British Independent Film Awards: 2006

British Independent Film Award

Date:	29 November
Host:	James Nesbitt (I)
Jury:	Sanford Lieberson (chair); Colin Salmon; Martin Sherman (I); Anne V. Coates; Jason Isaacs; Anna Friel; Kelly Reilly (I); Damien O'Donnell (I); Mick Jones (I); Leo Davis (I); Reuben Barnes; Martin Childs; Helen McCrory; Damian Lewis; Alan Cumming
Location:	Hammersmith Palais, Hammersmith, London, England, UK

Best Actor


Winner:
	Red Road (2006) - Tony Curran (I)
Other Nominees:
	Last King of Scotland, The (2006) - James McAvoy Last King of Scotland, The (2006) - Forest Whitaker Venus (2006/I) - Peter O'Toole (I) Wind That Shakes the Barley, The (2006) - Cillian Murphy

Best Actress


Winner:
	Red Road (2006) - Kate Dickie
Other Nominees:
	Breaking and Entering (2006) - Juliette Binoche Breaking and Entering (2006) - Robin Wright Penn History Boys, The (2006) - Frances de la Tour Queen, The (2006) - Helen Mirren

Best Supporting Actor/Actress


Winner:
	Venus (2006/I) - Leslie Phillips
Other Nominees:
	Red Road (2006) - Martin Compston This Is England (2006) - Joseph Gilgun This Is England (2006) - Stephen Graham (I) Venus (2006/I) - Vanessa Redgrave

Best Director


Winner:
	Last King of Scotland, The (2006) - Kevin Macdonald
Other Nominees:
	Queen, The (2006) - Stephen Frears Shooting Dogs (2005) - Michael Caton-Jones This Is England (2006) - Shane Meadows Wind That Shakes the Barley, The (2006) - Ken Loach

Best Screenplay


Winner:
	Queen, The (2006) - Peter Morgan (I)
Other Nominees:
	History Boys, The (2006) - Alan Bennett (I) Last King of Scotland, The (2006) - Peter Morgan (I); Jeremy Brock (I) This Is England (2006) - Shane Meadows Venus (2006/I) - Hanif Kureishi

Best 15 Second Short


Winner:
	What's the Point? (2006)
Other Nominees:
	Ah, Youth (2006) Chrysanthemums the Word (2005) Death of the Dinosaurs (2006) Fate and Mr. McKinley (2006)

Best British Short


Winner:
	Cubs (2006)
Other Nominees:
	10th Man, The (2006) At the End of the Sentence (2005) Ex Memoria (2006) Who I Am and What I Want (2005)

Best British Documentary


Winner:
	Road to Guantanamo, The (2006)
Other Nominees:
	Blindsight (2006/I) Great Happiness Space, The (2006) Pervert's Guide to Cinema, The (2006) Unknown White Male (2005)

Best Foreign Independent Film


Winner:
	Caché (2005)
Other Nominees:
	Brick (2005) De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté (2005) Hard Candy (2005) Volver (2006/I)

Best Technical Achievement


Winner:
	Last King of Scotland, The (2006) - Anthony Dod Mantle (cinematography)
Other Nominees:
	Queen, The (2006) - Alan MacDonald (I) (production design) Queen, The (2006) - Daniel Phillips (II) (makeup) This Is England (2006) - Ludovico Einaudi (original music) Wind That Shakes the Barley, The (2006) - Barry Ackroyd (cinematography)

Best Achievement in Production


Winner:
	London to Brighton (2006)
Other Nominees:
	Kidulthood (2006) Road to Guantanamo, The (2006) Severance (2006) Shooting Dogs (2005)

Most Promising Newcomer (On Screen)


Winner:
	This Is England (2006) - Thomas Turgoose
Other Nominees:
	Breaking and Entering (2006) - Rafi Gavron Brothers of the Head (2005) - Harry Treadaway; Luke Treadaway History Boys, The (2006) - Samuel Barnett History Boys, The (2006) - Dominic Cooper Venus (2006/I) - Jodie Whittaker

Best British Independent Film


Winner:
	This Is England (2006)
Other Nominees:
	Last King of Scotland, The (2006) Queen, The (2006) Red Road (2006) Wind That Shakes the Barley, The (2006)


Winner:
	Kidulthood (2006) - Menhaj Huda
Other Nominees:
	Little White Lies (2006) - Caradog W. James London to Brighton (2006) - Paul Andrew Williams Red Road (2006) - Andrea Arnold Starter for 10 (2006) - Tom Vaughan (I)


Winner:
	Ballad of AJ Weberman (2006)
Other Nominees:
	London to Brighton (2006) Scenes of a Sexual Nature (2006)