The British Independent Film Awards were held last night, celebrating the best of the UK indie scene. This year in particular they really were a showcase of the strengths of British film and what an immense amount of talent there is out there.

Paddy Considine’s Tyrannosaur picked up Best Film, with the film also seeing Olivia Colman win as Best Actress and Considine pick up The Douglas Hickox Award for Best Debut Director. However there was a fairly ecumenical spread of awards across some of the best UK indie flicks, including Lynn Ramsay picking up Best Director for We Need To Talk About Kevin and Richard Ayoade getting Best Screeplay for Submarine.

Michael Fassbender contined to be lauded for Shame, winning Best Actor. The excellent Weekend was a double winner, getting Most Promising Newcomer for Tom Cullen and Best Achievment In Production.

Take a look below for all this year’s BIFA winner.

BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM
SENNA
SHAME
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
TYRANNOSAUR – Winner

BEST DIRECTOR
Ben Wheatley – KILL LIST
Steve McQueen – SHAME
Tomas Alfredson – TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
Paddy Considine – TYRANNOSAUR
Lynne Ramsay – WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN – Winner

THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD [BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR]
Joe Cornish – ATTACK THE BLOCK
Ralph Fiennes – CORIOLANUS
John Michael McDonagh – THE GUARD
Richard Ayoade – SUBMARINE
Paddy Considine – TYRANNOSAUR – Winner

BEST SCREENPLAY
John Michael McDonagh – THE GUARD
Ben Wheatley, Amy Jump – KILL LIST
Abi Morgan, Steve McQueen – SHAME
Lynne Ramsay, Rory Kinnear – WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
Richard Ayoade – SUBMARINE – Winner

BEST ACTRESS
Rebecca Hall – THE AWAKENING
Mia Wasikowska – JANE EYRE
MyAnna Buring – KILL LIST
Tilda Swinton – WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
Olivia Colman – TYRANNOSAUR – Winner

BEST ACTOR
Brendan Gleeson – THE GUARD
Neil Maskell – KILL LIST
Gary Oldman – TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
Peter Mullan – TYRANNOSAUR
Michael Fassbender – SHAME – Winner

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Felicity Jones – ALBATROSS
Carey Mulligan – SHAME
Sally Hawkins – SUBMARINE
Kathy Burke – TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
Vanessa Redgrave – CORIOLANUS – Winner

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Tom Hardy – TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
Benedict Cumberbatch – TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
Eddie Marsan – TYRANNOSAUR
Ezra Miller – WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
Michael Smiley – KILL LIST – Winner

MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER
Jessica Brown Findlay – ALBATROSS
John Boyega – ATTACK THE BLOCK
Craig Roberts – SUBMARINE
Yasmin Paige – SUBMARINE
Tom Cullen – WEEKEND – Winner

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION
KILL LIST
TYRANNOSAUR
WILD BILL
YOU INSTEAD
WEEKEND – Winner

THE RAINDANCE AWARD
ACTS OF GODFREY
BLACK POND
HOLLOW
A THOUSAND KISSES DEEP
LEAVING BAGHDAD – Winner

BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Chris King, Gregers Sall – Editing – SENNA
Sean Bobbitt – Cinematography – SHAME
Joe Walker – Editing – SHAME
Seamus McGarvey – Cinematography – WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
Maria Djurkovic – Production Design – TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY – Winner

BEST DOCUMENTARY
HELL AND BACK AGAIN
LIFE IN A DAY
PROJECT NIM
TT3D: CLOSER TO THE EDGE
SENNA – Winner

BEST BRITISH SHORT
0507
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
RITE
ROUGH SKIN
CHALK – Winner

BEST FOREIGN INDEPENDENT FILM
ANIMAL KINGDOM
DRIVE
PINA
THE SKIN I LIVE IN
A SEPARATION – Winner

THE RICHARD HARRIS AWARD (for outstanding contribution by an actor to British Film)
Ralph Fiennes

THE VARIETY AWARD
Kenneth Branagh

THE SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Graham Easton

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