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The awards ceremony will be hosted by actor James Nesbitt on Sunday December 6 at The Brewery in London.

The 2009 BIFA nominations are:

BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM

An Education

Fish Tank

In The Loop

Moon

Nowhere Boy


BEST DIRECTOR

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Andrea Arnold - Fish Tank

Armando Iannucci - In The Loop

Duncan Jones - Moon

Jane Campion - Bright Star

Lone Scherfig - An Education


THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD [BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR]

Armando Iannucci - In The Loop

Duncan Jones - Moon

onPeter Strickland - Katalin Varga

Sam Taylor Wood - Nowhere Boy

Samantha Morton - The Unloved


BEST SCREENPLAY

Sponsored by BBC Films

An Education - Nick Hornby

Fish Tank - Andrea Arnold

In The Loop - Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche

Moon- Nathan Parker

Nowhere Boy - Matt Greenhalgh

BEST ACTRESS

Sponsored by M.A.C

Abbie Cornish - Bright Star

Carey Mulligan - An Education

Emily Blunt - The Young Victoria

Katie Jarvis - Fish Tank

Sophie Okonedo - Skin


BEST ACTOR

Sponsored by Stolichnaya Elit

Aaron Johnson - Nowhere Boy

Andy Serkis - Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

Peter Capaldi - In The Loop

Sam Rockwell - Moon

Tom Hardy - Bronson


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Anne-Marie Duff - Nowhere Boy

Kerry Fox - Bright Star

Kierston Wareing - Fish Tank

Kristin Scott Thomas - Nowhere Boy

Rosamund Pike - An Education


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Sponsored by Stolichnaya

Alfred Molina - An Education

Jim Broadbent - The Damned United

John Henshaw - Looking for Eric

Michael Fassbender - Fish Tank

Tom Hollander - In The Loop