British Independent Film Awards 2002

George Harrison (1974)

The fifth presentation of the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) took place on October 30, 2002 at the Pacha nightclub in London (Victoria). This year, for the first time, the Richard Harris Award for outstanding performance as an actor was donated in memory of the namesake who died shortly before.

The Lifetime Achievement Award went to George Harrison for his, in the opinion of the jury, far underestimated influence on the British film industry.

jury

• Kate Ashfield, actress
• Jenne Casarotto, agent
• Stuart Craig, production designer
• Richard Gladstein, producer
• Robert Jones, producer at Material Entertainment
• Asif Kapadia, director
• Hamish McAlpine, producer at Tartan Films
• Trudie Styler , Producer ( A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints ) and Actress ( My Best Friend )

Nominations and Awards

price	Original designation	Nominations	Award winners
Best British Independent Film	Best British Independent Film	Bend It Like Beckham Bloody Sunday Morvern Callar Sweet Sixteen The Lawless Heart	Sweet Sixteen
Best English-language foreign independent film	Best Foreign Independent Film - English Language	Ghost World Ivans xtc Lantana Lost in La Mancha	Lantana
Best foreign language independent film	Best Foreign Independent Film - Foreign Language	Hable con Ella (Talk To Her) Monsoon Wedding Neuve Reinas (Nine Queens) Y Tu Mama Tambien	Monsoon Wedding
Best actor	Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film	Timothy Spall in All or Nothing James Nesbitt in Bloody Sunday Richard Harris in My Kingdom Bill Nighy in The Lawless Heart	James Nesbitt
Best Actress	Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film	Elaine Cassidy in Disco Pigs Samantha Morton in Morvern Callar Harriet Walter in Villa des Roses Shirley Henderson at Villa des Roses	Samantha Morton
Best director	Best Director of a British Independent Film	Paul Greengrass for Bloody Sunday Lynne Ramsay for Morvern Callar Ken Loach for Sweet Sixteen Neil Hunter for The Lawless Heart Tom Hunsinger for The Lawless Heart	Paul Greengrass
Douglas Hickox Award	The Douglas Hickox Award	Duncan Roy for AKA Kirsten Sheridan for Disco Pigs Paul Sarossy for Mr In-Between Christian Taylor for Showboy Lindy Heymann for Showboy	Lindy Heymann and Christian Taylor
Best newcomer	Most promising newcomer	Parminder Nagra in Bend It Like Beckham Kathleen McDermott in Morvern Callar William Ruane in Sweet Sixteen Martin Compston in Sweet Sixteen	Martin Compston
Best script	Best screenplay	Paul Greengrass for Bloody Sunday Lynne Ramsay for Morvern Callar Liana Dognini for Morvern Callar Paul Laverty for Sweet Sixteen Tom Hunsinger for The Lawless Heart Neil Hunter for The Lawless Heart	Tom Hunsinger and Neil Hunter
Best production	Best Achievement In Production	Morvern Callar Revengers Tragedy Twenty Four Hour Party People Villa des Roses	Twenty Four Hour Party People
Best technology	Best Technical Achievement	Ivan Strasburg for Bloody Sunday Alwin Kuchler for Morvern Callar Scott Thomas for The Lawless Heart Mark Tildesley for Twenty Four Hour Party People	Alwin Kuchler

Further prices

• Lifetime Achievement Award: George Harrison
• Special Jury Prize: Brian Tufano
• The Variety Award: Ewan McGregor
• Outstanding Contribution By An Actor: Richard Harris
• Most successful sales campaign (Original: Most Effective Distribution Campaign): Christie Malry's Own Double Entry

Web links

• Official website for the 2002 awards ceremony