Another day and more trophies handed out as 2013 tumbles toward a close. Over the weekend, the British Independent Film Awards provided some dinner and statues to a wide range of movies, and given their mandate, it shines a light on a different batch of movies than the ones that are dominating critics charts stateside.
Festival fave “Metro Manila” snared Best Film and Best Director, while the other categories spread the love around with James McAvoy earning Best Actor for “Filth,” Ben Mendelsohn winning Best Supporting Actor for “Starred Up” with Imogen Poots getting a new decoration for the fireplace with her prize for Best Supporting Actress for “The Look Of Love.” Paul Greengrass also took the Variety Award. Check out the winners—and new additions to your 2014 to-watch list—below.
BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM
Metro Manila
BEST DIRECTOR
Sean Ellis – Metro Manila
BEST ACTRESS
Lindsay Duncan – Le Week-End
THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD [BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR]
Paul Wright – For Those In Peril
BEST SCREENPLAY
Steven Knight – Locke
BEST ACTOR
James McAvoy – Filth
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Pussy Riot – A Punk Prayer
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION
Metro Manila
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Imogen Poots – The Look Of Love
BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Amy Hubbard – Casting – The Selfish Giant
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Sixteen Films & Friends (aka Team Loach)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ben Mendelsohn – Starred Up
BEST BRITISH SHORT
Z1
MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER
Chloe Pirrie – Shell
THE RAINDANCE AWARD
The Machine
BEST INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM
Blue Is The Warmest Color
VARIETY AWARD
Paul Greengrass
RICHARD HARRIS AWARD
Julie Walters
