British Independent Film Awards 2008

Awards

Best British Independent Film

• ''Somers Town''

Best Director

• Steve McQueen for Hunger
• Shane Meadows for Somers Town
• Garth Jennings for Son of Rambow
• Mark Herman for ''The Boy in the Striped Pajamas''

The Douglas Hickox Award

• James Watkins for Eden Lake
• Martin McDonagh for In Bruges
• Eran Creevy for Shifty
• Rupert Wyatt for ''The Escapist''

Best Actor

• Brendan Gleeson for In Bruges
• Colin Farrell for In Bruges
• Riz Ahmed for Shifty
• Thomas Turgoose for ''Somers Town''

Best Actress

• Kelly Reilly for Eden Lake
• Sally Hawkins for Happy-Go-Lucky
• Samantha Morton for The Daisy Chain
• Keira Knightley for ''The Duchess''

Best Supporting Actor

• Liam Cunningham for Hunger
• Ralph Fiennes for In Bruges
• Daniel Mays for Shifty
• Ralph Fiennes for ''The Duchess''

Best Supporting Actress

• Emma Thompson for Brideshead Revisited
• Kristin Scott Thomas for Easy Virtue
• Hayley Atwell for The Duchess
• Sienna Miller for ''The Edge of Love''

Best Screenplay

• Steve McQueen and Enda Walsh for Hunger
• Simon Beaufoy for Slumdog Millionaire
• Paul Fraser for Somers Town
• Garth Jennings for ''Son of Rambow''

Most Promising Newcomer

• Ayush Mahesh Khedekar 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

• ''The Daisy Chain''

Best Technical Achievement

• 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

• ''Three Miles North of Molkom''

Best British Short

• ''Red Sands (documentary)''

Best Foreign Film

• ''The Diving Bell and the Butterfly''

Raindance Award

• ''One Day Removals''

The Richard Harris Award

• '''David Thewlis'''

The Variety Award

• '''Michael Sheen'''

The Special Jury Prize

• '''Joe Dunton'''