Pride Still Cannes - H 2014
Courtesy of Festival de CannesU.K. comedy Pride was the big winner at the British Independent Film Awards, held in London on Sunday evening.
At a glittering event hosted by Simon Bird, star of this 2014’s biggest U.K. film The Inbetweeners 2, Pride took home the best British independent film award, along with best supporting actor and actress prizes for its stars Andrew Scott and Imelda Staunton, respectively.
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From nine nominations, Irish thriller ’71 won best director for Yann Demange on his debut feature. Best actor went to Brendan Gleeson for his turn as a trouble priest in Calvary, while newcomer Gugu Mbatha-Raw took best actress for her breakthrough role as an 18th century aristocrat in Amma Asante’s Belle.
Expected Oscar contender The Imitation Game, which was up for four awards including best film, best actor for Benedict Cumberbatch and best actress for Keira Knightley, came away empty handed.
A bumper crop of talent from the U.K. was present, including Cumberbatch, Knightley, Timothy Spall, Emma Thompson, Rafe Spall, Mark Strong, Asa Butterfield and Helen Mirren. Mirren described the awards as the “beating heart of the British film industry.”
Here is the complete list of nominees and winners.
BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM
’71
Calvary
Mr Turner
Pride – WINNER
The Imitation Game
BEST DIRECTOR
John Michael McDonagh – Calvary
Lenny Abrahamson – Frank
Matthew Warchus – Pride
Mike Leigh – Mr Turner
Yann Demange – ’71 – WINNER
THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD [BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR]
Daniel Wolfe, Matthew Wolfe – Catch Me Daddy
Hong Khaou – Lilting
Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard – 20,000 Days on Earth – WINNER
Morgan Matthews – X+Y
Yann Demange – ’71
BEST SCREENPLAY
Graham Moore – The Imitation Game
Gregory Burke – ‘71
John Michael McDonagh – Calvary
Jon Ronson, Peter Straughan – Frank – WINNER
Stephen Beresford – Pride
BEST ACTRESS
Alicia Vikander – Testament of Youth
Cheng Pei Pei – Lilting
Gugu Mbatha-Raw – Belle – WINNER
Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game
Sameena Jabeen Ahmed – Catch Me Daddy
BEST ACTOR
Asa Butterfield – X+Y
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game
Brendan Gleeson – Calvary – WINNER
Jack O’Connell – ’71
Timothy Spall – Mr Turner
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Dorothy Atkinson – Mr Turner
Imelda Staunton – Pride- WINNER
Maggie Gyllenhaal – Frank
Sally Hawkins – X+Y
Sienna Guillory – The Goob
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Andrew Scott – Pride – WINNER
Ben Schnetzer – Pride
Michael Fassbender – Frank
Rafe Spall – X+Y
Sean Harris – ‘71
MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER
Ben Schnetzer – Pride
Cara Delevingne – The Face of An Angel
Gugu Mbatha-Raw – Belle
Liam Walpole – The Goob
Sameena Jabeen Ahmed – Catch Me Daddy – WINNER
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION
’71
20,000 Days on Earth
Catch Me Daddy
Lilting
The Goob – WINNER
BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Chris Wyatt – Editing – ’71
Dick Pope – Cinematography – Mr Turner
Robbie Ryan – Cinematography – Catch Me Daddy
Stephen Rennicks – Music – Frank – WINNER
Tat Radcliffe – Cinematography – ’71
BEST DOCUMENTARY
20,000 Days on Earth
Next Goal Wins – WINNER
Night Will Fall
The Possibilities Are Endless
Virunga
BEST BRITISH SHORT
Crocodile
Emotional Fusebox
Keeping Up With The Joneses
Slap
The Kármán Line – WINNER
BEST INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM
Blue Ruin
Boyhood – WINNER
Fruitvale Station
Ida
The Babadook
THE RAINDANCE AWARD
Flim: The Movie…
Gregor
Luna – WINNER
Keeping Rosy
The Beat Beneath My Feet
THE RICHARD HARRIS AWARD (for outstanding contribution by an actor to British Film)
Emma Thompson
THE SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
John Boorman
