American Honey leads the pack at the British Independent Film Awards

Andrea Arnold's film scooped the top prizes at the awards ceremony - with wins for horror Under the Shadow, Adult Life Skills, and I, Daniel Blake

The British Independent Film Awards have named Andrea Arnold's dizzying US road movie American Honey as the best British independent film of 2016, in an awards ceremony which celebrated some of the very best the industry has to offer.

American Honey also saw awards for Arnold herself, star Sasha Lane, and cinematographer Robbie Ryan; with Ken Loach's stirring benefits drama I, Daniel Blake seeing wins amongst the acting categories.

The night also proved strong for debut films: Babak Anvari's horror Under the Shadow picked up multiple awards, alongside Rachel Tunnard's Adult Life Skills and Jim Hosking's The Greasy Strangler.

International fare also received a shoutout, with Barry Jenkins' Moonlight (an Oscar favourite) beating out the likes of Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Manchester by the Sea, Mustang, and Toni Erdmann.

Unfortunately, the awards tend to have zero impact on the Oscar race, so American Honey's big win here isn't necessarily going to translate to further success down the line; particularly since the freewheeling, lyrical film is still considered something of an outsider in the main awards race.

Best British Independent Film
American Honey *WINNER*
Couple in the Hole
I, Daniel Blake
Notes on Blindness
Under the Shadow

Best Director
Andrea Arnold, American Honey *WINNER*
Ben Wheatley, Free Fire
Ken Loach, I, Daniel Blake
James Spinney & Pete Middleton, Notes on Blindness
Babak Anvari, Under the Shadow

Best Screenplay
Adult Life Skills
American Honey
I Am Not a Serial Killer
I, Daniel Blake
Under the Shadow *WINNER*

Best Actor
Shia LaBeouf, American Honey
Max Records, I Am Not A Serial Killer
Dave Johns, I, Daniel Blake *WINNER*
Steve Brandon, My Feral Heart
Michael Fassbender, Trespass Against Us

Best Actress
Jodie Whittaker, Adult Life Skills
Sasha Lane, American Honey *WINNER*
Kate Dickie, Couple in a Hole
Hayley Squires, I, Daniel Blake
Narges Rashidi, Under the Shadow

Best Supporting Actor
Brett Goldstein, Adult Life Skills *WINNER*
Jamie Dornan, Anthropoid
Christopher Lloyd, I Am Not A Serial Killer
Arinze Kene, The Pass
Sean Harris, Trespass Against Us

Best Supporting Actress
Gemma Arterton, The Girl With All the Gifts
Shana Swash, My Feral Heart
Naomie Harris, Our Kind of Traitor
Avin Manshadi, Under the Shadow *WINNER*
Terry Pheto, A United Kingdom

Most Promising Newcomer
Sennia Nanua, The Girl With All the Gifts
Hayley Squires, I, Daniel Blake *WINNER*
Dave Johns, I, Daniel Blake
Steven Brandon, My Feral Heart
Letitia Wright, Urban Hymn

The Douglas Hickox Award (Debut Director)
Rachel Tunnard, Adult Life Skills
Pete Middleton & James Spinney, Notes on Blindness
Alice Lowe, Prevenge
Adam Smith, Trespass Against Us
Babak Anvari, Under the Shadow  *WINNER*

Outstanding Achievement in Craft
Robbie Ryan, American Honey *WINNER*
Shaheen Baig, Free Fire
Seb Barker, The Girl With All the Gifts
Joakim Sundström, Notes on Blindness
Paul Monaghan & Mat Whitecross, Supersonic

Best Documentary
The Confession: Living the War on Terror
Dancer
The Hard Stop
Notes on Blindness *WINNER*
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach

Best International Independent Film
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight *WINNER*
Mustang
Toni Erdmann 

Best British Short
Jacked *WINNER*
Mother
Over
Rate Me
The Wrong End of the Stick

The Discovery Award
Black Mountain Poets
The Darkest Universe
The Ghoul
Gozo
The Greasy Strangler  *WINNER*

Breakthrough Producer
Michael Berliner, Adult Life Skills
Camille Gatin, The Girl With All the Gifts *WINNER*
Dionne Walker, The Hard Stop
Mike Brett & Jo Jo Ellison & Steve Jamison, Notes On Blindness
Paul Fegan, Where You're Meant To Be

Debut Screenwriter
Rachel Tunnard, Adult Life Skills *WINNER*
Hope Dickson Leach, The Levelling
Simon Farnaby & Julian Barratt, Mindhorn
John Cairns & Michael McCartney, A Patch of Fog
Ed Talfan, Yr Ymadawiad