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.
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 Jr.
The Richard Harris Award Helena Bonham Carter
The Variety Award Liam Neeson
The Special Jury Prize Jenne Casarotto
References
External links BIFA homepage