British Independent Film Awards Nominations

BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT  FILM
Four Lions
Kick-Ass
The King's Speech
Monsters
Never Let Me Go

BEST DIRECTOR
Gareth Edward, Monsters
Tom Hooper, The King's Speech
Mike Leigh, Another Year
Mark Romanek, Never Let Me Go
Matthew Vaughn, Kick-Ass

THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD
(BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR)
Clio Barnard, The Arbor 
Gareth Edwards, Monsters
Rowan Joffe, Brighton Rock
Chris Morris, Four Lions
Debs Gardner Paterson, Africa United

BEST ACTOR
Riz Ahmed, Four Lions
Jim Broadbent, Another Year
Colin Firth, The King's Speech
Adam Gillen, Treacle Junior
Scoot McNairy, Monsters

BEST ACTRESS
Sally Hawkins, Made in Dagenham
Carey Mulligan, Never Let Me Go
Andrea Riseborouh, Brighton Rock
Ruth Sheen, Another Year
Manjinder Virk, The Arbor

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Andrew Garland, Never Let Me Go
Bob Hoskins, Made in Dagenham
Kayvan Novak, Four Lions
Guy Pearce, The King's Speech
Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech
Tamsin Greig, Tamara Drewe
Keira Knightley, Never Let Me Go
Lesley Manville, Another Year
Rosamund Pike, Made in Dagenham

MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER
Joanne Froggatt, In Our Name
Tom Hughes, Cemetary Junction
Conor McCarron, Neds
Andrea Riseborough, Brighton Rock
Manjinder Virk, The Arbor

BEST SCREENPLAY
Four Lions- Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, Simon Blackwell, Christopher Morris
Kick-Ass- Jane Goldman & Matthew Vaughn
The King's Speech- David Seidler
Made in Dagenham- William Ivory
Never Let Me Go- Alex Garland

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION
The Arbor
In Our Name
Monsters
Skeltons
Streetdance 3D

BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
The Arbor- Tim Barker (sound)
Brighton Rock- John Mathieson (cinematography)
The Illusionist- Sylvain Chomet (animation)
The King's Speech- Eve Stewart (production design)
Monsters- Gareth Edwards (visual effects)

One quibble, why does this awards body choose to put all the "tech" categories into one-- how does a films sound, cinematography, art direction or effects compare to each other, and "animation" is ghettoized further here, why?

BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Arbor
Enemies of the People
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Fire in Babylon
Waste Land

BEST FOREIGN FILM
Dogtooth
I Am Love
A Prophet
The Secret in Their Eyes
Winter's Bone


The British Independents have announced their nominees for the best of 2010-- show of hands, how many have heard of any of these films?

A few of the bigger contenders have arrived already, noteworthy for Never Let Me Go, which has already "supposedly" crashed and burned critically and commercially in the U.S.  The small, incredibly austere Kick-Ass somehow managed top nominations, despite it's shortcomings (I'm not the only one to see them?)

The rest, including The King's Speech, Another Year, and Made in Dagenham will open in limited release in the next two months, on their way to expected Oscar nominations.  I figure, despite no evidence for anything, this will be an easy victory for The King's Speech, which leads all nominees.  One noteworthy thing specific to the BIFA is the first classification of Lesley Manville (Another Year), here nominated for supporting actress; much debate has already been mentioned whether or not the Oscars will view her as lead or supporting-- the consensus shows she'll get in either way at this point from the accolades all the way back to this years Cannes Film Festival.