




2008 Awards
The following awards will be presented at BIFA 2008.
Best British Independent Film
Previous winners include
Control
This Is England
The Constant Gardener
Vera Drake
Dirty Pretty Things
Sweet Sixteen
Sexy Beast
Billy Elliot
Wonderland (1999)
My Name Is Joe
Best British Documentary
Previous winners include
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
The Road To Guantanamo
The Liberace of Baghdad
Touching the Void
Bodysong
Best British Short Film
Previous winners include
Dog Altogether
Cubs
Six Shooter
School of Life
Dad's Dead
The Douglas Hickox Award
Previous winners include
Anton Corbijn for Control
Menhaj Huda for Kidulthood
Annie Griffin for Festival
John Crowley for Intermission
Richard Jobson for 16 Years of Alcohol
Lindy Heymann for Showboy
Christian Taylor for Showboy
Asif Kapadia for The Warrior
Kevin Macdonald for One Day In September
Lynne Ramsay for Ratcatcher
Shane Meadows for Twentyfour Seven
Best Foreign Independent Film
Previous winners include
The Lives of Others
Hidden (Caché)
Downfall [Der Untergang]
Oldboy
City of God













