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Starred Up leads the pack with 8 BIFA nominations

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

Starred Up leads the pack with 8 BIFA nominations
Starred Up by David Mackenzie

Starred Up [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: David Mackenzie
film profile
]
led the way at the nominations for the 16th annual British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) with eight nominations including Best British Independent Film, Best Director for David Mackenzie, Best Screenplay for Jonathan Asser, Best Actor for Jack O’Connell, and two Best Supporting Actor nominations for Rupert Friend and Ben MendelsohnThe Selfish Giant [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Clio Barnard
interview: Clio Barnard
film profile
]
 picked up seven nominations and Filth [+see also:
trailer
making of
film profile
]
, Metro Manila
 [+see also:
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]
and Le Week-end [+see also:
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]
picked up five nominations each.

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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:
trailer
film profile
]

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

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:
trailer
film profile
]

Kristin Scott Thomas – The Invisible Woman

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

 

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION

A Field in England [+see also:
film review
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:
trailer
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:
film review
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:
trailer
film profile
]

The Machine

The Patrol

Sleeping Dogs

Titus

 

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