London, Monday 5 November The nominations for the 15th annual Moët British Independent Film Awards
were announced today, at St Martins Lane, London by actor and BIFA Patron,
Adrian Lester.
Joint Directors, The Moët British Independent Film Awards’ Johanna von Fischer &
Tessa Collinson said: “In this our 15th year, we are delighted to
welcome back six-time former host James Nesbitt. We would like to take this
opportunity to thank our dedicated Pre-Selection Committee who watched over 200
films in order to produce the 2012 Nominations, which once again reflect the
diverse range of British film talent, and also welcome this year’s appointed
independent Jury who will now spend the next month considering the nominated
films.”
The highest number of nominations this year goes to
Broken with 9 nominations including Best Film, Best Director and Best
Debut Director for Rufus Norris, Best Actor for Tim Roth and two Best
Supporting Actor nominations for Cillian Murphy and Rory Kinnear. Sightseers
and Berberian Sound Studio both picked up 7 nominations each.
Nominations for Best Actress go to Alice
Lowe for Sightseers, Andrea Riseborough for Shadow Dancer, Elle Fanning for
Ginger & Rosa, Judi Dench for The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and Meryl
Streep for The Iron Lady. Along with Tim
Roth for Broken, leading men hoping to take home the Best Actor award include Riz
Ahmed for Ill Manors, Steve Oram for Sightseers, Terence Stamp for Song for
Marion and Toby Jones for Berberian Sound Studio.
Directors who have delivered dynamic debuts this
year and are fighting for the Douglas Hickox Award are Bart Layton for The
Imposter, Ben Drew for Ill Manors, Rowan Athale for Wasteland, Sally El Hosaini
for My Brother the Devil and as mentioned previously Rufus Norris for Broken.
Best supporting Actor nominations go to Billy
Connolly for Quartet, Domhnall Gleeson for Shadow Dancer, Tom Wilkinson for The
Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and the two Broken actors Cillian Murphy & Rory
Kinnear.
Alice Englert for Ginger & Rosa, Eileen Davies
for Sightseers, Maggie Smith for The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Olivia Colman
for Hyde Park on Hudson and Vanessa Redgrave for Song for Marion are all
nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Award.
Emelie De Vitis, Marketing Director for Moët &
Chandon commented: “Moët & Chandon is delighted to support BIFA for the
third year running. The nominations again reveal the amazing depth of film
talent in Britain and we look forward to toasting the winners’ success along
with BIFA’s 15th birthday on December 9th’.
Amanda Nevill, Chief Executive of the BFI,
comments:
“At 15 years old, the BIFAs are now firmly
established as a key date in the UK film industry calendar and we’re delighted
to be supporting this year’s awards. The BIFAs are the UK’s only awards
focusing entirely on independent British films, as such they really help to shine
a spotlight on the vast range and breadth of excellence in independent UK
filmmaking – helping to promote independent British films to new audiences, and
setting a focus on the Best of British just as the international awards season
begins.”
The Raindance Award nominees for 2012 include: Frank, Strings, Love
Tomorrow City Slacker and Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet. This award honours
exceptional achievement for filmmakers working against the odds, often with
little or no industry support.
Elliot Grove, Founder Raindance Film Festival and Moët British Independent
Film Awards added: “The Raindance Award has become the beacon for new talent. These
five films show what Raindance is all about: great acting, storytelling and
production values, each made with limited resources against impossible
odds.”
The Pre-Selection Committee of 70 members viewed
nearly 200 films, out of which they selected the nominations, which were
decided by ballot.
The winners of
The Moët British Independent
Film Awards are decided by an independent jury comprised of leading
professionals and talent from the British film industry.
The Jury for
2012 includes:
Chair – Alison Owen (Producer),
Adrian Hodges (Writer), Christine Bottomley (Actress), Danny Leigh (Film
Critic), Iain Canning (Producer), Jamie Thraves (Director/Writer), Jina Jay
(Casting Director), John Boyega (Actor), John Fletcher (Marketing Director,
Paramount), Lesley Sharp (Actress), Maria Djurkovic (Production Designer), Michelle
Eastwood (Producer), Nick Angel (Music Supervisor), Paul Franklin (SFX
Supervisor), Tom Hiddleston (Actor), Tristan Goligher (Producer).
The winners will be announced at the much
anticipated 15th awards ceremony which will be hosted by actor and BIFA
Patron, James Nesbitt, who returns for his seventh year on Sunday 9 December at the impressive Old Billingsgate in London.
The Moët British Independent Film Awards is
proud to announce the following nominees for this year’s awards:
BEST
BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM
Sponsored
by Moët & Chandon
Berberian
Sound Studio
Broken
Sightseers
The
Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
The
Imposter
BEST
DIRECTOR
Sponsored
by AllCity & Intermission
Bart
Layton – The Imposter
Ben
Wheatley – Sightseers
John
Madden – The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Peter
Strickland – Berberian Sound Studio
Rufus
Norris – Broken
THE
DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD [BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR]
Sponsored
by 3 Mills Studios
Bart
Layton – The Imposter
Ben
Drew – Ill Manors
Rowan
Athale – Wasteland
Rufus
Norris – Broken
Sally
El Hosaini – My Brother the Devil
BEST
SCREENPLAY
Sponsored
by BBC Films
Abi
Morgan – The Iron Lady
Alice
Lowe, Steve Oram, Amy Jump – Sightseers
Mark
O’Rowe – Broken
Paul
Andrew Williams – Song for Marion
Peter
Strickland – Berberian Sound Studio
BEST
ACTRESS
Sponsored
by M.A.C
Alice
Lowe (Tina) – Sightseers
Andrea
Riseborough (Colette McVeigh) – Shadow Dancer
Elle
Fanning (Ginger) – Ginger & Rosa
Judi
Dench (Evelyn Greenslade) – The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Meryl
Streep (Margaret Thatcher) – The Iron Lady
BEST
ACTOR
Riz
Ahmed (Aaron) – Ill Manors
Steve
Oram (Chris) – Sightseers
Terence
Stamp (Arthur) – Song for Marion
Tim
Roth (Archie) – Broken
Toby
Jones (Gilderoy) – Berberian Sound Studio
BEST
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Alice
Englert (Rosa) – Ginger & Rosa
Eileen
Davies (Carol) – Sightseers
Maggie
Smith (Muriel Donnelly) – The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Olivia
Colman (Queen Elizabeth) – Hyde Park on Hudson
Vanessa
Redgrave (Marion) – Song for Marion
BEST
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Sponsored
by Sanderson & St Martins Lane
Billy
Connolly (Wilf) – Quartet
Cillian
Murphy (Mike Kiernan) – Broken
Domhnall
Gleeson (Connor) – Shadow Dancer
Rory
Kinnear (Bob Oswald) – Broken
Tom
Wilkinson (Graham Dashwood) – The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
MOST PROMISING
NEWCOMER
Sponsored
by Studiocanal
Elliott
Tittensor (Tits) – Spike Island
Eloise
Laurence (Skunk) – Broken
James
Floyd (Rashid) – My Brother the Devil
Paul
Brannigan (Robbie) – The Angels’ Share
Zawe
Ashton (Joyce Vincent) – Dreams of a Life
BEST ACHIEVEMENT
IN PRODUCTION
Sponsored
by Company3
Berberian
Sound Studio
Ill
Manors
Sightseers
The
Imposter
The
Sweeney
BEST
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Sponsored
by LightBrigade Media
Nic Knowland Bsc –
Cinematography – Berberian Sound Studio
Joakim Sundström, Stevie
Haywood AMPS IPS – Sound Design – Berberian Sound
Studio
Electric Wave Bureau – Music – Broken
Robbie Ryan – Cinematography – Ginger & Rosa
Andrew Hulme – Editing – The Imposter
BEST
DOCUMENTARY
Dreams
of a Life
London:
The Modern Babylon
Marley
Roman
Polanski: A Film Memoir
The
Imposter
BEST
BRITISH SHORT
Supported
by the BFI
Friday
Junk
Skyborn
Swimmer
Volume
BEST
INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM
Amour
Beasts
of the Southern Wild
Rust
& Bone
Searching
For Sugar Man
The
Hunt
THE
RAINDANCE AWARD
Frank
Strings
Love Tomorrow
City Slacker
Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet
THE
RICHARD HARRIS AWARD (for outstanding contribution by
an actor to British Film)
To Be Announced
THE
VARIETY AWARD
To Be Announced
THE
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Announced at the Moët British Independent Film
Awards on Sunday 9th December
Proud supporters and patrons of The Moët British
Independent Film Awards include Mike
Figgis, Tom Hollander, Adrian Lester, Ken Loach, Ewan McGregor, Helen Mirren,
Samantha Morton, James Nesbitt, Michael Sheen, Trudie Styler, Tilda Swinton,
Meera Syal, David Thewlis, Ray Winstone and Michael Winterbottom.
The Moët British Independent Film Awards would like
to thank all its supporters, especially: Moët
& Chandon, BFI, 3 Mills Studios, BBC Films, Company3, M.A.C, Raindance,
Sanderson & St Martins Lane – Morgans Hotel Group, Soho House, Studiocanal,
Swarovski, Variety, AD Creative, AllCity, Intermission and LightBrigade Media.
Created by
Raindance
Notes to the editor:
About The MOËT British Independent Film Awards.
Created in 1998, The British Independent Film
Awards set out to celebrate merit and achievement in independently funded
British filmmaking, to honour new talent, and to promote British filmmaking and
British talent to a wider public.
In recognition of Moët &
Chandon’s generous contribution as headline sponsor, the 2012 event is referred
to as The MOËT British Independent Film Awards.
For further
information on MBIFA, visit www.bifa.org.uk
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BIFAs ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: A film will be eligible
for an Award if:
- it is intended for theatrical release, AND has
had a public screening to a paying audience either on general release in
the UK OR has screened at a British-based film festival between 1st
December 2011 and 30th November 2012 - where there is any major studio substantially
funding a film, the total budget should not exceed $20M. Films are
not defined as “independent” strictly on the terms of financing. - it has been produced or majority co-produced
by a British company OR is in receipt of at least 51% of its budget from a
British source or sources OR it qualifies as a British Film under the DCMS
guidelines AND includes sufficient creative elements from the UK - A feature film must be no less than 70 minutes
in length. - Films that have been entered previously are
not eligible. Re-issues of previously released films are not eligible
Best
British Feature Documentary. In 2003 the British Independent Film Awards
introduced this award. Eligible films must be non-fiction. They should be
photographed in actual occurrence, or employ partial re-enactment, stock
footage, stills, animation, stop-motion or other techniques, as long as the
emphasis is on fact and not on fiction. (further eligibility criteria as with
other feature films above).
Best
International Independent Film. BIFA also consider foreign
independent films. Foreign films must have a British theatrical release during
the eligibility period stated above
The
Douglas Hickox Award is given to a director for their debut feature
film. The estate of Douglas Hickox shall present a cheque for £500 to the
winner.
British
Short Film Award submissions: Any British short films that have won an award
between the 10th October 2011 and 9th October 2012 are eligible for
consideration. Any variations are at the sole discretion and recommendation of
the BIFA Advisory Committee. A short film must be no longer than 40 minutes
(including credits).
All
eligible films submitted for consideration will be viewed by the BIFA
Pre-Selection Committee. Members vote by secret ballot firstly to draw up
a long list, then again to determine the nominations. All nominated films are
then viewed by an independent Jury appointed each year. The winners are
announced during the evening of the Awards Ceremony.
The
Special Jury Prize will be decided entirely at the Jury’s discretion.
The Variety
Award recognises an actor, director, writer or producer who has helped to
focus the international spotlight on the UK
The
Richard Harris Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Film by an Actor
(male / female) is to
be decided by the Advisory Committee with the input of the Harris family.
Full Eligibility
Criteria may be viewed at: http://www.bifa.org.uk/rules-of-eligibility
