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5th Empire Awards

2000 British film awards ceremony

Field	Value
number	5
award	Empire Awards
image	5th Empire Awards logo.gif
caption	The logo for the 5th Empire Awards
date
site	Park Lane Hotel, London, England
magazine_issue	#130 (April 2000)
best_film	The Matrix
best_british	Notting Hill
most_awards	Notting Hill (3)
most_nominations	The Sixth Sense (6)
last	4th
next	6th

The 5th Empire Awards ceremony, presented by the British film magazine Empire, honored the best films of 1999 and took place on 17 February 2000 at the Park Lane Hotel in London, England. During the ceremony, Empire presented Empire Awards in nine categories as well as five honorary awards. The honorary Contribution to Cinema award was introduced and presented for the only time this year. The honorary Movie Masterpiece Award was presented for the last time, having been presented for the first and only other time at the 4th Empire Awards in 1999. The awards were sponsored by Stella Artois for the third consecutive year.

Notting Hill won the most awards with three including Best British Film and Best British Director for Roger Michell. Other winners included The Matrix with two awards including Best Film and East Is East, Fight Club, Shakespeare in Love, The Sixth Sense and The World Is Not Enough with one. Kenneth Branagh received the Empire Inspiration Award, Michael Caine received the Lifetime Achievement Award, Industrial Light & Magic received the Contribution to Cinema award and Oliver Stone received the Movie Masterpiece Award for JFK.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Multiple awards

The following two films received multiple awards:

Awards	Film
3	Notting Hill
2	The Matrix

Multiple nominations

The following 12 films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Film
6	The Sixth Sense
5	Notting Hill
4	Fight Club
Shakespeare in Love
The Matrix
3	East Is East
Little Voice
2	Eyes Wide Shut
Human Traffic
Ride with the Devil
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
The World Is Not Enough

Notes

References

. (17 February 2000). ["Empire Awards Announced. Stars out in force for the Empire Awards today"](http://www.empireonline.com/News/story.asp?nid=14945). *[[Bauer Consumer Media]]*.
. (18 January 2001). ["Genie succeeds Stella as Empire film awards sponsor"](http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/genie-succeeds-stella-as-empire-film-awards-sponsor/2019819.article). *[[Centaur Communications Ltd]]*.
(2003). "Past Winners - 2000". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
. (2 February 2000). ["Empire 2000 Awards: Nominations Announced. Sixth Sense is an early leader"](http://www.empireonline.com/News/story.asp?nid=14899). *[[Bauer Consumer Media]]*.

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