As December rolls along (only twenty more shopping days until Christmas!) the awards keeping coming, and over the weekend, it was the folks at the British Independent Film Awards turn to hand out the honors. In case you’re wondering, this will have little to no impact on how Oscar voting will go, but if anything, it’s another chance to shout out some movies that will likely not get recognized by the Academy.
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Andrea Arnold‘s “American Honey” was the big winner at the ceremony, taking home four trophies including Best British Independent Film, Best Director, Best Actress and Best Cinematography. However, the real surprise of the ceremonies was the terrific and moody horror “Under The Shadow,” which netted three awards, including Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress and Best Debut Director. It was a nice showing for the terrifically crafted genre flick and a nice boost for filmmaker Babak Anvari.
Check out the full list of winners below, and be sure to catch up with the ones you haven’t seen.
BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM
“American Honey,” Andrea Arnold, Lars Knudsen, Jay Van Hoy, Pouya Shahbazian, Alice Weinberg, Thomas Benski, Lucas Ochoa
INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM
“Moonlight,” Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner
DIRECTOR
Andrea Arnold, “American Honey”
SCREENPLAY
Babak Anvari, “Under the Shadow”
ACTRESS
Sasha Lane, “American Honey”
ACTOR
Dave Johns, “I, Daniel Blake”
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Avin Manshadi, “Under the Shadow”
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Brett Goldstein, “Adult Life Skills”
DOCUMENTARY
“Notes on Blindness,” Peter Middleton, James Spinney, Mike Brett, Jo-Jo Ellison, Steve Jamison, Alex Usborne
CRAFT
Robbie Ryan, cinematography “American Honey”
THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD (DEBUT DIRECTOR)
Babak Anvari, “Under the Shadow”
DEBUT SCREENWRITER
Rachel Tunnard, “Adult Life Skills”
BREAKTHROUGH PRODUCER
Camille Gatin, “The Girl With All the Gifts”
MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER
Hayley Squires, “I, Daniel Blake”
THE DISCOVERY AWARD
“The Greasy Strangler,” Jim Hosking, Toby Harvard, Daniel Noah, Andrew Starke, Ant Timpson, Josh C Waller, Elijah Wood
BRITISH SHORT
“Jacked,” Rene Pannevis, Ashish Ghadiali, Jennifer Eriksson