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BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS

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    British Independent Film Award

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    Best Achievement in Production

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Escapist

      6.7 (18K)
    • [object Object]

      The Daisy Chain

      5.1 (1.7K)
    • [object Object]

      Hush

      6.0 (7.4K)
    • [object Object]

      Shifty

      6.5 (3.2K)
    • [object Object]

      Telstar: The Joe Meek Story

      6.5 (2K)

    Best Actor

    • Michael Fassbender
      Winner
      • Michael Fassbender
      • Hunger
    • Colin Farrell
      • Colin Farrell
      • In Bruges
    • Brendan Gleeson in Safe House (2012)
      • Brendan Gleeson
      • In Bruges
    • Riz Ahmed
      • Riz Ahmed
      • Shifty
    • Thomas Turgoose
      • Thomas Turgoose
      • Somers Town

    Best Actress

    • Vera Farmiga in Bates Motel (2013)
      Winner
      • Vera Farmiga
      • The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
    • Samantha Morton
      • Samantha Morton
      • The Daisy Chain
    • Keira Knightley at an event for Anna Karenina (2012)
      • Keira Knightley
      • The Duchess
    • Kelly Reilly at an event for Calvary (2014)
      • Kelly Reilly
      • Eden Lake
    • Sally Hawkins
      • Sally Hawkins
      • Happy-Go-Lucky

    Best British Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Man on Wire

      7.7 (60K)
    • [object Object]

      A Complete History of My Sexual Failures

      6.2 (3.9K)
    • [object Object]

      Derek

      7.2 (343)
    • [object Object]

      Of Time and the City

      7.2 (2.3K)
    • [object Object]

      Three Miles North of Molkom

      6.4 (553)

    Best British Independent Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Slumdog Millionaire

      8.0 (898K)
    • [object Object]

      Hunger

      7.5 (75K)
    • [object Object]

      In Bruges

      7.9 (482K)
    • [object Object]

      Man on Wire

      7.7 (60K)
    • [object Object]

      Somers Town

      6.8 (6.8K)

    Best British Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Soft

      7.4 (805)

    • Alex and Her Arse Truck

      5.0 (37)
    • [object Object]

      Gone Fishing

      7.9 (246)
    • [object Object]

      Love Does Grow on Trees

      7.0 (169)

    • Red Sands

      7.1 (28)

    Best Director

    • Danny Boyle
      Winner
      • Danny Boyle
      • Slumdog Millionaire
    • Mark Herman in Blame It on the Bellboy (1992)
      • Mark Herman
      • The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
    • Steve McQueen
      • Steve McQueen
      • Hunger
    • Shane Meadows in This Is England (2006)
      • Shane Meadows
      • Somers Town
    • Garth Jennings at an event for Son of Rambow (2007)
      • Garth Jennings
      • Son of Rambow

    Best Foreign Independent Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Waltz with Bashir

      8.0 (62K)
    • [object Object]

      Gomorrah

      7.0 (52K)
    • [object Object]

      I've Loved You So Long

      7.6 (21K)
    • [object Object]

      Persepolis

      8.0 (103K)
    • [object Object]

      The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

      8.0 (112K)

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      In Bruges

      7.9 (482K)
      Martin McDonagh
    • [object Object]

      Hunger

      7.5 (75K)
      Steve McQueen
      Enda Walsh
    • [object Object]

      Slumdog Millionaire

      8.0 (898K)
      Simon Beaufoy
    • [object Object]

      Somers Town

      6.8 (6.8K)
      Paul Fraser
    • [object Object]

      Son of Rambow

      7.0 (33K)
      Garth Jennings

    Best Supporting Actor

    • Eddie Marsan
      Winner
      • Eddie Marsan
      • Happy-Go-Lucky
    • Ralph Fiennes at an event for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
      • Ralph Fiennes
      • The Duchess
    • Liam Cunningham at an event for War Horse (2011)
      • Liam Cunningham
      • Hunger
    • Ralph Fiennes at an event for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
      • Ralph Fiennes
      • In Bruges
    • Daniel Mays
      • Daniel Mays
      • Shifty

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Alexis Zegerman
      Winner
      • Alexis Zegerman
      • Happy-Go-Lucky
    • Emma Thompson
      • Emma Thompson
      • Brideshead Revisited
    • Hayley Atwell
      • Hayley Atwell
      • The Duchess
    • Kristin Scott Thomas at an event for Only God Forgives (2013)
      • Kristin Scott Thomas
      • Easy Virtue
    • Sienna Miller
      • Sienna Miller
      • The Edge of Love

    Best Technical Achievement

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Hunger

      7.5 (75K)
      Sean Bobbitt
      For cinematography.
    • [object Object]

      The Duchess

      6.9 (89K)
      Michael O'Connor
      For wardrobe.
    • [object Object]

      In Bruges

      7.9 (482K)
      Jon Gregory
      For editing.
    • [object Object]

      Shifty

      6.5 (3.2K)
      Harry Escott
      Molly Nyman
      For music.
    • [object Object]

      Slumdog Millionaire

      8.0 (898K)
      Anthony Dod Mantle
      For cinematography.

    Most Promising Newcomer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Slumdog Millionaire

      8.0 (898K)
      Dev Patel
    • [object Object]

      The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

      7.7 (264K)
      Asa Butterfield
    • [object Object]

      Slumdog Millionaire

      8.0 (898K)
      Ayush Mahesh Khedekar
    • [object Object]

      Son of Rambow

      7.0 (33K)
      Bill Milner
    • [object Object]

      Son of Rambow

      7.0 (33K)
      Will Poulter

    Douglas Hickox Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Hunger

      7.5 (75K)
      Steve McQueen
    • [object Object]

      Eden Lake

      6.7 (104K)
      James Watkins
    • [object Object]

      The Escapist

      6.7 (18K)
      Rupert Wyatt
    • [object Object]

      In Bruges

      7.9 (482K)
      Martin McDonagh
    • [object Object]

      Shifty

      6.5 (3.2K)
      Eran Creevy

    Special Jury Prize

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    • Winner
      • Joe Dunton

    Raindance Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Zebra Crossing

      5.5 (391)
    • [object Object]

      Clubbed

      6.7 (3.8K)
    • [object Object]

      Flick

      4.8 (401)
    • [object Object]

      One Day Removals

      7.1 (484)

    Richard Harris Award

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    • David Thewlis at an event for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
      Winner
      • David Thewlis

    Variety Award

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    • Michael Sheen
      Winner
      • Michael Sheen

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    • BIFA

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    Event date

    November 30, 2008

    Event location

    England, UK

    Event links

    • http://www.bifa.org.uk/

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