Nominations 1998
Best British Independent Film
Best Foreign Independent Film - English Language
Best Foreign Independent Film - Foreign Language
Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film
- David Thewlis for Divorcing Jack
- John Hurt for Love and Death On Long Island
- Peter Mullan for My Name Is Joe
- Ray Winstone for Nil By Mouth
- Jonathan Pryce for Regeneration
Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film
- Louise Goodall for My Name Is Joe
- Rachel Griffiths for My Son the Fanatic
- Kathy Burke for Nil By Mouth
- Emma Thompson for The Winter Guest
- Samantha Morton for Under the Skin
Best Director of a British Independent Film
- Guy Ritchie for Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
- Ken Loach for My Name Is Joe
- Gary Oldman for Nil By Mouth
- Gillies MacKinnon for Regeneration
- Carine Adler for Under the Skin
The Douglas Hickox Award
- Guy Ritchie for Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
- Peter Mullan for Orphans
- Andrew Piddington for The Fall
- Shane Meadows for Twentyfour Seven
- Genevieve Joliffe for Urban Ghost Story
Most Promising Newcomer
- Enda Hughes for Flying Saucer Rock and Roll
- James Breese for My Funny Valentine
- Laila Morse for Nil By Mouth
- Jim Pilkington for Pocket
- Simon Rumley for Strong Language
Best Screenplay
- Guy Ritchie for Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
- Paul Laverty for My Name Is Joe
- Hanif Kureishi for My Son the Fanatic
- Gary Oldman for Nil By Mouth
- Peter Mullan for Orphans
Best Achievement In Production
