BIFA Nominations Announced

The nominations for the 2009 British Independent Film Awards were announced this afternoon with Fish Tank, directed by Andrea Arnold, picking up the most nominations. Other films, including Moon and In the Loop, have also done well and once again proof the quality of independent films being made in this country. The full list is below and the winners will be announced on December 6. We wish all films the best of luck!

Best Film
An Education
Fish Tank
In the Loop
Moon
Nowhere Boy

Best Director
Lone Scherfig (An Education)
Jane Campion (Bright Star)
Andrea Arnold (Fish Tank)
Armando Iannucci(In The Loop)
Duncan Jones (Moon)

The Douglas Hickox Award For Debut Director
Armando Iannucci (In The Loop)
Peter Strickland (Katalin Varga)
Duncan Jones (Moon)
Sam Taylor Wood (Nowhere Boy)
Samantha Morton (The Unloved)

Best Screenplay
Nick Hornby (An Education)
Andrea Arnold (Fish Tank)
Armando Iannucci, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell and Tony Roche (In The Loop)
Nathan Parker (Moon)
Matt Greenhalgh (Nowhere Boy)

Best Actress
Carey Mulligan (An Education)
Abbie Cornish (Bright Star)
Katie Jarvis (Fish Tank)
Sophie Okonedo (Skin)
Emily Blunt (The Young Victoria)

Best Actor
Tom Hardy (Bronson)
Peter Capaldi (In The Loop)
Sam Rockwell (Moon)
Aaron Johnson (Nowhere Boy)
Andy Serkis (Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll)

Best Supporting Actress
Rosamund Pike (An Education)
Kerry Fox (Bright Star)
Kierston Wareing (Fish Tank)
Anna Marie Duff (Nowhere Boy)
Kristen Scott Thomas (Nowhere Boy)

Best Supporting Actor
Alfred Molina (An Education)
Michael Fassbender (Fish Tank)
Tom Hollander (In The Loop)
John Henshaw (Looking For Eric)
Jim Broadbent (The Damned United)

Most Promising Newcomer
Katie Jarvis (Fish Tank)
Hilda Peter (Katalin Varga)
Christian McKay (Me And Orson Welles)
George McKay (The Boys Are Back)
Edward Hogg (White Lightnin’)

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