The 9th British Independent Film Awards, held in November 2006 at the Hammersmith Palais, London, honoured the best British independent films of 2006.

Awards

Best British Independent Film

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

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

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

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

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

Best Supporting Actor/Actress

• Leslie Phillips - Venus
• Martin Compston - Red Road
• Joseph Gilgun - This Is England
• Stephen Graham - This Is England
• Vanessa Redgrave - Venus

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

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

Best Achievement in Production

• London to Brighton
• KiDULTHOOD
• The Road to Guantanamo
• Severance
• Shooting Dogs

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)

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

Best British Short

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

Best 15 Second Short

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

Best Foreign Film

• Caché - (France)
• Brick - (USA)
• The Beat That My Heart Skipped - (France)
• Hard Candy - (USA)
• Volver - (Spain)

The Raindance Award

• Ballad of AJ Weberman
• London to Brighton
• Scenes of a Sexual Nature

The Richard Harris Award

• Jim Broadbent

Special Jury Prize

• Ken Loach

Entertainment Personality Award

• Helen Mirren