2009 Awards

Best British Independent Film
Previous Winners:
Moon
Slumdog Millionaire
Control
This Is England
The Constant Gardener
Vera Drake
Dirty Pretty Things
Sweet Sixteen
Sexy Beast
Billy Elliot
Best Director of a British Independent Film
Sponsored by The Creative Partnership
Previous Winners:
Andrea Arnold for Fish Tank
Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire
Anton Corbijn for Control
Kevin Macdonald for The Last King of Scotland
Neil Marshall for The Descent
Mike Leigh for Vera Drake
Stephen Frears for Dirty Pretty Things
Paul Greengrass for Bloody Sunday
Jonathan Glazer for Sexy Beast
Stephen Daldry for Billy Elliot
The Douglas Hickox Award
Previous Winners:
Duncan Jones for Moon
Steve McQueen for Hunger
Anton Corbijn for Control
Menhaj Huda for Kidulthood
Annie Griffin for Festival
John Crowley for Intermission
Richard Jobson for 16 Years of Alcohol
Lindy Heymann for Showboy
Christian Taylor for Showboy
Asif Kapadia for The Warrior
Best Screenplay
Sponsored by BBC Films
Previous Winners:
Jesse Armstrong for In The Loop
Armando Iannucci for In The Loop
Tony Roche for In The Loop
Simon Blackwell for In The Loop
Martin McDonagh for In Bruges
Patrick Marber for Notes on a Scandal
Peter Morgan for The Queen
Frank Cottrell Boyce for Millions
Simon Pegg for Shaun of the Dead
Edgar Wright for Shaun of the Dead
Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film
Sponsored by M.A.C.
Previous Winners:
Carey Mulligan for An Education
Vera Farmiga for The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Judi Dench for Notes on a Scandal
Kate Dickie for Red Road
Rachel Weisz for The Constant Gardener
Imelda Staunton for Vera Drake
Olivia Williams for The Heart of Me
Samantha Morton for Morvern Callar
Kate Ashfield for Late Night Shopping
Gillian Anderson for The House of Mirth
Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film
Sponsored by Stolichnaya Elit
Previous Winners:
Tom Hardy for Bronson
Michael Fassbender for Hunger
Viggo Mortensen for Eastern Promises
Tony Curran for Red Road
Ralph Fiennes for The Constant Gardener
Phil Davis for Vera Drake
Chiwetel Ejiofor for Dirty Pretty Things
James Nesbitt for Bloody Sunday
Ben Kingsley for Sexy Beast
Daniel Craig for Some Voices
Best Supporting Actress
Previous Winners:
Anne Marie Duff for Nowhere Boy
Alexis Zegerman for Happy-Go-Lucky
Previous Winners:
Rosamund Pike for The Libertine
Susan Lynch for 16 Years of Alcohol
Best Supporting Actor
Sponsored by Stolichnaya
Previous Winners:
John Henshaw for Looking For Eric
Eddie Marsan for Happy-Go-Lucky
Previous Winners:
Toby Kebbell for Control
Leslie Phillips for Venus
Eddie Marsan for Vera Drake
Most Promising Newcomer
Sponsored by Optimum Releasing
Previous Winners:
Katie Jarvis for Fish Tank
Dev Patel for Slumdog Millionaire
Sam Riley for Control
Thomas Turgoose for This Is England
Emily Barclay for In My Father's Den
Ashley Walters for Bullet Boy
Harry Eden for Pure
Martin Compston for Sweet Sixteen
Ben Whishaw for My Brother Tom
Lara Belmont for The War Zone
Best Achievement In Production
Previous Winners:
Bunny And The Bull
The Escapist
Black Gold
London to Brighton
Gypo
Vera Drake
In This World
Twenty Four Hour Party People
Gas Attack
One Life Stand
The Raindance Award
Sponsored by Raindance
Previous Winners:
Down Terrace
Zebra Crossings
The Inheritance [2007]
The Ballad Of AJ Weberman
Evil Aliens
The Barn
Best Technical Achievement
Sponsored by 3 Mills Studios
Previous Winners:
Greig Fraser for Bright Star
Sean Bobbitt for Hunger
Mark Tildesley for Sunshine
Anthony Dod Mantle for The Last King of Scotland
Jon Harris for The Descent
Mike Eley for Touching the Void
Peter Christelis for In This World
Alwin Kuchler for Morvern Callar
Roman Osin for The Warrior
Best British Documentary
Sponsored by Chapter Media
Previous Winners:
Mugabe and The White African
Man on Wire
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
The Road To Guantanamo
The Liberace of Baghdad
Touching the Void
Bodysong
Best British Short Film
Previous Winners:
Love You More
Soft
Dog Altogether
Cubs
Six Shooter
School of Life
Dad's Dead
Best Foreign Independent Film
Previous Winners:
Let The Right One In
Waltz with Bashir
The Lives of Others
Hidden (Caché)
Downfall [Der Untergang]
Oldboy
City of God
The Richard Harris Award
Previous Winners:
Daniel Day-Lewis
David Thewlis
Ray Winstone
Jim Broadbent
Tilda Swinton
Bob Hoskins
John Hurt
The Variety Award
Sponsored by Variety
Previous Winners:
Sir Michael Caine
Michael Sheen
Daniel Craig
Helen Mirren
Keira Knightley
JK Rowling
Ian McKellen
Ewan McGregor
Richard Curtis
The Special Jury Prize
Sponsored by UK Film Council
Previous Winners:
Baz Bamigboye
Joe Dunton
Robert Beeson
Andi Engel
Pamela Engel
Ken Loach
Sandy Lieberson
Norma Heyman
Jeremy Thomas
Bob Weinstein
Best Performance by a Supporting Actor or Actress in a British Independent Film
Previous Winners:
Toby Kebbell for Control
Leslie Phillips for Venus
Rosamund Pike for The Libertine
Eddie Marsan for Vera Drake
Susan Lynch for 16 Years of Alcohol

Special Awards

Read more about some of BIFA's awards here:

The Richard Harris Award

The Raindance Award

The Douglas Hickox Award

Image Galleries for 2009

2009 BIFA Award Ceremony

Sponsors

UK Film Council Raindance
M.A.C The Creative Partnership
Soho House Chapter Media
BBC Films Variety
3 Mills Studios Optimum Releaseing
Stolichnaya