Anton Corbijn's film about Joy Division, 'Control', leads the nominations for this year's British Independent Film Awards (BIFA). The acclaimed film is nominated for ten awards, including Best Actor for Sam Riley, Best Supporting Actress for Samantha Morton, Best Director for Anton Corbijn and Best Film. And When Did You Last See Your Father? receives seven nominations, Hallam Foe follows with six, followed by Eastern Promises (five nominations), Notes On A Scandal (four) and Garbage Warrior (three). Other films to receive multiple nominations include Brick Lane, Black Gold, It’s A Free World, Sunshine, Exhibit A and 28 Weeks Later. Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten, is also nominated in the Best Documentary category. The 10th anniversary BIFA awards ceremony, hosted by James Nesbitt will take place on November 28 at London's Roundhouse. The full list of nominees are: BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM And When Did You Last See Your Father? Control Eastern Promises Hallam Foe Notes on a Scandal BEST ACTRESS Sponsored by Mac Anne Hathaway – Becoming Jane Tannishtha Chatterjee – Brick Lane Sophia Myles – Hallam Foe Kierston Wareing – It’s A Free World… Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal BEST ACTOR Jim Broadbent – And When Did You Last See Your Father? Sam Riley – Control Viggo Mortensen – Eastern Promises Jamie Bell – Hallam Foe Cillian Murphy – Sunshine BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR/ACTRESS Sponsored by Tiscali Colin Firth – And When Did You Last See Your Father? Samantha Morton – Control Toby Kebbell – Control Armin Muehler Stahl – Eastern Promises Cate Blanchett – Notes on a Scandal MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER Sponsored by Diesel Imogen Poots – 28 Weeks Later Matthew Beard – And When Did You Last See Your Father? Sam Riley – Control Bradley Cole – Exhibit A Kierston Wareing – It’s A Free World… BEST SCREENPLAY Sponsored by BBC Films David Nicholls – And When Did You Last See Your Father? Matt Greenhalgh – Control Steven Knight – Eastern Promises David Mackenzie & Ed Whitmore – Hallam Foe Patrick Marber – Notes on a Scandal BEST DIRECTOR Sponsored by The Creative Partnership Anand Tucker – And When Did You Last See Your Father? Sarah Gavron – Brick Lane Anton Corbijn – Control David Cronenberg – Eastern Promises David Mackenzie – Hallam Foe BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION Black Gold Control Exhibit A Extraordinary Rendition Garbage Warrior THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD [BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR] Sponsored by Pathé Marc Francis & Nick Francis – Black Gold Anton Corbijn – Control Oliver Hodge – Garbage Warrior David Schwimmer – Run, Fat Boy, Run Steve Hudson – True North BEST DOCUMENTARY Black Gold Deep Water Garbage Warrior In the Shadow of the Moon Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT Sponsored by Skillset Enrique Chediak – Cinematography – 28 Weeks Later Trevor Waite – Editing – And When Did You Last See Your Father? Martin Ruhe – Cinematography – Control David Mackenzie – Music – Hallam Foe Mark Tildesley – Production design – Sunshine BEST BRITISH SHORT Sponsored by Canon A Bout de Truffe – The Truffle Hunter Cherries Dog Altogether The Girls What Does Your Daddy Do? BEST FOREIGN INDEPENDENT FEATURE Black Book [Zwartboek] La Vie en Rose The Lives of Others [Das Leben der Anderen] Once Tell No One [Ne le dis à personne] THE RAINDANCE AWARD Sponsored by Raindance Exhibit A The Inheritance Tovarisch I Am Not Dead SPECIAL AWARDS THE RICHARD HARRIS AWARD Sponsored by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, UK Ray Winstone SPECIAL JURY PRIZE Sponsored by the UK Film Council To be announced at the Awards on Wednesday 28 November THE VARIETY AWARD Daniel Craig
Anton Corbijn’s film about Joy Division, ‘Control‘, leads the nominations for this year’s British Independent Film Awards (BIFA).
The acclaimed film is nominated for ten awards, including Best Actor for Sam Riley, Best Supporting Actress for Samantha Morton, Best Director for Anton Corbijn and Best Film.
And When Did You Last See Your Father? receives seven nominations, Hallam Foe follows with six, followed by Eastern Promises (five nominations), Notes On A Scandal (four) and Garbage Warrior (three). Other films to receive multiple nominations include Brick Lane, Black Gold, It’s A Free World, Sunshine, Exhibit A and 28 Weeks Later.
Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten, is also nominated in the Best Documentary category.
The 10th anniversary BIFA awards ceremony, hosted by James Nesbitt will take place on November 28 at London’s Roundhouse.
The full list of nominees are:
BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM
And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Control
Eastern Promises
Hallam Foe
Notes on a Scandal
BEST ACTRESS
Sponsored by Mac
Anne Hathaway – Becoming Jane
Tannishtha Chatterjee – Brick Lane
Sophia Myles – Hallam Foe
Kierston Wareing – It’s A Free World…
Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal
BEST ACTOR
Jim Broadbent – And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Sam Riley – Control
Viggo Mortensen – Eastern Promises
Jamie Bell – Hallam Foe
Cillian Murphy – Sunshine
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR/ACTRESS
Sponsored by Tiscali
Colin Firth – And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Samantha Morton – Control
Toby Kebbell – Control
Armin Muehler Stahl – Eastern Promises
Cate Blanchett – Notes on a Scandal
MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER
Sponsored by Diesel
Imogen Poots – 28 Weeks Later
Matthew Beard – And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Sam Riley – Control
Bradley Cole – Exhibit A
Kierston Wareing – It’s A Free World…
BEST SCREENPLAY
Sponsored by BBC Films
David Nicholls – And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Matt Greenhalgh – Control
Steven Knight – Eastern Promises
David Mackenzie & Ed Whitmore – Hallam Foe
Patrick Marber – Notes on a Scandal
BEST DIRECTOR
Sponsored by The Creative Partnership
Anand Tucker – And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Sarah Gavron – Brick Lane
Anton Corbijn – Control
David Cronenberg – Eastern Promises
David Mackenzie – Hallam Foe
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION
Black Gold
Control
Exhibit A
Extraordinary Rendition
Garbage Warrior
THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD [BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR]
Sponsored by Pathé
Marc Francis & Nick Francis – Black Gold
Anton Corbijn – Control
Oliver Hodge – Garbage Warrior
David Schwimmer – Run, Fat Boy, Run
Steve Hudson – True North
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Black Gold
Deep Water
Garbage Warrior
In the Shadow of the Moon
Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten
BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Sponsored by Skillset
Enrique Chediak – Cinematography – 28 Weeks Later
Trevor Waite – Editing – And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Martin Ruhe – Cinematography – Control
David Mackenzie – Music – Hallam Foe
Mark Tildesley – Production design – Sunshine
BEST BRITISH SHORT
Sponsored by Canon
A Bout de Truffe – The Truffle Hunter
Cherries
Dog Altogether
The Girls
What Does Your Daddy Do?
BEST FOREIGN INDEPENDENT FEATURE
Black Book [Zwartboek]
La Vie en Rose
The Lives of Others [Das Leben der Anderen]
Once
Tell No One [Ne le dis à personne]
THE RAINDANCE AWARD
Sponsored by Raindance
Exhibit A
The Inheritance
Tovarisch I Am Not Dead
SPECIAL AWARDS
THE RICHARD HARRIS AWARD
Sponsored by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, UK
Ray Winstone
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Sponsored by the UK Film Council
To be announced at the Awards on Wednesday 28 November
THE VARIETY AWARD
Daniel Craig