While Gary Oldman’s George Smiley doesn’t usually have a lot to get, er, smiley about, he should at least be happy with the news that Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is among three films battling it out for no less than seven nominations at this year’s British Independent Film Awards.
Steve McQueen’s Shame and Paddy Considine’s blistering debut Tyrannosaur are the other titles up for seven awards.
Among the talented types competing for gongs this year include Kill List’s Ben Wheatley, We Need To Talk About Kevin’s Lynne Ramsay, Attack The Block’s Joe Cornish, Submarine’s Richard Ayoade,** T****he Guard’**s John Michael McDonagh, Tyrannosaur’s Eddie Marsan and The Awakening’s Rebecca Hall.
The awards will be handed out at the ceremony on December 4 in London. Here’s the full list:
BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM
**Senna
Shame
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Tyrannosaur
We Need To Talk About Kevin**
BEST DIRECTOR
Ben Wheatley – Kill List
Steve McQueen – Shame
Tomas Alfredson – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Paddy Considine – Tyrannosaur
Lynne Ramsay – We Need To Talk About Kevin
THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD [BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR]
Joe Cornish – Attack The Block
Ralph Fiennes – Coriolanus
John Michael McDonagh – The Guard
Richard Ayoade – Submarine
Paddy Considine – Tyrannosaur
BEST SCREENPLAY
John Michael McDonagh – The Guard
Ben Wheatley, Amy Jump – Kill List
Abi Morgan, Steve McQueen – Shame
Richard Ayoade – Submarine
Lynne Ramsay, Rory Kinnear – We Need To Talk About Kevin
BEST ACTRESS
Rebecca Hall – The Awakening
Mia Wasikowska – Jane Eyre
MyAnna Buring – Kill List
Olivia Colman – Tyrannosaur
Tilda Swinton – We Need To Talk About Kevin
BEST ACTOR
Brendan Gleeson – The Guard
Neil Maskell – Kill List
Michael Fassbender – Shame
Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Peter Mullan – Tyrannosaur
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Felicity Jones – Albatross
Vanessa Redgrave – Coriolanus
Carey Mulligan – Shame
Sally Hawkins – Submarine
Kathy Burke – **Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
**
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Michael Smiley – Kill List
Tom Hardy – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Benedict Cumberbatch – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Eddie Marsan – Tyrannosaur
Ezra Miller – We Need To Talk About Kevin
MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER
Jessica Brown Findlay – Albatross
John Boyega – Attack The Block
Craig Roberts – Submarine
Yasmin Paige – Submarine
Tom Cullen – Weekend
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION
**Kill List
Tyrannosaur
Weekend
Wild Bill
You Instead **
BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Chris King, Gregers Sall – Editing – Senna
Sean Bobbitt – Cinematography – Shame
Joe Walker – Editing – Shame
Maria Djurkovic – Production Design – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Seamus McGarvey – Cinematography – We Need To Talk About Kevin
BEST DOCUMENTARY
**Hell And Back Again
Life In A Day
Project Nim
Senna
TT3D: Closer To The Edge
**
BEST BRITISH SHORT
**0507
Chalk
Love At First Sight
Rite
Rough Skin**
BEST FOREIGN INDEPENDENT FILM
**Animal Kingdom
Drive
Pina
A Separation
The Skin I Live In
**
THE RAINDANCE AWARD
**Acts Of Godfrey
Black Pond
Hollow
Leaving Baghdad
A Thousand Kisses Deep**