14th British Independent Independant Awards Winners (2011 Films)

Earlier this week the winners were announced for the 14th annual BIFA's (British Independent Film Awards), which were held on December 4, 2011. Leading the wins was Tyrannosaur with three including Best British Independent Film, Best Actress for Olivia Colman and Paddy Considine won The Douglas Hickox Award for Best Debut Director. I'm thrilled to see the acknowledgement for Tyrannosaur, although it was not an easy film to watch when I saw it at TIFF'11 it was without a doubt one of the best in the year. I'm also excited to see the one weekend stand romance Weekend picking up 2 awards for Most Promising Newcomer - Tom Cullen and Achievement for Production Design. On the flip side I'm a littls surprized to see some high profile films like Shame, We Need To Talk About Kevin and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy only going home with 1 award each. . Although, it is pretty cool to spread the love around. Let's look at the winners in all of the categories.

The 14th British Independent Film Awards Winners

BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM
TYRANNOSAUR

BEST DIRECTOR
Lynne Ramsay – WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN

THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD for BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR
Paddy Considine – TYRANNOSAUR

BEST SCREENPLAY
Richard Ayoade – SUBMARINE

BEST ACTRESS
Olivia Colman – TYRANNOSAUR

BEST ACTOR
Michael Fassbender – SHAME

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Vanessa Redgrave – CORIOLANUS

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Michael Smiley – KILL LIST

MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER
Tom Cullen – WEEKEND

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION
WEEKEND

BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Maria Djurkovic – Production Design – TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY

BEST DOCUMENTARY
SENNA

BEST BRITISH SHORT
CHALK

BEST FOREIGN INDEPENDENT FILM
A SEPARATION

THE RAINDANCE AWARD
LEAVING BAGHDAD

THE RICHARD HARRIS AWARD (for outstanding contribution by an actor to British Film)
Ralph Fiennes

THE VARIETY AWARD
Kenneth Branagh

THE SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Graham Easton

The BIFA's were presented on Sunday December 4, 2011 at Old Billingsgate in London.