British Independent Film Awards 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. . The British Independent Film Awards. Archived from the original on 8 February 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
2. . British Independent Film Awards. Archived from the original on 8 January 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2022.