British Independent Film Awards 2016

Andrea Arnold at the Cannes Film Festival 2012

The 19th British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) ceremony took place on December 4, 2016 at Old Billingsgate in London . It was hosted by British actress and screenwriter Jennifer Saunders .

The most successful film of the year was the British-American drama American Honey , which won five nominations in the categories of best film, best actress ( Sasha Lane ), best technology (Robbie Ryan (camera)) and best director ( Andrea Arnold ) . The seven-time nominated film drama I, Daniel Blake by director Ken Loach only won the award in the categories Best Actor (Dave Johns) and Most Promising Newcomer (Hayley Squires).

This year the award was given in two new categories: Breakthrough Producer , to highlight promising talent among producers, and Debut Screenwriter for first-time screenwriters.

jury

The 2016 awards juries are composed as follows:

• Main jury: Edith Bowman, Roger Charteris, Robbie Collin, Mark Herbert, Allon Reich, Tessa Ross, Peter Straughan, Abigail Tartellin and Chris Wyatt
• Debut screenwriters: Paddy Breathnach, Moira Buffini , Sally El Hosaini, Olivia Hetreed, Cynthia Okoye, Michael Thomas III and Daniel Wolfe
• Debut Director: Paddy Breathnach, Moira Buffini, Sally El Hosaini, Cynthia Okoye, Anand Tucker and Daniel Wolfe
• Breakthrough Producers: Ruth Caleb, Robert Jones, Elisabeth Karlsen, Rachel Robey and Gareth Ellis-Unwin
• Most Promising Newcomers: Roger Allam , Lucy Bevan, James D'Arcy , Anna Friel , Amy Hubbard and Lesley Manville

Nominations and Awards

price	Original designation	Nominations	Award winners
Best British Independent Film	Best British Independent Film	American Honey Couple in a hole I, Daniel Blake Notes on blindness Under the shadow	American Honey
Best international independent film	Best International Independent Film	Hunt for the Wilderpeople - Taika Waititi , Carthew Neal, Matt Noonan, Leanne Saunders Manchester by the Sea - Kenneth Lonergan , Kimberly Steward , Matt Damon , Chris Moore , Lauren Beck , Kevin J. Walsh Moonlight - Barry Jenkins , Adele Romanski , Dede Gardner , Jeremy Kleiner Mustang - Deniz Gamze Ergüven , Alice Winocour, Charles Gillibert Toni Erdmann - Maren Ade , Janine Jackowski , Jonas Dornbach , Michel Merkt	Moonlight
Best British documentary	Best Documentary	The Confession: Livin the War on Terror - Ashish Ghadiali, James Rogan Dancer - Steven Cantor, Gabrielle Tana The Hard Stop - George Amponsah, Dionne Walker Notes on Blindness - Peter Middleton, James Spinney, Mike Brett, Jo-Jo Ellison, Steve Jamison, Alex Usborne Versus: The life and Films of Ken Loach - Louise Osmond, Rebecca O'Brien	Notes on blindness
Best British Short Film	Best British Short	Jacked - Rene Pannevis, Ashish Ghadiali, Jennifer Eriksson Mother - Leo Leigh, Scott O'Donnell Over - Jörn Threlfall, Jeremy Bannister Rate Me - Fyzal Boulifa, Taina Galis The Wrong End of the Stick - Terri Matthews, Chris Cornwell, Sam Bank	Jacked
Best actor	Best Actor	Shia LaBeouf - American Honey Max Records - I Am Not A Seriel Killer Dave Johns - I, Daniel Blake Steve Brandon - My Feral Heart Michael Fassbender - Trespass Against Us	Dave Johns - I, Daniel Blake
Best Actress	Best Actress	Jodie Whittaker - Adult Life Skills Sasha Lane - American Honey Kate Dickie - Couple in a Hole Hayley Squires - I, Daniel Blake Narges Rashidi - Under the Shadow	Sasha Lane - American Honey
Best supporting actor	Best Supporting Actor	Arinzé Kene - The Pass Brett Goldstein - Adult Life Skills Christopher Lloyd - I Am Not a Serial Killer Jamie Dornam - Anthropoid Sean Harris - Trespass Against Us	Brett Goldstein - Adult Life Skills
The best supporting actress	Best Supporting Actress	Avin Manshadi - Under the Shadow Gemma Arterton - The Girl with All the Gifts Naomie Harris - Our Kind of Traitor Shana Swash - My Feral Heart Terry Pheto - A United Kingdom	Avin Manshadi - Under the Shadow
Best newcomer	Most promising newcomer	Dave Johns - I, Daniel Blake Hayley Squires - I, Daniel Blake Letitia Wright - Urban Hymn Sennia Nanua - The Girl with All the Gifts Steve Brandon - My Feral Heart	Hayley Squires - I, Daniel Blake
Best director	Best Director	Andrea Arnold - American Honey Ben Wheatley - Free Fire Ken Loach - I, Daniel Blake James Spinney, Pete Middleton - Notes on Blindness Babak Anvari - Under the Shadow	Andrea Arnold - American Honey
Douglas Hickox Award	The Douglas Hickox Award (Debut Director)	Adam Smith - Trespass Against Us Alice Lowe - Prevenge Babak Anvari - Under the Shadow Peter Middleton, James Spinney - Notes on Blindness Rachel Tunnard - Adult Life Skills	Babak Anvari - Under the Shadow
Best script	Best screenplay	Rachel Tunnard - Adult Life Skills Andrea Arnold - American Honey Christopher Hyde, Billy O'Brien - I Am Not A Seriel Killer Paul Laverty - I, Daniel Blake Babak Anvari - Under the Shadow	Babak Anvari - Under the Shadow
Breakthrough Producer (new 2016)	Breakthrough Producer	Camille Gatin - The Girl with All the Gifts Dionne Walker - The Hard Stop Michael Berliner - Adult Life Skills Mike Brett, Jo-Jo Ellison, Steve Jamison - Notes on Blindness Paul Fegan - Where You're Meant to Be	Camille Gatin - The Girl with All the Gifts
Best Screenplay Debut (New 2016)	Best debut screenwriter	Ed Talfan - The Passing Hope Dickson leach - The Leveling John Cairns and Michael McCartney - A Patch of Fog Rachel Tunnard - Adult Life Skills Simon Farnaby, Julian Barratt - Mindhorn	Rachel Tunnard - Adult Life Skills
Best technology	Outstanding Achievement in Craft	Joakim Sundström (Sound) - Notes on Blindness Paul Monaghan, Mat Whitecross (editor) - Supersonic Robbie Ryan (camera) - American Honey Seb Baker (Visual Effects) - The Girl with All the Gifts Shaneen Baig (casting) - Free Fire	Robbie Ryan (camera) - American Honey
The Discovery Award	The Discovery Award (formerly The Raindance Award )	Black Mountain Poets - Jamie Adams, Jon Rennie The Darkest Universe - Tom Kingsley, Will Sharpe, Tiani Ghosh, Jo-Jo Ellison The Ghoul - Gareth Tunley, Jack Healy Guttmann, Tom Meeten Gozo - Miranda Bowen, Leo Scott The Greasy Strangler - Jim Hosking, Toby Harvard, Daniel Noah, Andrew Starke, Ant Timpson, Josh C. Waller, Elijah Wood	The Greasy Strangler

Further prices

• Richards Harris Award - Alison Steadman
• The Variety Award - Naomie Harris

Web links

• Official website for the 2016 awards ceremony

Individual evidence

1. ^ American Honey shines at the British Independent Film Awards. In: BBC News Online. BBC, December 5, 2016, accessed December 5, 2016 . 
2. ↑ BIFA: BIFA Breakthrough Producer 2016 Long List. In: https://www.bifa.film/ . British Independent Film Awards, October 20, 2016, accessed November 26, 2016 .