International Film Awards 2001

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International Film Awards 2001

 

Golden Globes, awarded in Beverly Hills, Calif., in January 2001

Best motion picture drama Gladiator (U.K./U.S.; director, Ridley Scott)

Best musical or comedy Almost Famous (U.S.; director, Cameron Crowe)

Best director Ang Lee (Wo hu zang lon [Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon], China/Hong Kong/Taiwan/U.S.)

Best actress, drama Julia Roberts (Erin Brockovich, U.S.)

Best actor, drama Tom Hanks (Cast Away, U.S.)

Best actress, musical or comedy Renée Zellweger (Nurse Betty, Germany/U.S.)

Best actor, musical or comedy George Clooney (O Brother, Where Art Thou?, U.K./France/U.S.)

Best foreign-language film Wo hu zang lon (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) (China/Hong Kong/Taiwan/U.S.; director, Ang Lee)

 

Sundance Film Festival, awarded in Park City, Utah, in January 2001

Grand Jury Prize, dramatic film The Believer (U.S.; director, Henry Bean)

Grand Jury Prize, documentary Southern Comfort (U.S.; director, Kate Davis)

Audience Award, dramatic film Hedwig and the Angry Inch (U.S.; director, John Cameron Mitchell)

Audience Award, documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys (U.S.; director, Stacy Peralta); Scout's Honor (U.S.; director, Tom Shepard)

Audience Award, world cinema Wode fuqin muqin (The Road Home) (China; director, Zhang Yimou)

Best director, dramatic film John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, U.S.)

Best director, documentary Stacy Peralta (Dogtown and Z-Boys, U.S.)

Special Jury Prize, dramatic film In the Bedroom (U.S.; director, Todd Field)

Special Jury Prize, documentary Children Underground (U.S.; director, Edet Belzberg)

 

Berlin International Film Festival, awarded in February 2001

Golden Bear Intimacy (Intimité) (France/U.K./Germany/Spain; director, Patrice Chéreau)

Silver Bear, Grand Jury Prize Shiqi sui de dan che (Beijing Bicycle) (China/Taiwan/France; director, Wang Xiaoshuai)

Silver Bear, Jury Prize Italiensk for begyndere (Italian for Beginners) (Denmark; director, Lone Scherfig)

Best director Lin Cheng-sheng (Ai ni ai wo [Betelnut Beauty], Taiwan/France)

Best actress Kerry Fox (Intimacy [Intimité], France/U.K./Germany/Spain)

Best actor Benicio Del Toro (Traffic, Germany/U.S.)

 

Césars (France), awarded in February 2001

Best film Le Goût des autres (France; director, Agnès Jaoui)

Best director Dominik Moll (Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien [Harry, He's Here to Help], France)

Best actress Dominique Blanc (Stand-by, France)

Best actor Sergi López (Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien [Harry, He's Here to Help], France)

Best new director of a feature film Laurent Cantet (Ressources humaines [Human Resources], France/U.K.)

 

British Academy of Film and Television Arts, awarded in London in February 2001

Best film Gladiator (U.K./U.S.; director, Ridley Scott)

Best director Ang Lee (Wo hu zang lon [Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon], China/Hong Kong/Taiwan/U.S.)

Best actress Julia Roberts (Erin Brockovich, U.S.)

Best actor Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot, U.K./France)

Best supporting actress Julie Walters (Billy Elliot, U.K./France)

Best supporting actor Benicio Del Toro (Traffic, Germany/U.S.)

Outstanding British film Billy Elliot (U.K./France; director, Stephen Daldry)

Best foreign-language film Wo hu zang lon (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) (China/Hong Kong/Taiwan/U.S.; director, Ang Lee)

 

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Oscars, U.S.), awarded in Los Angeles in March 2001

Best film Gladiator (U.K./U.S.; director, Ridley Scott)

Best director Steven Soderbergh (Traffic, Germany/U.S.)

Best actress Julia Roberts (Erin Brockovich, U.S.)

Best actor Russell Crowe (Gladiator, U.K./U.S.)

Best supporting actress Marcia Gay Harden (Pollock, U.S.)

Best supporting actor Benicio Del Toro (Traffic, Germany/U.S.)

Best foreign-language film Wo hu zang lon (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) (China/Hong Kong/Taiwan/U.S.; director, Ang Lee)

 

Cannes International Film Festival, France, awarded in May 2001

Palme d'Or La stanza del figlio (The Son's Room) (Italy/France; director, Nanni Moretti)

Grand Jury Prize La Pianiste (The Piano Teacher) (Austria/France; director, Michael Haneke)

Best director David Lynch (Mulholland Dr., France/U.S.); Joel Coen (The Man Who Wasn't There, U.S.)

Best screenplay Danis Tanovic (No Man's Land, Belgium/Bosnia and Herzegovina/France/Italy/Slovenia/U.K.)

Best actress Isabelle Huppert (La Pianiste [The Piano Teacher], Austria/France)

Best actor Benoît Magimel (La Pianiste [The Piano Teacher], Austria/France)

Caméra d'Or Atanarjuat, the Fast Runner (Canada; director, Zacharias Kunuk)

 

Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland, awarded in August 2001

Golden Leopard Alla rivoluzione sulla due cavalli (Italy; director, Maurizio Sciarra)

Special Jury Prize Delbaran (Iran/Japan; director, Abolfazl Jalili)

Silver Leopard L'Afrance (France/Senegal; director, Alain Gomis); Love the Hard Way (Germany/U.S.; director, Peter Sehr)

Best actress Kim Ho Jung (Nabi [The Butterfly], South Korea)

Best actor Andoni Gracia (Alla rivoluzione sulla due cavalli, Italy)

Audience Award Lagaan (Land Tax) (India; director, Ashutosh Gowariker)

 

Montreal World Film Festival, awarded in September 2001

Best film (Grand Prix of the Americas) Baran (Iran; director, Majid Majidi); Torzók (Abandoned) (Hungary; director, Árpád Sopsits)

Best actress Sandrine Kiberlain, Nicole Garcia, and Mathilde Seigner (Betty Fisher et autres histoires [Betty Fisher and Other Stories], France/Canada)

Best actor Robert Stadlober (Engel & Joe, Germany)

Best director Oliver Hirschbiegel (Das Experiment [The Experiment], Germany)

Grand Prix of the Jury El hijo de la novia (The Son of the Bride) (Argentina; director, Juan José Campanella)

Best screenplay Mariage (Canada; writer, Catherine Martin)

International Critics' Award Betty Fisher et autres histoires (Betty Fisher and Other Stories) (France/Canada; director, Claude Miller)

 

Toronto International Film Festival, awarded in September 2001

Best Canadian feature film Atanarjuat, the Fast Runner (director, Zacharias Kunuk)

Best Canadian first feature Inertia (director, Sean Garrity)

Best Canadian short film Film (dzama) (director, Deco Dawson)

Discovery award Chicken Rice War (Singapore; director, Chee Kong Cheah)

International Critics' Award Inch'Allah dimanche (France; director, Yamina Benguigui)

People's Choice Award Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain (Amélie) (France/Germany; director, Jean-Pierre Jeunet)

 

Venice Film Festival, awarded in September 2001

Golden Lion Monsoon Wedding (India; director, Mira Nair)

Grand Jury Prize Hundstage (Dog Days) (Austria; director, Ulrich Seidl)

Special Jury Prize Raye Makhfi (Secret Ballot, or Void Votes) (Canada/Iran/Italy/Switzerland; director, Babak Payami)

Volpi Cup, best actress Sandra Ceccarelli (Luci dei miei occhi, Italy)

Volpi Cup, best actor Luigi Lo Cascio (Luci dei miei occhi, Italy)

 

San Sebastián International Film Festival, Spain, awarded in September 2001

Best film Taxi para 3 (A Cab for Three) (Chile; director, Orlando Lubbert)

Special Jury Prize En construcción (Work in Progress) (Spain; director, José Luis Guerín)

Best director Jean-Pierre Améris (C'est la vie, France)

Best actress Pilar López de Ayala (Juana la Loca, Spain)

Best actor Düzgün Ayhan (Escape to Paradise, Switzerland)

Best photography Roman Osin (The Warrior, U.K.)

New Directors Prize Gerardo Tort (De la calle [Streeters], Mexico)

International Critics' Award En construcción (Work in Progress) (Spain; director, José Luis Guerín)

 

Chicago International Film Festival, awarded in October 2001

Best feature film À ma soeur! (For My Sister, or Fat Girl) (France/Italy/Spain; director, Catherine Breillat)

Grand Jury Prize Ni neibian jidian (What Time Is It There?) (Taiwan/France; director, Tsai Ming-Liang)

Best director Tsai Ming-Liang (Ni neibian jidian [What Time Is It There?], Taiwan/France)

Best actress Sandrine Kiberlain and Nicole Garcia (Betty Fisher et autres histoires [Betty Fisher and Other Stories], France/Canada)

Best actor Koji Yakusho (Akai hashi no shita no nurui mizu [Warm Water Under a Red Bridge], Japan/France)

Silver Hugo Qianxi manbo (Millennium Mambo) (Taiwan/France; director, Hou Hsiao-hsien)

International Critics' Award Anyangde guer (The Orphan of Anyang) (China; director, Wang Chao)

 

Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada, awarded in October 2001

Federal Express Award for Most Popular Canadian Film Obaachan's Garden (director, Linda Ohama)

Air Canada Award for Most Popular Film Promises (U.S./Israel; directors, B.Z. Goldberg, Justine Shapiro, and Carlos Bolado)

NFB Award (documentary feature) Jung (War): In the Land of the Mujaheddin (Italy/Afghanistan; directors, Alberto Vendemmiati and Fabrizio Lazzaretti)

Telefilm Canada Award for Best Western Canadian Feature Turning Paige (director, Robert Cuffley)

Telefilm Canada Award for Best Western Canadian Short Film 10-Speed (directors, Jeff Cunningham and Adam Locke-Norton)

Dragons and Tigers Award for Young Cinema Ming dai ahui zhu (Mirror Image) (Taiwan; director, Hsiao Ya-chuan)

 

Tokyo International Film Festival, awarded in November 2001

Grand Prize Slogans (Albania/France; director, Gjergi Xhuvani)

Special Jury Prize Zir-e noor-e maah (Under the Moonlight) (Iran; director, Sayed Reza Mir-Karimi)

 

European Film Awards, awarded in Berlin, December 2001

Best European film Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain (Amélie) (France; director, Jean-Pierre Jeunet)

Best actress Isabelle Huppert (La Pianiste [The Piano Teacher]), France/Austria)

Best actor Ben Kingsley (Sexy Beast, U.K./Spain)

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