British Independent Film Awards 2010

The 13th British Independent Film Awards, held on 5 December 2010 at The Brewery in West London, honoured the best British independent films of 2010.^[1]

Awards

Best British Independent Film

• The King's Speech
• Four Lions
• Kick-Ass
• Monsters
• Never Let Me Go

Best Director

• Gareth Edwards – Monsters
• Mike Leigh – Another Year
• Matthew Vaughn – Kick-Ass
• Tom Hooper – The King's Speech
• Mark Romanek – Never Let Me Go

The Douglas Hickox Award

Given to a British director on their debut feature

• Clio Barnard – The Arbor
• Deborah Gardner-Paterson – Africa United
• Rowan Joffé – Brighton Rock
• Chris Morris – Four Lions
• Gareth Edwards – Monsters

Best Actor

• Colin Firth – The King's Speech
• Jim Broadbent – Another Year
• Riz Ahmed – Four Lions
• Scoot McNairy – Monsters
• Aidan Gillen – Treacle Junior

Best Actress

• Carey Mulligan – Never Let Me Go
• Manjinder Virk – The Arbor
• Ruth Sheen – Another Year
• Andrea Riseborough – Brighton Rock
• Sally Hawkins – Made in Dagenham

Best Supporting Actor

• Geoffrey Rush – The King's Speech
• Kayvan Novak – Four Lions
• Guy Pearce – The King's Speech
• Bob Hoskins – Made in Dagenham
• Andrew Garfield – Never Let Me Go

Best Supporting Actress

• Helena Bonham Carter – The King's Speech
• Lesley Manville – Another Year
• Rosamund Pike – Made in Dagenham
• Keira Knightley – Never Let Me Go
• Tamsin Greig – Tamara Drewe

Best Screenplay

• The King's Speech – David Seidler
• Four Lions – Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, Simon Blackwell, Chris Morris
• Kick-Ass - Jane Goldman & Matthew Vaughn
• Made in Dagenham – William Ivory
• Never Let Me Go – Alex Garland

Most Promising Newcomer

• Joanne Froggatt – In Our Name
• Manjinder Virk – The Arbor
• Andrea Riseborough – Brighton Rock
• Tom Hughes – Cemetery Junction
• Conor McCarron – Neds

Best Achievement In Production

• Monsters
• The Arbor
• In Our Name
• Skeletons
• StreetDance 3D

Best Technical Achievement

• Monsters – Visual Effects – Gareth Edwards
• The Arbor – Sound – Tim Barker
• Brighton Rock – Cinematography – John Mathieson
• The Illusionist – Animation – Sylvain Chomet
• The King's Speech – Production Design – Eve Stewart

Best British Documentary

• Enemies of the People
• The Arbor
• Exit Through the Gift Shop
• Fire in Babylon
• Waste Land

Best British Short

• Baby
• Photograph Of Jesus
• Sign Language
• Sis
• The Road Home

Best Foreign Film

•  A Prophet (Un prophète)
• Dogtooth (Kynodontas)
• I Am Love (Io sono l'amore)
• The Secret in Their Eyes (El secreto de sus ojos)
• Winter's Bone

The Raindance Award

• Son Of Babylon
• Brilliant Love
• Jackboots On Whitehall
• Legacy
• Treacle Junior

The Richard Harris Award

• Helena Bonham Carter

The Variety Award

• Liam Neeson

The Special Jury Prize

• Jenne Casarotto

References

External links

• BIFA homepage

This page was last edited on 4 December 2023, at 07:53