British Independent Film Awards 2010

British Independent Film Awards The British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) is an organisation that celebrates, supports and promotes British independent cinema and filmmaking talent in United Kingdom. Nominations for the annual awards ceremony are announced in early November, ...

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Awards

Best British Independent Film

Best Director Best Director is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards. It may refer to: Film awards * AACTA Award for Best Direction * Academy Award for Best Director * BA ...

The Douglas Hickox Award

Best Actor

Best Actress Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organisations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress aw ...

Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actress

Best Screenplay

Most Promising Newcomer

Best Achievement In Production

Best Technical Achievement

Best British Documentary

Best British Short

Best Foreign Film The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a ...

The Raindance Award

The Richard Harris Award

The Variety Award

The Special Jury Prize

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