British Independent Film Awards 2009

The 12th British Independent Film Awards, held on 6 December 2009 at The Brewery in West London, honoured the best British independent films of 2009.^[1]

Awards

The winner is bolded at the top of each section.^[2]

Best British Independent Film

• Moon
• An Education
• Fish Tank
• In The Loop
• Nowhere Boy

Best Director

• Andrea Arnold – Fish Tank
• Armando Iannucci – In The Loop
• Duncan Jones – Moon
• Jane Campion – Bright Star
• Lone Scherfig – An Education

The Douglas Hickox Award

Given to a British director on their debut feature

• Duncan Jones – Moon
• Armando Iannucci – In The Loop
• Peter Strickland – Katalin Varga
• Sam Taylor Wood – Nowhere Boy
• Samantha Morton – The Unloved

Best Actor

• Tom Hardy – Bronson
• Aaron Johnson – Nowhere Boy
• Andy Serkis – Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
• Peter Capaldi – In The Loop
• Sam Rockwell – Moon

Best Actress

• Carey Mulligan – An Education
• Abbie Cornish – Bright Star
• Emily Blunt – The Young Victoria
• Katie Jarvis – Fish Tank
• Sophie Okonedo – Skin

Best Supporting Actor

• John Henshaw – Looking for Eric
• Alfred Molina – An Education
• Jim Broadbent – The Damned United
• Michael Fassbender – Fish Tank
• Tom Hollander – In The Loop

Best Supporting Actress

• Anne-Marie Duff – Nowhere Boy
• Kerry Fox – Bright Star
• Kierston Wareing – Fish Tank
• Kristin Scott Thomas – Nowhere Boy
• Rosamund Pike – An Education

Best Screenplay

• In The Loop – Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
• An Education – Nick Hornby
• Fish Tank – Andrea Arnold
• Moon – Nathan Parker
• Nowhere Boy – Matt Greenhalgh

Most Promising Newcomer

• Katie Jarvis – Fish Tank
• Christian McKay – Me and Orson Welles
• Edward Hogg – White Lightnin'
• George MacKay – The Boys Are Back
• Hilda Péter – Katalin Varga

Best Achievement In Production

• Bunny and the Bull
• Bronson
• The Hide
• The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
• Katalin Varga

Best Technical Achievement

• Bright Star – Cinematography – Greig Fraser
• Bunny and the Bull – Production Design – Gary Williamson
• Fish Tank – Cinematography – Robbie Ryan
• Moon – Original Score – Clint Mansell
• Moon – Production Design – Tony Noble

Best British Documentary

• Mugabe and the White African
• The Age of Stupid
• The End of The Line
• Sons of Cuba
• Sounds Like Teen Spirit

Best British Short

• Love You More
• Christmas with Dad
• Leaving
• Sidney Turtlebaum
• Washdays

Best Foreign Film

• Let the Right One In
• Il Divo
• The Hurt Locker
• Sin Nombre
• The Wrestler

Raindance Award

• Down Terrace
• Colin
• The Disappearance of Alice Creed
• Exam
• They Call It Acid

The Richard Harris Award

• Daniel Day-Lewis

The Variety Award

• Sir Michael Caine

The Special Jury Prize

• Baz Bamigboye