The 15th British Independent Film Awards, held on 9 December 2012 at the Old Billingsgate Market in central London, honoured the best British independent films of 2012.
Awards
Best Director Peter Strickland - Berberian Sound Studio Bart Layton - The Imposter Ben Wheatley - Sightseers John Madden - The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Rufus Norris - Broken
The Douglas Hickox Award Given to a British director on their debut feature. Bart Layton - The Imposter Ben Drew - Ill Manors Rowan Athale - Wasteland Rufus Norris - Broken Sally El Hosaini - My Brother the Devil
Best Screenplay Amy Jump, Alice Lowe and Steve Oram - Sightseers Mark O'Rowe - Broken Paul Andrew Williams - Song for Marion Peter Strickland - Berberian Sound Studio Abi Morgan - The Iron Lady
Best Actress Andrea Riseborough - Shadow Dancer Alice Lowe - Sightseers Elle Fanning - Ginger and Rosa Judi Dench - The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady
Best Supporting Actress Olivia Colman - Hyde Park on Hudson Vanessa Redgrave - Song for Marion Maggie Smith - The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Eileen Davies - Sightseers Alice Englert - Ginger and Rosa
Best Actor Toby Jones - Berberian Sound Studio Tim Roth - Broken Terence Stamp - Song for Marion Steve Oram - Sightseers Riz Ahmed - Ill Manors
Best Supporting Actor Rory Kinnear - Broken Billy Connolly - Quartet Cillian Murphy - Broken Domhnall Gleeson - Shadow Dancer Tom Wilkinson - The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Most Promising Newcomer James Floyd - My Brother the Devil Elliott Tittensor - Spike Island Eloise Laurence - Broken Paul Brannigan - The Angels' Share Zawe Ashton - Dreams of a Life
Best Technical Achievement Joakim Sundström - Sound Design - Berberian Sound Studio Nic Knowland - Cinematographer - Berberian Sound Studio Electric Wave Bureau - Music - Broken Robbie Ryan - Cinematographer - Ginger and Rosa Andrew Hulme - Editor - The Imposter
Best Documentary The Imposter London: The Modern Babylon Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir Marley Dreams of a Life
Best Achievement in Production Berberian Sound Studio Sightseers The Sweeney Ill Manors The Imposter
Best Short Film Volume Friday Junk Swimmer Skyborn
The Raindance Award Strings Love Tomorrow Frank Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet City Slacker
Best Foreign Independent Film The Hunt Amour Searching for Sugarman Rust and Bone Beasts of the Southern Wild
Best British Independent Film Broken Sightseers The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel The Imposter Berberian Sound Studio
The Richard Harris Award Michael Gambon
The Variety Award Jude Law
The Special Jury Prize Sandra Hebron
References
External links BIFA homepage