British Independent Film Awards 2004

Simon Pegg in October 2003

The 7th British Independent Film Awards ceremony took place in 2004 at the Hammersmith Palais in London (Hammersmith). It was moderated by Richard Jobson.

The most successful film of the year was Vera Drake by director Mike Leigh with Imelda Staunton in the lead role. The film received a total of six awards (Best Film, Best Director, Best Production, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Supporting Role), making it the most successful film of the British Independent Film Awards (as of 2007). Vera Drake received another nomination for best screenplay, but had to admit defeat in this category of the horror comedy Shaun of the Dead by director and screenwriter Simon Pegg .

The award for the best foreign independent film went to the South Korean thriller Oldboy by director Park Chan-wook .

jury

• Anthony Minghella, director ( The English Patient , En route to Cold Mountain ) as chairman
• Deborah Anne Dyer aka Skin, singer with Skunk Anansie
• Stewart Till, Chairman of United International Pictures
• Sam Taylor-Wood, photographer
• Christian Slater , actor ( interview with a vampire )
• Lynne Ramsay, director (Ratcatcher)
• Rosamund Pike , actress ( The Libertine )
• Laura De Casto, director of Tartan Films Distribution
• Mark Cousins, writer, producer and director
• Helena Bonham Carter , actress ( Fight Club , Planet of the Apes (2001) )
• Cate Blanchett , actress ( Babel , Elizabeth )
• Antonia Bird , theater, film and television director
• John Akomfrah, director
• David Aukin, television producer

Nominations and Awards

price	Original designation	Nominations	Award winners
Best British Independent Film	Best British Independent Film	Blood feud - Dead Man's Shoes My Summer of Love Shaun of the Dead Touching the Void Vera Drake	Vera Drake
Best British Short Film	Best British Short Film	6.6.04 Brand spanking London Fields Are Blue School of Life Wasps ( wasp )	School of Life
Best foreign independent film	Best Foreign Independent Film	Fahrenheit 9/11 Hero (Ying Xiong) Oldboy Pieces of April - A day with April Burns The Motorcycle Diaries	Oldboy
Best British documentary	Best British Documentary	Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer Drowned Out Peace One Day Touching the Void Trollywood	Touching the Void
Best actor	Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film	Ian Hart in Blind Flight Paddy Considine in Blood Vengeance - Dead Man's Shoes Daniel Craig in Enduring Love Geoffrey Rush in The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Phil Davis in Vera Drake	Phil Davis
Best Actress	Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film	Eva Birthistle in Ae Fond Kiss ... Scarlett Johansson in The Girl with the Pearl Earring Natalie Press in My Summer of Love Anne Reid in The Mother Imelda Staunton in Vera Drake	Imelda Staunton
Best Supporting Actor or Best Supporting Actress	Best Performance by a Supporting Actor or Actress in a British Independent Film	Gary Stretch in Blood Revenge - Dead Man's Shoes Samantha Morton in Enduring Love Romola Garai in Inside I'm Dancing Paddy Considine in My Summer of Love Eddie Marsan in Vera Drake	Eddie Marsan
Best director	Best Director of a British Independent Film	Shane Meadows for blood revenge - Dead Man's Shoes Roger Michell for Enduring Love Pawel Pawlikowski for My Summer of Love Kevin Macdonald for Touching the Void Mike Leigh for Vera Drake	Mike Leigh
Douglas Hickox Award	The Douglas Hickox Award	Saul Dibb for Bullet Boy Peter Webber for The Girl with the Pearl Earring John Crowley for intermission Emily Young for Kiss of Life Matthew Vaughn for Layer Cake	John Crowley
Best newcomer	Most promising newcomer	Atta Yaqub in Ae Fond Kiss ... Ashley Walters in Bullet Boy Toby Kebbell in Blood Revenge - Dead Man's Shoes Emily Blunt in My Summer of Love Nick Frost in Shaun of the Dead	Ashley Walters
Best script	Best screenplay	Paul Laverty for Ae Fond Kiss ... Shane Meadows for blood revenge - Dead Man's Shoes Paddy Considine for blood revenge - Dead Man's Shoes Simon Pegg for Shaun of the Dead Edgar Wright for Shaun of the Dead Christopher Markus for The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Stephen McFeely for The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Mike Leigh for Vera Drake	Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright
Best production	Best Achievement In Production	Bride and Prejudice Code 46 Blood feud - Dead Man's Shoes The girl with the pearl earring Vera Drake	Vera Drake
Best technology	Best Technical Achievement	Eduardo Castro for Bride and Prejudice Ralph Holes for Bride and Prejudice Mark Tildesley for Code 46 Lucas Roche for blood revenge - Dead Man's Shoes Chris Wyatt for blood revenge - Dead Man's Shoes Haris Zambarloukos for Enduring Love Mike Eley for Touching the Void	Mike Eley
The Raindance Award	The Raindance Award	Blinded chicken tikka masala The Barn

Further prices

• Special Jury Prize: Norma Heyman
• The Variety Award: JK Rowling
• The Richard Harris Award: Bob Hoskins
• The Raindance Award: The Barn

Web links

• Official website for the 2004 awards ceremony