British Independent Film Awards 2005

From here on out referred to as BIFA’s, okay? Thanks to a story in Timeout we’ve just found the nominations for the BIFA’s this year.

Some interesting things are afoot, for instance Neil Marshall has The Descent in three categories, Best British Independent Film, Best Director of a BIF and Best Technical Achievement. I actually agree with the last two categories, however I haven’t seen enough British Independents this year to judge if it belongs in the first category.

Let’s list them all out though, courtesy of BIFA themselves, and you really should check out the Foreign film category, there are some superb entries there…

Best Achievement In Production
Guy X
Gypo
It’s All Gone Pete Tong
Song of Songs
The Business

Best British Documentary
Andrew and Jeremy Get Married
Black Sun
McLibel
Sisters In Law
The Liberace of Baghdad

Best British Independent Film
A Cock & Bull Story
Mrs Henderson Presents
The Constant Gardener
The Descent
The Libertine

Best Director of a British Independent Film
Laurence Dunmore (The Libertine)
Stephen Frears (Mrs Henderson Presents)
Neil Marshall (The Descent)
Fernando Meirelles (The Constant Gardener)
Michael Winterbottom (A Cock & Bull Story)

Best Foreign Independent Film
Broken Flowers
Crash
Downfall [Der Untergang] Secuestro Express
The Woodsman

Best Performance by a Supporting Actor or Actress in a British Independent Film
Rob Brydon (A Cock & Bull Story)
Tom Hollander (The Libertine)
Bill Nighy (The Constant Gardener)
Rosamund Pike (The Libertine)
Kelly Reilly (Mrs Henderson Presents)

Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film
Johnny Depp (The Libertine)
Chiwetel Ejiofor (Kinky Boots)
Ralph Fiennes (The Constant Gardener)
Bob Hoskins (Mrs Henderson Presents)
Matthew MacFadyen (In My Father’s Den)

Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film
Joan Allen (Yes)
Judi Dench (Mrs Henderson Presents)
Natasha Richardson (Asylum)
Emily Watson (Wah-Wah)
Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener)

Best Screenplay
Jeffrey Caine (The Constant Gardener)
Frank Cottrell Boyce (Millions)
Geoff Dean (Kinky Boots)
Tim Firth (Kinky Boots)
Martin Hardy (A Cock & Bull Story)
Martin Sherman (Mrs Henderson Presents)

Best Technical Achievement
César Charlone (The Constant Gardener)
Peter Christelis (A Cock & Bull Story)
Jon Harris (The Descent)
Sandy Powell (Mrs Henderson Presents)
Ben van Os (The Libertine)

Most Promising Newcomer
Samina Awan (Love + Hate)
Emily Barclay (In My Father’s Den)
Thelma Barlow (Mrs Henderson Presents)
Alexander Nathan Etel (Millions)
Rupert Friend (The Libertine)

The Douglas Hickox Award
Gaby Dellal (On A Clear Day)
Laurence Dunmore (The Libertine)
Richard E Grant (Wah-Wah)
Annie Griffin (Festival)
Julian Jarrold (Kinky Boots)

The Raindance Award
Billy Childish is Dead
Evil Aliens
Sam Jackson’s Secret Video Diary

The Richard Harris Award
Tilda Swinton

The Variety UK Personality Award
Keira Knightley