If there was any ounce of nagging doubt concerning the health of modern British cinema, it was completely irradiated today with the announcement of the Moët British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) nominees for 2011. Amongst the names were some of the UK’s finest directorial talent including Lynne Ramsay and Steve McQueen, mixing it up alongside breakthrough filmmakers such as Paddy Considine and Richard Ayoade.
Leading the field in terms of films are Shame, Tomas Alfredson’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Considine’s dark debut Tyrannosaur. Full details of the nominations can be found below (follow the links to read each film review). Winners will be announced at the Moët BIFA ceremony on 4 December 2011 at Old Billingsgate in London.
The winners of the ‘Richard Harris Award’ for outstanding contribution by an actor to British film, ‘Variety Award’ and ‘Special Jury Prize’ will be announced at the ceremony.
Best British Independent Film
Senna
Shame
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Tyrannosaur
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Best Director
Ben Wheatley (Kill List)
Steve McQueen (Shame)
Tomas Alfredson (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
Paddy Considine (Tyrannosaur)
Lynne Ramsay(We Need to Talk About Kevin)
The Douglas Hickox Award for Best Debut Director
Joe Cornish (Attack the Block)
Ralph Fiennes (Coriolanus)
John Michael McDonagh (The Guard)
Richard Ayoade (Submarine)
Paddy Considine (Tyrannosaur)
Best Screenplay
John Michael McDonagh (The Guard)
Ben Wheatley, Amy Jump (Kill List)
Abi Morgan, Steve McQueen (Shame)
Richard Ayoade (Submarine)
Lynne Ramsay, Rory Kinnear (We Need to Talk About Kevin)
Best Actress
Rebecca Hall (The Awakening)
Mia Wasikowska (Jane Eyre)
MyAnna Buring (Kill List)
Olivia Colman (Tyrannosaur)
Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk About Kevin)
Best Actor
Brendan Gleeson (The Guard)
Neil Maskell (Kill List)
Michael Fassbender (Shame)
Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
Peter Mullan (Tyrannosaur)
Best Supporting Actress
Felicity Jones (Albatross)
Vanessa Redgrave (Coriolanus)
Carey Mulligan (Shame)
Sally Hawkins (Submarine)
Kathy Burke (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
Best Supporting Actor
Michael Smiley (Kill List)
Tom Hardy (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
Benedict Cumberbatch (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
Eddie Marsan (Tyrannosaur)
Ezra Miller (We Need to Talk About Kevin)
Most Promising Newcomer
Jessica Brown Findlay (Albatross)
John Boyega (Attack the Block)
Craig Roberts (Submarine)
Yasmin Paige (Submarine)
Tom Cullen (Weekend)
Best Achievement In Production
Kill List
Tyrannosaur
Weekend
Wild Bill
You Instead
Best Technical Achievement
Chris King, Gregers Sall – Editing (Senna)
Sean Bobbitt – Cinematography (Shame)
Joe Walker – Editing (Shame)
Maria Djurkovic – Production Design (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
Seamus McGarvey – Cinematography (We Need to Talk About Kevin)
Best Documentary
Hell and Back Again
Life in a Day
Project Nim
Senna
TT3D: Closer to the Edge
Best British Short
0507
Chalk
Love at First Sight
Rise
Rough Skin
Best Foreign Independent Film
Animal Kingdom
Drive
Pina
A Separation
The Skin I Live In
The Raindance Award
Acts of Godfey
Black Pond
Hollow
Leaving Baghdad
A Thousand Kisses Deep
