British Independent Film Awards 2015

The 18th British Independent Film Awards nominations were announced on 3 November 2015.

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