The nominations and jury members for the 11th annual British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) were announced today at Soho House in London.

Hunger and In Bruges received the most nominations. They tied with seven nominations each. Slumdog Millionaire followed with six, Shifty one of the first from the Film London Microwave slate received five nominations while Somers Town, Son of Rambow and The Duchess had four nominations each.

Other films with multiple nominations were The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and Happy-Go-Lucky, which receivedthree. Man on Wire, The Daisy Chain, Eden Lake and The Escapist received two each.

First time BIFA actor nominees include Colin Farrell, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sienna Miller, Michael Fassbender, Liam Cunningham, Brendan Gleeson, Riz Ahmed, Daniel Mays, Dev Patel, Ayush Mahesh Khedekar and Bill Milner.

This year saw repeat nominations for actors Samantha Morton, Eddie Marsan, Emma Thompson, Kelly Reilly, Thomas Turgoose - who is the youngest ever Best Actor nominee - and Ralph Fiennes who received a double nomination this year in the Best Supporting Actor category. Directors Danny Boyle and Shane Meadows and cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle were also nominated.

Elliot Grove, founder of Raindance and the British Independent Film Awards said 'The nominations reveal an unparalleled number of new and young film talent across the various categories. Together with more established film industry names, these nominees mark a refreshing eleventh year.'

The BIFA pre-selection committee (of 70 members) viewed more than 150 films, out of which they selected the nominations.

From his breakthrough role in Mike Leigh's Naked through to his most recent role as the Father in this year's BIFA nominated The Boy in Striped Pyjamas, David Thewlis, a nominee in BIFAs inaugural year 1998, will be honoured with the Richard Harris Award for Outstanding Contribution by an Actor.

BIFA's new jury is comprised of sixteen professionals and talents from across the British film industry including: producer and chair, Simon Relph, actresses Anne Marie Duff and Eva Birthistle, actors Mark Strong and Christopher Simpson, director Joe Wright, photographer/director Rankin, writer/director Paul Andrew Williams, writer Abi Morgan, producers David Lawson, Gina Carter and Cat Villiers, distributor Xavier Marchand (Momentum), casting director Shaheen Baig, agent Tor Belfrage, and Col Needham, founder and managing director of the Internet Movie Database.

The awards ceremony will take place on November 30 at the Old Billingsgate Market in London and will be hosted by James Nesbitt.

For a full list of the nominees for this year's awards, click here.

BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM

Hunger

In Bruges

Man on Wire

Slumdog Millionaire

Somers Town

BEST DIRECTOR

Mark Herman - The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Steve McQueen - Hunger

Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire

Shane Meadows - Somers Town

Garth Jennings - Son of Rambow

THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD [BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR]

James Watkins - Eden Lake

Rupert Wyatt - The Escapist

Steve McQueen - Hunger

Martin McDonagh - In Bruges

Eran Creevy - Shifty

BEST SCREENPLAY

Enda Walsh, Steve McQueen - Hunger

Martin McDonagh - In Bruges

Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire

Paul Fraser - Somers Town

Garth Jennings - Son of Rambow

BEST ACTRESS

Vera Farmiga - The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Samantha Morton - The Daisy Chain

Keira Knightley - The Duchess

Kelly Reilly - Eden Lake

Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky

BEST ACTOR

Michael Fassbender - Hunger

Colin Farrell - In Bruges

Brendan Gleeson - In Bruges

Riz Ahmed - Shifty

Thomas Turgoose - Somers Town

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Emma Thompson - Brideshead Revisited

Hayley Atwell - The Duchess

Kristin Scott Thomas - Easy Virtue

Sienna Miller - The Edge of Love

Alexis Zegerman - Happy-Go-Lucky

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Ralph Fiennes - The Duchess

Eddie Marsan - Happy-Go-Lucky

Liam Cunningham - Hunger

Ralph Fiennes - In Bruges

Daniel Mays- Shifty

MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER

Asa Butterfield - The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire

Ayush Mahesh Khedekar - Slumdog Millionaire

Bill Milner - Son of Rambow

Will Poulter - Son of Rambow

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION

The Daisy Chain

The Escapist

Hush

Shifty

Telstar

RAINDANCE AWARD

Clubbed

Flick

One Day Removals

Zebra Crossings

BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT

Wardrobe - Michael O'Connor - The Duchess

Cinematography - Sean Bobbitt - Hunger

Editing - Jon Gregory - In Bruges

Music - Harry Escott, Molly Nyman - Shifty

Cinematography - Anthony Dod Mantle - Slumdog Millionaire

BEST DOCUMENTARY

A Complete History of My Sexual Failures

Derek

Man on Wire

Of Time and The City

Three Miles North of Molkom

BEST BRITISH SHORT

Alex And Her Arse Truck

Gone Fishing

Love Does Grow On Trees

Red Sands

Soft

BEST FOREIGN FILM

The Diving Bell & The Butterfly

Gomorrah

I've Loved You So Long

Persepolis

Waltz With Bashir

THE RICHARD HARRIS AWARD (for outstanding contribution to British Film)

David Thewlis

THE VARIETY AWARD

Michael Sheen

THE SPECIAL JURY PRIZE

Announced 30 November 2008