British Independent Film Awards 1999

The second presentation of the British Independent Film Awards took place on October 14, 1999 in the Royal Café in London in front of 450 guests. The event was moderated by John Gordon Sinclair .

jury

• Hossein Amini
• Chris Auty, Chairman of The Works Media Group
• Pippa Cross, producer
• Sadie Frost
• Norma Heyman, director of NFH Films / Heyman Hoskins Films
• Richard Jobson, Director and Producer (16 Years of Alcohol)
• Sarah Radclyffe , film producer
• Daniel Weinzweig
• Michiyo Yoshizaki, Chairman of NDF International

Nominations and Awards

price	Original designation	Nominations	Award winners
Best British Independent Film	Best British Independent Film	A Room for Romeo Brass Gods and Monsters Hilary & Jackie The War Zone Wonderland	Wonderland
Best English-language foreign independent film	Best Foreign Independent Film - English Language	Buffalo '66 Happiness Praise Rushmore Blair Witch Project
Best foreign language independent film	Best Foreign Independent Film - Foreign Language	Everything about my mother Firm Life is beautiful Romance XXX love life	All about my mother (Todo sobre mi madre)
Best actor	Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film	Ian McKellen in Gods and Monsters Michael Caine in Little Voice Daniel Auteuil in The Lost Son Daniel Craig in The Trench Ray Winstone in The War Zone	Ian McKellen
Best Actress	Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film	Emily Watson in Hilary & Jackie Rachel Griffiths in Hilary & Jackie Jane Horrocks in Little Voice Lara Belmont in The War Zone Gina McKee in Wonderland	Emily Watson
Best director	Best Director of a British Independent Film	Shane Meadows for A Room for Romeo Brass Bill Condon for Gods and Monsters Anand Tucker for Hilary & Jackie Tim Roth for The War Zone Michael Winterbottom for Wonderland	Anand Tucker
Douglas Hickox Award	The Douglas Hickox Award	Jasmin Dizdar for Beautiful People Damien O'Donnell for East is East Justin Kerrigan for Human Traffic Clare Kilner for Janice Beard Lynne Ramsay for Ratcatcher	Lynne Ramsay
Best newcomer	Most promising newcomer	Eileen Walsh for Janice Beard Simon Bowles for Lighthouse - Isle of Horror Alwin H. Küchler for Ratcatcher Keri Arnold for The Darkest Light Lara Belmont for The War Zone	Lara Belmont
Best script	Best screenplay	Shane Meadows for A Room for Romeo Brass Paul Fraser for A Room for Romeo Brass Jasmin Dizdar for Beautiful People Ayub Khan Din for East is East Lynne Ramsay for Ratcatcher David Kane for This Year's Love	Ayub Khan Din
Best production	Best Achievement In Production	Following Get Real - Man to Man Human traffic Lighthouse - island of horror The trench	Human traffic
Producer of the Year	Producer of the Year	Steve Clark-Hall Simon Channing-Williams Sam Taylor Graham Broadbent Barnaby Thompson	Simon Channing-Williams

Further prices

• Lifetime achievement award: Nicolas Roeg
• Special Jury Prize: Simon Perry

Web links

• Official website for the 1999 awards ceremony