Awards - British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) - 1998-2003

Best British Independent Film

• Dirty Pretty Things
• 28 Days Later
• Buffalo Soldiers
• The Magdalene Sisters
• Young Adam

Best Director

• Stephen Frears (Dirty Pretty Things)
• Danny Boyle (28 Days Later)
• Jim Sheridan (In America)
• Michael Winterbottom (In This World)
• David Mackenzie (Young Adam)

Best Actor

• Chiwetel Ejiofor (Dirty Pretty Things)
• Kevin McKidd (16 Years of Alcohol)
• Joaquin Phoenix (Buffalo Soldiers)
• Paddy Considine (In America)
• Ewan McGregor (Young Adam)

Best Actress

• Olivia Williams (The Heart of Me)
• Helena Bonham Carter (The Heart of Me)
• Samantha Morton (In America)
• Kate Ashfield (This Little Life)
• Tilda Swinton (Young Adam)

Best Supporting Actor / Actress

• Susan Lynch (16 Years of Alcohol)
• Benedict Wong (Dirty Pretty Things)
• Sophie Okonedo (Dirty Pretty Things)
• Adrian Rawlins (Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself)
• Shirley Henderson (Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself)

Most Promising Newcomer

• Harry Eden (Pure)
• Chiwetel Ejiofor (Dirty Pretty Things)
• Romola Garai (I Capture the Castle)
• Jamie Sives (Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself)

Best Screenplay

• Dirty Pretty Things (Steven Knight)
• Buffalo Soldiers (Gregor Jordan, Nora Maccoby, Eric Weiss)
• Calendar Girls (Tim Firth, Juliette Towhidi)
• The Magdalene Sisters (Peter Mullan)
• Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (Anders Thomas Jensen, Lone Scherfig)

Best Foreign Independent - Foreign Language

• City of God
• The Triplets of Belleville
• Secretary
• Spirited Away
• Whale Rider

Best Feature Documentary

• Bodysong
• Bugs!
• The Game of Their Lives
• Hoover Street Revival
• 100 Doors

Best British Short Film

• Dad's Dead

Achievement in Production

• In This World
• 16 Years of Alcohol
• 28 Days Later
• Bright Young Things
• Buffalo Soldiers

Technical Achievement

• In This World
• 16 Years of Alcohol
• Bright Young Things
• Buffalo Soldiers

The Douglas Hickox Award

• Richard Jobson (16 Years of Alcohol)
• Jeremy Wooding (Bollywood Queen)
• Stephen Fry (Bright Young Things)
• Penny Woolcock (The Principles of Lust)
• Sarah Gavron (This Little Life)

The Variety Award

• Ian McKellen

The Richard Harris Award

• John Hurt

Special Jury Prize

• Jeremy Thomas

Best British Independent Film

• Sweet Sixteen
• Bend It Like Beckham
• Bloody Sunday
• The Lawless Heart
• Morvern Callar

Best Director

• Paul Greengrass (Bloody Sunday)
• Tom Hunsinger, Neil Hunter (The Lawless Heart)
• Lynne Ramsay (Morvern Callar)
• Ken Loach (Sweet Sixteen)

Best Actor

• James Nesbitt (Bloody Sunday)
• Timothy Spall (All or Nothing)
• Bill Nighy (The Lawless Heart)
• Richard Harris (My Kingdom)

Best Actress

• Samantha Morton (Morvern Callar)
• Elaine Cassidy (Disco Pigs)
• Harriet Walter (Villa des roses)
• Shirley Henderson (Villa des roses)

Most Promising Newcomer

• Martin Compston (Sweet Sixteen)
• Parminder Nagra (Bend It Like Beckham)
• Kathleen McDermott (Morvern Callar)
• William Ruane (Sweet Sixteen)

Best Screenplay

• The Lawless Heart (Tom Hunsinger, Neil Hunter)
• Bloody Sunday (Paul Greengrass)
• Morvern Callar (Liana Dognini, Lynne Ramsay)
• Sweet Sixteen (Paul Laverty)

Best Foreign Independent - English Language

• Lantana
• Ghost World
• Ivansxtc
• Lost In La Mancha

Best Foreign Independent - Foreign Language

• Monsoon Wedding
• Talk to Her
• Nine Queens
• And Your Mother Too

Achievement in Production

• 24 Hour Party People
• Morvern Callar
• Revengers Tragedy
• Villa des roses

Technical Achievement

• Morvern Callar
• Bloody Sunday
• The Lawless Heart
• 24 Hour Party People

The Douglas Hickox Award

• Lindy Heymann, Christian Taylor (Showboy)
• Duncan Roy (AKA)
• Kirsten Sheridan (Disco Pigs)
• Paul Sarossy (Mr In-Between)

The Variety Award

• Ewan McGregor

Lifetime Achievement Award

• George Harrison

Most Effective Distributon Campaign

• Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry

Outstanding Contribution by an Actor

• Richard Harris

Best British Independent Film

• Sexy Beast
• Bread and Roses
• Jump Tomorrow
• South West 9
• The Warrior

Best Director

• Jonathan Glazer (Sexy Beast)
• Ken Loach (Bread and Roses)
• Michael Winterbottom (The Claim)
• Michael Apted (Enigma)

Best Actor

• Ben Kingsley (Sexy Beast)
• Ian Hart (Liam)
• Timothy Spall (Lucky Break)
• Ray Winstone (Sexy Beast)

Best Actress

• Kate Ashfield (Late Night Shopping)
• Susan Lynch (Beautiful Creatures)
• Kate Winslet (Enigma)
• Samantha Morton (Pandaemonium)

Most Promising Newcomer

• Ben Whishaw (My Brother Tom)
• Natalia Verbeke (Jump Tomorrow)
• Ingrid de Souza (Princesa)
• Mark Letheren (South West 9)

Best Screenplay

• Sexy Beast (Louis Mellis, David Scinto)
• Bread and Roses (Paul Laverty)
• The Claim (Frank Cottrell Boyce)
• Jump Tomorrow (Joel Hopkins)

Best Original Music

• South West 9 (Dave Pearce)
• Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry (Luke Haines)
• Jump Tomorrow (John Kimbrough)
• The Warrior (Dario Marianelli)

Best Foreign Independent - English Language

• Memento
• Chopper
• Dark Days
• Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Best Foreign Independent - Foreign Language

• In the Mood for Love
• Amores Perros
• Le Goût des autres
• Songs from the Second Floor

Producer of the Year

• Jeremy Thomas

Achievement in Production

• Gas Attack
• Kin
• Late Night Shopping
• South West 9

Technical Achievement

• The Warrior
• Alone
• Enigma
• High Heels and Low Lifes

The Douglas Hickox Award

• Asif Kapadia (The Warrior)
• Joel Hopkins (Jump Tomorrow)
• Saul Metzstein (Late Night Shopping)
• Richard J. Perry (South West 9)

The Variety Award

• Richard Curtis

Special Jury Prize

• Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein

Best British Independent Film

• Billy Elliot
• The House of Mirth
• Last Resort
• One Day in September
• Saving Grace

Best Director

• Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot)
• Terence Davies (The House of Mirth)
• Paweł Pawlikowski (Last Resort)
• Nigel Cole (Saving Grace)
• Mike Leigh (Topsy-Turvy)

Best Actor

• Daniel Craig (Some Voices)
• Paul Bettany (Gangster No. 1)
• Adrian Lester (Love's Labour's Lost)
• Peter Mullan (Miss Julie)
• Jim Broadbent (Topsy-Turvy)

Best Actress

• Gillian Anderson (The House of Mirth)
• Emily Watson (The Luzhin Defence)
• Kate Ashfield (The Luzhin Defence)
• Brenda Blethyn (Saving Grace)

Best Newcomer (On Screen)

• Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot)
• Neil Fitzmaurice (Going Off Big Time)
• Дина Корзун (Last Resort)
• Chris Beattie (Purely Belter)
• Greg McLane (Purely Belter)
• Lewis MacKenzie (There's Only One Jimmy Grimble)

Best Screenplay

• Billy Elliot (Lee Hall)
• Gangster No. 1 (Johnny Ferguson)
• Last Resort (Rowan Joffe, Paweł Pawlikowski)
• Purely Belter (Mark Herman)
• Saving Grace (Mark Crowdy, Craig Ferguson)

Best Foreign Independent - English Language

• The Straight Story
• Boiler Room
• Jesus' Son
• Nurse Betty
• Chuck & Buck

Best Foreign Independent - Foreign Language

• Sacred
• Good Work
• The Emperor and the Assassin
• Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train
• An Affair of Love

Producer of the Year

• Andrew Eaton

Achievement in Production

• One Life Stand
• Gangster No. 1
• Going Off Big Time
• It Was an Accident
• Topsy-Turvy

Best Newcomer (Off Screen)

• Justine Wright (One Day in September)
• Damian Bromley (Going Off Big Time)
• Alison Domintz (Hotel Splendide)
• Courtney Pine (It Was an Accident)
• Igor Jadue-Lillo (The Low Down)

The Douglas Hickox Award

• Jim Doyle (Going Off Big Time)
• Jamie Thraves (The Low Down)
• Kevin Macdonald (One Day in September)
• Ben Hopkins (Simon Magus)
• Julian Nott (Weak at Denise)

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Colin Young

Special Jury Prize

• Mike Figgis

Best British Independent Film

• Wonderland
• Gods and Monsters
• Hilary and Jackie
• A Room for Romeo Brass
• The War Zone

Best Director

• Anand Tucker (Hilary and Jackie)
• Bill Condon (Gods and Monsters)
• Shane Meadows (A Room for Romeo Brass)
• Tim Roth (The War Zone)
• Michael Winterbottom (Wonderland)

Best Actor

• Ian McKellen (Gods and Monsters)
• Michael Caine (Little Voice)
• Daniel Auteuil (The Lost Son)
• Daniel Craig (The Trench)
• Ray Winstone (The War Zone)

Best Actress

• Emily Watson (Hilary and Jackie)
• Rachel Griffiths (Hilary and Jackie)
• Jane Horrocks (Little Voice)
• Lara Belmont (The War Zone)
• Gina McKee (Wonderland)

Most Promising Newcomer

• Lara Belmont (The War Zone)
• Keri Arnold (The Darkest Light)
• Simon Bowles (Lighthouse)
• Alwin H. Kuchler (Ratcatcher)

Best Screenplay

• East Is East (Ayub Khan-Din)
• Beautiful People (Jasmin Dizdar)
• Ratcatcher (Lynne Ramsay)
• A Room for Romeo Brass (Paul Fraser, Shane Meadows)
• This Year's Love (David Kane)

Best Foreign Independent - English Language

• Happiness
• The Blair Witch Project
• Buffalo '66
• Praise
• Rushmore

Best Foreign Independent - Foreign Language

• All About My Mother
• The Dreamlife of Angels
• The Celebration
• Life Is Beautiful
• Romance

Producer of the Year

• Barnaby Thompson

Achievement in Production

• Human Traffic
• Following
• Get Real
• Lighthouse
• The Trench

The Douglas Hickox Award

• Lynne Ramsay (Ratcatcher)
• Jasmin Dizdar (Beautiful People)
• Damien O'Donnell (East Is East)
• Justin Kerrigan (Human Traffic)
• Clare Kilner (Janice Beard: 45 Words Per Minute)

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Nicolas Roeg

Special Jury Prize

• Simon Perry

Best British Independent Film

• My Name Is Joe
• Elizabeth
• Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
• Nil by Mouth
• 24 7: Twenty Four Seven

Best Director

• Ken Loach (My Name Is Joe)
• Guy Ritchie (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels)
• Gary Oldman (Nil by Mouth)
• Gillies MacKinnon (Regeneration)
• Carine Adler (Under the Skin)

Best Actor

• Ray Winstone (Nil by Mouth)
• David Thewlis (Divorcing Jack)
• John Hurt (Love and Death on Long Island)
• Peter Mullan (My Name Is Joe)
• Jonathan Pryce (Regeneration)

Best Actress

• Kathy Burke (Nil by Mouth)
• Louise Goodall (My Name Is Joe)
• Rachel Griffiths (My Son the Fanatic)
• Samantha Morton (Under the Skin)
• Emma Thompson (The Winter Guest)

Most Promising Newcomer

• Laila Morse (Nil by Mouth)
• Enda Hughes (Flying Saucer Rock'n'Roll)
• Jamie Breese (My Funny Valentine)
• Simon Rumley (Strong Language)

Best Screenplay

• My Name Is Joe (Paul Laverty)
• Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (Guy Ritchie)
• My Son the Fanatic (Hanif Kureishi)
• Nil by Mouth (Gary Oldman)
• Orphans (Peter Mullan)

Best Foreign Independent - English Language

• Boogie Nights
• Broken Vessels
• The Castle
• Chasing Amy
• Left Luggage

Best Foreign Independent - Foreign Language

• The Apartment
• Airbag
• Live Flesh
• Marquise
• Men with Guns

Achievement in Production

• Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
• Razor Blade Smile
• Regeneration
• Strong Language
• Urban Ghost Story

The Douglas Hickox Award

• Shane Meadows (24 7: Twenty Four Seven)
• Andrew Piddington (The Fall)
• Guy Ritchie (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels)
• Peter Mullan (Orphans)
• Geneviève Jolliffe (Urban Ghost Story)

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Ken Loach

Special Jury Prize

• Nik Powell