The King's Speech was the big winner at the British Independent Film Awards. Tom Hooper's film, which stars Colin Firth as the stammer-afflicted George VI, won five trophies, including best British independent film and best actor for firth.
Gareth Edwards picked up the best director gong for his low-budget Monsters - which picked up a further two awards - while Carey Mulligan was named best actress for her role in Never Let Me Go.
Joint Directors Johanna von Fischer & Tessa Collinson said: "It has been a great year for British film and this year's nominations certainly reflected the talent working in the country today. We are thrilled for all our winners and are so pleased to see such a variety of films taking home awards tonight."
Elliot Grove, Founder Raindance Film Festival and BIFA added: "The bumper list of Moët BIFA films this year prove that, in Britain at least, lack of money has done nothing to hamper quality or creativity."
The winners and nominees are below:
BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM
Four
Lions
Kick-Ass
Winner: The
King’s Speech
Monsters
Never
Let Me Go
BEST DIRECTOR
Mike Leigh – Another Year
Matthew Vaughn – Kick-Ass
Tom Hooper –
The
King’s Speech
Winner: Gareth Edwards – Monsters
Mark Romanek – Never Let
Me Go
THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD [BEST DEBUT
DIRECTOR]
Debs Gardner Paterson – Africa
United,
Winner: Clio Barnard – The
Arbor
Rowan Joffe – Brighton Rock
Chris Morris – Four
Lions
Gareth Edwards – Monsters
BEST SCREENPLAY
Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, Simon Blackwell, Christopher Morris – Four
Lions
Jane Goldman & Matthew Vaughn – Kick-Ass
Winner: David Seidler –
The
King’s Speech
William Ivory – Made In
Dagenham
Alex Garland – Never Let
Me Go
BEST ACTRESS
Manjinder Virk – The
Arbor
Ruth Sheen – Another
Year
Andrea Riseborough – Brighton Rock
Sally Hawkins – Made In
Dagenham
Winner: Carey Mulligan – Never Let
Me Go
BEST ACTOR
Jim Broadbent – Another
Year
Riz Ahmed – Four
Lions
Winner: Colin Firth –
The
King’s Speech
Scoot McNairy – Monsters
Aidan Gillen – Treacle
Junior
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Lesley Manville – Another
Year
Winner: Helena Bonham Carter –
The
King’s Speech
Rosamund Pike – Made In
Dagenham
Keira Knightley – Never Let
Me Go
Tamsin Greig – Tamara
Drewe
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kayvan Novak – Four
Lions
Guy Pearce –
The
King’s Speech
Winner: Geoffrey Rush –
The
King’s Speech
Bob Hoskins – Made In
Dagenham
Andrew Garfield – Never Let
Me Go
MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER
Manjinder Virk – The
Arbor
Andrea Riseborough – Brighton Rock
Tom Hughes – Cemetery
Junction
Winner: Joanne Froggatt – In Our Name
Conor McCarron – Neds
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION
The
Arbor
In Our Name
Winner: Monsters
Skeletons
Streetdance 3D
RAINDANCE AWARD
Brilliantlove
Jackboots
On Whitehall
Legacy
Winner: Son Of
Babylon
Treacle
Junior
BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
The
Arbor – Sound – Tim Barker
Brighton Rock – Cinematography – John Mathieson
The
Illusionist – Animation – Sylvain Chomet
The
King’s Speech – Production Design – Eve Stewart
Winner: Monsters
– Visual Effects – Gareth Edwards
BEST DOCUMENTARY
The
Arbor
Winner: Enemies
of the People
Exit
Through the Gift Shop
Fire In Babylon
Waste Land
BEST BRITISH SHORT
Winner: Baby
Photograph
Of Jesus
Sign Language
Sis
The Road Home
BEST FOREIGN FILM
Dogtooth
I Am
Love
Winner:A
Prophet
The
Secret In Their Eyes
Winter’s
Bone
THE RICHARD HARRIS AWARD (for outstanding contribution by an actor to British Film)
Helena Bonham Carter
THE VARIETY AWARD Liam Neeson
THE SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Jenne Casarotto
