Best British Independent Film was won by Tyrannosaur with Lynne Ramsay picking up Best Director for We Need to Talk About Kevin, Olivia Colman Best Actress for Tyrannosaur and Michael Fassbender Best Actor for Shame. Vanessa Redgrave won Best Supporting Actress for Coriolanus and Michael Smiley Best Supporting Actor for Kill List
Tyrannosaur won the most awards on the night, picking up three trophies for Best British Independent Film, Best Actress and Paddy Considine was awarded The Douglas Hickox Award for Best Debut Director. Weekend won two awards for Best Achievement in Production and Most Promising Newcomer for Tom Cullen
The Moët British Independent Film Awards winners for 2011:
BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM
TYRANNOSAUR
BEST DIRECTOR
Lynne Ramsay – WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD [BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR]
Paddy Considine – TYRANNOSAUR
BEST SCREENPLAY
Richard Ayoade – SUBMARINE
BEST ACTRESS
Olivia Colman – TYRANNOSAUR
BEST ACTOR
Michael Fassbender – SHAME
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Vanessa Redgrave – CORIOLANUS
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Michael Smiley – KILL LIST
MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER
Tom Cullen – WEEKEND
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION
WEEKEND
THE RAINDANCE AWARD
LEAVING BAGHDAD
BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Maria Djurkovic – Production Design – TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
BEST DOCUMENTARY
SENNA
BEST BRITISH SHORT
CHALK
BEST FOREIGN INDEPENDENT FILM
A SEPARATION
THE RICHARD HARRIS AWARD (for outstanding contribution by an actor to British Film)
Ralph Fiennes
THE VARIETY AWARD
Kenneth Branagh
THE SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Graham Easton