Filth And More Score BIFA Nominations

Starred Up & Philomena also among nominees

Filth And More Score BIFA Nominations

by James White |
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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**

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