British Independent Film Awards 2000

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3rd British Independent Film Awards
Awarded forBest in British independent film
Date25 October 2000
Site Café Royal, London
Hosted by Richard Blackwood
Official website www.bifa.film
Highlights
Best Film Billy Elliot
Most awardsBilly Elliot (4)
Most nominationsBilly Elliot (5)

The third British Independent Film Awards were held on 25 October 2000 to recognise the best in British independent cinema and filmmaking talent from United Kingdom.

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As per previous years, 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 between 1 October 1999 and 30 September 2000 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]

Nominations were announced in early October 2000. [3] [4] [2] The award ceremony, hosted by Richard Blackwood, was held later that same month and for the third year in succession at the Café Royal, in London's West End. [5] [6] Winners in eleven categories were selected from the shortlists and a further three were awarded entirely at the jury's discretion, whose make up included Andy Paterson, Ayub Khan Din, Declan Lowney, Duncan Heath, Fiona Mitchell, Michele Camarda, Richard Holmes, Rupert Preston and Samantha Morton. [7]

Winners and nominees

Best British Independent Film Best Director
Best Actor Best Actress
Most Promising Newcomer (off screen) Most Promising Newcomer (on screen)
Best International Independent Film (English Language) Best International Independent Film (Foreign Language)
Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director) Best Achievement in Production
Best Screenplay Producer of the Year
Special Jury PrizeLifetime Achievement Award

Films with multiple nominations

NominationsFilm
5 Billy Elliott
4 Saving Grace
Last Resort
Going Off Big Time
3 One Day in September
The House of Mirth
Topsy-Turvy
Gangster No. 1
The Low Down
2 It Was an Accident
Purely Belter

Notes

  1. ↑ Archived websites of the time including the BBC, Screen Daily, Variety and BIFA itself list Julie Walters as a nominee. The current (2004) BIFA website erroneously omits her.
  2. ↑ The committee decided to offer a shared nomination to Chris Beattie and Greg McLane

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 Avis, Tim (13 October 2000). "Indies feted in fest, awards". Variety. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 "BBC News | ENTERTAINMENT | Nominations in full". news.bbc.co.uk. 25 October 2000. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  4. 1 2 Forde, Leon (3 October 2000). "Billy Elliot leads race for BIFAs". Screen Daily. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  5. ↑ "BBC News | ENTERTAINMENT | Honours fall at Billy's feet". news.bbc.co.uk. 25 October 2000. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
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