Okay, not many will care, but whatever.

Best British Independent Film

Metro Manila
Philomena
The Selfish Giant
Starred Up
Le Week-end

Best Director

Jon S Baird – Filth
Clio Barnard – The Selfish Giant
Sean Ellis – Metro Manila
Jonathan Glazer – Under the Skin
David Mackenzie – Starred Up

The Douglas Hickox Award [Best Debut Director]

Charlie Cattrall – Titus
Tina Gharavi – I Am Nasrine
Jeremy Lovering – In Fear
Omid Nooshin – Last Passenger
Paul Wright – For Those in Peril

Best Screenplay

Jonathan Asser – Starred Up
Clio Barnard – The Selfish Giant
Steven Knight – Locke
Hanif Kureishi – Le Week-end
Jeff Pope, Steve Coogan – Philomena

Best Actress

Judi Dench – Philomena
Lindsay Duncan – Le Week-end
Scarlett Johansson – Under the Skin
Felicity Jones – The Invisible Woman
Saoirse Ronan – How I Live Now

Best Actor

Jim Broadbent – Le Week-end
Steve Coogan – Philomena
Tom Hardy – Locke
Jack O’Connell – Starred Up
James McAvoy – Filth

Best Supporting Actress

Siobhan Finneran – The Selfish Giant
Shirley Henderson – Filth
Imogen Poots – The Look Of Love
Kristin Scott Thomas – The Invisible Woman
Mia Wasikowska – The Double

Best Supporting Actor

John Arcilla – Metro Manila
Rupert Friend – Starred Up
Jeff Goldblum – Le Week-end
Eddie Marsan – Filth
Ben Mendelsohn – Starred Up

Most Promising Newcomer

Harley Bird – How I Live Now
Conner Chapman / Shaun Thomas – The Selfish Giant
Caity Lotz – The Machine
Jake Macapagal – Metro Manila
Chloe Pirrie – Shell

Best Achievement in Production

A Field in England
Filth
Metro Manila
The Selfish Giant
Starred Up

Best Technical Achievement

Shaheen Baig – Casting – Starred Up
Johnnie Burn – Sound Design – Under the Skin
Amy Hubbard – Casting – The Selfish Giant
Mica Levi – Music – Under the Skin
Justine Wright – Editing – Locke

Best Documentary

Pussy Riot – A Punk Prayer
The Great Hip Hop Hoax
The Moo Man
The Spirit of ’45
The Stone Roses: Made of Stone

Best British Short

L’Assenza
Dr Easy
Dylan’s Room
Jonah
Z1

Best International Independent Film

Blue is the Warmest Colour
Blue Jasmine
Frances Ha
The Great Beauty
Wadjda

The Raindance Award

Everyone’s Going to Die
The Machine
The Patrol
Sleeping Dogs
Titus

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Love the noms for Filth. Great little mean flick. Too bad it missed out on a BP nom here.

A lot of love for Under the Skin. The Selfish Giant is supposedly terrific, BTW. It'll be between that and Philomena.

They lavished Never Let Me Go with nominations, including Best British Independent Film, Best Director, and Best Actress, and therefore have my eternal respect.

Anyway, it is hard to respond to this slate of nominees at this point because I sadly have not had the chance to see most of the films yet. I am excited for a number of them, though, particularly The Double, Filth, The Invisible Woman, and Locke.

The girl in How I Live Now, Harley Bird, is terrific, so her nomination for the newcomer prize is richly deserved.

I am sad Byzantium did not receive any nominations. On second thought, though, perhaps it is an eligibility issue as it is an Irish film. Trance also sadly snubbed, although I do not believe Danny Boyle made this one with any expectation of awards, and he has won plenty in recent years anyway.

They seem to have nominated all the right ones.

Winners in bold

Glad to see Steven Knight won the screenplay award. I have not seen Locke yet, but he is a very gifted writer in general (Dirty Pretty Things, Eastern Promises, Redemption).

I am also glad for James McAvoy and eager to see Filth upon its stateside release.

Metro Manila sounds intense. I hope it comes out here soon.