Nominations 2005

Best Achievement In Production

• Guy X
• Gypo
• It's All Gone Pete Tong
• Song of Songs
• The Business

Best British Documentary

• Andrew and Jeremy Get Married
• Black Sun
• McLibel
• Sisters In Law
• The Liberace of Baghdad

Best British Independent Film

• A Cock & Bull Story
• Mrs Henderson Presents
• The Constant Gardener
• The Descent
• The Libertine

Best British Short Film

• Can't Stop Breathing
• Dupe
• Pitch Perfect
• Six Shooter

Best Director of a British Independent Film

• Michael Winterbottom for A Cock & Bull Story
• Stephen Frears for Mrs Henderson Presents
• Fernando Meirelles for The Constant Gardener
• Neil Marshall for The Descent
• Laurence Dunmore for The Libertine

Best Foreign Independent Film

• Broken Flowers
• Crash
• Downfall [Der Untergang]
• Secuestro Express
• The Woodsman

Best Performance by a Supporting Actor or Actress in a British Independent Film

• Rob Brydon for A Cock & Bull Story
• Kelly Reilly for Mrs Henderson Presents
• Bill Nighy for The Constant Gardener
• Tom Hollander for The Libertine
• Rosamund Pike for The Libertine

Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film

• Matthew Macfadyen for In My Father's Den
• Chiwetel Ejiofor for Kinky Boots
• Bob Hoskins for Mrs Henderson Presents
• Ralph Fiennes for The Constant Gardener
• Johnny Depp for The Libertine

Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film

• Natasha Richardson for Asylum
• Judi Dench for Mrs Henderson Presents
• Rachel Weisz for The Constant Gardener
• Emily Watson for Wah-Wah
• Joan Allen for Yes

Best Screenplay

• Martin Hardy for A Cock & Bull Story
• Geoff Deane for Kinky Boots
• Tim Firth for Kinky Boots
• Frank Cottrell Boyce for Millions
• Martin Sherman for Mrs Henderson Presents
• Jeffrey Caine for The Constant Gardener

Best Technical Achievement

• Peter Christelis for A Cock & Bull Story
• Sandy Powell for Mrs Henderson Presents
• C Charlone for The Constant Gardener
• Jon Harris for The Descent
• Ben van Os for The Libertine

Most Promising Newcomer

• Emily Barclay for In My Father's Den
• Samina Awan for Love + Hate
• Alexander Nathan Etel for Millions
• Thelma Barlow for Mrs Henderson Presents
• Rupert Friend for The Libertine

The Douglas Hickox Award

• Annie Griffin for Festival
• Julian Jarrold for Kinky Boots
• Gaby Dellal for On A Clear Day
• Laurence Dunmore for The Libertine
• Richard E Grant for Wah-Wah

The Raindance Award

• Billy Childish is Dead
• Evil Aliens
• Sam Jackson's Secret Video Diary

The Richard Harris Award

• Tilda Swinton

The Variety Award

• Keira Knightley

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