British Independent Film Awards
| Moët British Independent Film Awards | |
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| Awarded for | Achievement in independently funded British film |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| First awarded | 1998 |
| Official website | www |
The Moët British Independent Film Awards is an annual award ceremony celebrating achievement in independently funded British film and cinema. Nominations and jury are announced at the beginning of November with the award ceremony taking place in late November or early December.
The British Independent Film Awards were created in 1998 by Raindance founder Elliot Grove. Grove set out to celebrate merit and achievement in independently funded British filmmaking, to honour new talent, and to promote British films and filmmaking to a wider public audience. It forms part of the Raindance Film Festival held each year in September/October. Submissions are required before 23 September each year.
The Founding Members are Phillip Alberstat, Chris Auty, Suzanne Ballantyne, André Burgess, Sally Caplan, Pippa Cross, Christopher Fowler, Lora Fox Gamble, Steven Gaydos, Elliot Grove, Norma Heyman, Emma E. Hickox, Fred Hogge, Robert Jones, Steve Kenis, Alberto Lopez, Ollie Madden, Hamish McAlpine, Neil McCartney, Saul Metzstein, Martin Myers, Sarah Radclyffe, Tracey Scoffield, Mark Shivas, Jim Wilson, and Michiyo Yoshizaki.
In 2010, BIFA announced a partnership with the climate change organisation Global Cool aimed at introducing green behaviours into film plots.
Three of Britain’s top internationally renowned stars recently joined the British Independent Film Awards group of official patrons. Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen and David Thewlis joined the prestigious list of patrons including Mike Figgis, Tom Hollander, Adrian Lester, Ken Loach, Ewan McGregor, Samantha Morton, Bill Nighy, Trudie Styler, Tilda Swinton, Meera Syal, Ralph Fiennes, Ray Winstone, Daniel Craig and Michael Winterbottom.
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