British Independent Film Awards 2008

Actor Michael Sheen with his Variety Award at BIFA 2008

The 11th British Independent Film Awards , held on 30 November 2008 at the Old Billingsgate Market in London, honoured the best British independent films of 2008. ^[1]

Awards

The winner is bolded at the top of each section. ^[2]

Best British Independent Film

• Slumdog Millionaire
• Hunger
• In Bruges
• Man on Wire
• Somers Town

Best Director

• Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire
• Steve McQueen for Hunger
• Shane Meadows for Somers Town
• Garth Jennings for Son of Rambow
• Mark Herman for The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

The Douglas Hickox Award

Given to a British director on their debut feature

• Steve McQueen for Hunger
• James Watkins for Eden Lake
• Martin McDonagh for In Bruges
• Eran Creevy for Shifty
• Rupert Wyatt for The Escapist

Best Actor

• Michael Fassbender for Hunger
• Brendan Gleeson for In Bruges
• Colin Farrell for In Bruges
• Riz Ahmed for Shifty
• Thomas Turgoose for Somers Town

Best Actress

• Vera Farmiga for The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
• Kelly Reilly for Eden Lake
• Sally Hawkins for Happy-Go-Lucky
• Samantha Morton for The Daisy Chain
• Keira Knightley for The Duchess

Best Supporting Actor

• Eddie Marsan for Happy-Go-Lucky
• Liam Cunningham for Hunger
• Ralph Fiennes for In Bruges
• Daniel Mays for Shifty
• Ralph Fiennes for The Duchess

Best Supporting Actress

• Alexis Zegerman for Happy-Go-Lucky
• Emma Thompson for Brideshead Revisited
• Kristin Scott Thomas for Easy Virtue
• Hayley Atwell for The Duchess
• Sienna Miller for The Edge of Love

Best Screenplay

• Martin McDonagh for In Bruges
• Steve McQueen and Enda Walsh for Hunger
• Simon Beaufoy for Slumdog Millionaire
• Paul Fraser for Somers Town
• Garth Jennings for Son of Rambow

Most Promising Newcomer

• Dev Patel for Slumdog Millionaire
• Ayush Mahesh Khedekar for Slumdog Millionaire
• Bill Milner for Son of Rambow
• Will Poulter for Son of Rambow
• Asa Butterfield for The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Best Achievement In Production

• The Escapist
• Hush
• Shifty
• Telstar
• The Daisy Chain

Best Technical Achievement

• Sean Bobbitt for Hunger
• Jon Gregory for In Bruges
• Harry Escott and Molly Nyman for Shifty
• Anthony Dod Mantle for Slumdog Millionaire
• Michael O'Connor for The Duchess

Best British Documentary

• Man on Wire
• A Complete History of My Sexual Failures
• Derek
• Of Time and the City
• Three Miles North of Molkom

Best British Short

• Soft
• Alex and her Arse Truck
• Gone Fishing
• Love Does Grow on Trees
• Red Sands (documentary)

Best Foreign Film

• Waltz with Bashir (Israel/Germany/France)
• Gomorrah
• I've Loved You So Long
• Persepolis
• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Raindance Award

• Zebra Crossings
• Clubbed
• Flick
• One Day Removals

The Richard Harris Award

• David Thewlis

The Variety Award

• Michael Sheen

The Special Jury Prize

• Joe Dunton

References

1. "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.
2. "2008 Nominations". British Independent Film Awards. Archived from the original on 8 January 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2022.