Next month, this year’s British Independent Film Awards will be handed out. And because that can’t happen if no one has been nominated for them, the nominations were announced today via the medium of Ewan McGregor.
The nominees include a sprinkling of films already getting plenty of attention, including Philomena, Filth and Under The Skin, plus a few that have yet to see the inside of cinemas, including Tonight You’re Mine, and director David Mackenzie’s latest, prison drama Starred Up, which played at the Toronto and London Film festivals, but will not be out here until next March.
Actors under consideration for the awards include Judi Dench, Scarlett Johansson, Felicity Jones, Saoirse Ronan, Jim Broadbent, Tom Hardy, Steve Coogan and James McAvoy.
December 8 is the date to pencil into your diary for the awards themselves, and the full list of nominees is below.
BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM
**Metro Manila
Philomena
The Selfish Giant
Starred Up
Le Week-end**
BEST DIRECTOR
Jon S Baird, Filth
Clio Barnard, The Selfish Giant
Sean Ellis, Metro Manila
Jonathan Glazer, Under The Skin
David Mackenzie, Starred Up
**THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD [BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR]
**Charlie Cattrall, **Titus
**Tina Gharavi, I Am Nasrine
Jeremy Lovering, In Fear
Omid Nooshin, Last Passenger
Paul Wright, For Those In Peril
BEST SCREENPLAY
Jonathan Asser, Starred Up
Clio Barnard, The Selfish Giant
Steven Knight, Locke
Hanif Kureishi,** Le Week-end**
Jeff Pope, Steve Coogan, Philomena
BEST ACTRESS
Judi Dench, Philomena
Lindsay Duncan, Le Week-end
Scarlett Johansson, Under The Skin
Felicity Jones, The Invisible Woman
Saoirse Ronan, How I Live Now
BEST ACTOR
Jim Broadbent,** Le Week-end**
Steve Coogan, Philomena
Tom Hardy, Locke
Jack O'Connell, Starred Up
James McAvoy, Filth
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Siobhan Finneran, The Selfish Giant
Shirley Henderson, Filth
Imogen Poots, The Look Of Love
Kristin Scott Thomas, The Invisible Woman
Mia Wasikowska, The Double
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
John Arcilla, Metro Manila
Rupert Friend, Starred Up
Jeff Goldblum, Le Week-end
Eddie Marsan, Filth
Ben Mendelsohn, Starred Up
MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER
Harley Bird, How I Live Now
Conner Chapman / Shaun Thomas, The Selfish Giant
Caity Lotz, The Machine
Jake Macapagal, Metro Manila
Chloe Pirrie, Shell
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION
**A Field in England
Filth
Metro Manila
The Selfish Giant
Starred Up**
BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Shaheen Baig – Casting, Starred Up
Johnnie Burn – Sound Design, Under The Skin
Amy Hubbard – Casting, The Selfish Giant
Mica Levi – Music, Under The Skin
Justine Wright – Editing, Locke
BEST DOCUMENTARY
**Pussy Riot – A Punk Prayer
The Great Hip Hop Hoax
The Moo Man
The Spirit Of '45
The Stone Roses: Made Of Stone**
BEST BRITISH SHORT
**L'Assenza
Dr Easy
Dylan's Room
Jonah
Z1
**
BEST INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM
**Blue Is The Warmest Colour
Blue Jasmine
Frances Ha
The Great Beauty
Wadjda**
THE RAINDANCE AWARD
**Everyone’s Going To Die
The Machine
The Patrol
Sleeping Dogs
Titus**