It's been a good year for the Moon - it had its 40th birthday, and it got to star alongside Sam Rockwell in a brilliant British film. Now, it's year just got even better, because Duncan Jones' sci-fi won Best British Independent Film at the British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) last night.

Jones also nabbed himself the Douglas Hiccox Award for Best Debut Director. But another helmer wasn't far behind - unsurprisingly, Andrea Arnold's phenomenal Fish Tank scooped up Best Director, along with Most Promising Newcomer for lead teen Katie Jarvis.

In a result predicted by everyone, the wonderful Carey Mulligan took home Best Actress for her schoolgirl in An Education, and Tom Hardy (every way her polar opposite) walked off with Best Actor for Bronson. But the most deserved of the night? Perhaps the sweary screenplay from In the Loop, Armando Ianucci's inspired political comedy, which was one of the best films of this year - expect that, at the very least, to be up for an Oscar. Maybe some of the others too. Like Let the Right One In, which won Best Foreign Film; easily earnt by the sweet Swedish fang-fest. 

For more on the BIFAs, head over to their website, or read on for the full list of results. 

BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM
Moon

BEST DIRECTOR
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Andrea Arnold – Fish Tank

THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD [BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR]
Duncan Jones – Moon

BEST SCREENPLAY 
Sponsored by BBC Films
In the Loop – Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche

BEST ACTRESS 
Sponsored by M.A.C
Carey Mulligan – An Education

BEST ACTOR
Sponsored by Elit by Stolichnaya
Tom Hardy – Bronson

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Anne-Marie Duff – Nowhere Boy

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR 
Sponsored by Stolichnaya
John Henshaw – Looking for Eric

MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER
Sponsored by Optimum Releasing
Katie Jarvis – Fish Tank

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION
Bunny and the Bull

RAINDANCE AWARD
Sponsored by Raindance
Down Terrace

BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT 
Sponsored by 3 Mills Studios
Bright Star – Cinematography – Greig Fraser

BEST DOCUMENTARY
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Mugabe and the White African

BEST BRITISH SHORT
Love You More

BEST FOREIGN FILM
Let the Right One In

THE RICHARD HARRIS AWARD (for Outstanding Contribution to British Film)
Daniel Day-Lewis

THE VARIETY AWARD
Sir Michael Caine

THE SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Sponsored by UK Film Council

Baz Bamigboye