British Independent Film Awards: 2007

British Independent Film Award

Date:	28 November
Host:	James Nesbitt (I)
Jury:	Simon Channing-Williams (chair); Hayley Atwell; Peter Webber (I); Kathy Burke; Will Clarke (I); Tony Curran (I); Chiwetel Ejiofor; Annie Griffin; Sandra Hebron (London Film Festival); Mark Herbert; Menhaj Huda; Matthew Macfadyen; Neil Marshall (I); Archie Panjabi; Roger Pratt
Location:	Roundhouse, London, England, UK

Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film


Winner:
	Eastern Promises (2007) - Viggo Mortensen
Other Nominees:
	And When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007) - Jim Broadbent Control (2007) - Sam Riley (II) Hallam Foe (2007) - Jamie Bell (I) Sunshine (2007) - Cillian Murphy

Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film


Winner:
	Notes on a Scandal (2006) - Judi Dench
Other Nominees:
	Becoming Jane (2007) - Anne Hathaway (I) Brick Lane (2007) - Tannishtha Chatterjee Hallam Foe (2007) - Sophia Myles It's a Free World... (2007) - Kierston Wareing

Best Performance by a Supporting Actor or Actress in a British Independent Film


Winner:
	Control (2007) - Toby Kebbell
Other Nominees:
	And When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007) - Colin Firth Control (2007) - Samantha Morton Eastern Promises (2007) - Armin Mueller-Stahl Notes on a Scandal (2006) - Cate Blanchett

Best Director of a British Independent Film


Winner:
	Control (2007) - Anton Corbijn
Other Nominees:
	And When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007) - Anand Tucker Brick Lane (2007) - Sarah Gavron Eastern Promises (2007) - David Cronenberg Hallam Foe (2007) - David Mackenzie (I)

Best Screenplay


Winner:
	Notes on a Scandal (2006) - Patrick Marber
Other Nominees:
	And When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007) - David Nicholls (IV) Control (2007) - Matt Greenhalgh Eastern Promises (2007) - Steven Knight Hallam Foe (2007) - Ed Whitmore; David Mackenzie (I)

Best Short Film


Winner:
	Dog Altogether (2007)
Other Nominees:
	Cherries (2007) Girls, The (2007) What Does Your Daddy Do? (2006) À bout de truffle (2007)

Best British Documentary


Winner:
	Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007)
Other Nominees:
	Black Gold (2006) Deep Water (2006) Garbage Warrior (2007) In the Shadow of the Moon (2007)

Best Foreign Independent Film


Winner:
	Leben der Anderen, Das (2006)
Other Nominees:
	Môme, La (2007) Ne le dis à personne (2006) Once (2006) Zwartboek (2006)

Best Technical Achievement


Winner:
	Sunshine (2007) - Mark Tildesley - For production design.
Other Nominees:
	28 Weeks Later (2007) - Enrique Chediak - For cinematography. And When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007) - Trevor Waite - For editing. Control (2007) - Martin Ruhe - For cinematography. Hallam Foe (2007) - David Mackenzie (I); Colin Monie - For music.

Best Achievement in Production


Winner:
	Black Gold (2006)
Other Nominees:
	Control (2007) Exhibit A (2007) Extraordinary Rendition (2007) Garbage Warrior (2007)

Best British Independent Film


Winner:
	Control (2007)
Other Nominees:
	And When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007) Eastern Promises (2007) Hallam Foe (2007) Notes on a Scandal (2006)

Most Promising Newcomer


Winner:
	Control (2007) - Sam Riley (II)
Other Nominees:
	28 Weeks Later (2007) - Imogen Poots And When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007) - Matthew Beard Exhibit A (2007) - Bradley Cole (II) It's a Free World... (2007) - Kierston Wareing


Winner:
	Control (2007) - Anton Corbijn
Other Nominees:
	Black Gold (2006) - Nick Francis (II); Mark Francis (II) Garbage Warrior (2007) - Oliver Hodge Run Fatboy Run (2007) - David Schwimmer (I) True North (2006/II) - Steve Hudson (II)


Winner:
	Robert Beeson; Andi Engel; Pamela Engel - (Artifical Eye).


Winner:
	Inheritance, The (2007)
Other Nominees:
	Exhibit A (2007) Tovarisch, I Am Not Dead (2007)