British Independent Film Awards 2006

The 9th British Independent Film Awards ceremony took place in 2006 at the Hammersmith Palais in London ( Hammersmith ). It was hosted by actor James Nesbitt .

jury

• Colin Salmon, actor
• Martin Sherman, author
• Anne V. Coates , film editor ( The daredevil men in their flying boxes )
• Jason Isaacs , actor ( Windtalkers )
• Anna Friel, film and television actress ( Pushing Daisies )
• Kelly Reilly , film and stage actress ( Pride and Prejudice )
• Damien O'Donnell, director
• Mick Jones, musician ( The Clash )
• Leo Davis
• Reuben Barnes
• Sandy Lieberson, producer
• Martin Childs, production designer
• Helen McCrory, actress
• Damian Lewis , actor ( Dreamcatcher )
• Alan Cumming , actor ( Matters of the Heart )

Nominations and Awards

price	Original designation	Nominations	Award winners
Best British Independent Film	Best British Independent Film	Red Road The Last King of Scotland The Queen The Wind That Shakes The Barley This Is England	This Is England
Best foreign independent film	Best Foreign Independent Film	Brick Hard candy Hidden (Caché) The Beat My Heart Skipped Volver	Hidden (Caché)
Best British documentary	Best British Documentary	Blindsight The Great Happiness Space The Pervert's Guide To Cinema The Road to Guantanamo Unknown White Male	The Road to Guantanamo
Best British Short Film	Best British Short Film	At The End Of The Sentence Cubs Ex memoria The 10th Man Who I Am & What I Want	Cubs
Best actor	Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film	Tony Curran on Red Road Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland James McAvoy in The Last King of Scotland Cillian Murphy in The Wind That Shakes The Barley Peter O'Toole in Venus	Tony Curran
Best Actress	Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film	Robin Wright Penn in Breaking and Entering Juliette Binoche in Breaking and Entering Kate Dickie on Red Road Frances de la Tour in The History Boys Helen Mirren in The Queen	Kate Dickie
Best Supporting Actor or Best Supporting Actress	Best Performance by a Supporting Actor or Actress in a British Independent Film	Martin Compston on Red Road Joseph Gilgun in This Is England Stephen Graham in This Is England Leslie Phillips in Venus Vanessa Redgrave in Venus	Leslie Phillips
Best director	Best Director of a British Independent Film	Michael Caton Jones for Shooting Dogs Kevin Macdonald for The Last King of Scotland Stephen Frears for The Queen Ken Loach for The Wind That Shakes The Barley Shane Meadows for This Is England	Kevin Macdonald
Douglas Hickox Award	The Douglas Hickox Award	Menhaj Huda for Kidulthood Caradog W James for Little White Lies Paul Andrew Williams for London to Brighton Andrea Arnold for Red Road Tom Vaughan for starters for Ten	Menhaj Huda
Best newcomer	Most promising newcomer	Rafi Gavron in Breaking and Entering Harry Treadaway in Brothers of the Head Luke Treadaway in Brothers of the Head Dominic Cooper in The History Boys Samuel Barnett in The History Boys Thomas Turgoose in This Is England Jodie Whittaker in Venus	Thomas Turgoose
Best script	Best screenplay	Alan Bennett for The History Boys Peter Morgan for The Last King of Scotland Jeremy Brock for The Last King of Scotland Peter Morgan for The Queen Shane Meadows for This Is England Hanif Kureishi for Venus	Peter Morgan ( The Queen )
Best production	Best Achievement In Production	Kidulthood London to Brighton Severance Shooting dogs The Road To Guantanamo	London to Brighton
Best technology	Best Technical Achievement	Anthony Dod Mantle for The Last King of Scotland Alan MacDonald for The Queen Daniel Phillips for The Queen Barry Ackroyd for The Wind That Shakes The Barley Ludovico Einaudi for This Is England (music)	Anthony Dod Mantle
The Raindance Award	The Raindance Award	London to Brighton Scenes of a Sexual Nature The Ballad Of AJ Weberman	The Ballad Of AJ Weberman
Best British 15 Second Short	Best British 15 Second Short	Ah, Youth Chrysanthemums the Word Death of the Dinosaurs Fate and Mr. McKinley What's the point?	What's the point?

Further prices

• Special Jury Prize: Ken Loach
• The Variety Award: Helen Mirren
• The Richard Harris Award: Jim Broadbent

Web links

• Official website for the 2006 awards ceremony