British Independent Film Awards 2001

4th British Independent Film Awards
Awarded for	Best in British independent film
Date	24 October 2001
Site	Park Lane Hotel, London
Hosted by	Dermot O'Leary
Official website	www.bifa.film
Highlights
Best Film	Sexy Beast
Most awards	Sexy Beast (4)
Most nominations	Sexy Beast, Jump Tomorrow , South West 9 (5)
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The British Independent Film Awards 2001 were held on 24 October 2001 to recognise the best in British independent cinema and filmmaking talent from United Kingdom.

To be eligible for consideration, films 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. In addition they could not be solely funded by a single studio. ^[1]

Nominations were announced on 26 September 2001. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} The award ceremony, hosted by Dermot O'Leary, was held at the Park Lane Hotel, in London's West End the following month, a change from the Café Royal which was the venue for the first three ceremonies. ^{[6] [7] [8] [9] [10]} Winners in fourteen categories were selected from the shortlists and a further four were awarded entirely at the jury's discretion, whose make up included Primary Colours actor Adrian Lester, High Fidelity director Stephen Frears, director of the BBC film Last Resort , Paweł Pawlikowski, Christopher Fowler, Paul Trijbits, Parminder Vir and Stephen Woolley. ^{[1] [11]}

New award categories for Best Music and Best Technical Achievement were introduced in this year. ^[3]

Winners and nominees

Best British Independent Film	Best Director
Sexy Beast – Jonathan Glazer Bread and Roses – Ken Loach Jump Tomorrow – Joel Hopkins South West 9 – Richard Parry The Warrior – Asif Kapadia	Jonathan Glazer – Sexy Beast Ken Loach – Bread and Roses Michael Winterbottom – The Claim Michael Apted – Enigma
Best Actor	Best Actress
Ben Kingsley – Sexy Beast as Don Logan Ian Hart – Liam as Dad Timothy Spall – Lucky Break as Cliff Gumbell Ray Winstone – Sexy Beast as Gary "Gal" Dove	Kate Ashfield – Late Night Shopping as Jody Susan Lynch – Beautiful Creatures as Dorothy Samantha Morton – Pandaemonium as Sara Coleridge Kate Winslet – Enigma as Hester Wallace
Best Screenplay	Most Promising Newcomer
Sexy Beast – Louis Mellis and David Scinto Bread and Roses – Paul Laverty The Claim – Frank Cottrell-Boyce Jump Tomorrow – Joel Hopkins	Ben Whishaw – My Brother Tom as Tom Ingrid de Souza – Princesa as Fernanda Mark Letheren – South West 9 as Mitch Natalia Verbeke – Jump Tomorrow as Alicia
Best International Independent Film (English Language)	Best International Independent Film (Foreign Language)
Memento – Christopher Nolan Chopper – Andrew Dominik Dark Days – Marc Singer Hedwig and the Angry Inch – John Cameron Mitchell	In the Mood for Love – Wong Kar-wai Amores Perros – Alejandro González Iñárritu Le Gout Des Autres – Agnès Jaoui Songs from the Second Floor – Roy Andersson
Best Technical Achievement	Best Achievement in Production
The Warrior – Roman Osin (DOP / Cinematography) Alone – Nick Lofting / Jonathan Rudd (Editing) [4] [5] [a] Enigma – John Beard (Production design) High Heels and Low Lifes – Jany Temime (Costume design)	Gas Attack – Samantha Kingsley Kin – Late Night Shopping – Angus Lamont South West 9 – Allan Niblo
Best Original Music	Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director)
South West 9 – Dave Pearce Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry – Luke Haines Jump Tomorrow – John Kimbrough The Warrior – Dario Marianelli	Asif Kapadia – The Warrior Joel Hopkins – Jump Tomorrow Saul Metzstein – Late Night Shopping Richard Parry – South West 9
The Variety Award	Producer of the Year
Richard Curtis	Jeremy Thomas
Special Jury Prize	Lifetime Achievement Award
Harvey and Bob Weinstein [7] [8] [10] [12] [b]	Chris Menges

Films with multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
5	Sexy Beast
	Jump Tomorrow
	South West 9
4	The Warrior
3	Bread and Roses
	Late Night Shopping
	Enigma
2	The Claim

Notes

1. Archived websites of the time including the BBC and Variety list the nominee as Nick Lofting. The BIFA website lists Jonathan Rudd as the nominee. Both worked as editors on the film in question
2. The award to Harvey Weinstein mentioned by the BBC, ScreenDaily, IndieWire and archived BIFA website of the time may have been rescinded as it is no longer mentioned on the current (2024) BIFA website.

References

1. "Sexy Beast triumphs at awards". BBC . 25 October 2001. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
2. "Sexy Beast hot favourite in British independent awards". The Guardian. 27 September 2001. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 8 November 2024.
3. "Sexy Beast leads award nominees". BBC . 26 September 2001. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
4. "Bifa nominations in full". BBC . 26 September 2001. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
5. "British Independent Film Award nominees". Variety. 15 October 2001. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
6. "Sexy Beast voted best UK film of the year". The Guardian. 25 October 2001. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 8 November 2024.
7. "Kingsley wins best actor award". BBC . 25 October 2001. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
8. Frater, Patrick (25 October 2001). "Sexy Beast scores at British indie film awards". Screen Daily. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
9. "Winners Nominations · BIFA · British Independent Film Awards". BIFA · British Independent Film Awards. 24 October 2001. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
10. Brooks, Brian (26 October 2001). "DAILY NEWS: "Sexy Beast," "Memento," and "In the Mood for Love" Honored at 4th British Independent". IndieWire. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
11. Forde, Leon (26 September 2001). "Five nods each for three British films at BIFA". Screen Daily. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
12. "awards - british independent film awards". 2 February 2002. Archived from the original on 2 February 2002. Retrieved 11 November 2024.

External links

• Official website