Irish actor Cillian Murphy and John Carney’s award winning feature ‘Once’ are among nominees for the 10th Annual British Independent Film Awards. Anton Corbijn's debut feature Control, a biopic of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis, leads the nominations with 10.
For the second year running Irish actor Cillian Murphy appears among the top names in contention for the Best Actor gong. Nominated for his performance in Danny Boyle’s sci-fi feature ‘Sunshine’, the actor is up against Jim Broadbent (And When Did You Last See Your Father?), Sam Riley (Control), Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises) and Jamie Bell (Hallam Foe).
John Carney’s ultra low budget film ‘Once’ has been shortlisted for the Best Foreign Independent Feature award. The film, which experienced worldwide success after its award winning screening at the Sundance Film Festival, goes up against the 2007 Foreign Language Oscar winner ‘The Lives of Others’, Paul Verhoven’s Venice winner ‘Black Book’, Olivier Dahan’s ‘La Vie En Rose’ which was nominated for a Golden Bear in Berlin and Guillaume Canet French drama ‘Tell No One’.
Anne Hathaway features among the Best Actress nominees for her role in the Irish filmed Jane Austin biopic ‘Becoming Jane’ and Scottish director Steven Hudson is shortlisted for the Douglas Hickox Award - Best Debut Director for ‘True North’ which is produced by Samson Films and was filmed in Ireland.
Anton Corbin’s debut feature ‘Control’ has picked up 10 nominations including Best Independent British Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Newcomer (Sam Riley), and Best Screenplay. ‘And When Did You Last See Your Father?’ follows with seven nods, ‘Hallam Foe’ with six and ‘Eastern Promises’ with five.
The British Independent Film Awards will take place on November 28 in London’s Roundhouse. The gala ceremony will be hosted by Northern Irish actor James Nesbitt.
Full Nominees:
Best British Independent Film
• And When Did You Last See Your Father?
• Control
• Eastern Promises
• Hallam Foe
• Notes on a Scandal
Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film
• Anne Hathaway for Becoming Jane
• Tannishtha Chatterjee for Brick Lane
• Sophia Myles for Hallam Foe
• Kierston Wareing for It's a Free World...
• Judi Dench for Notes on a Scandal
Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film
• Jim Broadbent for And When Did You Last See Your Father?
• Sam Riley for Control
• Viggo Mortensen for Eastern Promises
• Jamie Bell for Hallam Foe
• Cillian Murphy for Sunshine
Best Performance by a Supporting Actor or Actress in a British Independent Film
• Colin Firth for And When Did You Last See Your Father?
• Tony Kebbell for Control
• Samantha Morton for Control
• Armin Muehler Stahl for Eastern Promises
• Cate Blanchett for Notes on a Scandal
Most Promising Newcomer
• Imogen Poots for 28 Weeks Later
• Matthew Beard for And When Did You Last See Your Father?
• Sam Riley for Control
• Bradley Cole for Exhibit A
• Kierston Wareing for It's a Free World...
Best Screenplay
• David Nicholls for And When Did You Last See Your Father?
• Matt Greenhalgh for Control
• Steve Knight for Eastern Promises
• Ed Whitmore, David MacKenzie for Hallam Foe
• Patrick Marber for Notes on a Scandal
Best Director of a British Independent Film
• Anand Tucker for And When Did You Last See Your Father?
• Sarah Gavron for Brick Lane
• Anton Corbijn for Control
• David Cronenberg for Eastern Promises
• David MacKenzie for Hallam Foe
Best Achievement In Production
• Black Gold
• Control
• Exhibit A
• Extraordinary Rendition
• Garbage Warrior
The Douglas Hickox Award
• Mark Francis, Nick Francis for Black Gold
• Anton Corbijn for Control
• Oliver Hodge for Garbage Warrior
• David Schwimmer for Run, Fat Boy, Run
• Steve Hudson for True North
Best British Documentary
• Black Gold
• Deep Water
• Garbage Warrior
• In the Shadow of the Moon
• Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
Best Technical Achievement
• Enrique Chediak for 28 Weeks Later
• Trevor Waite for And When Did You Last See Your Father?
• Martin Ruhe for Control
• David MacKenzie for Hallam Foe
• Mark Tildesley for Sunshine
Best British Short Film
• A Bout de Truffe - The Truffle Hunter
• Cherries
• Dog Altogether
• The Girls
• What Does Your Daddy Do?
Best Foreign Independent Film
• Black Book
• La Vie en Rose
• Once
• Tell No One [Ne le dis à personne]
• The Lives of Others
The Raindance Award
• Exhibit A
• The Inheritance
• Tovarisch: I Am Not Dead
The Richard Harris Award
• Ray Winstone
The Variety Award
• Daniel Craig
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