The British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) announced its nominees today.
London film festival hit The Last King Of Scotland will be battling against Venice Festival's darling The Queen, with Andrea Arnold's debut feature Red Road also nominated for a clutch of awards including best film.
Helen Mirren is already named as a recipient of The Variety UK Personality Award, with Richard Harris Award for outstanding contribution to British film by an actor and the Special Jury Prize yet to be announced.
A spokesman said: "BIFA prides itself on providing a platform for up and coming talent and this year has increased the number of nominations in the Most Promising Newcomer category as there was so much talent to choose from."
The jury which will select the winners to be announced at a ceremony in London on November 29, will be chaired by producer Sandy Lieberson. The jury members include writer Frank Cottrell Boyce, actors Alan Cumming, Anna Friel, Damian Lewis and Jason Isaacs.
BIFA founder Elliot Grove added: The time is now right for BIFA to stand on its own and grow."
The nominations and full list of jury members are:
Best British Independent Film
The Last King Of Scotland
The Queen
Red Road
Winner:This Is England
The Wind That Shakes The Barley
Best Director
Winner:Kevin Macdonald - The Last King Of Scotland
Stephen Frears - The Queen
Michael Caton Jones - Shooting Dogs
Shane Meadows - >This Is England
Ken Loach - The Wind That Shakes The Barley
Best Actor
Forest Whitaker (Idi Amin) - The Last King Of Scotland
Peter O'Toole (Maurice) - Venus
Cillian Murphy (Darrien) - The Wind That Shakes The Barley
Winner:Tony Curran (Clyde) - Red Road
James McAvoy (Nicholas Carrigan) - The Last King of Scotland
Best Actress
Helen Mirren (Queen Elizabeth II) - The Queen
Winner:Kate Dickie (Jackie) - Red Road
Frances de la Tour (Mrs Lintott) - The History Boys
Robin Wright Oenn (Liv) - Breaking & Entering
Juliette Binoch (Amira) - Breaking & Entering
Best Supporting Actor/Actress
Martin Compston (Stevie) - Red Road
Winner:Leslie Phillips (Ian) - Venus
Vannessa Redgrave (Maurice's ex-wife) - Venus
Joseph Gilgun (Woody) - >This Is England
Stephen Graham (Combo) - >This Is England
Most Promising Newcomer (on screen)
Jodie Whittaker (Jessie) - Venus
Winner:Thomas Turgoose (Shaun) - >This Is England
Samuel Barnett (Posner) - The History Boys
Harry and Luke Treadaway (Tom and Barry Howe) - Brothers Of The Head
Dominic Cooper (Dekin) - The History Boys
Rafi Gavron (Miro) - Breaking & Entering
Best Screenplay
Alan Bennett - The History Boys
Winner:Peter Morgan - The Queen
Hanif Kureishi - Venus
Shane Meadows - >This Is England
Peter Morgan & Jeremy Brock - The Last King Of Scotland
Best Foreign Independent Film
Volver
Winner:Hidden (Cache)
The Beat My Heart Skipped
Brick
Hard Candy
Douglas Hickox Award for Best Debut Director
Winner:Menhaj Huda - Kidulthood
Paul Andrew Williams - London To Brighton
Andrea Arnold - Red Road
Tom Vaughan - Starter For Ten
Caradog W James - Little White Lies
Best British Documentary
Winner:The Road To Guantanamo
Blindsight
The Great Happiness Space: Tale of an Osaka Love Thief
The Pervert's Guide To Cinema
Unknown White Male
Best Technical Achievement
Winner:The Last King Of Scotland - Cinematography: Anthony Dod Mantle
>This Is England - Music: Ludvico Einaudi
The Wind That Shakes The Barley - Cinematography: Barry Ackroyd
The Queen - Make-up: Daniel Phillips
The Queen - Production design: Alan MacDonald
Best Achievement In Production
Winner:London To Brighton
Kidulthood
Shooting Dogs
The Road To Guantanamo
Severance
Best British Short
Winner:Cubs
Ex Memoria
The 10th Man
Who I Am & What I Want
At The End Of The Sentence
Raindance Award
Winner:The Ballad of AJ Weberman
London To Brighton
Scenes Of A Sexual Nature
Best 15 second short
Chrisanthemums The Word
Winner:What's The Point?
Fate and Mr McKinley
Death Of The Dinosaurs
Ah, Youth.
Jury: Sandy Lieberson (chair), Reuben Barnes, Martin Childs, anne V Coates, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Alan Cumming, Leo DAvis, Anna Friel, JAson Isaacs, Mick Jones, Damian Lewis, Helen McCrory, Damien O'Donnell, Kelly Reilly, Martin Sherman and Colin Salmon.
