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
Best Director
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
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
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
Best British Short
- Soft
 - Alex and her Arse Truck
 - Gone Fishing
 - Love Does Grow on Trees
 - Red Sands (documentary)
 
Best Foreign Film
Raindance Award
The Richard Harris Award
The Variety Award
The Special Jury Prize
- Joe Dunton
 
References
- ↑ "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.
 
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