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BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS

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    British Independent Film Award

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    Best Achievement in Production

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      One Life Stand

      4.7 (123)
    • [object Object]

      Gangster No. 1

      6.7 (15K)
    • [object Object]

      Going Off Big Time

      6.1 (959)
    • [object Object]

      It Was an Accident

      5.6 (220)
    • [object Object]

      Topsy-Turvy

      7.3 (14K)

    Best Actor

    • Daniel Craig
      Winner
      • Daniel Craig
      • Some Voices
    • Paul Bettany at an event for Uncle Frank (2020)
      • Paul Bettany
      • Gangster No. 1
    • Jim Broadbent at an event for Empire (2002)
      • Jim Broadbent
      • Topsy-Turvy
    • Riviera PR
      • Adrian Lester
      • Love's Labour's Lost
    • Peter Mullan at an event for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022)
      • Peter Mullan
      • Miss Julie

    Best Actress

    • Gillian Anderson
      Winner
      • Gillian Anderson
      • The House of Mirth
    • Kate Ashfield in Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013)
      • Kate Ashfield
      • The Low Down
    • Brenda Blethyn at an event for Pride & Prejudice (2005)
      • Brenda Blethyn
      • Saving Grace
    • Julie Walters
      • Julie Walters
      • Billy Elliot
    • Emily Watson
      • Emily Watson
      • The Luzhin Defence

    Best British Independent Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Billy Elliot

      7.7 (149K)
    • [object Object]

      One Day in September

      7.8 (6.6K)
    • [object Object]

      Saving Grace

      6.9 (20K)
    • [object Object]

      The House of Mirth

      7.0 (8.4K)
    • [object Object]

      Last Resort

      7.2 (2.3K)

    Best Director

    • Stephen Daldry
      Winner
      • Stephen Daldry
      • Billy Elliot
    • Nigel Cole in Calendar Girls (2003)
      • Nigel Cole
      • Saving Grace
    • Terence Davies
      • Terence Davies
      • The House of Mirth
    • Mike Leigh
      • Mike Leigh
      • Topsy-Turvy
    • Pawel Pawlikowski
      • Pawel Pawlikowski
      • Last Resort

    Best Foreign Independent Film - English Language

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Straight Story

      8.0 (105K)
    • [object Object]

      Boiler Room

      7.0 (59K)
    • [object Object]

      Chuck & Buck

      6.6 (6.1K)
    • [object Object]

      Jesus' Son

      6.9 (7.7K)
    • [object Object]

      Nurse Betty

      6.3 (37K)

    Best Foreign Independent Film - Foreign Language

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kadosh

      6.9 (2K)
    • [object Object]

      Beau Travail

      7.3 (17K)
    • [object Object]

      The Emperor and the Assassin

      7.2 (6.6K)
    • [object Object]

      Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train

      6.3 (2.1K)
    • [object Object]

      An Affair of Love

      6.9 (5.9K)

    Best Newcomer (Off-Screen)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      One Day in September

      7.8 (6.6K)
      Justine Wright(editor)
    • [object Object]

      Going Off Big Time

      6.1 (959)
      Damian Bromley(director of photography)
    • [object Object]

      Hotel Splendide

      6.2 (1.6K)
      Alison Dominitz(production designer)
    • [object Object]

      The Low Down

      5.7 (549)
      Igor Jadue-Lillo(director of photography)
    • [object Object]

      It Was an Accident

      5.6 (220)
      Courtney Pine(score)

    Best Newcomer (On-Screen)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Billy Elliot

      7.7 (149K)
      Jamie Bell
    • [object Object]

      Purely Belter

      6.7 (2.1K)
      Chris Beattie
      Greg McLane
    • [object Object]

      Going Off Big Time

      6.1 (959)
      Neil Fitzmaurice
    • [object Object]

      Last Resort

      7.2 (2.3K)
      Dina Korzun
    • [object Object]

      There's Only One Jimmy Grimble

      6.6 (4.3K)
      Lewis McKenzie

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Billy Elliot

      7.7 (149K)
      Lee Hall
    • [object Object]

      Saving Grace

      6.9 (20K)
      Craig Ferguson
      Mark Crowdy
    • [object Object]

      Gangster No. 1

      6.7 (15K)
      Johnny Ferguson
    • [object Object]

      Purely Belter

      6.7 (2.1K)
      Mark Herman
    • [object Object]

      Last Resort

      7.2 (2.3K)
      Pawel Pawlikowski
      Rowan Joffe

    Douglas Hickox Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      One Day in September

      7.8 (6.6K)
      Kevin Macdonald
    • [object Object]

      Going Off Big Time

      6.1 (959)
      Jim Doyle
    • [object Object]

      Simon Magus

      6.8 (633)
      Ben Hopkins
    • [object Object]

      Weak at Denise

      6.5 (37)
      Julian Nott
    • [object Object]

      The Low Down

      5.7 (549)
      Jamie Thraves

    Special Jury Prize

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    • Mike Figgis in Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
      Winner
      • Mike Figgis

    Producer of the Year

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    • Winner
      • Andrew Eaton

    Lifetime Achievement Award

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    • Winner
      • Colin Young

    Also known as

    • BIFA

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    Event date

    October 25, 2000

    Event location

    England, UK

    Event links

    • http://www.bifa.org.uk/

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