12/11/2013 - The Selfish Giant has 7 nominations and Filth, Metro Manila and Le Week-end 5 nominations each

Starred Up [+see also:
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interview: David Mackenzie
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interview: Clio Barnard
interview: Clio Barnard
film profile] picked up seven nominations and Filth [+see also:
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making of
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The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on December 8.

The nominees are:

BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM

Metro Manila

Philomena [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Stephen Frears
film profile]

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 [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Jonathan Glazer
film profile]

David Mackenzie – Starred Up

 

THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD [BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR]

Charlie Cattrall – Titus

Tina Gharavi – I Am Nasrine [+see also:
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film profile]

Jeremy Lovering – In Fear [+see also:
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film profile]

Omid Nooshin – Last Passenger

Paul Wright – For Those in Peril [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: George Mackay
film profile]

 

BEST SCREENPLAY

Jonathan Asser – Starred Up

Clio Barnard – The Selfish Giant

Steven Knight – Locke [+see also:
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trailer
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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 [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Ralph Fiennes
film profile]

Saoirse Ronan – How I Live Now [+see also:
trailer
film profile]

 

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 [+see also:
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Kristin Scott Thomas – The Invisible Woman

Mia Wasikowska – The Double [+see also:
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film profile]

 

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 [+see also:
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trailer
film profile]

 

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION

A Field in England [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Ben Wheatley
film profile]

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 [+see also:
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film profile]

The Great Hip Hop Hoax

The Moo Man [+see also:
trailer
film profile]

The Spirit of '45 [+see also:
trailer
film profile]

The Stone Roses: Made of Stone [+see also:
trailer
film profile]

 

BEST BRITISH SHORT

L'Assenza

Dr Easy

Dylan's Room

Jonah

Z1

 

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM

Blue is the Warmest Colour [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Abdellatif Kechiche
film profile]

Blue Jasmine

Frances Ha

The Great Beauty [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Paolo Sorrentino
film profile]

Wadjda [+see also:
trailer
film profile]

 

THE RAINDANCE AWARD

Everyone’s Going to Die [+see also:
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film profile]

The Machine

The Patrol

Sleeping Dogs

Titus