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- ↑ "Winners Announced for the 11th British Independent Film Awards". The British Independent Film Awards. Archived from the original on 8 February 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- ↑ "2008 Nominations". British Independent Film Awards. Archived from the original on 8 January 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2022.