British Independent Film Awards 2001

The British Independent Film Awards 2001 were held on 24 October 2001 to recognise the best in British independent cinema and filmmaking talent from United Kingdom.

To be eligible for consideration, films needed to have been produced, or majority co-produced by a British company, or in receipt of at least 51% of their budget from a British source. In addition they could not be solely funded by a single studio.^[1]

Nominations were announced on 26 September 2001.^[2][3][4][5] The award ceremony, hosted by Dermot O'Leary, was held at the Park Lane Hotel, in London's West End the following month, a change from the Café Royal which was the venue for the first three ceremonies.^{[6][7][8][9][10]} Winners in fourteen categories were selected from the shortlists and a further four were awarded entirely at the jury's discretion, whose make up included Primary Colours actor Adrian Lester, High Fidelity director Stephen Frears, director of the BBC film Last Resort, Paweł Pawlikowski, Christopher Fowler, Paul Trijbits, Parminder Vir and Stephen Woolley.^[1][11]

New award categories for Best Music and Best Technical Achievement were introduced in this year.^[3]