British Independent Film Awards 2007

Anton Corbijn

The 10th British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) ceremony took place on November 20, 2007 in London. The most successful film of the year was Control by director Anton Corbijn, with four awards (Best Film, Best Director, Best Newscomer, Douglas Hickox Award) and three other nominations.

The German production The Lives of Others by director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck was awarded as the best foreign independent film.

The event was hosted by actor James Nesbitt, who himself received an award in 2002 for his portrayal of Northern Irish politician Ivan Cooper in Paul Greengrass's drama Bloody Sunday .

jury

• Simon Channing Williams, producer ( Vera Drake ) as chairman
• Hayley Atwell , actress ( Cassandra's dream )
• Peter Webber, director ( Hannibal Rising )
• Kathy Burke, actress and director
• Will Clarke, chairman of Optimum Releasin
• Tony Curran, actor
• Chiwetel Ejiofor , actor ( Serenity - Escape into New Worlds , Children of Men )
• Annie Griffin, director
• Sandra Hebron, Artistic Director of the London Film Festival
• Mark Herbert, producer
• Menhaj Huda, director
• Matthew Macfadyen , actor ( Enigma )
• Neil Marshall, director ( The Descent )
• Archie Panjabi , actress ( Kick it like Beckham )
• Nitin Sawhney , musician and composer
• Roger Pratt, cameraman ( Twelve Monkeys , Troy )

price	Original designation	Nominations	Award winners
Best British Independent Film	Best British Independent Film	And When Did You Last See Your Father? Control Eastern Promises Hallam Foe Notes on a Scandal	Control
Best foreign independent film	Best Foreign Independent Film	Black Book La vie en rose Once Ne le dis à personne (no mortal word) The Lives of Others	The Lives of Others
Best British documentary	Best British Documentary	Black gold Deep water Garbage Warrior In the Shadow of the Moon Joe Strummer : The Future Is Unwritten	Joe Strummer : The Future Is Unwritten
Best British Short Film	Best British Short Film	A Bout de Truffe - The Truffle Hunter Cherries Dog Altogether The Girls What Does Your Daddy Do?	Dog Altogether
Best actor	Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film	Jim Broadbent in And When Did You Last See Your Father? Sam Riley in Control Viggo Mortensen in Eastern Promises Jamie Bell in Hallam Foe Cillian Murphy in Sunshine	Viggo Mortensen
Best Actress	Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film	Anne Hathaway in Becoming Jane Tannishtha Chatterjee in Brick Lane Sophia Myles in Hallam Foe Kierston Wareing in It's a Free World ... Judi Dench in Notes on a Scandal	Judi Dench
Best Supporting Actor or Best Supporting Actress	Best Performance by a Supporting Actor or Actress in a British Independent Film	Colin Firth in And When Did You Last See Your Father? Toby Kebbell in Control Samantha Morton in Control Armin Mueller-Stahl in Eastern Promises Cate Blanchett in Notes on a Scandal	Toby Kebbell
Best director	Best Director of a British Independent Film	Anand Tucker for And When Did You Last See Your Father? Sarah Gavron for Brick Lane Anton Corbijn for Control David Cronenberg for Eastern Promises David MacKenzie for Hallam Foe	Anton Corbijn
Douglas Hickox Award	The Douglas Hickox Award	Nick Francis, Marc Francis for Black Gold Anton Corbijn for Control Oliver Hodge for Garbage Warrior David Schwimmer for Run, Fat Boy, Run Steve Hudson for True North	Anton Corbijn
Best newcomer	Most promising newcomer	Imogen Poots in 28 Weeks Later Matthew Beard in And When Did You Last See Your Father? Sam Riley in Control Bradley Cole in Exhibit A. Kierston Wareing in It's a Free World ...	Sam Riley
Best script	Best screenplay	David Nicholls for And When Did You Last See Your Father? Matt Greenhalgh for Control Steve Knight for Eastern Promises Ed Whitmore and David MacKenzie for Hallam Foe Patrick Marber for Notes on a Scandal	Patrick Marber
Best production	Best Achievement In Production	Black gold Control Exhibit A Extraordinary rendition Garbage Warrior	Black gold
Best technology	Best Technical Achievement	Enrique Chediak for 28 Weeks Later (camera) Trevor Waite for And When Did You Last See Your Father? (Cut) Martin Ruhe for Control (camera) Colin Monie and David MacKenzie for Hallam Foe (music) Mark Tildesley for Sunshine (production design)	Mark Tildesley
The Raindance Award	The Raindance Award	Exhibit A The Inheritance [2007] Tovarian: I Am Not Dead	The Inheritance [2007]

Further prices

• Special Jury Prize: Andi Engel, Robert Beeson, Pamela Engel (Artificial Eye)
• The Variety Award: Daniel Craig
• The Richard Harris Award: Ray Winstone

Web links

• Official website for the 2007 awards ceremony