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BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS

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    British Independent Film Award

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    Archive Award

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Britain at War in Colour

      7.9 (51)
      Stewart Binns

    Best Achievement in Production

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Gas Attack

      6.2 (78)
    • [object Object]

      Kin

      5.1 (182)
    • [object Object]

      Late Night Shopping

      6.8 (2.4K)
    • [object Object]

      South West 9

      5.7 (420)

    Best Actor

    • Ben Kingsley
      Winner
      • Ben Kingsley
      • Sexy Beast
    • Ian Hart at an event for The Tripper (2006)
      • Ian Hart
      • Liam
    • Timothy Spall
      • Timothy Spall
      • Lucky Break
    • Ray Winstone
      • Ray Winstone
      • Sexy Beast

    Best Actress

    • Kate Ashfield in Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013)
      Winner
      • Kate Ashfield
      • Late Night Shopping
    • Susan Lynch in Beautiful Creatures (2000)
      • Susan Lynch
      • Beautiful Creatures
    • Kate Winslet in The Orange British Academy Film Awards: Red Carpet (2010)
      • Kate Winslet
      • Enigma
    • Samantha Morton
      • Samantha Morton
      • Pandaemonium

    Best British Independent Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sexy Beast

      7.3 (74K)
    • [object Object]

      Bread and Roses

      7.0 (6.3K)
    • [object Object]

      Jump Tomorrow

      7.1 (1.5K)
    • [object Object]

      South West 9

      5.7 (420)
    • [object Object]

      The Warrior

      6.6 (2.9K)

    Best Director

    • Jonathan Glazer at an event for Birth (2004)
      Winner
      • Jonathan Glazer
      • Sexy Beast
    • Ken Loach in Route Irish (2010)
      • Ken Loach
      • Bread and Roses
    • Michael Winterbottom at an event for The Killer Inside Me (2010)
      • Michael Winterbottom
      • The Claim
    • Michael Apted
      • Michael Apted
      • Enigma

    Best Foreign Independent Film - English Language

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Memento

      8.4 (1.4M)
      Christopher Nolan
    • [object Object]

      Chopper

      7.1 (43K)
    • [object Object]

      Dark Days

      7.7 (7.4K)
    • [object Object]

      Hedwig and the Angry Inch

      7.7 (39K)

    Best Foreign Independent Film - Foreign Language

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      In the Mood for Love

      8.1 (180K)
    • [object Object]

      Amores Perros

      8.0 (269K)
    • [object Object]

      The Taste of Others

      7.2 (11K)
    • [object Object]

      Songs from the Second Floor

      7.5 (21K)

    Best Music

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      South West 9

      5.7 (420)
      David Pearce
    • [object Object]

      Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry

      6.3 (476)
    • [object Object]

      Jump Tomorrow

      7.1 (1.5K)
    • [object Object]

      The Warrior

      6.6 (2.9K)

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sexy Beast

      7.3 (74K)
      Louis Mellis
      David Scinto
    • [object Object]

      Bread and Roses

      7.0 (6.3K)
      Paul Laverty
    • [object Object]

      The Claim

      6.3 (7K)
      Frank Cottrell Boyce
    • [object Object]

      Jump Tomorrow

      7.1 (1.5K)
      Joel Hopkins

    Best Technical Achievement

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Warrior

      6.6 (2.9K)
      Roman Osin(directory of photography)
    • [object Object]

      Alone

      4.2 (678)
      Jonathan Rudd(editor)
    • [object Object]

      Enigma

      6.4 (22K)
      John Beard(production designer)
    • [object Object]

      High Heels and Low Lifes

      6.1 (3.8K)
      Jany Temime(costume designer)

    Most Promising Newcomer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      My Brother Tom

      6.8 (1K)
      Ben Whishaw
    • [object Object]

      Jump Tomorrow

      7.1 (1.5K)
      Natalia Verbeke
    • [object Object]

      Princesa

      6.5 (466)
      Ingrid de Souza
    • [object Object]

      South West 9

      5.7 (420)
      Mark Letheren

    Douglas Hickox Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Warrior

      6.6 (2.9K)
      Asif Kapadia
    • [object Object]

      Jump Tomorrow

      7.1 (1.5K)
      Joel Hopkins
    • [object Object]

      Late Night Shopping

      6.8 (2.4K)
      Saul Metzstein
    • [object Object]

      South West 9

      5.7 (420)
      Richard Parry

    Special Jury Prize

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    • Bob Weinstein
      Harvey Weinstein and Ryan Kavanaugh
      Winners
      • Bob Weinstein
      • Harvey Weinstein

    Producer of the Year

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    • Jeremy Thomas
      Winner
      • Jeremy Thomas

    Lifetime Achievement Award

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    • Behind the scenes - Chris Menges
      Winner
      • Chris Menges

    Variety Award

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    • Richard Curtis at an event for War Horse (2011)
      Winner
      • Richard Curtis

    Also known as

    • BIFA

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    Event date

    October 24, 2001

    Event location

    England, UK

    Event links

    • http://www.bifa.org.uk/

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