BIFA 2018: The Favourite scoops record 10 awards with Olivia Coleman winning best actress
Co-star Rachel Weisz was named best supporting actress
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Your support makes all the difference.Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Favourite certainly lived up to its name at the British Independent Film Awards, scooping a record 10 honours.
Olivia Coleman – who leads the black comedy, playing Queen Anne – took home the best actress award, while co-star Rachel Weisz was named best supporting actress fo her role as the Queen’s favourite.
The British production was honoured with a further eight awards, including best independent film, best director and best screenplay.
Speaking at the ceremony, Coleman called the cast “friends for life” after she, Weisz and Emma Stone bonded on the set of the period piece.
“If you love what you do and other people love it, you couldn’t be more proud,” she said. ”This is almost too good, too nice.”
Other winners included Joe Cole, who won the best actor award for his portrayal of an English boxer in a Thai prison in A Prayer Before Dawn.
American Animals, You Were Never Really Here and Ray and Liz all took home two awards, while Oscar-favourite Roma beat stiff competition to claim best international film.
Disobedience, which was nominated in several categories, won one award with Alessandro Nivola claiming best supporting actor award for his portrayal of a north London Orthodox Jewish man.
Here is the full list of winners from the ceremony at Old Billingsgate market on Sunday, 2 December:
Richard Harris Award: Judi Dench
The Variety Award: Felicity Jones
Special Jury Prize: Horace Ove
Beat British Independent Film: The Favourite
Best Director: Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite
Best Screenplay: Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara, The Favourite
Best Actress: Olivia Colman
Best Supporting Actress: Rachel Weisz, The Favourite
Best Actor: Joe Cole, A Prayer Before Dawn
Best Supporting Actor: Alessandro Nivola, Disobedience
Most Promising Newcomer: Jessie Buckley, Beast
Best Debut Director: Richard Billingham, Ray And Liz
Debut Screenwriter: Bart Layton, American Animals
Breakthrough producer: Jacqui Davies, Ray And Liz
The Discovery Award: Voyageuse
Vest Documentary: Evelyn
Best British Short: The Big Day
Best International Film: Roma
Best Casting: Dixie Chassay
Best Cinematography: Robbie Ryan, The Favourite
Best Costume Design: Sandy Powell, The Favourite
Best Editing: Nick Fenton, Julia Hart, Chris Gill, American Animals
Best Effects: Howard Jones, Early Man
Best Make Up And Hair: Nadia Stacey, The Favourite
Best Music: Jonny Greenwood, You Were Never Really Here
Best Production Design: Fiona Crombie, The Favourite
Best Sound: Paul Davies, You Were Never Really Here
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