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Caine and Day-Lewis up for awards Sci-fi film Moon named best Indie
(about 16 hours later)
Screen veterans Daniel Day-Lewis and Sir Michael Caine are due to be honoured at the British Independent Film Awards in London. Science fiction thriller Moon has been named best British independent film and its director, Duncan Jones, has won an award for best debut.
The BIFAs celebrate independently-funded movies from the UK. The British Independent Film Awards, which celebrate independently funded movies, also honoured screen veterans Daniel Day-Lewis and Sir Michael Caine.
Sir Michael will take the Variety Award while the Richard Harris Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Film will go to Day-Lewis. At the ceremony held in London, best actress award went to Carey Mulligan in the coming-of-age drama, An Education.
Emily Blunt, Carey Mulligan, Sophie Okonedo and Katie Jarvis are all nominated for the Best Actress Award. And Tom Hardy was named best actor for his role in the biopic Bronson.
Sam Rockwell, Andy Serkis and Peter Capaldi and are among those in the running for Best Actor. He was up against Sam Rockwell, Andy Serkis and Peter Capaldi.
Winners will be announced at the awards' 12th annual ceremony, hosted by actor James Nesbitt at the Brewery. Emily Blunt, Sophie Okonedo and Katie Jarvis were nominated for the best actress award.
Essex drama Fish Tank scored the most nominations with eight nods, followed by the sci-fi film Moon with seven. Essex drama Fish Tank was nominated for eight awards and took home two - Andrea Arnold won best director and Katie Jarvis clinched the award for most promising newcomer.
Duncan Jones is nominated for best director and the Douglas Hickox Award for best debut director for Moon, while Rockwell was also nominated for his role as an astronaut working alone in space. Duncan Jones, the son of music legend David Bowie, won the Douglas Hickox award for best debut director for Moon - a moving account of space worker Sam Bell's lonely stint on a lunar base.
Coming-of-age drama An Education, Armando Iannucci's Westminster satire In The Loop and Nowhere Boy, a chronicle of Beatle John Lennon's childhood, are all nominated for six awards each. Sir Michael took the Variety Award while the Richard Harris Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Film went to Day-Lewis.
This year's jury includes The Wire star Idris Elba, Irish actor Liam Cunningham and Brick Lane director Sarah Gavron. The awards, now in their 12th year, were hosted by actor James Nesbitt at the Brewery.
Anne-Marie Duff took best supporting actress award for Nowhere Boy, a chronicle of Beatle John Lennon's childhood.
And Looking for Eric's John Henshaw scooped best supporting actor for his role alongside French, former Manchester United footballer Eric Cantona.
Armando Iannucci's Westminster satire In The Loop took best screenplay.
This year's jury included The Wire star Idris Elba, Irish actor Liam Cunningham and Brick Lane director Sarah Gavron.
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