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British Independent Film Awards: 1999

British Independent Film Award

Date:	14 October
Host:	John Gordon Sinclair
Jury:	Hossein Amini; Chris Auty; Pippa Cross; Sadie Frost; Norma Heyman; Richard Jobson; Sarah Radclyffe; David Thompson; Daniel Weinzweig; Michiyo Yoshizaki
Location:	Cafe Royal, London, England, UK

Best Actor


Winner:
	Gods and Monsters (1998) - Ian McKellen
Other Nominees:
	Little Voice (1998) - Michael Caine (I) The Lost Son (1999) - Daniel Auteuil The Trench (1999) - Daniel Craig (I) The War Zone (1999) - Ray Winstone (I)

Best Actress


Winner:
	Hilary and Jackie (1998) - Emily Watson (I)
Other Nominees:
	Hilary and Jackie (1998) - Rachel Griffiths (I) Little Voice (1998) - Jane Horrocks The War Zone (1999) - Lara Belmont Wonderland (1999) - Gina McKee

Best Director


Winner:
	Hilary and Jackie (1998) - Anand Tucker
Other Nominees:
	A Room for Romeo Brass (1999) - Shane Meadows Gods and Monsters (1998) - Bill Condon The War Zone (1999) - Tim Roth (I) Wonderland (1999) - Michael Winterbottom

Best Original Screenplay


Winner:
	East Is East (1999) - Ayub Khan-Din
Other Nominees:
	A Room for Romeo Brass (1999) - Shane Meadows; Paul Fraser (I) Beautiful People (1999) - Jasmin Dizdar Ratcatcher (1999) - Lynne Ramsay This Year's Love (1999) - David Kane (I)

Best Foreign Film - Foreign Language


Winner:
	Todo sobre mi madre (1999)
Other Nominees:
	Festen (1998) La vie rêvée des anges (1998) La vita è bella (1997) Romance (1999)

Best Foreign Film - English Language


Winner:
	Happiness (1998)
Other Nominees:
	Buffalo '66 (1998) Praise (1998) Rushmore (1998) The Blair Witch Project (1999)

Best Achievement in Production


Winner:
	Human Traffic (1999)
Other Nominees:
	Following (1998) Get Real (1998) Lighthouse (2000/I) The Trench (1999)

Best British Film


Winner:
	Wonderland (1999)
Other Nominees:
	A Room for Romeo Brass (1999) Gods and Monsters (1998) Hilary and Jackie (1998) The War Zone (1999)

Best Newcomer


Winner:
	The War Zone (1999) - Lara Belmont
Other Nominees:
	Janice Beard 45 WPM (1999) - Eileen Walsh (I) Lighthouse (2000/I) - Simon Bowles Ratcatcher (1999) - Alwin H. Kuchler The Darkest Light (1999) - Keri Arnold

Douglas Hickox Award


Winner:
	Ratcatcher (1999) - Lynne Ramsay
Other Nominees:
	Beautiful People (1999) - Jasmin Dizdar East Is East (1999) - Damien O'Donnell (I) Human Traffic (1999) - Justin Kerrigan Janice Beard 45 WPM (1999) - Clare Kilner

Special Jury Prize


Winner:
	Simon Perry (I)

Producer of the Year


Winner:
	Simon Channing Williams

Lifetime Achievement Award


Awarded to:
	Nicolas Roeg