Gary Dretzka
Leonard Klady
David Poland
Douglas Pratt
Ray Pride

BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS WINNERS
Announced November 29, 2006

BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM
This is England

BEST DIRECTOR
SPONSORED BY THE CREATIVE PARTNERSHIP
Kevin Macdonald – The Last King of Scotland

BEST ACTOR
Tony Curran – Red Road

BEST ACTRESS
SPONSORED BY MAC
Kate Dickie – Red Road

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR / ACTRESS
Leslie Phillips – Venus

MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER (ON SCREEN)
SPONSORED BY DIESEL
Thomas Turgoose – This is England

BEST SCREENPLAY
SPONSORED BY BBC FILMS
Peter Morgan – The Queen

BEST FOREIGN INDEPENDENT FILM
Hidden (Cache)

THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD
(BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR)
Menhaj Huda - Kidulthood

BEST BRITISH DOCUMENTARY
The Road to Guantanamo

BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
SPONSORED BY SKILLSET
The Last King of Scotland – Cinematography: Anthony Dod Mantle

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION
SPONSORED BY RECORDED PICTURE COMPANY
London to Brighton

BEST BRITISH SHORT
Cubs

THE RAINDANCE AWARD
SPONSORED BY RAINDANCE
The Ballad of AJ Weberman

BEST 15 SECOND SHORT
SPONSORED BY NOKIA
What’s the Point?

SPECIAL AWARDS

THE VARIETY UK PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
Helen Mirren

THE RICHARD HARRIS AWARD
(OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO BRITISH FILM BY AN ACTOR)
SPONSORED BY BUENA VISTA INTERNATIONAL
To be Announced

BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS NOMINATIONS

BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM
The Last King of Scotland
The Queen
Red Road This is England
The Wind That Shakes the Barley

BEST DIRECTOR
SPONSORED BY THE CREATIVE PARTNERSHIP
Kevin Macdonald – The Last King of Scotland
Stephen Frears – The Queen
Michael Caton Jones – Shooting Dogs
Shane Meadows – This is England
Ken Loach – The Wind that Shakes the Barley

BEST ACTOR
Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
Peter O’Toole – Venus
Cillian Murphy – The Wind that Shakes the Barley
Tony Curran – Red Road
James McAvoy – The Last King of Scotland

BEST ACTRESS
SPONSORED BY MAC
Helen Mirren - The Queen
Kate Dickie – Red Road
Frances de la Tour – The History Boys
Robin Wright Penn – Breaking & Entering
Juliette Binoche – Breaking & Entering

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR / ACTRESS
Martin Compston – Red Road
Leslie Phillips – Venus
Vanessa Redgrave – Venus
Joseph Gilgun – This is England
Stephen Graham – This is England

MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER (ON SCREEN)
SPONSORED BY DIESEL
Jodie Whittaker - Venus
Thomas Turgoose – This is England
Samuel Barnett – The History Boys
Harry and Luke Treadaway – Brothers of the Head
Dominic Cooper – The History Boys
Rafi Gavron – Breaking & Entering

BEST SCREENPLAY
SPONSORED BY BBC FILMS
Alan Bennett – The History Boys
Peter Morgan – The Queen
Hanif Kureishi – Venus
Shane Meadows – This is England
Peter Morgan & Jeremy Brock – The Last King of Scotland

BEST FOREIGN INDEPENDENT FILM
Volver
Hidden (Cache)
The Beat My Heart Skipped
Brick
Hard Candy

THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD
(BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR)
Menhaj Huda - Kidulthood
Paul Andrew Williams – London to Brighton
Andrea Arnold – Red Road
Tom Vaughan – Starter For Ten
Caradog W James – Little White Lies

BEST BRITISH DOCUMENTARY
The Road to Guantanamo
Blindsight
The Great Happiness Space
The Pervert’s Guide To Cinema
Unknown White Male

BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
SPONSORED BY SKILLSET
The Last King of Scotland – Cinematography: Anthony Dod Mantle
This is England – Music: Ludovico Einaudi (Original Music)
The Wind That Shakes The Barley – Cinematography: Barry Ackroyd
The Queen – Make-Up: Daniel Phillips
The Queen – Production Design: Alan MacDonald

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION
SPONSORED BY RECORDED PICTURE COMPANY
London to Brighton
Kidulthood
Shooting Dogs
The Road to Guantanamo
Severance

BEST BRITISH SHORT
Cubs
Ex Memoria
The 10th Man
Who I Am & What I Want
At the End of the Sentence

THE RAINDANCE AWARD
SPONSORED BY RAINDANCE
The Ballad of AJ Weberman
London to Brighton
Scenes of a Sexual Nature

BEST 15 SECOND SHORT
SPONSORED BY NOKIA
Chrysanthemums the Word
What’s the Point?
Fate and Mr McKinley
Death of the Dinosaurs
Ah, Youth

SPECIAL AWARDS

THE VARIETY UK PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
Helen Mirren

THE RICHARD HARRIS AWARD
(OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO BRITISH FILM BY AN ACTOR)
SPONSORED BY BUENA VISTA INTERNATIONAL
To be Announced