British Independent Film Awards 2007
The 10th ceremony of the British Independent Film Awards ( BIFA ) held in London on 20 November 2007. The most successful film of the year was directed by Anton Corbijn Control with four awards ( Best Picture, Best Director, Best News Comer, Douglas Hickox Award) in three other nominations.
The German production The Lives of Others director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck won the Best Foreign Independent Film.
The event was hosted by actor James Nesbitt, who had received himself in 2002 for his portrayal of Northern Irish politician Ivan Cooper in Paul Greengrass 's film drama Bloody Sunday an award.
Jury
- Simon Channing Williams, producer (Vera Drake ) as Chairman
- Hayley Atwell, actress ( Cassandra's Dream )
- Peter Webber, director ( Hannibal Rising )
- Kathy Burke, actress and director
- Will Clarke, Chairman of Optimum releasin
- Tony Curran, Actor
- Chiwetel Ejiofor, actor ( Serenity - escaping into new worlds, Children of Men )
- Annie Griffin, director
- Sandra Hebron, Artistic Director of the London Film Festival
- Mark Herbert, Producer
- Menhaj Huda, director
- Matthew Macfadyen, actor ( Enigma )
- Neil Marshall, director ( The Descent )
- Archie Panjabi, Actress ( Bend It Like Beckham )
- Nitin Sawhney, musician and composer
- Roger Pratt, cinematographer ( Twelve Monkeys, Troy)
- And When Did You Last See Your Father?
- Control
- Eastern Promises
- Hallam Foe
- Notes on a Scandal
- Black Book
- La vie en rose
- Once
- Ne le dis à personne ( Tell No One )
- The Lives of Others ( Das Leben der Anderen )
- Black Gold
- Deepwater
- Garbage Warrior
- In the Shadow of the Moon
- Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
- A Bout de Truffe - The Truffle Hunter
- Cherries
- Dog Altogether
- The Girls
- What Does Your Daddy Do?
- Jim Broadbent in And When Did You Last See Your Father?
- Sam Riley in Control
- Viggo Mortensen in Eastern Promises
- Jamie Bell in Hallam Foe
- Cillian Murphy in Sunshine
- Anne Hathaway in Becoming Jane
- Tannishtha Chatterjee in Brick Lane
- Sophia Myles in Hallam Foe
- Kierston Wareing in It's a Free World ...
- Judi Dench in Notes on a Scandal
- Colin Firth in And When Did You Last See Your Father?
- Toby Kebbell in Control
- Samantha Morton in Control
- Cate Blanchett in Notes on a Scandal
- Anand Tucker for And When Did You Last See Your Father?
- Sarah Gavron for Brick Lane
- Anton Corbijn for Control
- David Cronenberg for Eastern Promises
- David MacKenzie for Hallam Foe
- Nick Francis, Marc Francis on Black Gold
- Anton Corbijn for Control
- Oliver Hodge for Garbage Warrior
- David Schwimmer for Run, Fat Boy, Run
- Steve Hudson for True North
- Imogen Poots in 28 Weeks Later
- Matthew Beard in And When Did You Last See Your Father?
- Sam Riley in Control
- Bradley Cole in Exhibit A
- Kierston Wareing in It's a Free World ...
- David Nicholls for And When Did You Last See Your Father?
- Matt Greenhalgh for Control
- Steve Knight for Eastern Promises
- Ed Whitmore and David MacKenzie for Hallam Foe
- Patrick Marber for Notes on a Scandal
- Black Gold
- Control
- Exhibit A
- Extraordinary Rendition
- Garbage Warrior
- Enrique Chediak for 28 Weeks Later ( Cinematography )
- Trevor Waite for And When Did You Last See Your Father? (Editor)
- Martin Ruhe for Control ( Cinematography )
- Colin Monie and David MacKenzie for Hallam Foe (Music)
- Mark Tildesley for Sunshine (Production Designer)
- Exhibit A
- The Inheritance
- Tovarisch: I Am Not Dead
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- Special Jury Award: Andi Engel, Robert Beeson, Pamela Engel ( Artificial Eye)
- The Variety Award: Daniel Craig
- The Richard Harris Award: Ray Winstone