British Independent Film Awards 2014

Simon Bird at the 2010 British Academy Television Awards

The 17th British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) ceremony took place on December 7, 2014 at Old Billingsgate in London . The event was moderated by actor , screenwriter and comedian Simon Bird .

The most successful film of the evening was the British comedy Pride by director Matthew Warchus, which won a total of three awards out of seven nominations.

jury

• Tom Hooper (Jury Chairman)
• Zawe Ashton
• Jon S Baird
• Sean Ellis
• Tinge Krishnan
• Shira MacLeod
• Tracy O'Riordan
• Jonathan Romney
• Thea Sharrock
• Luke Treadaway
• Stanley Tucci

Nominations and Awards

price	Original designation	Nominations	Award winners
Best British Independent Film	Best British Independent Film	Calvary The Imitation Game Mr. Turner Pride '71	Pride
Best foreign independent film	Best Foreign Independent Film	Boyhood The Babadook Ida Fruitvale Station Blue ruin	Boyhood
Best British documentary	Best British Documentary	The Possibilities Are Endless Virunga Next goal wins 20,000 Days on Earth Night Will Fall	Next goal wins
Best British Short Film	Best British Short Film	Emotional fusebox Crocodile Keeping Up With The Joneses Slap The Karman Line	The Karman Line
Best actor	Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film	Asa Butterfield for X + Y Benedict Cumberbatch for The Imitation Game Brendan Gleeson for Calvary Jack O'Connell for '71 Timothy Spall for Mr. Turner	Brendan Gleeson for Calvary
Best Actress	Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film	Alicia Vikander for Testament of Youth Cheng Pei Pei for Lilting Gugu Mbatha-Raw for Belle Keira Knightley for The Imitation Game Sameena Jabeen Ahmed for Catch Me Daddy	Gugu Mbatha-Raw for Belle
Best supporting actor	Best Supporting Actor in a British Independent Film	Andrew Scott for Pride Ben Schnetzer for Pride Michael Fassbender for Frank Rafe Spall for X + Y Sean Harris for '71	Andrew Scott for Pride
The best supporting actress	Best Supporting Actress in a British Independent Film	Dorothy Atkinson for Mr. Turner Imelda Staunton for Pride Maggie Gyllenhaal for Frank Sally Hawkins for X + Y Sienna Guillory for The Goob	Imelda Staunton for Pride
Best newcomer	Most promising newcomer	Ben Schnetzer for Pride Cara Delevingne for The Face of an Angel Gugu Mbatha-Raw for Belle Liam Walpole for The Goob Sameena Jabeen Ahmed for Catch Me Daddy	Sameena Jabeen Ahmed for Catch Me Daddy
Best director	Best Director of a British Independent Film	John Michael McDonagh for Calvary Lenny Abrahamson for Frank Matthew Warchus for Pride Mike Leigh for Mr. Turner Yann Demange for '71	Yann Demange for '71
Douglas Hickox Award	The Douglas Hickox Award	Matthew Wolfe and Daniel Wolfe for Catch Me Daddy Hong Khaou for Lilting Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard for 20,000 Days on Earth Morgan Matthews for X + Y Yann Demange for '71	Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard for 20,000 Days on Earth
Best script	Best screenplay	Graham Moore for The Imitation Game Gregory Burke for '71 John Michael McDonagh for Calvary Jon Ronson and Peter Straughan for Frank Stephen Beresford for Pride	Jon Ronson and Peter Straughan for Frank
Best production	Best Achievement In Production	Lilting 20,000 Days on Earth '71 The goob Catch Me Daddy	The goob
Best technology	Best Technical Achievement	Chris Wyatt for '71 (editor) Dick Pope for Mr. Turner (camera) Robbie Ryan for Catch Me Daddy (camera) Stephen Rennicks for Frank (music) Tat Radcliffe for '71 (camera)	Stephen Rennicks for Frank (music)
The Raindance Award	The Raindance Award	Gregor Luna Keeping Rosy Flim: The Movie The Beat Beneath My Feet	Luna

Further prices

• Richards Harris Award for Emma Thompson
• Special Jury Prize for John Boorman
• The Variety Award for Benedict Cumberbatch

Web links

• Official website for the 2014 awards ceremony