Sienna Miller and Keira Knightley

Best Actor went to Michael Fassbender for his performance in "Hunger." Vera Farmiga collected the top Actress trophy for "The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas".

The documentary "Man On a Wire" was also a winner. "Waltz With Bashir", won the award for best Foreign Film.

The British Independent Film Awards honour the best of British films over the previous year, produced with little or no studio backing.

Welsh actor Michael Sheen, who plays broadcaster David Frost in the new political drama 'Frost/Nixon', was this year's recipient of the Variety Award.

'Harry Potter' actor David Thewis collected the Richard Harris Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Film.