15/01/2009

Post its Golden Globes triumph, the Slumdog Millionaire [+see also:
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Slumdog was nominated for Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Director (Danny Boyle), Adapted Screenplay (Simon Beaufoy), Leading Actor (Dev Patel) and Supporting Actress (Freida Pinto) alongside nods for Music, Cinematography, Editing, Production Design and Sound.

British actress Kate Winslet scored a double nomination for Leading Actress for her roles in The Reader [+see also:
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The other nominees for Outstanding British Film are Hunger [+see also:
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The nominees for the Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer for their First Feature Film are Simon Chinn (Producer - Man on Wire), Judy Crayner (Producer - Mamma Mia!) Garth Jennings (Writer - Son Of Rambow [+see also:
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Other British nominees include The Reader (Best Film, Director - Stephen Daldry), Tilda Swinton (Supporting Actress - Burn After Reading), Martin McDonagh (Original Screenplay - In Bruges) and David Hare and Peter Morgan (Adapted Screenplay - The Reader and Frost/Nixon respectively) amongst others.

UK Film Council CEO John Woodward said, “It’s excellent to see such a diverse range of British film represented, from hard-hitting Hunger to blockbuster Mamma Mia! and of course the sensational Slumdog Millionaire.”