1998 Awards
The following awards will be presented at BIFA 1998.
Best British Independent Film
Previous winners include
Control
This Is England
The Constant Gardener
Vera Drake
Dirty Pretty Things
Sweet Sixteen
Sexy Beast
Billy Elliot
Wonderland (1999)
My Name Is Joe
Best Foreign Independent Film - English Language
Previous winners include
Lantana
Memento
The Straight Story
Happiness
Boogie Nights
Best Foreign Independent Film - Foreign Language
Previous winners include
Monsoon Wedding
In The Mood For Love
Kadosh
All About My Mother
L'Appartement
Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film
Previous winners include
Viggo Mortensen for Eastern Promises
Tony Curran for Red Road
Ralph Fiennes for The Constant Gardener
Phil Davis for Vera Drake
Chiwetel Ejiofor for Dirty Pretty Things
James Nesbitt for Bloody Sunday
Ben Kingsley for Sexy Beast
Daniel Craig for Some Voices
Ian McKellen for Gods and Monsters
Ray Winstone for Nil By Mouth
Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film
Previous winners include
Judi Dench for Notes on a Scandal
Kate Dickie for Red Road
Rachel Weisz for The Constant Gardener
Imelda Staunton for Vera Drake
Olivia Williams for The Heart of Me
Samantha Morton for Morvern Callar
Kate Ashfield for Late Night Shopping
Gillian Anderson for The House of Mirth
Emily Watson for Hilary & Jackie
Kathy Burke for Nil By Mouth
Best Director of a British Independent Film
Previous winners include
Anton Corbijn for Control
Kevin Macdonald for The Last King of Scotland
Neil Marshall for The Descent
Mike Leigh for Vera Drake
Stephen Frears for Dirty Pretty Things
Paul Greengrass for Bloody Sunday
Jonathan Glazer for Sexy Beast
Stephen Daldry for Billy Elliot
Anand Tucker for Hilary & Jackie
Ken Loach for My Name Is Joe
The Douglas Hickox Award
Previous winners include
Anton Corbijn for Control
Menhaj Huda for Kidulthood
Annie Griffin for Festival
John Crowley for Intermission
Richard Jobson for 16 Years of Alcohol
Lindy Heymann for Showboy
Christian Taylor for Showboy
Asif Kapadia for The Warrior
Kevin Macdonald for One Day In September
Lynne Ramsay for Ratcatcher
Shane Meadows for Twentyfour Seven
Most Promising Newcomer
Previous winners include
Sam Riley for Control
Thomas Turgoose for This Is England
Emily Barclay for In My Father's Den
Ashley Walters for Bullet Boy
Harry Eden for Pure
Martin Compston for Sweet Sixteen
Ben Whishaw for My Brother Tom
Lara Belmont for The War Zone
Laila Morse for Nil By Mouth
Best Screenplay
Previous winners include
Patrick Marber for Notes on a Scandal
Peter Morgan for The Queen
Frank Cottrell Boyce for Millions
Simon Pegg for Shaun of the Dead
Edgar Wright for Shaun of the Dead
Steve Knight for Dirty Pretty Things
Tom Hunsinger for The Lawless Heart
Neil Hunter for The Lawless Heart
Louis Mellis for Sexy Beast
David Scinto for Sexy Beast
Lee Hall for Billy Elliot
Ayub Khan Din for East Is East
Paul Laverty for My Name Is Joe
Best Achievement In Production
Previous winners include
Black Gold
London to Brighton
Gypo
Vera Drake
In This World
Twenty Four Hour Party People
Gas Attack
One Life Stand
Human Traffic
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Producer of the Year
Previous winners include
Jeremy Thomas
Andrew Eaton
Simon Channing Williams
Philippa Braithewaite
Lifetime Achievement Award
Previous winners include
George Harrison
Chris Menges
Colin Young
Nicolas Roeg
Ken Loach
The Special Jury Prize
Previous winners include
Andi Engel, Robert Beeson, Pamela Engel
Ken Loach
Sandy Lieberson
Norma Heyman
Jeremy Thomas
Brian Tufano
Bob Weinstein
Harvey Weinstein
Mike Figgis
Simon Perry
Nik Powell
