2008 Nominations

Best British Independent Film

Hunger

In Bruges

Man on Wire

Slumdog Millionaire

Somers Town

Best Director of a British Independent Film

Steve McQueen

for Hunger

Danny Boyle

for Slumdog Millionaire

Shane Meadows

for Somers Town

Garth Jennings

for Son of Rambow

Mark Herman

for The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

The Douglas Hickox Award

for Eden Lake

for Hunger

for In Bruges

for Shifty

for The Escapist

Best Screenplay

Steve McQueen and

Enda Walsh

for Hunger

Martin McDonagh

for In Bruges

Simon Beaufoy

for Slumdog Millionaire

Paul Fraser

for Somers Town

Garth Jennings

for Son of Rambow

Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film

Kelly Reilly

for Eden Lake

Sally Hawkins

for Happy-Go-Lucky

Vera Farmiga

for The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Samantha Morton

for The Daisy Chain

Keira Knightley

for The Duchess

Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film

for Hunger

for In Bruges

for In Bruges

for Shifty

for Somers Town

Best Supporting Actress

Emma Thompson

for Brideshead Revisted

for Easy Virtue

for Happy-Go-Lucky

for The Duchess

for The Edge of Love

Best Supporting Actor

for Happy-Go-Lucky

for Hunger

for In Bruges

for Shifty

for The Duchess

Most Promising Newcomer

Ayush Mahesh Khedekar

for Slumdog Millionaire

Dev Patel

for Slumdog Millionaire

Bill Milner

for Son of Rambow

Will Poulter

for Son of Rambow

Asa Butterfield

for The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Best Achievement In Production

Hush

Shifty

Telstar

The Daisy Chain

The Escapist

The Raindance Award

Clubbed

Flick

One Day Removals

Zebra Crossings

Best Technical Achievement

Sean Bobbitt

for Hunger

Jon Gregory

for In Bruges

Harry Escott and

Molly Nyman

for Shifty

Anthony Dod Mantle

for Slumdog Millionaire

Michael O'Connor

for The Duchess

Best British Documentary

A Complete History of My Sexual Failures

Derek

Man on Wire

Of Time and The City

Three Miles North Of Molkom

Best British Short Film

Alex And Her Arse Truck

Gone Fishing

Love Does Grow On Trees

Red Sands

Soft

Best Foreign Independent Film

Gomorrah

I've Loved You So Long

Persepolis

The Diving Bell and The Butterfly

Waltz with Bashir

The Richard Harris Award

David Thewlis

The Variety Award

Michael Sheen

The Special Jury Prize

Joe Dunton

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