British Independent Film Awards 2006
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The 9th British Independent Film Awards, held in November 2006 at the Hammersmith Palais, London, honoured the best British independent films of 2006.
Awards
[edit]Best British Independent Film
[edit]Best Director
[edit]- Kevin Macdonald - The Last King of Scotland
- Stephen Frears - The Queen
- Michael Caton-Jones - Shooting Dogs
- Shane Meadows - This Is England
- Ken Loach - The Wind That Shakes the Barley[1]
The Douglas Hickox Award
[edit]Given to a British director on their debut feature
- Menhaj Huda - KiDULTHOOD
- Caradog W. James - Little White Lies
- Paul Andrew Williams - London to Brighton
- Andrea Arnold - Red Road
- Tom Vaughan - Starter for 10[1]
Best Actor
[edit]- Tony Curran - Red Road
- James McAvoy - The Last King of Scotland
- Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
- Peter O'Toole - Venus
- Cillian Murphy - The Wind That Shakes the Barley[1]
Best Actress
[edit]- Kate Dickie - Red Road
- Juliette Binoche - Breaking and Entering
- Robin Wright - Breaking and Entering
- Frances de la Tour - The History Boys
- Helen Mirren - The Queen[1]
Best Supporting Actor/Actress
[edit]- Leslie Phillips - Venus
- Martin Compston - Red Road
- Joseph Gilgun - This Is England
- Stephen Graham - This Is England
- Vanessa Redgrave - Venus[1]
Best Screenplay
[edit]- Peter Morgan - The Queen
- Alan Bennett - The History Boys
- Peter Morgan and Jeremy Brock - The Last King of Scotland
- Shane Meadows - This Is England
- Hanif Kureishi - Venus[1]
Most Promising Newcomer
[edit]- Thomas Turgoose - This Is England
- Rafi Gavron - Breaking and Entering
- Harry Treadaway and Luke Treadaway - Brothers of the Head
- Samuel Barnett - The History Boys
- Dominic Cooper - The History Boys
- Jodie Whittaker - Venus[1]
Best Achievement in Production
[edit]Best Technical Achievement
[edit]- Anthony Dod Mantle - The Last King of Scotland (for cinematography)
- Alan MacDonald - The Queen (for production design)
- Daniel Phillips - The Queen (for makeup)
- Ludovico Einaudi - This Is England (for original music)
- Barry Ackroyd - The Wind That Shakes the Barley (for cinematography)[1]
Best British Documentary
[edit]- The Road to Guantanamo
- Blindsight
- The Great Happiness Space: Tale of an Osaka Love Thief
- The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
- Unknown White Male[1]
Best British Short
[edit]- Cubs
- The 10th Man
- At the End of the Sentence
- Ex Memoria
- Who I Am and What I Want[1]
Best 15 Second Short
[edit]- 'What's the Point?
- Ah, Youth
- Chrysanthemums the Word
- Death of the Dinosaurs
- Fate and Mr. McKinley[1]
Best Foreign Film
[edit]- Caché - (France)
- Brick - (USA)
- The Beat That My Heart Skipped - (France)
- Hard Candy - (USA)
- Volver - (Spain)[1]