British Independent Film Awards 1999

2nd British Independent Film Awards
Awarded for	Best in British independent film
Date	14 October 1999
Site	Cafe Royal, London
Hosted by	John Gordon Sinclair
Official website	www.bifa.film
Highlights
Best Film	Wonderland
Most awards	Hilary and Jackie (2)
Most nominations	The War Zone (5)
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The second British Independent Film Awards were held on 14 October 1999 to recognise the best in British independent cinema and filmmaking talent from United Kingdom.

As previously, only films intended for theatrical release, and those which had a public screening to a paying audience either on general release in the UK or at a British film festival were eligible for consideration. ^[1] In addition, they needed to have been produced or majority co-produced by a British company, or in receipt of at least 51% of their budget from a British source. Lastly, they could not be solely funded by a single studio. ^[2]

The award ceremony, hosted by John Gordon Sinclair, was held for the second year in succession at the Café Royal, in London's West End. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]} Winners in eleven categories were selected from the shortlists and a further two were awarded entirely at the jury's discretion, whose make up included Chris Auty, Daneil Weinzweig, Hossein Amini, Michiyo Yoshizaki, Norma Heyman, Pippa Cross, Richard Jobson, Sadie Frost and Sarah Radclyffe. ^{[7] [2]}

Winners and nominees

Best British Independent Film	Best Director
Wonderland – Michael Winterbottom A Room for Romeo Brass – Shane Meadows Gods and Monsters – Bill Condon Hilary and Jackie – Anand Tucker The War Zone – Tim Roth	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	Best Actress
Ian McKellan – Gods and Monsters as James Whale Daniel Auteuil – The Lost Son as Xavier Lombard Michael Caine – Little Voice as Ray Say Daniel Craig – The Trench as Sgt. Telford Winter Ray Winstone – The War Zone as Dad	Emily Watson – Hilary and Jackie as Jacqueline du Pré Lara Belmont – The War Zone as Jessie Rachel Griffiths – Hilary and Jackie as Hilary du Pré Jane Horrocks – Little Voice as LV Gina McKee – Wonderland as Nadia
Most Promising Newcomer	Best Screenplay
Lara Belmont – The War Zone as Jessie Keri Arnold – The Darkest Light as Catherine Simon Bowles – Lighthouse (Production designer) Alwin H. Küchler – Ratcatcher (Cinematographer) Eileen Walsh – Janice Beard 45wpm as Janice Beard	Ayub Khan Din – East is East Jasmin Dizdar – Beautiful People David Kane – This Year's Love Shane Meadows and Paul Fraser – A Room for Romeo Brass Lynne Ramsey – Ratcatcher
Best International Independent Film (English Language)	Best International Independent Film (Foreign Language)
Happiness – Todd Solondz Buffalo '66 – Vincent Gallo Praise – John Curran Rushmore – Wes Anderson The Blair Witch Project – Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez	All About My Mother – Pedro Almodóvar The Celebration – Thomas Vinterberg The Dreamlife of Angels – Erick Zonka Life is Beautiful – Roberto Benigni Romance – Catherine Breillat
Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director)	Best Achievement in Production
Lynne Ramsey – Ratcatcher Jasmin Dizdar – Beautiful People Damien O'Donnell – East is East Justin Kerrigan – Human Traffic Clare Kilner – Janice Beard 45wpm	Allan Niblo – Human Traffic Christopher Nolan, Jeremy Theobald and Emma Thomas – Following Stephen Taylor, Patricia Carr, Helena Spring and Anant Singh – Get Real Tim Dennison, Mark Leake and Chris Craib – Lighthouse Steve Clark-Hall – The Trench
Producer of the Year [8] [a]
Simon Channing Williams [5] [9] [b] Graham Broadbent Steve Clark-Hall Sam Taylor Barnaby Thompson
Special Jury Prize	Lifetime Achievement Award
Simon Perry (of British Screen)	Nicolas Roeg

Films with multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
5	The War Zone
4	Hilary and Jackie
3	Wonderland
	A Room for Romeo Brass
	Gods and Monsters
	Ratcatcher
2	Little Voice
	The Trench
	Lighthouse
	Janice Beard 45wpm
	East is East
	Human Traffic

Notes

1. In 1999 BIFA decided to offer nominations for Producer of the year for the first time, in recognition of the wealth of production talent displayed that year
2. Archived websites of the time including the BBC, Variety and BIFA itself list the Simon Channing Williams as the winner. The current (2024) BIFA website lists Barnaby Thomson on the 1999 winners page but correctly states Channing Williams on other pages

References

1. "the rules - british independent film awards supported by coppernob". 17 August 2000. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
2. "BBC News | Entertainment | Independence day for British film". news.bbc.co.uk. 14 October 1999. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
3. "British cinema honours its stars". BBC . 15 October 1999. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
4. Swart, Sharon (15 October 1999). "Brit indies feted at kudos; stars shine". Variety. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
5. "Winners - Awards 1999 - BIFA - The Moet British Independent Film Awards". 8 December 2015. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
6. "See the millennium in with Vic Reeves". The Guardian. 15 October 1999. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 10 November 2024.
7. "The Jury - Awards 1999 - BIFA - The Moet British Independent Film Awards". 5 January 2016. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
8. "1999 nominations - british independent film awards". 27 December 2001. Archived from the original on 27 December 2001. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
9. "2013 The Story So Far · BIFA · British Independent Film Awards". BIFA · British Independent Film Awards. 8 April 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2024.

External links

• Official website