'

Best Achievement In Production

Bronson

Bunny And The Bull

Katalin Varga

The Hide

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

The Raindance Award

Colin

Down Terrace

Exam

The Disappearance of Alice Creed

They Call It Acid

Best Technical Achievement

Greig Fraser for Bright Star (Cinematography)

Gary Williamson for Bunny And The Bull (Production Design)

Robbie Ryan for Fish Tank (Cinematography)

Clint Mansell for Moon (Original Score)

Tony Noble for Moon (Production Design)