British Independent Film Awards 2008

Michael Sheen , 2008 Variety Award winner

The 11th British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) ceremony took place on November 30, 2008 at Old Billingsgate in London .

The winner of the evening was the film drama Slumdog Millionaire , which was awarded three prizes. In addition to the award for the best film, Danny Boyle received the award for best director and Dev Patel for his portrayal of the street boy Jamal the award for the best newcomer.

See Colin Farrell's comedy Bruges ... and die? was only able to win the award for best screenplay despite seven nominations.

The event was again hosted by James Nesbitt , who received an award in 2002 for his portrayal of Northern Irish politician Ivan Cooper in Paul Greengrass ' drama Bloody Sunday .

jury

• Simon Relph, producer as chairman
• Anne Marie Duff, actress
• Eva Birthistle, actress
• Mark Strong, actor
• Christopher Simpson, actor
• Joe Wright , director
• Paul Andrew Williams, director
• Abi Morgan, screenwriter
• David Lawson, producer (Smoking Dogs Films)
• Gina Carter, Producer (Sprout Pictures)
• Cat Villiers, producer
• Xavier Marchand from Alliance Films
• Shaheen Baig, casting director
• Tor Belfrage, Managing Director of Julian Belfrage Associates
• Col Needham , Founder and Managing Director IMDb
• Rankin Director, Publisher and Photographer

Nominations and Awards

price	Original designation	Nominations	Award winners
Best British Independent Film	Best British Independent Film	hunger See Bruges ... and die? Man on Wire Slumdog millionaire Somers Town	Slumdog millionaire
Best foreign independent film	Best Foreign Independent Film	Gomorrah I've Loved You So Long Persepolis The Diving Bell and The Butterfly Waltz with Bashir	Waltz with Bashir
Best British documentary	Best British Documentary	A Complete History of My Sexual Failures Derek Man on Wire Of Time and The City Three Miles North Of Molkom	Man on Wire
Best British Short Film	Best British Short Film	Alex And Her Ass Truck Gone fishing Love Does Grow On Trees Red Sands Soft	Soft
Best actor	Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film	Michael Fassbender in hunger See Brendan Gleeson in Bruges ... and die? See Colin Farrell in Bruges ... and die? Riz Ahmed in Shifty Thomas Turgoose in Somers Town	Michael Fassbender
Best Actress	Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film	Kelly Reilly in Eden Lake Sally Hawkins in Happy-Go-Lucky Vera Farmiga in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Samantha Morton in The Daisy Chain Keira Knightley in The Duchess	Vera Farmiga
Best supporting actor	Best Supporting Actor in a British Independent Film	Eddie Marsan in Happy-Go-Lucky Liam Cunningham in hunger See Ralph Fiennes in Bruges ... and die? Daniel Mays in Shifty Ralph Fiennes in The Duchess	Eddie Marsan
The best supporting actress	Best Supporting Actress in a British Independent Film	Emma Thompson in Brideshead Revisited Kristin Scott Thomas in Easy Virtue Alexis Zegerman in Happy-Go-Lucky Hayley Atwell in The Duchess Sienna Miller in The Edge of Love	Alexis Zegerma
Best director	Best Director of a British Independent Film	Steve McQueen for hunger Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire Shane Meadows for Somers Town Garth Jennings for Son of Rambow Mark Herman for The Boy in the Striped Pajamas	Danny Boyle
Douglas Hickox Award	The Douglas Hickox Award	James Watkins for Eden Lake Steve McQueen for hunger See Martin McDonagh for Bruges ... and die? Eran Creevy for Shifty Rupert Wyatt for The Escapist	Steve McQueen
Best newcomer	Most promising newcomer	Ayush Mahesh Khedekar for Slumdog Millionair e Dev Patel for Slumdog Millionaire Bill Milner for Son of Rambow Will Poulter for Son of Rambow Asa Butterfield for The Boy in the Striped Pajamas	Dev Patel
Best script	Best screenplay	Steve McQueen and Enda Walsh for hunger See Martin McDonagh for Bruges ... and die? Simon Beaufoy for Slumdog Millionaire Paul Fraser for Somers Town Garth Jennings for Son of Rambow	Martin McDonagh
Best production	Best Achievement In Production	Hush Shifty Telstar The daisy chain The Escapist	The Escapist
Best technology	Best Technical Achievement	Sean Bobbitt for hunger See Jon Gregory for Bruges ... and die? Harry Escott and Molly Nyman for Shifty Anthony Dod Mantle for Slumdog Millionaire Michael O'Connor for The Duchess	Sean Bobbitt
The Raindance Award	The Raindance Award	Clubbed Flick One day removals Zebra Crossings	Zebra Crossings

Further prices

• Richards Harris Award for David Thewlis
• Special Jury Prize Joe Dunton
• The Variety Award for Michael Sheen

Web links

• Official website for the 2008 awards ceremony