British Independent Film Awards 2006

Best British Independent Film

• This Is England
• The Last King of Scotland
• The Queen
• Red Road
• The Wind That Shakes the Barley^[1]

Best Director

• Kevin Macdonald – The Last King of Scotland
• Stephen Frears – The Queen
• Michael Caton-Jones – Shooting Dogs
• Shane Meadows – This Is England
• Ken Loach – The Wind That Shakes the Barley^[1]

The Douglas Hickox Award

Given to a British director on their debut feature

• Menhaj Huda – KiDULTHOOD
• Caradog W. James – Little White Lies
• Paul Andrew Williams – London to Brighton
• Andrea Arnold – Red Road
• Tom Vaughan – Starter for 10^[1]

Best Actor

• Tony Curran – Red Road
• James McAvoy – The Last King of Scotland
• Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
• Peter O'Toole – Venus
• Cillian Murphy – The Wind That Shakes the Barley^[1]

Best Actress

• Kate Dickie – Red Road
• Juliette Binoche – Breaking and Entering
• Robin Wright – Breaking and Entering
• Frances de la Tour – The History Boys
• Helen Mirren – The Queen^[1]

Best Supporting Actor/Actress

• Leslie Phillips – Venus
• Martin Compston – Red Road
• Joseph Gilgun – This Is England
• Stephen Graham – This Is England
• Vanessa Redgrave – Venus^[1]

Best Screenplay

• Peter Morgan – The Queen
• Alan Bennett – The History Boys
• Peter Morgan and Jeremy Brock – The Last King of Scotland
• Shane Meadows – This Is England
• Hanif Kureishi – Venus^[1]

Most Promising Newcomer

• Thomas Turgoose – This Is England
• Rafi Gavron – Breaking and Entering
• Harry Treadaway and Luke Treadaway – Brothers of the Head
• Samuel Barnett – The History Boys
• Dominic Cooper – The History Boys
• Jodie Whittaker – Venus^[1]

Best Achievement in Production

• London to Brighton
• KiDULTHOOD
• The Road to Guantanamo
• Severance
• Shooting Dogs^[1]

Best Technical Achievement

• Anthony Dod Mantle – The Last King of Scotland (for cinematography)
• Alan MacDonald – The Queen (for production design)
• Daniel Phillips – The Queen (for makeup)
• Ludovico Einaudi – This Is England (for original music)
• Barry Ackroyd – The Wind That Shakes the Barley (for cinematography)^[1]

Best British Documentary

• The Road to Guantanamo
• Blindsight
• The Great Happiness Space: Tale of an Osaka Love Thief
• The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
• Unknown White Male^[1]

Best British Short

• Cubs
• The 10th Man
• At the End of the Sentence
• Ex Memoria
• Who I Am and What I Want^[1]

Best 15 Second Short

• What's the Point?
• Ah, Youth
• Chrysanthemums the Word
• Death of the Dinosaurs
• Fate and Mr. McKinley^[1]

Best Foreign Film

• Caché – (France)
• Brick – (USA)
• The Beat That My Heart Skipped – (France)
• Hard Candy – (USA)
• Volver – (Spain)^[1]

The Raindance Award

• Ballad of AJ Weberman
• London to Brighton
• Scenes of a Sexual Nature^[1]

The Richard Harris Award

• Jim Broadbent^[1]

Special Jury Prize

• Ken Loach^[1]

Entertainment Personality Award

• Helen Mirren^[1]