British Independent Film Awards

Nominees for the 12th Annual British Independent Film Awards are:

BEST PICTURE
An Education Fish Tank In the Loop Moon Nowhere Boy

BEST DIRECTOR
Lone Scherfig, An Education
Jane Campion, Bright Star
Andrea Arnold, Fish Tank
Armando Iannucci, In the Loop
Duncan Jones, Moon

BEST ACTOR
Peter Capaldi, In the Loop
Tom Hardy, Bronson
Aaron Johnson, Nowhere Boy
Sam Rockwell, Moon
Andy Serkis, Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

BEST ACTRESS
Emily Blunt, The Young Victoria
Abbie Cornish, Bright Star
Kate Jarvis, Fish Tank
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Sophie Okonendo, Skin

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jim Broadbent, The Damned United
Michael Fassbender, Fish Tank
John Henshaw, Looking for Eric
Tom Hollander, In the Loop
Alfred Molina, An Education

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Anne-Marie Duff, Nowhere Boy
Kerry Fox, Bright Star
Rosamund Pike, An Education
Kristen Scott Thomas, Nowhere Boy
Kierston Wareing, Fish Tank

BEST SCREENPLAY
An Education- Nick Hornby
Fish Tank- Andrea Arnold
In the Loop- Armando Iannucci, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell & Tony Roche
Moon- Nathan Parker
Nowhere Boy- Matt Greenhalgh

MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER
Edward Hogg, White Lightin'
Kate Jarvis, Fish Tank
Christian McKay, Me & Orson Welles
George McKay, The Boys Are Back
Hilda Peter, Katalin Varga

BEST FOREIGN FILM
Il Divo The Hurt Locker Let the Right One In Sin Nombre The Wrestler

RICHARD HARRIS AWARD
Daniel Day-Lewis

Can't judge too hastily, as the only major nominee I've viewed was An Education (more on that later on), but is it just me or did the BIFA committee only view about 4 films last year.