8/12/2014 - 2014 British Independent Film Award winners announced

The winners of the 17th annual Moet British Independent Film Awards have been announced at a ceremony that was held last night, the 7th of December, and hosed by the star of The Inbetweeners Simon Bird. 

 

Pride by Matthew Warchus came out as the big winner at this year's award ceremony. This heartwarming story of an unlikely alliance between LGBT activists and a Welsh mining community in the 1980s won the most prizes of all this year, won the awards for Best British Independent Film, Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor.

 

Joint directors of the BIFA Johanna von Fischer and Tessa Collinson said: "“In our final year as Directors it is terrific to see such an amazing mix of the established and new being represented in our honourees tonight. The range of diverse and unique talent in this country is awe inspiring. Our jury has had some truly tough decisions to make. We hope these results will excite audiences and encourage more people to search out these films creating a greater demand for British Independent cinema."