The winners of the tenth British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) were announced this week, and it's a brilliant bunch, with Joy Division classic Control receiving deserved acclaim.

As Johanna von Fischer and Tessa Collinson, BIFA co-director says: “A decade ago, the need for an awards ceremony that celebrated British independent film talent was identified. We are now ten years on and BIFA has grown to celebrate the increasingly diverse range of talent out there. This year’s winners are no exception to this rule with Anton Corbijn winning the Douglas Hickox award and Judi Dench winning Best Actress.”

Quite right too. Here are the winners:

BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM
Control

BEST ACTRESS
Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal

BEST ACTOR
Viggo Mortensen – Eastern Promises

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Andi Engel, Pamela Engel and Robert Beeson [Artificial Eye]

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR/ACTRESS
Toby Kebbell – Control

MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER
Sam Riley – Control

BEST DIRECTOR
Anton Corbijn – Control

BEST SCREENPLAY
Patrick Marber – Notes on a Scandal

THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD [BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR]
Anton Corbijn – Control

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION
Black Gold

BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Mark Tildesley – Production Design – Sunshine

BEST BRITISH SHORT
Dog Altogether

BEST FOREIGN INDEPENDENT FEATURE
The Lives of Others

THE RAINDANCE AWARD
The Inheritance

THE RICHARD HARRIS AWARD
Ray Winstone

THE VARIETY AWARD
Daniel Craig