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.
Awards The winner is bolded at the top of each section.
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
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