'' Morvern Callar '' ( 2002 ) won Samantha Morton the British Independent Film Award for Best Actress , and Kathleen McDermott the Scottish BAFTA Award for Best Actress . It also won the 2002 C.I.C.A.E. Award and the Award of The Youth at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival . The motion picture soundtrack includes tracks from Stereolab , Aphex Twin , Broadcast , Velvet Underground , and Nancy Sinatra . Ramsay is credited as the writer and director . The film is based on Alan Warner 's 1995 novel of the same name , Morvern Callar . It was featured in the Directors Fortnight for the Cannes Film Festival 2002 and then went on to open the Edinburgh International Film Festival in August of the same year . The film also featured at the Telluride , Toronto , San Sebastian , Dinard and Stockholm Film Festivals of 2002 . It was nominated for seven British Independent Film Awards
2002 Cannes Film Festival
2002 Cannes Film Festival
Lynne Ramsay