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On the 3rd and 4th of May the Empire cinema in Leicester Square will play host to the British Independent Film Festival and the Film Festival Guild have today announced the list of nominations for their annual awards.

With a keen understanding of the often London-centric nature of celebrations of UK Independent film both the feature films and the series of shorts are playing in eleven cinemas across the country over the month of May. This is a welcome state of affairs, one which the London Film Festival embraced last year with a similar nationwide programme, and it should enable the films and the filmmakers to reach a far wider audience.

To see which cinemas near you are playing the festival films click here, and below is a taste of the talent and happenings from the festival last year.

The award categories and nominees are listed below, and click here for more information on the festival and how to see the films.

Best Director

1. Maurice Sweeney – Saving The Titanic
2. Norah McGettigan – Sanctuary
3. Simon Atkinson & Adam Townley – Indoor
4. Lorcan Finnegan – Foxes

?Best Actor

1. Thomas Coombes – The Horsemen (Paul)
2. Sebastian Armesto – Dead Cat (Michael)
3. Mark Jackson – Geezas (Dodger)
4. Martin Freeman – The Voorman Problem (Dr. Williams)
5. Alfie Righelato – Indoor (Boy)

?Best Actress

1. Marie Ruane – Foxes (Ellen)
2. Katie Miller – Indoor (Girl)
3. Anne-Marie Duff – Sanctuary (Marie)
4. Sophia Dawnay – Dead Cat (Kristen)

?Best Music

1. The Wend
2. Dead Cat
3. Indoor

?Best Cinematography

1. The Wend
2. Foxes
3. Amore Passageiros
4. Saving The Titanic
5. Driftwood

?Best Supporting Actor

1. Christopher Abbott – Father / Son (Oliver)
2. Tom Vaughan-Lawlor – Foxes (James)
3. Tom Bennett – Happy Birthday Jim (Ed)
4. Ciaran McMenamin – Saving The Titanic (Fred Barrett)

?Best Supporting Actress

1. Charlie Platt – Indoor (Girl’s Mum)
2. Agnieszka Zolewska – Sanctuary (Nadia Kuczynska)
3. Myia Ingoldsby – Geezas (Lilly)

?British Lion Award

1. Happy Birthday Jim
2. The Horsemen
3. Dead Cat
4. Take Me To Pitcairn

?Best Short Film

1. The Voorman Problem
2. Happy Birthday Jim
3. The Horsemen
4. Foxes
5. Indoor
6. Amore Passageiros
7. Father / Son
8. The Wend
9. Driftwood
10. Rotkop
11. Take Me To Pitcairn
12. The Runner

?Best Feature Film

1. Sanctuary
2. Geezas
3. Saving The Titanic
4. Dead Cat