24/10/2007

A biopic of a troubled musician leads the way among the films shortlisted for this year’s British Independent Film Awards.

Control, about Ian Curtis of the band, Joy Division, has received ten nominations, three ahead of And When Did You Last See Your Father? and four ahead Scots movie, Hallam Foe. Control was made by Anton Corbijin.

And in the Raindance section, a Scottish 'road movie' has made it to the shortlist. 'Inheritance' was directed by Charlie Bellevile and shot for just £5000, over eleven days, using eleven cast and crew. Sixty-two minutes long, it ranges from Edinburgh to Skye.

Raindance - a film festival, a training provider and now www.raindance.tv - set up BIFA. It describes itself as "dedicated to fostering and promoting independent film in the UK and around the world".

This is the tenth year of the awards, which will be announced at the end of next month.

Other films to receive multiple nominations include Eastern Promises, Brick Lane, Black Gold, It’s A Free World, Notes On A Scandal, Garbage Warrior Sunshine, Exhibit A and 28 Weeks Later.

BIFA have named Ray Winstone as the recipient of The Richard Harris Award for Outstanding Contribution by an Actor. Winstone, who is a three-time BIFA nominee, won Best Actor for Nil By Mouth at the very first awards in 1998.

Also this year, The Variety Award honours Daniel Craig for his contribution to bringing the international spotlight to the British film industry. Craig has also been nominated at BIFA three times and won Best Actor for his role in Some Voices.

Meanwhile, Dog Altogether - produced by Glasgow-based Sigma Films and starring Scots actor, Peter Mullan - gets a nod in the short film category.

See a clip of Control here.

The shortlist reads:

Best British Independent Film

And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Control
Eastern Promises
Hallam Foe
Notes On A Scandal

Best Actress
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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

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)

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
 
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
 
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

Exhibit A
The Inheritance
Tovarisch I Am Not Dead

The Richard Harris Award

Ray Winstone

Special Jury Prize
 
To be announced at the awards on Wednesday November 28

The Variety Award

Daniel Craig

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