The 12th British Independent Film Awards (December 6 2009)
The nominations
Receiving the most nominations is Fish Tank with eight followed by Moon with seven. An Education, In The Loop and Nowhere Boy each receive six, while Bright Star gets four. Other films with multiple nominations are Katalin Varga (three), with Bronson and Bunny & The Bull receiving two each
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
Peter Strickland – Katalin Varga
Sam Taylor Wood – Nowhere Boy
Samantha Morton – The Unloved
Best Screenplay
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An Education – Nick Hornby
Fish Tank – Andrea Arnold
In
The Loop – Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
Moon – Duncan Jones, Nathan Parker
Nowhere Boy – Matt Greenhalgh
Best Actress
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Abbie Cornish – Bright Star
Carey Mulligan – An Education
Emily Blunt – The Young
Victoria
Katie Jarvis – Fish Tank
Sophie Okonedo – Skin | 
