The 18th British Independent Film Awards nominations were announced on 3 November 2015.^[1][2]

Awards

Best British Independent Film

• Ex Machina
• 45 Years
• Amy
• The Lobster
• Macbeth

Best Director

• Alex Garland - Ex Machina
• Andrew Haigh - 45 Years
• Asif Kapadia - Amy
• Yorgos Lanthimos - The Lobster
• Justin Kurzel - Macbeth

Best Actress

• Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn
• Marion Cotillard - Macbeth
• Carey Mulligan - Suffragette
• Charlotte Rampling - 45 Years
• Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl

Best Actor

• Tom Hardy - Legend
• Tom Courtenay - 45 Years
• Colin Farrell - The Lobster
• Michael Fassbender - Macbeth
• Tom Hiddleston - High-Rise

Best Supporting Actress

• Olivia Colman - The Lobster
• Helena Bonham Carter - Suffragette
• Anne-Marie Duff - Suffragette
• Sienna Miller - High-Rise
• Julie Walters - Brooklyn

Best Supporting Actor

• Brendan Gleeson - Suffragette
• Luke Evans - High-Rise
• Domhnall Gleeson - Brooklyn
• Sean Harris - Macbeth
• Ben Whishaw - The Lobster

Most Promising Newcomer

• Abigail Hardingham - Nina Forever
• Agyness Deyn - Sunset Song
• Mia Goth - The Survivalist
• Milo Parker - Mr. Holmes
• Bel Powley - A Royal Night Out

The Douglas Hickox Award

• The Survivalist - Stephen Fingleton
• The Hallow - Corin Hardy
• Kajaki: The True Story - Paul Katis
• Nina Forever - Chris & Ben Blaine
• Slow West - John Maclean

Best Screenplay

• Ex Machina - Alex Garland
• 45 Years - Andrew Haigh
• Brooklyn - Nick Hornby
• High-Rise - Amy Jump
• The Lobster - Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthymis Filippou

Best Achievement in Production

• Paul Kattis, Andrew De Lotbiniere - Kajaki: The True Story
• Triston Goligher - 45 Years
• James Gay-Rees - Amy
• Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Yorgos Lanthimos, Lee Magiday - The Lobster
• David A Hughes, David Moores - The Violators

Best Technical Achievement

• Andrew Whitehurst, Visual Effects - Ex Machina
• Adam Arkapaw, Cinematography - Macbeth
• Mark Digby, Production Design - Ex Machina
• Chris King, Editing - Amy
• Fiona Weir, Casting - Brooklyn

Best Documentary

• Dark Horse: The Incredible True Story of Dream Alliance - Judith Dawson, Louise Osmond
• Amy - James Gay-Rees, Asif Kapadia
• How To Change The World - Bous De Jong, Al Morrow, Jerry Rothwell
• Palio - James Gay-Rees, John Hunt, Cosima Spender
• A Syrian Love Story - Elhum Shakerifar, Sean McAllister

Best Foreign Independent Film

• Room - Ed Guiney, David Gross, Emma Donoghue, Lenny Abrahamson
• Carol - Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley, Christine Vachon, Phyllis Nagy, Todd Haynes
• Force Majeure - Erik Hemmendorff, Marie Kjellson, Philippe Bober, Ruben Östlund
• Girlhood - Bénédicte Couvreur, Céline Sciamma
• Son of Saul - Gábor Sipos, Gábor Rajna, Cara Royer, László Nemes

Discovery Award

• Orion: The Man Who Would Be King
• Aaaaaaaah!
• Burn Burn Burn
• The Return
• Winter