{"id":3070,"date":"2014-12-10T21:10:28","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T19:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hotbuzzmag.com\/?p=3070"},"modified":"2020-04-02T15:48:01","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T15:48:01","slug":"pride-crowned-as-best-film-at-the-17th-british-independent-film-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotbuzzmag.com\/en\/pride-crowned-as-best-film-at-the-17th-british-independent-film-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cPride\u201d crowned as best film at the 17th British Independent Film Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last Sunday a glittering array of talent turned out for the Mo\u00ebt British Independent Film Awards 2014.<\/h3>\n
$\"M\u00f6et$ <\/a>Attendees at the 17th edition of the BIFA<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong> awards, held at Old Billingsgate (London) and hosted by \u201cThe Inbetweeners\u201d star, Simon Bird, saw Matthew Warchus\u2019 1980s LGBT strikers inspired movie \u201cPride\u201d as the big winner, with prizes in three categories, including best film, and Best Supporting actors.<\/p>\n
Irish actor Andrew Scott was awarded for his supporting role in Warchus miner\u2019s strike drama, and Imelda Staunton also took home her award for Best Supporting Actress also for her role in that film.<\/p>\n
Yann Demange won Best Director for \u201c\u201971\u201d, Gugu Mbatha-Raw won Best Actress for \u201cBelle\u201d, and Brendan Gleeson won Best Actor for \u201cCalvary\u201d.<\/p>\n
As previously announced, Emma Thompson was awarded the coveted Richard Harris Award for outstanding contribution by an actor to British film, and Benedict Cumberbatch the Variety Award, which recognizes an actor, director, writer or producer who has helped to shine the international spotlight on the UK. The Special Jury Prize went to John Boorman.<\/p>\n
Other stars, who made their appearance in this year ceremony, include Keira Knightley, Stanley Tucci and Sherlock actor, Andrew Scott.<\/p>\n
<\/iframe><\/p>\nWinners for The Mo\u00ebt British Independent Film Awards 2014 are:<\/strong><\/p>\nBEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM \nSponsored by Mo\u00ebt & Chandon \n\u201cPride\u201d<\/p>\nBEST DIRECTOR \nSponsored by AllCity & Intermission \nYann Demange \u2013 \u201c’71\u201d<\/p>\nTHE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD [BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR] \nSponsored by 3 Mills Studios \nIain Forsyth, Jane Pollard \u2013 \u201c20,000 Days on Earth\u201d<\/p>\nBEST SCREENPLAY \nSponsored by BBC Films \nJon Ronson, Peter Straughan \u2013 \u201cFrank\u201d<\/p>\nBEST ACTRESS \nSponsored by M.A.C Cosmetics \nGugu Mbatha-Raw \u2013 \u201cBelle\u201d<\/p>\nBEST ACTOR \nSponsored by Movado \nBrendan Gleeson \u2013 \u201cCalvary\u201d<\/p>\nBEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS \nImelda Staunton \u2013 \u201cPride\u201d<\/p>\nBEST SUPPORTING ACTOR \nSponsored by St Martins Lane \nAndrew Scott \u2013 \u201cPride\u201d<\/p>\nMOST PROMISING NEWCOMER \nSameena Jabeen Ahmed \u2013 \u201cCatch Me Daddy\u201d \nBEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION \n\u201cThe Goob\u201d<\/p>\nBEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT \nStephen Rennicks – Music \u2013 \u201cFrank\u201d<\/p>\nBEST DOCUMENTARY \n\u201cNext Goal Wins\u201d<\/p>\nBEST BRITISH SHORT \n\u201cThe K\u00e1rm\u00e1n Line\u201d<\/p>\nBEST INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM \n\u201cBoyhood\u201d<\/p>\nTHE RAINDANCE AWARD \n\u201cLuna\u201d<\/p>\nTHE RICHARD HARRIS AWARD (for outstanding contribution by an actor to British Film) \nEmma Thompson<\/p>\nTHE VARIETY AWARD \nBenedict Cumberbatch<\/p>\nTHE SPECIAL JURY PRIZE \nJohn Boorman<\/p>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last Sunday a glittering array of talent turned out for the Mo\u00ebt British Independent Film Awards 2014. Attendees at the 17th edition of the BIFA awards, held at Old Billingsgate (London) and hosted by \u201cThe Inbetweeners\u201d star, Simon Bird, saw Matthew Warchus\u2019 1980s LGBT strikers inspired movie \u201cPride\u201d as the big winner, with prizes in […] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/hotbuzzmag.com\/en\/pride-crowned-as-best-film-at-the-17th-british-independent-film-awards\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[1196,1197,1198,1199,1200,1201,630,1202,1203,1204,1205,1206,1207,1208,130,1209,1210,1211,1212,1213,1214,1215,1216,597,1217,1218,1219],"reaction":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/hotbuzzmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Andrew-Scott-at-BIFA-2014.jpg?fit=451%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"wps_subtitle":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotbuzzmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3070"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotbuzzmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotbuzzmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotbuzzmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotbuzzmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3070"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hotbuzzmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9421,"href":"https:\/\/hotbuzzmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3070\/revisions\/9421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotbuzzmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotbuzzmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotbuzzmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotbuzzmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3070"},{"taxonomy":"reaction","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotbuzzmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reaction?post=3070"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotbuzzmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=3070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}