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Warchus’ ‘Pride’ wins top prize at British Independent Film Awards ay rights drama “Pride” won the award for British Independent Film, beating “‘71,” “Calvary,” “Mr Turner” and G“The Imitation Game,” at the 17th Moet British Independent Film Awards Sunday at Old Billingsgate in . 17th Moet British Independent Film Awards - winners and nominees The award for director went to Yann Demange for Northern Ireland-set thriller “‘71,” outflanking John Michael McDonagh for “Calvary,” Lenny Abrahamson for “Frank,” Matthew Warchus for British Independent Film Screenplay Michael Fassbender - Documentary “Pride” and Mike Leigh for “Mr Turner.” The victor in the actor cat- Winner: Pride Winner: Jon Ronson, Peter Straughan - Frank Frank Winner: Next Goal Wins egory was Brendan Gleeson for “Calvary,” about a tough-minded ‘71 Graham Moore - The Imitation Game Rafe Spall - X+Y 20,000 Days on Earth Irish priest marked for death by one of his parishioners. He was Calvary Gregory Burke - ‘71 Sean Harris - ‘71 Night Will Fall competing with Asa Butterfield for “X+Y,” Benedict Cumberbatch Mr Turner John Michael McDonagh - Calvary The Possibilities for “The Imitation Game,” Jack O’Connell for “‘71” and Timothy The Imitation Game Stephen Beresford - Pride Most promising newcomer Are Endless Spall for “Mr Turner.” Winner: Sameena Jabeen Ahmed - Catch Me Virunga Gleeson paid tribute to the producers “who have to try to International Independent Film Actress Daddy make independent film when it is almost impossible for people Winner: Boyhood Winner: Gugu Mbatha-Raw - Belle Ben The Raindance award to risk commercially what is required artistically.” Cumberbatch Blue Ruin Alicia Vikander - Testament of Youth Schnetzer - Pride Winner: Luna was the recipient of the Variety Award, which recognizes an Fruitvale Station Cheng Pei Pei Cara Delevingne - The Face of An Angel Flim: The Movie... actor, director, writer or producer who has helped to shine the Ida Lilting Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game Gugu Mbatha-Raw - Belle Gregor international spotlight on the UK Keira Knightley, a best actress The Sameena Jabeen Ahmed - Catch Me Daddy Liam Walpole Keeping Rosy nominee for “The Imitation Game,” handed him his award. Babadook The Goob The Beat In his speech, Cumberbatch said the award was premature Actor Beneath My Feet Winner: Brendan Gleeson - Calvary “given the output and standard of previous recipients,” but Director Achievement in production Winner: Yann Demange - ‘71 Asa Butterfield - X+Y British short added that it would inspire him “to work harder to feel like I’ve Winner: The Goob John Michael McDonagh - Calvary Benedict Cumberbatch - The Winner: The Karman Line deserved it, and that won’t really be difficult because I love my ‘71 job, I love my industry, I love the people I get to work with, a lot Lenny Abrahamson - Imitation Game Crocodile Jack O’Connell - ‘71 20,000 Days on Earth of whom are in this room.” Emma Thompson picked up the Frank Emotional Fusebox Matthew Warchus - Pride - Mr Turner Catch Me Keeping Up With The Richard Harris Award for outstanding contribution by an actor to Daddy British film. She said she had met Harris once and found they Mike Leigh - Mr Turner Joneses Supporting actress Lilting shared a devotion and commitment to alcohol. She jokingly Slap Winner: - Pride confessed: “I have been with studios. I haven’t enjoyed it. I have The Douglas Hickox Award for Dorothy Atkinson - Mr Turner Technical achievement tried not to get sucked in... I have done many things for money debut director The Richard Harris Award (for outstanding Maggie and I am sorry.” Winner: Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard - 20,000 Winner: Stephen Rennicks - Music - Frank contribution by an actor to British Film) Gyllenhaal - Frank The winner of the actress honor was Gugu Mbatha-Raw for Days on Earth Chris Wyatt - Editing - ‘71 Emma Thompson - X+Y Amma Asante’s “Belle,” which is inspired by the true story of a Daniel Wolfe, Matthew Wolfe - Catch Me Dick Pope - Cinematography - Mr Turner Sienna Guillory - The Goob mixed-race girl raised as an aristocratic lady in England around Daddy Robbie Ryan - Cinematography - Catch Me The variety award Hong Khaou - Lilting Benedict Cumberbatch the time of the abolition of slavery. Other nominees were Alicia Supporting actor Daddy Vikander for “Testament of Youth,” Cheng Pei Pei for “Lilting,” Morgan Matthews - X+Y Winner: Andrew Scott - Pride Tat The special jury prize Knightley for “The Imitation Game” and Sameena Jabeen Ahmed Ben Schnetzer - Pride Radcliffe - Cinematography - ‘71 for “Catch Me Daddy.” Yann Demange - ‘71 John Boorman Mbatha-Raw said: “It has just been such a special experience this job, this story showing a period of history that we have seen so frequently on the screen, but to be able to see it from the per- join forces with striking coal miners. The supporting actor award Sameena Jabeen Ahmed, the star of Daniel Wolfe’s thriller “Catch Karman Line” won the prize for British Short. Guests who attend- spective of a woman of color in the 1780s, in the Jane Austen went to the film’s Andrew Scott. Me Daddy,” which tracks the doomed attempts of a British Asian ed included acting nominees Vikander and Spall; Mark Strong era, which is part of our cultural heritage.” The winner of the teen runaway to escape the long arm of her violently protective and Charles Dance, who both appear in “The Imitation Game”; award for international independent film went to Richard Other nominees family. Helen Mirren, who presented the award, said the BIFAs Maxine Peake, who appears in “The Theory of Everything”; Mike Linklater’s Oscar contender “Boyhood.” Picking up his trophy, The Douglas Hickox Award for debut director was picked up were the “beating heart” of the British film industry. The Special Leigh, a nominee for director for “Mr Turner”; Stanley Tucci, a Linklater devoted the award to the memory of the late Lindsay by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard for Nick Cave documentary Jury Prize went to “Deliverance” and “Hope and Glory” director BIFA jury member and a thesp in “The Hunger Games”; John Anderson, director of “If” and “O Lucky Man!” “20,000 Days on Earth.” The other nominees were Daniel Wolfe John Boorman. The jury also paid tribute to producer Chris Boorman; and actor Jared Harris. “The Inbetweeners” star Simon “Frank” writers Jon Ronson and Peter Straughan took the and Matthew Wolfe for “Catch Me Daddy,” Hong Khaou for Collins. Technical achievement winner was Stephen Rennicks for Bird hosted the event.— Reuters screenplay prize, ahead of Graham Moore for “The Imitation “Lilting,” Morgan Matthews for “X+Y” and Yann Demange for “ the music for Lenny Abrahamson’s musical comedy “Frank,” Game,” Gregory Burke for “‘71,” John Michael McDonagh for ‘71.” The documentary award went to “Next Goal Wins,” a crowd- which stars Michael Fassbender. “Calvary” and Stephen Beresford for “Pride.” Imelda Staunton pleaser about the world’s worst international soccer team, The honor for achievement in production was picked up by won the supporting actress contest for Matthew Warchus’ directed by Mike Brett and Steve Jamison. Guy Myhill’s coming-of-age drama “The Goob,” which played at “Pride,” a feel-good, ‘80s set drama about gay rights activists who The award for most promising newcomer went to actress Venice. The Raindance Award was taken by “Luna,” and “The

British actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw poses on Sameena Jabeen Ahmed Actress Sophie Turner British actress Keira Knightley and husband Actor Benedict Cumberbatch and Sophie Hunter the red carpet arriving for the British British musician James Righton Independent Film Awards in London.

Yann Demange —AFP photos Actress Emma Thompson Actress Gemma Chan Actress Helen Mirren Actors Timothy Spall, left, and actor Rafe Spall