The winners for the tenth annual British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) were announced today, Wednesday 28 November at the Roundhouse in London.

Johanna von Fischer and Tessa Collinson, BIFA company co-directors and the event's producers say: “A decade ago, the need for an awards ceremony that celebrated British independent film talent was identified. We are now ten years on and BIFA has grown to celebrate the increasingly diverse range of talent out there. This year’s winners are no exception to this rule with Anton Corbijn winning the Douglas Hickox award and Judi Dench winning Best Actress.”

John Woodward, Chief Executive Officer of the UK Film Council, the major funding partner of the BIFAs says: "This year's nominations and award winners really highlight the outstanding talent working in the UK with beautiful and thought-provoking films made by both established and emerging filmmakers. The BIFAs are a great champion for the British film industry celebrating excellence and originality in independent filmmaking."

Elliot Grove, Founder of BIFA and creator of Raindance says:
“BIFA aims to recognise the plethora of new and established talent in the film industry of Britain. A special heart-felt thanks to the sponsors and filmmakers who have made this 10th edition such a success.”

BIFA are proud to announce th following winners for this year's awards:

BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM
And When Did You Last See Your Father?
* Control
Eastern Promises
Hallam Foe
Notes on a Scandal

BEST ACTRESS
Sponsored by Mac
Anne Hathaway - Becoming Jane
Tannishtha Chatterjee - Brick Lane
Sophia Myles - Hallam Foe
Kierston Wareing - It's A Free World...
*Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal

BEST ACTOR
Jim Broadbent - And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Sam Riley - Control
* Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises
Jamie Bell - Hallam Foe
Cilian Murphy - Sunshine

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR/ACTRESS
Sponsored by Tiscali
Colin Firth - And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Samantha Morton - Control
* Toby Kebbell - Control
Armin Muehler Stahl - Eastern Promises
Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal

MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER
Sponsored by Diesel
Imogen Poots - 28 Weeks Later
Matthew Beard - And When Did You Last See Your Father?
* Sam Riley - Control
Bradley Cole - Exhibit A
Kierston Wareing - It's A Free World...

BEST SCREENPLAY
Sponsored by BBC Films
David Nicholls - And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Matt Greenhalgh - Control
Steven Knight - Eastern Promises
David Mackenzie & Ed Whitmore - Hallam Foe
* Patrick Marber - Notes on a Scandal

BEST DIRECTOR
Sponsored by The Creative Partnership
Anand Tucker - And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Sarah Gavron - Brick Lane
* Anton Corbijn - Control
David Cronenberg - Eastern Promises
David Mackenzie - Hallam Foe

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION
* Black Gold
Control
Exhibit A
Extraordinary Rendition
Garbage Warrior

THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD [BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR]
Sponsored by Pathé
Marc Francis & Nick Francis - Black Gold
* Anton Corbijn - Control
Oliver Hodge - Garbage Warrior
David Schwimmer - Run, Fat Boy, Run
Steve Hudson - True North

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Black Gold
Deep Water
Garbage Warrior
In the Shadow of the Moon
* Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten

BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Sponsored by Skillset
Enrique Chediak - Cinematography - 28 Weeks Later
TBC - Editing - And When Did You Last See Your Father?
TBC - Cinematography - Control
TBC - Music - Hallam Foe
* Mark Tildesley - Production design - Sunshine

BEST BRITISH SHORT
Sponsored by Canon
A Bout de Truffe - The Truffle Hunter
Cherries
* Dog Altogether
Girls, The
What Does Your Daddy Do?

BEST FOREIGN INDEPENDENT FEATURE
Black Book
La Vie en Rose
* Lives of Others, The
Once
Tell No One

THE RAINDANCE AWARD
Sponsored by Raindance
Exhibit A
* The Inheritance
Tovarisch: I Am Not Dead

SPECIAL AWARDS

THE RICHARD HARRIS AWARD
Sponsored by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, UK
Ray Winstone

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Sponsored by the UK Film Council
Pam Engel, Robert Beeson and Andi Engel

THE VARIETY AWARD
Daniel Craig