Nominations 2003

Best British Independent Film

• 28 Days Later
• Buffalo Soldiers
• Dirty Pretty Things
• The Magdalene Sisters
• Young Adam

Best Director of a British Independent Film

• Danny Boyle for 28 Days Later
• Stephen Frears for Dirty Pretty Things
• Jim Sheridan for In America
• Michael Winterbottom for In This World
• David MacKenzie for Young Adam

Best Screenplay

• Nora Maccoby for Buffalo Soldiers
• Eric Weiss for Buffalo Soldiers
• Gregor Jordon for Buffalo Soldiers
• Tim Firth for Calendar Girls
• Juliette Towhidi for Calendar Girls
• Steve Knight for Dirty Pretty Things
• Peter Mullan for The Magdalene Sisters
• Anders Thomas Jensen for Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
• Lone Scherfig for Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

Best Achievement In Production

• 16 Years of Alcohol
• 28 Days Later
• Bright Young Things
• Buffalo Soldiers
• In This World

Best Performance by a Supporting Actor or Actress in a British Independent Film

• Susan Lynch for 16 Years of Alcohol
• Sophie Okonedo for Dirty Pretty Things
• Benedict Wong for Dirty Pretty Things
• Shirley Henderson for Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
• Adrian Rawlins for Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

The Variety Award

• Ian McKellen

The Douglas Hickox Award

• Richard Jobson for 16 Years of Alcohol
• Jeremy Wooding for Bollywood Queen
• Stephen Fry for Bright Young Things
• Penny Woolcock for The Principles of Lust
• Sarah Gavron for This Little Life

Best British Short Film

• 72 Faced Liar
• Dad's Dead
• Extension 21
• Perfect
• Salary Man 6

Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film

• Kevin McKidd for 16 Years of Alcohol
• Joaquin Phoenix for Buffalo Soldiers
• Chiwetel Ejiofor for Dirty Pretty Things
• Paddy Considine for In America
• Ewan McGregor for Young Adam

Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film

• Samantha Morton for In America
• Helena Bonham Carter for The Heart of Me
• Olivia Williams for The Heart of Me
• Kate Ashfield for This Little Life
• Tilda Swinton for Young Adam

Most Promising Newcomer

• Fenella Woolgar for Bright Young Things
• Chiwetel Ejiofor for Dirty Pretty Things
• Romola Garai for I Capture The Castle
• Harry Eden for Pure
• Jamie Sives for Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

Best Foreign Independent Film

• Belleville Rendez-Vous
• City of God
• Secretary
• Spirited Away
• Whale Rider

Best British Documentary

• 100 Doors
• BUGS!
• Bodysong
• Hoover Street Revival
• The Game Of Their Lives

Best Technical Achievement

• John Rhodes for 16 Years of Alcohol
• Michael Howells for Bright Young Things
• David Holmes for Buffalo Soldiers
• Tim Alban for In This World
• Joakim Sundstr for In This World
• Stuart Wilson for In This World
• Peter Christelis for In This World

Find out more about BIFA 2003

• AWARDS
• WINNERS
• NOMINATIONS
• THE 2003 JURY
• PATRONS
• THE VENUE
• THE HOST