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2nd Empire Awards

1997 British film awards ceremony

Field	Value
number	2
award	Empire Awards
image	2nd Empire Awards logo.gif
caption	The logo for the 2nd Empire Awards
date
site	Park Lane Hotel, London, England
magazine_issue	#95 (May 1997)
best_film	Seven
best_british	Trainspotting
most_awards	Trainspotting (4)
last	1st
next	3rd

The 2nd Empire Awards ceremony, presented by the British film magazine Empire, honored the best films of 1996 and took place on 5 March 1997 at the Park Lane Hotel in London, England. During the ceremony, Empire presented Empire Awards in nine categories as well as two honorary awards. The award for Best British Director and the honorary Empire Inspiration Award were first introduced this year. The awards were sponsored by Miller Brewing Company.

Trainspotting won the most awards with four including Best British Film, Best British Director for Danny Boyle and Best British Actor for Ewan McGregor. Other winners included Seven with two awards including Best Film and 12 Monkeys, Fargo and Secrets & Lies with one. The Monty Python team received the Empire Inspiration Award and Freddie Francis received the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Multiple awards

The following two films received multiple awards:

Awards	Film
4	Trainspotting
2	Seven

References

Hans ten Cate. (20 August 1997). "Monty Python Received the Empire Inspiration Award".
(2003). "Past Winners - 1997". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
Hans ten Cate. (20 August 1997). "Terry Gillian wins Best Director at Empire Awards".

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