British Independent Film Awards: 2000

British Independent Film Award

Date:	25 October
Host:	Richard Blackwood
Jury:	Michele Camarda; Duncan Heath (ICM); Richard Holmes (VII) (Civilian Content PLC); Ayub Khan-Din; Declan Lowney; Fiona Mitchell (I) (United Artists Films); Samantha Morton; Andy Paterson; Rupert Preston
Location:	Cafe Royal, London, England, UK

Best Actor


Winner:
	Some Voices (2000) - Daniel Craig (I)
Other Nominees:
	Gangster No. 1 (2000) - Paul Bettany Love's Labour's Lost (2000) - Adrian Lester Miss Julie (1999) - Peter Mullan (I) Topsy-Turvy (1999) - Jim Broadbent

Best Actress


Winner:
	House of Mirth, The (2000) - Gillian Anderson (I)
Other Nominees:
	Billy Elliot (2000) - Julie Walters (I) Low Down, The (2000) - Kate Ashfield Luzhin Defence, The (2000) - Emily Watson (I) Saving Grace (2000) - Brenda Blethyn

Best Director


Winner:
	Billy Elliot (2000) - Stephen Daldry
Other Nominees:
	House of Mirth, The (2000) - Terence Davies Last Resort (2000) - Pawel Pawlikowski Saving Grace (2000) - Nigel Cole Topsy-Turvy (1999) - Mike Leigh

Best Screenplay


Winner:
	Billy Elliot (2000) - Lee Hall (I)
Other Nominees:
	Gangster No. 1 (2000) - Johnny Ferguson (I) Last Resort (2000) - Pawel Pawlikowski; Rowan Joffe Purely Belter (2000) - Mark Herman (I) Saving Grace (2000) - Craig Ferguson (I); Mark Crowdy

Best Foreign Film - Foreign Language


Winner:
	Kadosh (1999)
Other Nominees:
	Beau travail (1999) Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train (1998) Jing ke ci qin wang (1998) Une liaison pornographique (1999)

Best Foreign Film - English Language


Winner:
	Straight Story, The (1999)
Other Nominees:
	Boiler Room (2000) Chuck & Buck (2000) Jesus' Son (1999) Nurse Betty (2000)

Best Achievement in Production


Winner:
	One Life Stand (2000)
Other Nominees:
	Gangster No. 1 (2000) Going Off Big Time (2000) It Was an Accident (2000) Topsy-Turvy (1999)

Best Newcomer (Off-Screen)


Winner:
	One Day in September (1999) - Justine Wright (I) (editor)
Other Nominees:
	Going Off Big Time (2000) - Damian Bromley (director of photography) Hotel Splendide (2000) - Alison Dominitz (production designer) It Was an Accident (2000) - Courtney Pine (score) Low Down, The (2000) - Igor Jadue-Lillo (director of photography)

Best British Independent Film


Winner:
	Billy Elliot (2000)
Other Nominees:
	House of Mirth, The (2000) Last Resort (2000) One Day in September (1999) Saving Grace (2000)

Best Newcomer (On-Screen)


Winner:
	Billy Elliot (2000) - Jamie Bell (I)
Other Nominees:
	Going Off Big Time (2000) - Neil Fitzmaurice Last Resort (2000) - Dina Korzun Purely Belter (2000) - Chris Beattie (I); Greg McLane There's Only One Jimmy Grimble (2000) - Lewis MacKenzie


Winner:
	One Day in September (1999) - Kevin Macdonald
Other Nominees:
	Going Off Big Time (2000) - Jim Doyle (III) Low Down, The (2000) - Jamie Thraves Simon Magus (1999) - Ben Hopkins (I) Weak at Denise (2001) - Julian Nott