British Independent 2016 Winners Announced: American Honey Tops, Moonlight is Best International Film
Horror Under the Shadow takes three awards.
The British Independent Film Awards were celebrated today at Old Billingsgate in London. This year, over 130 British films were submitted for consideration and 32 different British feature films have been nominated across the awards.
American Honey was the big winner of the evening with four awards for Best Film, Best Director (Andrea Arnold), Best Actress (Sasha Lane) and Outstanding Achievement in Craft. The Farsi-language horror Under the Shadow took home the awards for Best Screenplay, Best Debut Director and Best Supporting Actress, won by nine-year-old Avin Manshadi. Moonlight was named Best International Film. Read on for the full list of winners.
Best British Independent Film
79%
100%
92%
95%
99%
Best International Independent Film
97%
96%
98%
97%
93%
Best Director
79%
69%
92%
95%
99%
Best Screenplay
75%
79%
93%
92%
99%
Best Actor
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Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
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Best Supporting Actress
Most Promising Newcomer
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The Douglas Hickox Award (Debut Director)
75%
95%
92%
56%
99%
Breakthrough Producer
75%
86%
100%
95%
92%
Best Debut Screenwriter
75%
94%
92%
86%
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The Discovery Award
65%
64%
76%
- -
62%
Best Documentary
100%
88%
100%
95%
100%
Outstanding Achievement in Craft
79%
69%
86%
95%
84%
Best British Short Film
- Jacked
- Mother
- Over
- Rate Me
- The Wrong End of the Stick
