Film4 celebrates seven wins at British Independent Film Awards

5 December 2011

Film4 is celebrating after winning seven awards at last night's British Independent Film Awards.

Tyrannosaur was the biggest winner of the evening, scooping three awards: Best British Independent Film, the Douglas Hickox Award for Best Debut Director for Paddy Considine and Best Actress for Olivia Colman.

Best Actor went to Michael Fassbender for Shame, whilst Richard Ayoade and Joe Dunthorne won Best Screenplay for Submarine. 

Michael Smiley won Best Supporting Actor for Kill List, and Chalk took home Best Short Film.

Tessa Ross, Channel 4 Controller of Film and Drama, says: "This has been an undeniably strong and hugely exciting year for British film, with a wealth of brilliant new filmmakers breaking through with impressive debuts, and established talent producing  really visionary work.  We're thrilled to have had the chance to work with so much of this talent, and are delighted that all their many achievements have been recognised with these awards.  Congratulations to all the nominees and tonight's winners!"

The British Independent Film Awards celebrate merit and achievement in independently funded British filmmaking, honour new talent, and promote British films and filmmaking to a wider public. The winners were announced in a ceremony at Old Billingsgate, London.

About Film4
Film4, headed by Tessa Ross, is Channel 4 Television's feature film division. Film4 develops and co-finances films and is known for working with the most innovative talent in the U.K., whether new or established. Film4 has developed and co-financed many of the most successful UK films of recent years, films like Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours, Martin McDonagh's In Bruges, Steve McQueen's Hunger and more recently Shame, Mike Leigh's Another Year, Chris Morris' Four Lions and Peter Mullan's NEDS.

Film4's 2011 releases include Danny Boyle's 127 Hours, Kevin Macdonald's The Eagle, Richard Ayoade's Submarine, Joe Cornish's directorial debut Attack The Block, Ben Palmer's The Inbetweeners Movie which has taken over £44m to date, Lone Scherfig's One Day, Ben Wheatley's Kill List, Paddy Considine's debut feature Tyrannosaur, Miranda July's The Future, Andrea Arnold's Wuthering Heights and Terence Davies' The Deep Blue Sea.  Future releases include Carol Morley's Dreams of a Life, and early next year Phyllida Lloyd's The Iron Lady and Steve McQueen's Shame.

Film4's current productions include  Walter Salles' On The Road, Peter Strickland's Berberian Sound Studio, Roger Michell's Hyde Park on Hudson, Jonathan Glazer's Under the Skin and Ben Wheatley's Sightseers.

For further information visit www.film4.com/productions