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