BIFA Awards To Be Streamed Live This December

The Moët British Independent Film Awards can be watched on LOVEFiLM.

Posted 25th October 2011, 11:34am in Film

The Moët British Independent Film Awards are to be streamed live on LOVEFiLM.com this year.

Fans will be able to see the star-studded event, which celebrates the best of independent filmmaking, as it happens for the first time.

The Moët BIFAs take place on Sunday 4th December, and the exclusive broadcast will include live coverage from the red carpet as the nominees, presenters and guests arrive at the venue, followed by a live stream of the awards ceremony.

Last year's winers include Colin Firth and Carey Mulligan, with the award ceremony predicting the Oscars results as The King's Speech swept the board. However, the BIFAs also gave Gareth Edwards' astonishing sci-fi Monsters the recognition it deserved, with three awards.

Visitors at LOVEFiLM will be able to tweet their questions to the stars as they walk down the red carpet and see their answers live as they are interviewed. Reactions from the winners as they come off stage will be tweeted directly to followers of LOVEFiLM’s twitter feed @LOVEFiLM #MoetBIFAs making their users the first in line to hear from the talent as they step off stage.

Johanna von Fisher and Tessa Collinson, directors of the BIFAs, said: "LOVEFiLM couldn’t be a more fitting partner for us and we are thrilled that true fans of British cinema will be able to watch all the action as it unfolds on the night. It is also a great opportunity to introduce a wider audience to independent cinema, hopefully shining the light on those films with smaller marketing budgets."

In addition to the live streaming of the arrivals and the awards ceremony, LOVEFiLM will be launching the BIFA Winners Collection on the website, where previous winners of the Best British Independent Film Award including films such as Moon, Slumdog Millionaire, Control, Vera Drake and Sexy Beast will be available for users to download, providing them with an opportunity to rediscover the very best in British independent filmmaking.

The awards take place at London's Old Billingsgate from 6.30pm on 4th December at www.lovefilm.com/MBIFA. The nominees will be announced on 31st October.