# British Independent Film Awards 2001

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.
Nominations were announced on 26 September 2001. 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. 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.
New award categories for Best Music and Best Technical Achievement were introduced in this year.

## 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) 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 | Chris Menges |

### Films with multiple nominations

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