British Independent Film Awards: 2004

British Independent Film Award

Date:	30 November
Host:	Richard Jobson
Jury:	Anthony Minghella (chair); John Akomfrah; David Aukin; Antonia Bird; Cate Blanchett; Helena Bonham Carter; Mark Cousins (I); Laura De Casto; Rosamund Pike; Lynne Ramsay; Skin; Christian Slater; Sam Taylor Wood; Stewart Till
Location:	Hammersmith Palais, Hammersmith, London, England, UK

Best Actor


Winner:
	Vera Drake (2004) - Philip Davis (I)
Other Nominees:
	Blind Flight (2003) - Ian Hart Dead Man's Shoes (2004) - Paddy Considine Enduring Love (2004) - Daniel Craig (I) The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004) - Geoffrey Rush

Best Actress


Winner:
	Vera Drake (2004) - Imelda Staunton
Other Nominees:
	Ae Fond Kiss... (2004) - Eva Birthistle Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) - Scarlett Johansson My Summer of Love (2004) - Natalie Press The Mother (2003/I) - Anne Reid

Best Supporting Actor/Actress


Winner:
	Vera Drake (2004) - Eddie Marsan
Other Nominees:
	Dead Man's Shoes (2004) - Gary Stretch Enduring Love (2004) - Samantha Morton Inside I'm Dancing (2004) - Romola Garai My Summer of Love (2004) - Paddy Considine

Best Director


Winner:
	Vera Drake (2004) - Mike Leigh
Other Nominees:
	Dead Man's Shoes (2004) - Shane Meadows Enduring Love (2004) - Roger Michell (I) My Summer of Love (2004) - Pawel Pawlikowski Touching the Void (2003) - Kevin Macdonald

Best Screenplay


Winner:
	Shaun of the Dead (2004) - Simon Pegg; Edgar Wright
Other Nominees:
	Ae Fond Kiss... (2004) - Paul Laverty Dead Man's Shoes (2004) - Shane Meadows; Paddy Considine The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004) - Christopher Markus; Stephen McFeely Vera Drake (2004) - Mike Leigh

Best British Short


Winner:
	School of Life (2004)
Other Nominees:
	6.6.04 (2004) Brand Spanking (2004) London Fields Are Blue (2004) Wasp (2003)

Best Documentary


Winner:
	Touching the Void (2003)
Other Nominees:
	Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003) Drowned Out (2002) Peace One Day (2004) Trollywood (2004)

Best Foreign Film


Winner:
	Oldboy (2003)
Other Nominees:
	Diarios de motocicleta (2004) Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) Pieces of April (2003) Ying xiong (2002)

Best Achievement in Production


Winner:
	Vera Drake (2004)
Other Nominees:
	Bride & Prejudice (2004) Code 46 (2003) Dead Man's Shoes (2004) Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)

Most Promising Newcomer


Winner:
	Bullet Boy (2004) - Ashley Walters (I)
Other Nominees:
	Ae Fond Kiss... (2004) - Atta Yaqub Dead Man's Shoes (2004) - Toby Kebbell My Summer of Love (2004) - Emily Blunt Shaun of the Dead (2004) - Nick Frost (I)

Best British Independent Film


Winner:
	Vera Drake (2004)
Other Nominees:
	Dead Man's Shoes (2004) My Summer of Love (2004) Shaun of the Dead (2004) Touching the Void (2003)

Best Technical Achievement


Winner:
	Touching the Void (2003) - Mike Eley (cinematographer)
Other Nominees:
	Bride & Prejudice (2004) - Eduardo Castro (I) (costumes); Ralph Holes (costumes) Code 46 (2003) - Mark Tildesley (production designer) Dead Man's Shoes (2004) - Lucas Roche (editor); Chris Wyatt (I) (editor) Enduring Love (2004) - Haris Zambarloukos (cinematographer)


Winner:
	Intermission (2003) - John Crowley (III)
Other Nominees:
	Bullet Boy (2004) - Saul Dibb Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) - Peter Webber (I) Kiss of Life (2003) - Emily Young (III) Layer Cake (2004) - Matthew Vaughn


Winner:
	The Barn (2004)
Other Nominees:
	Blinded (2004/I) Chicken Tikka Masala (2005)