British Independent Film Awards 2011

The 14th British Independent Film Awards, held on 4 December 2011 at the Old Billingsgate Market in central London, honoured the best British independent films of 2011.

Best British Independent Film

 * Tyrannosaur
 * Senna
 * Shame
 * Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
 * We Need to Talk about Kevin

Best Director

 * Lynne Ramsay – We Need to Talk about Kevin
 * Ben Wheatley – Kill List
 * Steve McQueen – Shame
 * Tomas Alfredson – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
 * Paddy Considine – Tyrannosaur

The Douglas Hickox Award
Given to a British director on their debut feature
 * Paddy Considine – Tyrannosaur
 * Joe Cornish – Attack the Block
 * Ralph Fiennes – Coriolanus
 * John Michael McDonagh – The Guard
 * Richard Ayoade – Submarine

Best Actor

 * Michael Fassbender – Shame
 * Brendan Gleeson – The Guard
 * Neil Maskell – Kill List
 * Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
 * Peter Mullan – Tyrannosaur

Best Actress

 * Olivia Colman – Tyrannosaur
 * Rebecca Hall – The Awakening
 * Mia Wasikowska – Jane Eyre
 * MyAnna Buring – Kill List
 * Tilda Swinton – We Need to Talk about Kevin

Best Supporting Actor

 * Michael Smiley – Kill List
 * Tom Hardy – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
 * Benedict Cumberbatch – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
 * Eddie Marsan – Tyrannosaur
 * Ezra Miller – We Need to Talk about Kevin

Best Supporting Actress

 * Vanessa Redgrave – Coriolanus
 * Felicity Jones – Albatross
 * Carey Mulligan – Shame
 * Sally Hawkins – Submarine
 * Kathy Burke – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Best Screenplay

 * Richard Ayoade – Submarine
 * John Michael McDonagh – The Guard
 * Ben Wheatley, Amy Jump – Kill List
 * Abi Morgan, Steve McQueen – Shame
 * Lynne Ramsay, Rory Stewart Kinnear – We Need to Talk about Kevin

Most Promising Newcomer

 * Tom Cullen – Weekend
 * Jessica Brown Findlay – Albatross
 * John Boyega – Attack the Block
 * Craig Roberts – Submarine
 * Yasmin Paige – Submarine

Best Achievement in Production

 * Weekend
 * Kill List
 * Tyrannosaur
 * Wild Bill
 * You Instead

Best Technical Achievement

 * Maria Djurkovic – Production Design – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
 * Chris King, Gregers Sall – Editing – Senna
 * Sean Bobbitt – Cinematography – Shame
 * Joe Walker – Editing – Shame
 * Seamus McGarvey – Cinematography – We Need to Talk about Kevin

Best British Documentary

 * Senna
 * Hell and Back Again
 * Life in a Day
 * Project Nim
 * TT3D: Closer to the Edge

Best British Short

 * CHALK
 * 0507
 * LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
 * RITE
 * ROUGH SKIN

Best Foreign Film

 * A Separation
 * Animal Kingdom
 * Drive
 * Pina
 * The Skin I Live In

The Raindance Award

 * LEAVING BAGHDAD
 * ACTS OF GODFREY
 * BLACK POND
 * HOLLOW
 * A THOUSAND KISSES DEEP

The Richard Harris Award

 * Ralph Fiennes

The Variety Award

 * Kenneth Branagh

The Special Jury Prize

 * Graham Easton