Anton Corbijn's debut feature Control, about Joy Division singer Ian Curtis, leads the nominations for the 10th annual British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs).

Control, which premiered in Cannes, has 10 nominations, including Best Independent British Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Newcomer (Sam Riley), and Best Screenplay.

Following closely behind were And When Did You Last See Your Father' with seven nominations, Hallam Foe with six, Eastern Promises with five, and Notes On A Scandal with four. (See full nominations below.)

The BIFA directors Johanna von Fischer and Tessa Collinson also announced that Ray Winstone will get this year's Richard Harris Award for Outstanding Contribution By An Actor.

The BIFAs pre-selection committee viewed more than 150 eligible films. To be considered, a film must be intended for theatricalrelease and had a public paid screening or UK festival screeningbetween Dec 1 2006 and Nov 30 2007. Films must have been majorityco-produced by a British company, British qualifying under DCMSguidelines or have more than half its financing from a British source.Films have to be budgeted under $16m and can't be solely funded by astudio.

This year's jury includes actors Hayley Atwell, Archie Panjabi, Kathy Burke, Tony Curran, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Matthew Macfadyen; directors Annie Griffin, Menhaj Huda, Neil Marshall and Peter Webber; LFF artistic director Sandra Hebron; producer Mark Herbert; cinematographer Brian Tufano; distributor Will Clarke and musician Nitin Sawhney.

Elliot Grove, founder of the BIFAs, said: 'As BIFA reaches its tenth year it is my hope that British filmmakers, whose work these Awards were set up to honour, continue to entertain, astound, delight and inspire and take their rightful place at the forefront of international independent cinema.'

The awards will be handed out Nov 28 at the Roundhouse in London, again hosted by actor James Nesbitt.

2007 BIFAs Nominations

BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM
And When Did You Last See Your Father'
Control
Eastern Promises
Hallam Foe
Notes on a Scandal

BEST ACTRESS
Anne Hathaway - Becoming Jane
Tannishtha Chatterjee - Brick Lane
Sophia Myles - Hallam Foe
Kierston Wareing - It's A Free World
Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal

BEST ACTOR
Jim Broadbent - And When Did You Last See Your Father'
Sam Riley - Control
Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises
Jamie Bell - Hallam Foe
Cillian Murphy - Sunshine

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR/ACTRESS
Colin Firth - And When Did You Last See Your Father'
Samantha Morton - Control
Toby Kebbell - Control
Armin Muehler Stahl - Eastern Promises
Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal

MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER
Imogen Poots - 28 Weeks Later
Matthew Beard - And When Did You Last See Your Father'
Sam Riley - Control
Bradley Cole - Exhibit A
Kierston Wareing - It's A Free World

BEST SCREENPLAY
David Nicholls - And When Did You Last See Your Father'
Matt Greenhalgh - Control
Steven Knight - Eastern Promises
David Mackenzie & Ed Whitmore - Hallam Foe
Patrick Marber - Notes on a Scandal

BEST DIRECTOR
Anand Tucker - And When Did You Last See Your Father'
Sarah Gavron - Brick Lane
Anton Corbijn - Control
David Cronenberg - Eastern Promises
David Mackenzie - Hallam Foe

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION
Black Gold
Control
Exhibit A
Extraordinary Rendition
Garbage Warrior

THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD [BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR]
Marc Francis & Nick Francis - Black Gold
Anton Corbijn - Control
Oliver Hodge - Garbage Warrior
David Schwimmer - Run, Fat Boy, Run
Steve Hudson - True North

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Black Gold
Deep Water
Garbage Warrior
In the Shadow of the Moon
Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten

BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Enrique Chediak - Cinematography - 28 Weeks Later
Trevor Waite - Editing - And When Did You Last See Your Father'
Martin Ruhe - Cinematography - Control
David Mackenzie - Music - Hallam Foe
Mark Tildesley - Production design - Sunshine

BEST BRITISH SHORT
A Bout de Truffe - The Truffle Hunter
Cherries
Dog Altogether
The Girls
What Does Your Daddy Do'

BEST FOREIGN INDEPENDENT FEATURE
Black Book [Zwartboek]
La Vie en Rose
The Lives of Others [Das Leben der Anderen]
Once
Tell No One [Ne le dis à personne]

THE RAINDANCE AWARD
Exhibit A
The Inheritance
Tovarisch I Am Not Dead

THE VARIETY AWARD
Daniel Craig

THE RICHARD HARRIS AWARD
Ray Winstone

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
To be announced at the Awards

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