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2nd Empire Awards
The logo for the 2nd Empire Awards
Date	5 March 1997 (1997-03-05)
Site	Park Lane Hotel, London, England
Empire issue	#95 (May 1997)
Highlights
Best Film	Seven
Best British Film	Trainspotting
Most awards	Trainspotting (4)
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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:

References

1. ^ Hans ten Cate (20 August 1997). "Monty Python Received the Empire Inspiration Award". Pythonline's Daily Llama. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
2. "Past Winners - 1997". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2003. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
3. ^ Hans ten Cate (20 August 1997). "Terry Gillian wins Best Director at Empire Awards". Pythonline's Daily Llama. Retrieved 25 September 2014.

External links

• 2nd Empire Awards at IMDb

• 1996 film awards
• 1997 in British cinema
• 1997 in London
• Empire Award ceremonies
• March 1997 events in the United Kingdom