Tied with Vuk Kostic for Absolute Hundred (2001).

Tied with Alexandru Papadopol for Marfa si banii (2001).

Tied with Ronit Elkabetz for Late Marriage (2001).

Tied with Mayu Ozawa for An Adolescent (2001).

For its images and music.

For a work exemplary for its imaginative use of minimal resources to make a film that is intelligent, entertaining and socially perceptive.

For a visionary, poetic, yet unsparing revelation of human suffering in conflict-torn Afghanistan.

For the range and depth of its thought, the humour of its symbolism and the handling of its epic structure.

For its receptive and narrative composition, pertaining to fragile, excessive, though everyday characters. Tied with Still Looking for Morphine (2001).

For its bold and aggressive aspect, which exceeded its financial limitations of production and social-cinematographic precepts. Tied with One Day in August (2001).