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American Honey, from Andrea Arnold, was the big winner at the British Independent Film Awards today taking Best British Independent Film, Best Director, Best Actress and Outstanding Achievement in Craft for its cinematography. I, Daniel Blake, Under the Shadow and Adult Life Skills also won today
The Greasy Strangler received the Discovery Prize while the Special Jury Prize went to Clare Binns. Moonlight won Best International Independent Film, adding another award to its tally after today’s triumph with Los Angeles film critics. All Breakthrough or Debut wins went to women this year.
Full winners list:
Best British Independent Film
American Honey – WINNER
Couple in a Hole
I, Daniel Blake
Notes on Blindness
Under the Shadow
Best International Independent Film
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight – WINNER
Mustang
Toni Erdmann
Best Director
Andrea Arnold, American Honey – WINNER
Babak Anvari, Under the Shadow
Ben Wheatley, Free Fire
Ken Loach, I, Daniel Blake
Peter Middleton and James Spinney, Notes on Blindness
Best Screenplay
Andrea Arnold, American Honey
Babak Anvari, Under the Shadow – WINNER
Billy O’Brien and Christopher Hyde, I Am Not a Serial Killer
Paul Laverty, I, Daniel Blake
Rachel Tunnard, Adult Life Skills
Best Actor
Dave Johns, I, Daniel Blake – WINNER
Max Records, I Am Not a Serial Killer
Michael Fassbender, Trespass Against Us
Shia Labeouf, American Honey
Steve Brandon, My Feral Heart
Best Actress
Hayley Squires, I, Daniel Blake
Jodie Whittaker, Adult Life Skills
Kate Dickie, Couple in a Hole
Narges Rashidi, Under the Shadow
Sasha Lane, American Honey – WINNER
Best Supporting Actor
Arinze Kene, The Pass
Brett Goldstein, Adult Life Skills – WINNER
Christopher Lloyd, I Am Not a Serial Killer
Jamie Dornan, Anthropoid
Sean Harris, Trespass Against Us
Best Supporting Actress
Avin Manshadi, Under the Shadow – WINNER
Gemma Arterton, The Girl with All the Gifts
Naomie Harris, Our Kind of Traitor
Shana Swash, My Feral Heart
Terry Pheto, A United Kingdom
Best Documentary
The Confession: Living the War on Terror
Dancer
The Hard Stop
Notes on Blindness – WINNER
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Outstanding Achievement in Craft
Joakim Sundström, Notes on Blindness (sound)
Paul Monaghan and Mat Whitecross, Supersonic (editing)
Robbie Ryan, American Honey (cinematography) – WINNER
Seb Baker, The Girl with All the Gifts (visual effects)
Shaheen Baig, Free Fire (casting)
The Douglas Hickox Award (Debut Director)
Adam Smith, Trespass Against Us
Alice Lowe, Prevenge
Babak Anvari, Under the Shadow – WINNER
Peter Middleton and James Spinney, Notes on Blindness
Rachel Tunnard, Adult Life Skills
Breakthrough Producer
Camille Gatin, The Girl with All the Gifts – WINNER
Dionne Walker, The Hard Stop
Michael Berliner, Adult Life Skills
Mike Brett, Jo-Jo Ellison and Steve Jamison, Notes on Blindness
Paul Fegan, Where You’re Meant to Be
Debut Screenwriter
Ed Talfan, The Passing
Hope Dickson Leach, The Leveling
John Cairns and Michael McCartney, A Patch of Fog
Rachel Tunnard, Adult Life Skills – WINNER
Simon Farnaby and Julian Barratt, Mindhorn
Most Promising Newcomer
Dave Johns, I, Daniel Blake
Hayley Squires, I, Daniel Blake – WINNER
Letitia Wright, Urban Hymn
Sennia Nanua, The Girl with All the Gifts
Steve Brandon, My Feral Heart
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