British Independent Film Awards: 2008

British Independent Film Award

Date:	30 November
Host:	James Nesbitt (I)
Jury:	Simon Relph (chair); Anne-Marie Duff; Eva Birthistle; Mark Strong (II); Christopher Simpson (II); Joe Wright (IV); Rankin; Paul Andrew Williams; Abi Morgan; David Lawson (VI); Gina Carter; Cat Villiers; Xavier Marchand (II); Shaheen Baig; Tor Belfrage; Col Needham
Location:	Old Billingsgate Market, London, England, UK

Best Actor


Winner:
	Hunger (2008) - Michael Fassbender
Other Nominees:
	In Bruges (2008) - Colin Farrell (I) In Bruges (2008) - Brendan Gleeson Shifty (2008) - Riz Ahmed Somers Town (2008) - Thomas Turgoose

Best Actress


Winner:
	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008) - Vera Farmiga
Other Nominees:
	Eden Lake (2008) - Kelly Reilly (I) Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) - Sally Hawkins (I) The Daisy Chain (2008) - Samantha Morton The Duchess (2008) - Keira Knightley

Best Supporting Actor


Winner:
	Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) - Eddie Marsan
Other Nominees:
	Hunger (2008) - Liam Cunningham (I) In Bruges (2008) - Ralph Fiennes Shifty (2008) - Daniel Mays The Duchess (2008) - Ralph Fiennes

Best Supporting Actress


Winner:
	Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) - Alexis Zegerman
Other Nominees:
	Brideshead Revisited (2008) - Emma Thompson (I) Easy Virtue (2008) - Kristin Scott Thomas The Duchess (2008) - Hayley Atwell The Edge of Love (2008) - Sienna Miller

Best Director


Winner:
	Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - Danny Boyle
Other Nominees:
	Hunger (2008) - Steve McQueen (III) Somers Town (2008) - Shane Meadows Son of Rambow (2007) - Garth Jennings The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008) - Mark Herman (I)

Best Screenplay


Winner:
	In Bruges (2008) - Martin McDonagh
Other Nominees:
	Hunger (2008) - Steve McQueen (III); Enda Walsh Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - Simon Beaufoy Somers Town (2008) - Paul Fraser (I) Son of Rambow (2007) - Garth Jennings

Best Short Film


Winner:
	Soft (2007)
Other Nominees:
	Alex and Her Arse Truck (2007) Gone Fishing (2008/I) Love Does Grow on Trees (2008) Red Sands (2008/I)

Best British Documentary


Winner:
	Man on Wire (2008)
Other Nominees:
	A Complete History of My Sexual Failures (2008) Derek (2008) Of Time and the City (2008) Three Miles North of Molkom (2008)

Best Foreign Independent Film


Winner:
	Vals Im Bashir (2008)
Other Nominees:
	Gomorra (2008) Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (2008) Le scaphandre et le papillon (2007) Persepolis (2007)

Best Achievement in Production


Winner:
	The Escapist (2008)
Other Nominees:
	Hush (2009/I) Shifty (2008) Telstar: The Joe Meek Story (2008) The Daisy Chain (2008)

Most Promising Newcomer


Winner:
	Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - Dev Patel
Other Nominees:
	Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - Ayush Mahesh Khedekar Son of Rambow (2007) - Bill Milner Son of Rambow (2007) - Will Poulter The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008) - Asa Butterfield

Best British Independent Film


Winner:
	Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Other Nominees:
	Hunger (2008) In Bruges (2008) Man on Wire (2008) Somers Town (2008)

Best Technical Achievement


Winner:
	Hunger (2008) - Sean Bobbitt - For cinematography.
Other Nominees:
	In Bruges (2008) - Jon Gregory (II) - For editing. Shifty (2008) - Harry Escott; Molly Nyman - For music. Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - Anthony Dod Mantle - For cinematography. The Duchess (2008) - Michael O'Connor (I) - For wardrobe.


Winner:
	Hunger (2008) - Steve McQueen (III)
Other Nominees:
	Eden Lake (2008) - James Watkins (V) In Bruges (2008) - Martin McDonagh Shifty (2008) - Eran Creevy The Escapist (2008) - Rupert Wyatt


Winner:
	Zebra Crossings (2009)
Other Nominees:
	Clubbed (2008) Flick (2008) One Day Removals (2008)