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Control dominates BIFAs

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Anton Corbijn’s Control [+see also:
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– a biopic about the tragic Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis – has won five awards at the 10th annual British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs). The film took the top Best British Independent Film award while Corbijn walked away with both the Best Director and the Douglas Hickox Award for Best Debut Director prizes.

Control continued its domination in the acting stakes too with Sam Riley winning the Most Promising Newcomer award for his incandescent turn as Curtis and Toby Kebbell scooping the Best Supporting Actor award.

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Viggo Mortensen took home the Best Actor prize for his hard hitting performance in David Cronenberg’s Eastern Promises while veteran Judi Dench added yet another trophy to her collection when she won the Best Actress award for Notes on a Scandal [+see also:
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Notes on a Scandal also won the Best Screenplay award for Patrick Marber. Julien Temple’s Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten [+see also:
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won Best Documentary while Black Gold won Best Achievement In Production.

Mark Tildesley won the Best Technical Achievement award for his production design on Sunshine [+see also:
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while Dog Altogether was adjudged Best British Short. In what has been an award-filled year for the film, The Lives of Others [+see also:
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won Best Foreign Independent Feature.

Actor Ray Winstone had plenty to cheer as he won the coveted Richard Harris award for outstanding contribution to British film.

John Woodward, CEO of the UK Film Council, said: “This year’s nominations and award winners really highlight the outstanding talent working in the UK with beautiful and thought-provoking films made by both established and emerging filmmakers.”

The 2007 jury comprised industry professionals including London Film Festival artistic director Sandra Hebron, veteran cinematographer Roger Pratt, A Mighty Heart [+see also:
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actress Archi Panjabi and composer Nitin Sawhney, amongst several others. Producer Simon Channing Williams chaired the jury.

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