Last night, the British Independent Film Awards bestowed their prizes last night and it was an almost clean sweep for Control, Anton Corbijn's chronicle of the life of Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis.
At the tenth annual ceremony of the awards Control won five awards, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Newcomer for Sam Riley. Other winners included Judi Dench and Daniel Craig. The full list of winners is as follows:
BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM
Control
BEST ACTRESS
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Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal
BEST ACTOR
Viggo Mortensen – Eastern Promises
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR/ACTRESS
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Toby Kebbell – Control
MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER
Sam Riley – Control
BEST DIRECTOR
Anton Corbijn – Control
BEST SCREENPLAY
Patrick Marber – Notes on a Scandal
THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD [BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR]
Anton Corbijn – Control
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION
Black Gold
BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Mark Tildesley – Production Design – Sunshine
BEST BRITISH SHORT
Dog Altogether
BEST FOREIGN INDEPENDENT FEATURE
The Lives of Others
THE RAINDANCE AWARD
The Inheritance
THE RICHARD HARRIS AWARD
Ray Winstone
THE VARIETY AWARD
Daniel Craig