2000 National Society of Film Critics Awards explained

35th NSFC Awards

January 6, 2001

----Best Film:
Yi Yi

The 35th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 6 January 2001, honored the best in film for 2000.^[1]

Winners

Best Picture

1. Yi Yi
2. Traffic
3. The House of Mirth

Best Director

1. Steven Soderbergh  - Traffic and Erin Brockovich
2. Edward Yang  - Yi Yi
3. Ang Lee  - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)

Best Actor

1. Javier Bardem  - Before Night Falls
2. Mark Ruffalo  - You Can Count on Me
3. Tom Hanks  - Cast Away

Best Actress

1. Laura Linney  - You Can Count on Me
2. Gillian Anderson  - The House of Mirth
3. Ellen Burstyn  - Requiem for a Dream

Best Supporting Actor

1. Benicio del Toro  - Traffic
2. Fred Willard  - Best in Show
3. Willem Dafoe  - Shadow of the Vampire

Best Supporting Actress

1. Elaine May  - Small Time Crooks
2. Frances McDormand  - Almost Famous and Wonder Boys
3. Marcia Gay Harden  - Pollock

Best Screenplay

1. Kenneth Lonergan  - You Can Count on Me
2. Steve Kloves  - Wonder Boys
3. Stephen Gaghan  - Traffic

Best Cinematography

1. Agnès Godard  - Beau Travail
2. Peter Pau  - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)
2. Steven Soderbergh  - Traffic

Best Non-Fiction Film

1. The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
2. Dark Days
3. The Original Kings of Comedy

Experimental Film Award

• The Heart of the World

Film Heritage Award

• The National Film Preservation Foundation for "Treasures from American Film Archives," its four-DVD anthology of 50 films, "for preserving and propagating a body of films of cultural and historical significance, with an emphasis on non-Hollywood films."

Special Citation

• Michelangelo Antonioni

External links

• Past Awards

Notes and References

1. News: Cardwell. Diane. Critics Group Honors Quirky List of Film Favorites. 2 January 2018. The New York Times. 7 January 2001.