50th British Academy Film Awards

Best Film

	The English Patient - Saul Zaentz and Anthony Minghella
	Fargo - Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
	Secrets & Lies - Simon Channing Williams and Mike Leigh
	Shine - Jane Scott and Scott Hicks

Best Direction

	Joel Coen - Fargo
	Anthony Minghella - The English Patient
	Mike Leigh - Secrets & Lies
	Scott Hicks - Shine

Best Actor in a Leading Role

	Geoffrey Rush - Shine as David Helfgott
	Ian McKellen - Richard III as Richard III
	Ralph Fiennes - The English Patient as László Almásy
	Timothy Spall - Secrets & Lies as Maurice Purley

Best Actress in a Leading Role

	Brenda Blethyn - Secrets & Lies as Cynthia Rose Purley
	Emily Watson - Breaking the Waves as Bess McNeill
	Frances McDormand - Fargo as Marge Gunderson
	Kristin Scott Thomas - The English Patient as Katharine Clifton

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

	Paul Scofield - The Crucible as Thomas Danforth
	Alan Rickman - Michael Collins as Éamon de Valera
	Edward Norton - Primal Fear as Aaron Stampler / Roy
	John Gielgud - Shine as Cecil Parkes

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

	Juliette Binoche - The English Patient as Hana
	Lauren Bacall - The Mirror Has Two Faces as Hannah Morgan
	Lynn Redgrave - Shine as Gillian
	Marianne Jean-Baptiste - Secrets & Lies as Hortense Cumberbatch

Best Original Screenplay

	Secrets & Lies - Mike Leigh
	Brassed Off - Mark Herman
	Fargo - Ethan Coen and Joel Coen
	Lone Star - John Sayles
	Shine - Jan Sardi

Best Adapted Screenplay

	The English Patient - Anthony Minghella
	The Crucible - Arthur Miller
	Evita - Alan Parker and Oliver Stone
	Richard III - Ian McKellen and Richard Loncraine

Best Editing

	The English Patient - Walter Murch
	Evita - Gerry Hambling
	Fargo - Roderick Jaynes
	Shine - Pip Karmel

Best Cinematography

	The English Patient - John Seale
	Evita - Darius Khondji
	Fargo - Roger Deakins
	Michael Collins - Chris Menges

Best Production Design

	Richard III - Tony Burrough
	The English Patient - Stuart Craig
	Evita - Brian Morris
	Hamlet - Tim Harvey

Best Costume Design

	Richard III - Shuna Harwood
	The English Patient - Ann Roth
	Evita - Penny Rose
	Hamlet - Alexandra Byrne

Best Makeup and Hair

	The Nutty Professor - Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson
	101 Dalmatians - Lynda Armstrong, Martial Corneville, Colin Jamison and Jean-Luc Russier
	The English Patient - Fabrizio Sforza and Nigel Booth
	Evita - Sarah Monzani and Martin Samuel

Best Special Visual Effects

	Twister - Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Henry Labounta and Habib Zargarpour
	Independence Day - Tricia Ashford, Volker Engel, Clay Pinney, Douglas Smith and Joe Viskocil
	The Nutty Professor - Jon Farhat
	Toy Story - Eben Fiske Ostby and William Reeves

Best Original Music

	The English Patient - Gabriel Yared
	Brassed Off - Trevor Jones
	Evita - Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
	Shine - David Hirschfelder

Best Sound

	Shine - Jim Greenhorn, Toivo Lember, Livia Ruzic, Roger Savage and Gareth Vanderhope
	The English Patient - Mark Berger, Pat Jackson, Walter Murch, Chris Newman, David Parker and Ivan Sharrock
	Evita - Anna Behlmer, Eddy Joseph, Andy Nelson, Ken Weston and Nigel Wright
	Independence Day - Bob Beemer, Bill W. Benton, Chris Carpenter, Sandy Gendler, Val Kuklowsky and Jeff Wexler

Best Film Not in the English Language

	Ridicule - Frederic Brillion, Philippe Carcassonne, Gilles Legrand and Patrice Leconte
	Antonia's Line - Hans de Weers and Marleen Gorris
	Kolya - Eric Abraham and Jan Svěrák
	Nelly and Mr. Arnaud - Alain Sarde and Claude Sautet

Outstanding British Film

	Secrets & Lies - Simon Channing Williams and Mike Leigh
	Brassed Off - Steve Abbott and Mark Herman
	Carla's Song - Sally Hibbin and Ken Loach
	Richard III - Lisa Katselas, Stephen Bayly and Richard Loncraine

Best Short Film

	Majorettes in Space (Des majorettes dans l'espace) - Carole Scotta and David Fourier
	The Butterfly Man - Robin MacPherson and Barry Ackroyd
	Dual Balls - Laurence Bowen and Dan Zeff
	Everything Must Go - François Barat and Jean-Marc Moutout
	Machination - Alice Beckmann and Ralph Seiler

Best Short Animation

	The Old Lady and the Pigeons - Bernard La Joie, Didier Brunner and Sylvain Chomet
	Famous Fred - John Coates, Catrin Unwin and Joanna Quinn
	The Saint Inspector - Richard Hutchinson and Mike Booth
	Testament: The Bible in Animation (for episode "Joseph") - Elizabeth Babakhina and Aida Ziablikoua
	Testament: The Bible in Animation (for episode "Moses") - Naomi Jones and Gary Hurst
	Trainspotter - Christopher Moll, Jeff Newitt and Neville Astley