The film Pride was named best
film at Sunday's British Independent Film Awards.
Co-stars Andrew Scott (Sherlock)
and Imelda Staunton (Harry Potter films) won the best
supporting actor and actress prizes, bringing the film's total awards
to three.
(Related: Sherlock's
Andrew Scott describes coming out as “really lovely.”)
Set in the early 80s, Pride
tells the true story of a London-based group of gay and
lesbian activists who travel to Wales to help support families
struggling amid a miners strike. The unionists and activists soon
discover that together they can stand taller. (Watch
the film's trailer.)
“We're getting reports from up and
down the country of audiences standing up and applauding,” said
Pride director Matthew Warchus in accepting the night's
top prize. “That doesn't really happen in British cinemas. It's
just extraordinary. It's a real tribute to the source material.”