“The Favourite” may have missed out of major honors from the National Board of Review and the New York Film Critics Circle, but the British Independent Film community bestowed its adoration on the critically acclaimed drama by awarding it 10 British Independent Film Awards on Sunday night. The Fox Searchlight release took Best British Independent Film, Best Director (Yorgos Lanthimos), Best Actress (Olivia Colman), Best Supporting Actress (Rachel Weisz), Best Screenplay and five other honors. It was the most wins any single film has achieved in the 20-year history of the event.
Other notable winners included “A Prayer Before Dawn’s” Joe Cole taking Best Actor against some very formidable competition, “Roma” winning Best International Film and “Evylen” earning Best Documentary.
During the ceremony, Judi Dench was honored with the Richard Harris Award for Outstanding Contribution by an Actor to British Film
Judi Dench and Horace Ové CBE was awarded a Special Jury Prize.
Here is a list of all of this year’s winners and nominees:
Best British Independent Film
AMERICAN ANIMALS Bart Layton, Katherine Butler, Dimitri Doganis, Derrin Schlesinger, Mary Jane Skalski
BEAST Michael Pearce, Kristian Brodie, Lauren Dark, Ivana MacKinnon
DISOBEDIENCE Sebastián Lelio, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Frida Torresblanco, Ed Guiney, Rachel Weisz
THE FAVOURITE Yorgos Lanthimos, Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara, Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday – WINNER
YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE Lynne Ramsay, Pascal Caucheteux, Rosa Attab, James Wilson, Rebecca O’Brien
Best Director
ANDREW HAIGH Lean on Pete
YORGOS LANTHIMOS The Favourite – WINNER
BART LAYTON American Animals
MICHAEL PEARCE Beast
LYNNE RAMSAY You Were Never Really Here
Best Screenplay
DEBORAH DAVIS, TONY McNAMARA The Favourite – WINNER
BART LAYTON American Animals
SEBASTIÁN LELIO, REBECCA LENKIEWICZ Disobedience
MICHAEL PEARCE Beast
LYNNE RAMSAY You Were Never Really Here
Best Actress
GEMMA ARTERTON The Escape
JESSIE BUCKLEY Beast
OLIVIA COLMAN The Favourite – WINNER
MAXINE PEAKE Funny Cow
RACHEL WEISZ Disobedience
Best Supporting Actress
NINA ARIANDA Stan & Ollie
RACHEL McADAMS Disobedience
EMMA STONE The Favourite
RACHEL WEISZ The Favourite – WINNER
MOLLY WRIGHT Apostasy
Best Actor
JOE COLE A Prayer Before Dawn – WINNER
STEVE COOGAN Stan & Ollie
RUPERT EVERETT The Happy Prince
JOAQUIN PHOENIX You Were Never Really Here
CHARLIE PLUMMER Lean on Pete
Best Supporting Actor
STEVE BUSCEMI Lean on Pete
BARRY KEOGHAN American Animals
ALESSANDRO NIVOLA Disobedience – WINNER
EVAN PETERS American Animals
DOMINIC WEST Colette
Most Promising Newcomer
JESSIE BUCKLEY Beast – WINNER
MICHAELA COEL Been So Long
LIV HILL Jellyfish
MARCUS RUTHERFORD Obey
MOLLY WRIGHT Apostasy
The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director)
RICHARD BILLINGHAM Ray & Liz – WINNER
DANIEL KOKOTAJLO Apostasy
MATT PALMER Calibre
MICHAEL PEARCE Beast
LEANNE WELHAM Pili
Debut Screenwriter
KAREN GILLAN The Party’s Just Beginning
DANIEL KOKOTAJLO Apostasy
BART LAYTON American Animals – WINNER
MATT PALMER Calibre
MICHAEL PEARCE Beast
Breakthrough Producer
KRISTIAN BRODIE Beast – WINNER
JACQUI DAVIES Ray & Liz
ANNA GRIFFIN Calibre
MARCIE MACLELLAN Apostasy
FAYE WARD Stan & Ollie
The Discovery Award
THE DIG Andy Tohill, Ryan Tohill, Stuart Drennan, Brian J. Falconer
IRENE’S GHOST Iain Cunningham, Rebecca Mark-Lawson, David Arthur, Ellie Land
A MOMENT IN THE REEDS Mikko Makela, James Watson
SUPER NOVEMBER Douglas King, Josie Long
VOYAGEUSE May Miles Thomas – WINNER
Best Documentary
BEING FRANK: THE CHRIS SIEVEY STORY Steve Sullivan
EVELYN Orlando von Einsiedel, Joanna Natasegara – WINNER
ISLAND Steven Eastwood, Elhum Shakerifar
NAE PASARAN Felipe Bustos Sierra
UNDER THE WIRE Christopher Martin, Tom Brisley
Best British Short Film
THE BIG DAY Dawn Shadforth, Kellie Smith, Michelle Stein – WINNER
BITTER SEA Fateme Ahmadi, Emma Parsons
THE FIELD Sandhya Suri, Balthazar de Ganay, Thomas Bidegain
POMMEL Paris Zarcilla, Sebastian Brown, Ivan Kelava
TO KNOW HIM Ted Evans, Kellie Smith, Jennifer Monks, Michelle Stein
Best International Independent Film
CAPERNAUM Nadine Labaki, Jihad Hojeily, Michelle Keserwani, Khaled Mouzanar, Michel Merkt
COLD WAR Pawel Pawlikowski, Tanya Seghatchian, Ewa Puszczynska
THE RIDER Chloé Zhao, Mollye Asher, Sacha Ben Harroche, Bert Hamelinck
ROMA Alfonso Cuarón, Nicolás Celis, Gabriela Rodriguez – WINNER
SHOPLIFTERS Hirokazu Koreeda
Best Casting
DIXIE CHASSAY The Favourite – WINNER
JULIE HARKIN Beast
AVY KAUFMAN American Animals
ANDY PRYOR Stan & Ollie
MICHELLE SMITH Apostasy
Best Cinematography
OLE BRATT BIRKELAND American Animals
MAGNUS NORDENHOF JØNK Lean on Pete
ROBBIE RYAN The Favourite – WINNER
TOM TOWNEND You Were Never Really Here
DAVID UNGARO A Prayer Before Dawn
Best Costume Design
CHRISTINA BLACKALLER An Evening With Beverly Luff Lin
JACQUELINE DURRAN Peterloo
ANDREA FLESCH Colette
SANDY POWELL The Favourite – WINNER
GUY SPERANZA Stan & Ollie
Best Editing
JOE BINI You Were Never Really Here
MARC BOUCROT A Prayer Before Dawn
NICK FENTON, JULIAN HART, CHRIS GILL American Animals – WINNER
YORGOS MAVROPSARIDIS The Favourite
BEN WHEATLEY Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
Best Effects
HOWARD JONES Early Man – WINNER
MATTHEW STRANGE, MARK WELLBAND Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
GEORGE ZWIER, PAUL DRIVER Peterloo
Best Make Up & Hair Design
CHRISTINE BLUNDELL Peterloo
MARK COULIER, JEREMY WOODHEAD Stan & Ollie
STACEY LOUISE HOLMAN A Prayer Before Dawn
IVANA PRIMORAC Colette
NADIA STACEY The Favourite – WINNER
Best Music
AARON CUPPLES Island of the Hungry Ghosts
JONNY GREENWOOD You Were Never Really Here – WINNER
RICHARD HAWLEY Funny Cow
ANNE NIKITIN American Animals
JIM WILLIAMS Beast
Best Production Design
MICHAEL CARLIN Colette
FIONA CROMBIE The Favourite – WINNER
SUZIE DAVIES Peterloo
JOHN PAUL KELLY Stan & Ollie
BECK RAINFORD Ray & Liz
Best Sound
JOHNNIE BURN The Favourite
PAUL DAVIES You Were Never Really Here – WINNER
SÉVERIN FAVRIAU A Prayer Before Dawn
CJ MIRRA Time Trial
ANDREW STIRK American Animals