And The Winner Is...The Year 2001 in Awards

Well, that's it for 2001, almost. Joe Bowman of the brilliant Fin de cinema; a beautiful resource of the best on World, European and independent cinema, his impressive series 'The Decade List' continues unabated and goes down as a definite read for any self-respecting cinephile, wraps up the year with the obligatory round of back-slapping, self congratulating, love-fest that is the film awards. Joe supplies us with an exhaustive, cohesive list of the years biggest awards and winners and brings the curtain down on part 2 of our noughties retrospective for Counting Down The Zeroes. See you all in 2002. And the winner is...

Director Nanni Moretti, winner of the Palme D'or with The Son's Room

Cannes Film Festival, held 9-20 May 2001

Palme d'Or: La Stanza del figlio (The Son's Room) [d. Nanni Moretti]
Grand Prix: La Pianiste (The Piano Teacher) [d. Michael Haneke]
Best Director: (tie) David Lynch - Mulholland Drive; Joel Coen - The Man Who Wasn't There
Best Actor: Benoît Magimel - La Pianiste
Best Actress: Isabelle Huppert - La Pianiste [unanimously]
Best Screenplay: Danis Tanovic - No Man's Land
Technical Grand Prize: Tu Du-Che - Millennium Mambo
Camera d'Or: Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner [d. Zacharias Kunuk]

Venice Film Festival, held 29 August - 8 September 2002

Golden Lion: Monsoon Wedding [d. Mira Nair]
Grand Special Jury Prize: Hundstage (Dog Days) [d. Ulrich Seidl]
Best Actor: Luigi Lo Cascio - Luce dei miei occhi [Light of My Eyes]
Best Actress: Sandra Ceccarelli - Luce dei miei occhi
Career Golden Lion: Eric Rohmer

Toronto International Film Festival, held 6-15 September 2001

People's Choice Award: Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (Amélie) [d. Jean-Pierre Jeunet]
Discovery Award: Chicken Rice War [d. Cheah Chee Kong]
Best Canadian Feature: Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner [d. Zacharias Kunuk]

Berlin International Film Festival, 7-18 February 2001

Golden Bear: Intimacy [d. Patrice Chéreau]
Best Director: Lin Cheng-sheng - Betelnut Beauty
Best Actor: Benicio Del Toro - Traffic
Best Actress: Kerry Fox - Intimacy
Jury Grand Prix: Beijing Bicycle [d. Wang Xiaoshuai]
Jury Prize: Italiensk for begyndere (Italian for Beginners) [d. Lone Scherfig]
Outstanding Artistic Achievement: You're the one (una historia de entonces) [d. Raúl Pérez Cubero]
Honorary Golden Bear: Kirk Douglas
Teddy (Feature): Hedwig and the Angry Inch [d. John Cameron Mitchell]
Teddy (Documentary): Trembling Before G-d [d. Sandi Simcha Dubowski]
Teddy (Jury Award): Forbidden Fruit [d. Sue Maluwa-Bruce, Beate Kunath]

Sundance Film Festival, held 18-28 January 2001

Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic): The Believer [d. Henry Bean]
Grand Jury Prize (Documentary): Southern Comfort [d. Kate Davis]
Director (Dramatic): John Cameron Mitchell - Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Director (Documentary): Stacy Peralta - Dogtown and Z-Boys
Special Jury Prize (Dramatic): In the Bedroom, for Tom Wilkinson and Sissy Spacek
Special Jury Prize (Documentary): Children Underground [d. Edet Belzberg]
Cinematography (Dramatic): Giles Nuttgens - The Deep End
Cinematography (Documentary): Albert Maysles - LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton
Audience Award (Dramatic): Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Audience Award (Documentary): (tie) Dogtown and Z-Boys; Scout's Honor [d. Tom Shepard]
Audience Award (World Cinema): The Road Home [d. Zhang Yimou]

Academy Awards, held 24 March 2002

Best Picture: A Beautiful Mind [d. Ron Howard] Best Director: Ron Howard - A Beautiful Mind
Best Actor: Denzel Washington - Training Day
Best Actress: Halle Berry - Monster's Ball
Best Supporting Actor: Jim Broadbent - Iris
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Connelly - A Beautiful Mind
Best Original Screenplay: Julian Fellowes - Gosford Park
Best Adapted Screenplay: Akiva Goldsman - A Beautiful Mind
Best Cinematography: Andrew Lesnie - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Best Documentary: Un coupable idéal (Murder on a Sunday Morning) [d. Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, Denis Poncet]
Best Foreign Film: No Man's Land [d. Danis Tanovic]
Animated Feature: Shrek [d. Aron Warner]
Honorary Award: Sidney Poitier, Robert Redford

BAFTAs, held 24 February 2002

Best Film: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring [d. Peter Jackson]
Best Director: Ang Lee - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Best British Film: Billy Elliot [d. Stephen Daldry]
Best Actor: Russell Crowe - A Beautiful Mind
Best Actress: Judi Dench - Iris
Best Supporting Actor: Jim Broadbent - Moulin Rouge!
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Connelly - A Beautiful Mind
Best Original Screenplay: Guillaume Laurant, Jean-Pierre Jeunet - Amélie
Best Adapted Screenplay: Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Roger S.H. Shulman - Shrek
Best Cinematography: Roger Deakins - The Man Who Wasn't There
Film Not in the English Language: Amores perros [d. Alejandro González Iñárritu]

European Film Awards, held 1 December 2001

Best Film: Amélie [d. Jean-Pierre Jeunet]
Best Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet - Amélie
Best Actor: Ben Kingsley - Sexy Beast
Best Actress: Isabelle Huppert - La Pianiste (The Piano Teacher)
Best Cinematography: Bruno Delbonnel - Amélie
Best Screenplay: Danis Tanovic - No Man's Land
Best Documentary: Black Box BRD [d. Andres Veiel]
Discovery: El Bola [d. Achero Mañas]
Screen International: Moulin Rouge! [d. Baz Luhrmann]
Audience Award (Actor): Colin Firth - Bridget Jones's Diary
Audience Award (Actress): Juliette Binoche - Chocolat
Audience Award (Director): Jean-Pierre Jeunet - Amélie
Life Achievement Award: Monty Python

Independent Spirit, held 23 March 2002

Best Feature: Memento [d. Christopher Nolan]
Best First Feature: In the Bedroom [d. Todd Field]
Best Director: Christopher Nolan - Memento
Best Male Lead: Tom Wilkinson - In the Bedroom
Best Female Lead: Sissy Spacek - In the Bedroom
Best Supporting Male: Steve Buscemi - Ghost World
Best Supporting Female: Carrie-Anne Moss - Memento
Best Debut Performance: Paul Dano - L.I.E.
Best Screenplay: Christopher Nolan - Memento
Best First Screenplay: Daniel Clowes, Terry Zwigoff - Ghost World
Best Cinematography: Peter Deming - Mulholland Drive
Best Documentary: Dogtown and Z-Boys [d. Stacy Peralta]
Best Foreign Film: Amélie [d. Jean-Pierre Jeunet]
Someone to Watch Award: Debra Eisenstadt - Daydream Believer

Golden Globes, held 20 January 2002

Picture (Drama): A Beautiful Mind [d. Ron Howard]
Picture (Comedy/Musical): Moulin Rouge! [d. Baz Luhrmann]
Director: Robert Altman - Gosford Park
Actor (D): Russell Crowe - A Beautiful Mind
Actress (D): Sissy Spacek - In the Bedroom
Actor (M/C): Nicole Kidman - Moulin Rouge!
Actress (M/C): Renée Zellweger - Nurse Betty
Supporting Actor: Jim Broadbent - Iris
Supporting Actress: Jennifer Connelly - A Beautiful Mind
Screenplay: Akiva Goldsman - A Beautiful Mind
Foreign Film: No Man's Land [d. Danis Tanovic]
Cecil B. DeMille Award: Harrison Ford

Césars Awards (France), held 2 March 2002

Best Film (Meilleur film): Amélie [d. Jean-Pierre Jeunet]
Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur): Jean-Pierre Jeunet - Amélie
Best Actor (Meilleur acteur): Michel Bouquet - Comment j'ai tué mon père (How I Killed My Father)
Best Actress (Meilleure actrice): Emmanuelle Devos - Sur mes lèvres (Read My Lips)
Best Supporting Actor (Meilleur acteur dans un second rôle): André Dussollier - La Chambre des officiers (Officer's Ward)
Best Supporting Actress (Meilleure actrice dans un second rôle): Annie Girardot - La Pianiste (The Piano Teacher)
Most Promising Actor (Meilleur espoir masculin): Robinson Stévenin - Mauvais genres (Transfixed)
Most Promising Actress (Meilleur espoir féminin): Rachida Brakni - Chaos
Best Screenplay (Meilleur scénario): Jacques Audiard, Tonino Benacquista - Sur mes lèvres
Best Cinematography (Meilleure photographie): Tetsuo Nagata - La Chambre des officiers
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): Mulholland Drive [d. David Lynch]
Best First Film (Meilleur premier film): No Man's Land [d. Danis Tanovic]
Honorary Césars: Anouk Aimée, Jeremy Irons, Claude Rich

Goya Awards (Spain), held 2 February 2002

Best Film (Mejor Película): The Others [d: Alejandro Amenábar]
Best Director (Mejor Director): Alejandro Amenábar - The Others
Best New Director (Mejor Director Novel): Juan Carlos Fresnadillo - Intacto
Best Actor (Mejor Actor Principal): Eduard Fernández - Fausto 5,0
Best Actress (Mejor Actriz Principal): Pilar López de Ayala - Juana la Loca (Mad Love)
Best Supporting Actor (Mejor Actor de Reparto): Emilio Gutiérrez Caba - El cielo abierto
Best Supporting Actress (Mejor Actriz de Reparto): Rosa Maria Sardà - Sin vergüenza (No Shame)
Best New Actor (Mejor Actor Revelación): Leonardo Sbaraglia - Intacto
Best New Actress (Mejor Actriz Revelación): Paz Vega - Lucía y el sexo (Sex and Lucía)
Best Original Screenplay (Mejor Guión Original): Alejandro Amenábar - The Others
Best Adapted Screenplay (Mejor Guión Adaptado): Jorge Juan Martínez, Carlos Molinero, Clara Pérez Escrivá, Lola Salvador - Salvajes (Savages)
Best Spanish Language Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera de Habla Hispana): La fuga [The Escape], Argentina [d: Eduardo Mignogna] Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea): Amèlie [d. Jean-Pierre Jeunet] Honorary Goya: Juan Antonio Bardem

Hong Kong Film Awards, held 21 April 2002

Best Film: Shaolin Soccer [d: Stephen Chow]
Best Director: Stephen Chow - Shaolin Soccer
Best Actor: Stephen Chow - Shaolin Soccer
Best Actress: Sylvia Chang - Forever and Ever
Best Supporting Actor: Wong Yut Fei - Shaolin Soccer
Best Supporting Actress: Karena Lam - July Rhapsody
Best New Performer: Karena Lam - July Rhapsody
Best Screenplay: Ivy Ho - July Rhapsody
Best Asian Film: Spirited Away, Japan [d. Hayao Miyazaki]

The Japanese Academy Awards, held 8 March 2002

Best Film: Spirited Away [d. Hayao Miyazaki]
Best Director: Isao Yukisada - Go
Best Actor: Yôsuke Kubozuka - Go
Best Actress: Keiko Kishi - Kah-chan
Best Supporting Actor: Tsutomu Yamazaki - Go
Best Supporting Actress: Kou Shibasaki - Go
Best Screenplay: Kankurô Kudô - Go
Best Foreign Film: Billy Elliot [d. Stephen Daldry]
Popularity Award: Platonic Sex [d. Masako Matsûra]
Lifetime Achievement: Hayao Miyazaki

Genie Awards (Canada), held 7 February 2002

Best Film: Atanarjuat [d. Zacharias Kunuk]
Best Director: Zacharias Kunuk - Atanarjuat
Best Actor: Brendan Fletcher - The Law of Enclosures
Best Actress: Elise Guilbault - La femme qui boit
Best Supporting Actor: Vincent Gale - Last Wedding
Best Supporting Actress: Molly Parker - Last Wedding
Best Screenplay: Paul Apak Angilirq - Atanarjuat
Claude Jutra Award: Zacharias Kunuk - Atanarjuat

Directors Guild of America, given 9 March 2002

Best Director (Narrative): Ron Howard - A Beautiful Mind
Best Director (Documentary): Chris Hegedus, Jehane Noujaim - Startup.com

Screen Actors Guild Awards, held 11 March

Outstanding Male Actor in a Leading Role: Russell Crowe - A Beautiful Mind Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading Role: Halle Berry - Monster's Ball Outstanding Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Ian McKellan - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Outstanding Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Helen Mirren - Gosford Park Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture: Gosford Park, given to Eileen Atkins, Bob Balaban, Alan Bates, Charles Dance, Stephen Fry, Michael Gambon, Richard E. Grant, Tom Hollander, Derek Jacobi, Kelly Macdonald, Helen Mirren, Jeremy Northam, Clive Owen, Ryan Philippe, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, Geraldine Somerville, Sophie Thompson, Emily Watson, James Wilby

Razzies

Worst Film: Freddy Got Fingered [d. Tom Green]
Worst Director: Tom Green - Freddy Got Fingered
Worst Actor: Tom Green - Freddy Got Fingered
Worst Actress: Mariah Carey - Glitter
Worst Supporting Actor: Charlton Heston - Cats & Dogs, Planet of the Apes, Town & Country
Worst Supporting Actress: Estella Warren - Planet of the Apes, Driven Worst Screenplay: Tom Green, Derek Harvie - Freddy Got Fingered
Worst Remake/Sequel: Planet of the Apes [d. Tim Burton]