The spectacular chandelier in the reception hall at Old Billingsgate
The team put the final touches on the Champagne Fountain before the doors open
Looking at the set up take place in the reflection of the chandelier
Outgoing directors Johanna von Fischer & Tessa Collinson rehearse their farewell
Director Johanna von Fischer with showcaller Sean Canning during rehearsals
The team test the AV [Charley Boorman in The Emerald Forest]
The dance floor gets a final clean before the doors open
The Rankin BIFA Photography Exhibition: Michael Palin
The Rankin Photography Exhibition: Archie Punjabi
The Rankin Photography Exhibition: Daniel Craig
The Reception Hall before doors open
The tables are set for our dinner guests
Doors open and guests begin to arrive
Our one time voice of god, Oscar Sharp, returns to BIFA for a second time as nominee in the Best Short Film category [here with Tiernan Hanby]
Raindance Award nominee Raffaello Degruttola with guest plus presenter Bill Bailey & Best Actor nominee Timothy Spall
Actor Enzo Cilenti with MBIFA director Johanna von Fischer
Benedict Cumberbatch gets the Champagne Fountain flowing
Bill Bailey & Oscar Sharp
Our guests are called into dinner
Dinner is served
Outgoing directors Johanna von Fischer & Tessa Collinson kick off the show by thanking sponsors and everyone who has supported The British Independent Film Awards in its first 17 years and wishing the new team the best of luck in years to come
And now ladies & gentleman your 2014 MBIFA host, Simon Bird
Douglas Booth & Gemma Chan present the first award
Richard Linklater accepts the first award of the night for Boyhood [Best International Independent Film]
Edith Bowman & Paloma Faith take the stage to present Best Technical Achievement
Richard Linklater
Richard Linklater walks the press line backstage
Raindance & BIFA founder Elliot Grove presents the Raindance Award with Sophie Turner
Helen Mirren relaxes backstage
Dave McKean director of Luna and winner of the Raindance Award does interviews backstage
Next Goal Wins celebrate their victory in the photo booth backstage
Photographer Dave Bennett takes a break backstage
Director and Jury member Sean Ellis presents The Special Jury Prize
The Moet bar backstage - a glass of Moet anyone?
The team from Next Goal Wins are interviewed after their Best Documentary win
Sean Ellis & Charley Boorman
Anne-Marie Duff, Andrew Scott & Sophie Okonedo
Best Short Film is presented onstage
The team behind the Best British Short Film The Karman Line celebrate backstage in the press room
Best Supporting Actor Andrew Scott [Pride} is interviewed backstage
Benedict Cumberbatch backstage
Director of The Karman Line, Oscar Sharp, shows off his new award
Benedict Cumberbatch backstage
An award it packed away so it can be sent for etching
A personalised Moet bottle for Benedict Cumberbatch
Best Supporting Actress nominee Sienna Guillory relaxes backstage
Sienna Guillory [The Goob] on the backstage press line
Most Promising Newcomer Liam Walpole [The Goob]
Our Best Director Yann Demange ['71] with MyAnna Buring & Meera Syal
Best Actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw with her award backstage
Gugu Mbatha-Raw backstage
Emma Thompson onstage accepting The Richard Harris Award for oustanding contribution to British film by an actor
Emma Thompson backstage
Tessa Collinson & Johanna von Fischer are called back onto stage by Simon Bird
Tessa Collinson & Johanna von Fischer are presented with farewell and thank you flowers by the MBIFA team
Johanna von Fischer, Jared Harris & Tessa Collinson backstage after the show
Emma Thompson clutches her award backstage
Sienna Guillory & Kerri Davenport-Burton at the After Party
At the end of the night the whole team who put on the show get together on the red carpet to say goodbye to Johanna & Tessa [or as many as we could pull out of the after party!]
![The team test the AV [Charley Boorman in The Emerald Forest]](https://bifa.imgix.net/web/2018/10/1266-_8_AV_rehearsal_Charley_Boorman_in_Emerald_Forest.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=scale&h=1102&ixlib=php-3.3.1&w=768&wpsize=md)
![Our one time voice of god, Oscar Sharp, returns to BIFA for a second time as nominee in the Best Short Film category [here with Tiernan Hanby]](https://bifa.imgix.net/web/2018/10/1274-_19_Once_BIFA_VOG_now_2nd_time_nominee_Oscar_Sharp_with_Tiernan_Hanby.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=scale&h=518&ixlib=php-3.3.1&w=768&wpsize=md)
![Richard Linklater accepts the first award of the night for Boyhood [Best International Independent Film]](https://bifa.imgix.net/web/2018/10/1284-_38_Richard_Linklater_accepts_for_Best_International_Indie_Boyhood.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=scale&h=509&ixlib=php-3.3.1&w=768&wpsize=md)
![Sienna Guillory [The Goob] on the backstage press line](https://bifa.imgix.net/web/2018/10/1307-_80_Sienna_Guillory.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=scale&h=1079&ixlib=php-3.3.1&w=768&wpsize=md)
![Most Promising Newcomer Liam Walpole [The Goob]](https://bifa.imgix.net/web/2018/10/1308-_81_Liam_Walpole.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=scale&h=512&ixlib=php-3.3.1&w=768&wpsize=md)
![Our Best Director Yann Demange ['71] with MyAnna Buring & Meera Syal](https://bifa.imgix.net/web/2018/10/1309-_83_MyAnna_Buring_Yann_Demange___Meera_Syal.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=scale&h=522&ixlib=php-3.3.1&w=768&wpsize=md)
![At the end of the night the whole team who put on the show get together on the red carpet to say goodbye to Johanna & Tessa [or as many as we could pull out of the after party!]](https://bifa.imgix.net/web/2018/10/1319-_122_As_much_of_the_team_as_we_could_find_at_midnight.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=scale&h=512&ixlib=php-3.3.1&w=768&wpsize=md)
