A film about young gay activists raising money for striking Welsh miners was the big winner at the British Independent Film Awards. At a ceremony at Old Billingsgate in London, Pride – which tells the unlikely story of the real-life campaign group “Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners” – was named the Best British Independent […]
A Philippine-set thriller, in the little-known language of Tagalog, has won the most awards – including the top awards – at this year’s British Independent Film Awards. The BIFA for Best British Independent Film went to Metro Manila and the Best Director prize went the man behind it, Sean Ellis. The film was also honoured […]
A prison drama that won the Best Newcomer honour for its first-time writer at the London Film Festival last month has scooped the most nominations at the British Independent Film Awards – the opening ceremony of a long film awards season that will end with the Oscars in February. Starred Up will be up for […]
Peter Strickland’s critically acclaimed follow-up to his 2009 debut Katalin Varga, Berberian Sound Studio, has picked up the most prizes at the British Independent Film Awards. Its haul of four included Best Director for Strickland, Best Actor for Toby Jones, Best Production and Best Technical Achievement, for its Sound Design. Fittingly, in the film, Jones […]
The actors Jude Law and Sir Michael Gambon are to be honoured at next month’s British Independent Film Awards for their contribution to the industry in the UK. Law – recently seen in Anna Karenina – will receive the Variety Award, while Sir Michael – next to be seen in Dustin Hoffman’s directorial debut, Quartet […]
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Tyrannosaur and Steve McQueen’s upcoming Shame have each picked up seven nominations at this year’s British Independent Film Awards.
We Need to Talk About Kevin and Kill List each have six nominations, while Richard Ayoade’s Submarine is up for five awards.There’s a particularly high profile