British Independent Film Awards 2001

The fourth British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) took place in 2001 at the Park Lane Hotel (Picadilly) in London. This year, for the first time, the awards for Best Score and Technique in a British Independent Film were awarded.

jury

• Adrian Lester , actor
• Christopher Fowler, director
• Pawel Pawlikowski , director and writer
• Paul Trijbits
• Parminder Vir, film and television producer
• Stephen Woolley , producer
• Stephen Frears , producer and director

Nominations and Awards

price	Original designation	Nominations	Award winners
Best British Independent Film	Best British Independent Film	Bread and Roses Jump Tomorrow - Jump Tomorrow Sexy beast South West 9 The warrior	Sexy beast
Best English-language foreign independent film	Best Foreign Independent Film - English Language	Chopper Dark Days Hedwig and the Angry Inch Memento	Memento
Best foreign language independent film	Best Foreign Independent Film - Foreign Language	Amores Perros In the mood for love Le Gout Des Autres Songs From The Second Floor	In the mood for love
Best actor	Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film	Ian Hart in Liam Timothy Spall in Lucky Break - In or Out Ben Kingsley in Sexy Beast Ray Winstone in Sexy Beast	Ben Kingsley
Best Actress	Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film	Susan Lynch in Beautiful Creatures Kate Winslet in Enigma - The Secret Kate Ashfield in Late Night Shopping Samantha Morton in Pandæmonium	Kate Ashfield
Best director	Best Director of a British Independent Film	Ken Loach for Bread and Roses Michael Apted for Enigma - The Secret Jonathan Glazer for Sexy Beast Michael Winterbottom for The Kingdom and the Glory	Jonathan Glazer
Douglas Hickox Award	The Douglas Hickox Award	Joel Hopkins for Jump Tomorrow - Spring Tomorrow Saul Metzstein for late night shopping Richard Parry for South West 9 Asif Kapadia for The Warrior	Asif Kapadia
Best newcomer	Most promising newcomer	Natalia Verbeke in Jump Tomorrow Ben Whishaw in My Brother Tom Ingrid de Souza in Princesa Mark Letheren in South West 9	Ben Whishaw
Best script	Best screenplay	Paul Laverty for Bread and Roses Joel Hopkins for Jump Tomorrow - Spring Tomorrow Louis Mellis for Sexy Beast David Scinto for Sexy Beast Frank Cottrell Boyce for The Empire and the Glory (The Claim)	Louis Mellis and David Scinto
Best production	Best Achievement In Production	Gas attack Kin Late night shopping South West 9	Gas attack
Best technology	Best Technical Achievement	Jonathan Rudd for Alone John Beard for Enigma - The Secret Jany Temime seduced for crime Roman Osin for The Warrior	Roman Osin
Best music	Best music	Christie Malry's Bloody Bookkeeping (Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry) Jump Tomorrow - Jump Tomorrow Dave Pearce for South West 9 The warrior	Dave Pearce

Further prices

• Producer of the Year: Jeremy Thomas
• Lifetime Achievement Award: Chris Menges
• Special Jury Prize: Harvey Weinstein and Bob Weinstein
• The Variety Award: Richard Curtis

Web links

• Official website for the 2001 awards ceremony