FILMS AWARDS WINNERS
The Jameson Empire Awards 2010
Grosvenor House, London - Sun 28 March 2010
Avatar scooped two top awards at the ceremony for Best Director and Best Film.
The Best British Film went to Harry Brown, starring Sir Michael Caine.
Actor, Ray Winstone was also recognised with his award for Outstanding Contribution to British Film.
These awards are voted for by the readers of Empire Magazine:
- Best Film: Avatar
- Best British Film: Harry Brown
- Best Director: James Cameron, Avatar
- Best Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
- Best Actress: Zoe Saldana, Avatar
- Best Newcomer: Aaron Johnson, Nowhere Boy
- Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy: Star Trek
- Best Horror: Let The Right One In
- Best Thriller: Sherlock Holmes
- Empire Icon: Ian McKellen
- Best Comedy: In The Loop
- Outstanding Contribution To British Film: Ray Winstone
- Inspiration Award: Andy Serkis
- Hero Award: Jude Law
For a full list of winners click here
82nd Annual Academy Awards winners
Sunday 07 March 2010, Hollywood, USA
The Hurt Locker swept the board at this year's Oscars, collecting 6 awards including Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay. The film's director, Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win the award for Best Director.
Having previously missed out on 4 occasions, Jeff Bridges won the award for Best Actor, his first Oscar, for his performance in Crazy Heart.
Pixar animated film, UP, won in two categories for Best Animation and Best Original Score.
Winners List:
- Best Film: The Hurt Locker
- Actor In A Leading Role: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
- Actress In A Leading Role: Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
- Directing: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
- Actor In A Supporting Role: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
- Actress In A Supporting Role: Mo'Nique, Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire
- Leading Actress: Carey Mulligan, An Education
- Leading Actor: Colin Firth, A Single Man
- Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
- Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, Precious: Based On the Novel Push By Sapphire
- Animated Feature Film: Up
- Documentary Feature: The Cove
- The Hurt Locker
- Crazy Heart
- The Blind Side
- Up
- Best Film: The Hurt Locker
- Outstanding British Film: Fish Tank
- Director: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
- Original Screenplay: The Hurt Locker
- Adapted Screenplay: Up In The Air
- Film Not In the English language: A Prophet
- Leading Actress: Carey Mulligan, An Education
- Leading Actor: Colin Firth, A Single Man
- Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
- Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, Precious: Based On the Novel Push By Sapphire
- Animated Film: Up
- Orange Rising Star Award: Kristen Stewart
- Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer: Duncan Jones, director, Moon
- Outstanding contribution to British Cinema: Joe Dunton
- Bafta Fellowship: Vanessa Redgrave
- The Hurt Locker
- An Education
- A Single Man
- Fish Tank
- Picture, Drama: Avatar
- Picture, Musical or Comedy: The Hangover
- Actor, Drama: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
- Actress, Drama: Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
- Director: James Cameron, Avatar
- Actor, Musical or Comedy: Robert Downey Jr., Sherlock Holmes
- Actress, Musical or Comedy: Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
- Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
- Supporting Actress: Mo'nique, Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire
- Foreign Language Film: The White Ribbon
- Animated Film: Up
- Screenplay: Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner, Up In the Air
- Original Score: Michael Giacchino, Up
- Original Song: ‚The Weary Kind’, Crazy Heart
- Cecil B. DeMille Award: Martin Scorsese
- 8 Academy Awards (Oscars)
- 7 Orange British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs)
- 4 Golden Globes
- 4 Richard Attenborough Film Awards
- 3 London Film Critics Circle Awards
- 1 London Evening Standard Award
- Best Film:— The Dark Knight
- Best British Film: — Rocknrolla
- Best Director: — Christopher Nolan
- Best Actor: — Christian Bale
- Best Actress: — Helena Bonham Carter
- Best Newcomer: — Gemma Arterton
- Best Thriller: — Quantum Of Solace
- Empire Icon: &mdash Viggo Mortensen
- Best Comedy: &mdash Son Of Rambow
- Actor Of Our Lifetime: &mdash Russell Crowe
- Outstanding Contribution To British Film: &mdash Danny Boyle
- Best Picture: (Danny Boyle, Christian Colson) — Slumdog Millionaire
- Actor In A Leading Role: Sean Penn — Milk
- Actress In A Leading Role: Kate Winslet — The Reader
- Directing: Danny Boyle — Slumdog Millionaire
- Actor In A Supporting Role: Heath Ledger — The Dark Knight
- Actress In A Supporting Role: Penelope Cruz — Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Animated Feature Film: WALL-E
- Documentary Feature: Man On Wire
- Best Film: Slumdog Millionaire
- Outstanding British Film: Man On Wire
- Director: Danny Boyle — Slumdog Millionaire
- British Director: Danny Boyle — Slumdog Millionaire
- Original Scrrenplay: Martin McDonagh — In Bruges
- Adapted Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy — Slumdog Millionaire
- Film Not In the English language: I've Loved You So Long
- Leading Actress:Kate Winslet — The Reader
- Leading Actor: Mickey Rourke — The Wrestler
- Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger — The Dark Knight
- Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz — Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Animated Film: WALL-E
- Orange Rising Star Award: Noel Clarke
- The Carl Foreman Award: Steve McQueen — Noel Clarke
- Film: The Wrestler
- British Film: Slumdog Millionaire
- Director: David Fincher — The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
- British Director: Danny Boyle — Slumdog Millionaire
- Foreign Film: Waltz With Bashir
- Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy — Slumdog Millionaire
- Actress: Kate Winslet — The Reader and Revolutionary Road
- British Actress: Kristin Scott Thomas — I've Loved You So Long
- Actor: Mickey Rourke — The Wrestler
- British Actor: Michael Fassbender — Hunger
- Supporting Actress: Tilda Swinton — The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
- Supporting Actor: Eddie Marsan — Happy-Go-Lucky
- Young Performer: Thomas Turgoose — Somers Town and Eden Lake
- Filmmaking Breakthrough: Steve McQueen — Hunger
- The Dilys Powell Award for Outstanding Contribution to Cinema:
Dame Judi Dench - Best Film: Hunger
- Best Director: Stephen Daldry — The Reader
- Best Actor (tie): Michael Sheen — Hunger, Pat Shortt — Garage
- Best Actress: Tilda Swinton — Julia
- Best Screenplay: Martin McDonagh — In Bruges
- Technical Achievement: Mark Digby — production designer of Slumdog Millionaire
- Most Promising Newcomer: Joanna Hogg — director, Unrelated
- Peter Sellers Award for Comedy: Sally Hawkins — for her performance in Happy-Go-Lucky
- Alexander Walker Special Award: Mike Leigh
- Film of the year: Slumdog Millionaire.
- Filmmaker of the year: Danny Boyle, director, Slumdog Millionaire.
- Rising Star of the year: Dev Patel in Slumdog Millionaire.
- Actress of the year: Kate Winslet for The Reader.
- Actor of the year: Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler.
- Screenwriter of the year: Martin McDonagh for In Bruges.
- British Film of the year in association with The Alan Titchmarsh Show:
Mamma Mia! The Movie - British Breakthrough Star of the yearin association with Focus preview magazine:
Dev Patel in Slumdog Millionaire - Original film score of the year in association with Classic FM:
The Dark Knight - composers James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer - Film of the year in association with The List magazine (Scotland):
The Dark Knight - Carrie Thatcher, Press Office:
Tel 020 7437 4383
Email cthatcher@fda.uk.net - Images from the event announcing the RAFA winners are available from www.image.net. A short video programme covering the awards will be available for online presentation only from Monday 2nd February 2009.
- Images from the six films receiving awards are available from their individual distributor sources: Slumdog Millionaire - Pathè; The Reader - Entertainment Film Distributors; The Wrestler - Optimum Releasing; In Bruges - Universal Pictures; Mamma Mia! - Universal Pictures; The Dark Knight - Warner Bros.
- Picture, Drama: Slumdog Millionaire
- Picture, Musical or Comedy: Vicky Christina Barcelona
- Actor, Drama: Mickey Rourke — The Wrestler
- Actress, Drama: Kate Winslet — Revolutionary Road
- Director: Danny Boyle — Slumdog Millionaire
- Actor, Musical or Comedy: Colin Farrell — In Bruges
- Actress, Musical or Comedy: Sally Hawkins — Happy-Go-Lucky
- Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger — The Dark Knight
- Supporting Actress: Kate Winslet — The Reader
- Foreign Language Film: Waltz With Bashir
- Animated Film: Wall-E
- Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy — Slumdog Millionaire
- Original Score: A.R. Rahman — Slumdog Millionaire
- Original Song: The Wrestler (performed by Bruce Springsteen, written by Bruce Springsteen) — The Wrestler
- Cecil B. DeMille Award: Steven Spielberg for 'Outstanding contribution to the entertainment field'
Find out more about the big winners at their official sites from the following links:
For a full list of winners and all other information on the Oscars please click here
Orange British Academy Film Awards
Sunday 21 February 2010, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
The Hurt Locker collected a total of 6 awards at this year's BAFTAs, including Best film, Director and original screenplay.
The two prestigious acting awards both went to British talent as Colin Firth (for A Single Man) and Carey Mulligan (for An Education) were honoured for their leading performances.
Winners List:
To find out more about these award winning films, click on the following links:
For a full list of winners and all other information on the BAFTAs please click here
The 30th annual London Film Critics' Circle Awards took place on February 18th 2010 at the Landmark Hotel, Marylebone:
Film Of The Year: A Prophet
The Attenborough Award: British Film Of The Year: Fish Tank
Foreign Language Film Of The Year: Let The Right One In
Director Of The Year: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
British Director Of The Year: Andrea Arnold, Fish Tank
Actor Of The Year: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Actress Of The Year: Mo'Nique, Precious: A Novel By Sapphire
British Actor Of The Year: Colin Firth, A Single Man
British Actress Of The Year: Carey Mulligan, An Education
British Actor In A Supporting Role: Michael Fassbender, Fish Tank
British Actress In a Supporting Role: Anne-Marie Duff, Nowhere Boy
Screenwriter(s) Of The Year: Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche, In the Loop
The NSPCC Award: Young British performer of The Year: Katie Jarvis, Fish Tank
Breakthrough British Filmmaker: Duncan Jones, Moon
Dilys Powell Award For Excellence In Cinema: Quentin Tarantino
The full list of nominees for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards were announced 02 February 2010:
Best Picture
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourous Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up In The Air
Best Actor In A Leading Role
Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
George Clooney - Up In The Air
Colin Firth - Single Man
Morgan Freeman - Invictus
Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker
Best Actress In A Leading Role
Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side
Helen Mirren - The Last Station
Carey Mulligan - An Education
Gabourey Sibide - Precious
Meryl Streep - Julie and Julia
Best Actor In A Supporting Role
Matt Damon - Invictus
Woody Harrelson - The Messenger
Christopher Plummer - The Last Station
Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz - Inglorious Basterds
Best Actress In A Supporting Role
Penelope Cruz - Nine
Vera Farminga - Up In Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal - Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick - Up In Air
Mo'Nique - Precious
Best Director
James Cameron - Avatar
Kathyn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino - Inglorious Basterds
Lee Daniels - Precious
Jason Reitman - Up In The Air
Foreign Language Film
Ajami
El Secreto de Sus Ojos
The Milk of Sorrow
Un Prophete
The White Ribbon
Best Original Screenplay
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The Messenger
A Serious Man
Up
Best Adapted Screenplay
District 9
An Education
In The Loop
Precious
Up In The Air
Best Animated Feature Film
Coraline
Fantastic Mr Fox
The Princess And The Frog
The Secret Of Kells
Up
28th January 2010: Richard Attenborough Film Awards winners announced:
Disney Pixar's 'UP' Voted 2009 Film of the Year by the UK Regional Media!
James Cameron wins Filmmaker of The Year & Carey Mulligan Scoops Performance Of The Year by an Actress & Rising Star Awards for 'An Education'.
28th January 2010: The winners of the 4th annual Richard Attenborough Awards are revealed today with Disney Pixar's UP taking home the highly prized 'Film of The Year' award. James Cameron wins Filmmaker of the Year for Avatar whilst Carey Mulligan secures a double victory walking away with Performance of the Year by an Actress and Rising Star awards for An Education.
These prestigious awards shine a torch on some of 2009's greatest cinematic achievements and give a dedicated voice to journalists working in the regional media within the high profile awards season. Media across the UK have been voting for the 7 distinguished categories listed below since December 21st 2009.
Winners in the UK REGIONAL CRITICS' VOTE categories are;
FILM OF THE YEAR - UP
FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR - JAMES CAMERON, Director, Avatar
PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR BY AN ACTOR - SAM ROCKWELL, for Moon
PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR BY AN ACTRESS - CAREY MULLIGAN, for An Education
SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR - JASON REITMAN & SHELDON TURNER, Up in The Air
RISING STAR - CAREY MULLIGAN, in An Education
ALL TIME LEGEND - RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH
Additionally 9 categories which have been voted for by the UK's cinema going public throughout January are today unveiled. Each award listed below was decided by an online public vote via a dedicated media partner. Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince reigns triumphant with 3 wins: Best British Film, Best Film Music Of The Year and Best Use of UK Locations in A Film.
Winners in the UK PUBLIC VOTE categories are;
CLASSIC FM'S 'FILM MUSIC OF THE YEAR' AWARD - HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE
ALAN TITCHMARSH SHOW'S 'BRITISH FILM OF THE YEAR' AWARD - HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE
BRIT FILM.TV'S 'BEST NEW DIRECTOR' AWARD - DUNCAN JONES, for Moon
BRIGHTON ARGUS'S '3D FILM OF THE YEAR' AWARD - AVATAR
VISIT BRITAIN'S 'BEST USE OF UK LOCATIONS USED IN A FILM' AWARD - HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE
THE LIST'S 'FILM OF THE YEAR AWARD (SCOTLAND) - NATIVITY
VENUE MAGAZINE'S 'FILM OF THE YEAR' AWARD - UP
THE BIRMINGHAM MAILS' 'FILM OF THE YEAR' AWARD - NATIVITY
EM MEDIA'S' BEST FILM MADE IN THE MIDLANDS' AWARD - UNMADE BEDS
Lord Attenborough CBE, who wins this year's All Time Legend Award said:
'I offer my warmest congratulations to this admirable set of winners - and I am honoured to be included amongst them. The last year has shown the cinema to be resilient and innovative, with audiences eager to share and enjoy the uniquely immersive theatrical experience. It has also brought a marvellous array of films with compelling performances from experienced and emerging talents who can accept their accolades safe in the knowledge that their work has left its mark on millions of cinema-goers.'
Sam Rockwell who wins Performance of the Year by an Actor said 'I'm so grateful to Duncan for steering this ship in outer space and for making it a highlight of my career in everyway."
Public voted Best New Director winner Duncan Jones said 'I can't tell you how fortunate I feel to have worked with Sam Rockwell on Moon. Frankly, I feel fortunate to have worked with ALL the incredibly talented people I did on the film: Kevin Spacey, Clint Mansell, Stuart Fenegan, Gavin Rothery. What makes me feel most fortunate though, is that we have been able to show off all our hard work to an audience, and that audience has appreciated what we created. Thank you so much for this huge honour. I hope I can continue to work in this unique and amazing job for the rest of my life.
3 time Public Vote winner David Heyman Producer, of Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince said: 'On behalf of all the cast and crew and everyone involved in the making of the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, I would like to thank you all so much for these three wonderful awards. Your loyalty, passion and support of these films has always meant so much to us. Thank you again and we look forward to seeing you with the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince has been nominated for a further 2 Bafta awards.
Twice Public voted Film Of The Year Nativity is a British improvised comedy based around a school Nativity play. Director Debbie Issit said: 'Winning these public votes for the prestigious Richard Attenborough Film Awards is such a thrill for all of us who worked on Nativity! People really took the film to their hearts and this is the icing on the Christmas cake for us! I would really like to take this opportunity to thank the Birmingham Evening Mail and The List for their support of Nativity! and especially to thank everyone who voted for us.'
The Awards are announced at lunchtime today, hosted by broadcasting legend, lifelong movie fan and voice of the Classic FM Morning Show, Simon Bates, and film & entertainment journalist Jan Gilbert at London's Sanctum Soho Hotel.
Details of all award categories can be found via www.filmoftheyear.co.uk
Images from the RAFA event can be found via www.image.net
Video footage from the event will also be available for online presentation only from Friday 29th download details as follows: here or here
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Screen Actors Guild Awards 2010
The 16th Screen Actors Guild Awards took place on Saturday January 23rd 2010 in Los Angeles.
Winners in the Film categories are;
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture - Inglourious Basterds
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role - Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role - Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role - Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role - Mo'Nique, Precious: Based On The Novel 'Push' By Sapphire
For a full list of all the winners, please visit www.sagawards.org
21 January 2010: Orange BRITISH ACADEMY FILM AWARDS Nominations 2010
Avatar, An Education and The Hurt Locker have each received 8 academy nominations in various categories including Best Film and Director.
District 9 starring also secured 7 nominations, in the categories for Director, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing, Production design, Sound and special visual effects.
Other releases receiving wide recognition are: Up In The Air (6 nominations), Inglourious Basterds (6), Up, Nowhere Boy, Coco Before Chanel and Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire (4 each)
Leading and Supporting roles see a selection of British actors and actresses nominated including Carey Mulligan (An Education), Kristin Scott Thomas (Nowhere Boy, Anne-Marie Duff (Nowhere Boy), Colin Firth (A Single Man), Alfred Molina (An Education) and Christian McKay (Me and Orson Welles)
An Education, Fish Tank, In The Loop, Moon and Nowhere Boy are each nominated in the Outstanding British Film category.
*The BAFTA winners will be announced on Sunday 21 February*
For a full list of all this years nominees, click here www.bafta.org
20 January 2010: London Evening Standard Film Awards nominations are announced.
The London Evening Standard Film Awards are made up of 8 categories; Best Film, Best Actor, Best Actress, The Peter Sellers Award for Comedy, Best Screenplay, London Film Museum Award for Technical Achievement, Most promising Newcomer and Best Documentary.
Fish Tank, An Education, In The Loop and Moon each received 2 nominations.
Best Film contenders are; Bright Star, Fish Tank and Helen.
*The London Evening Standard Film Awards winners will be announced on Monday 8 February*
The 67th annual Golden Globe Awards
This year's 66th annual Golden Globe Awards took place in Los Angeles and was hosted by British actor, writer, director and comedian Ricky Gervais.
Here is the list of award winners from Sunday 17th January 2010 event:
For a full list of all the winners and further information on the Golden Globes, please visit the official website
Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire triumphed in the 2009 award season, collecting 27 awards so far - fantastic and exceptional recognition for a British film:
Slumdog Millionaire is the first fully-UK financed film to win Best Film at the Oscars since Hamlet in 1948.
Previous British films to have swept the board at the Oscars include The English Patient (1996 - 9 Oscars) and Gandhi (1982 - 8 Oscars).
On a great night for home-grown talent, Reading-born Kate Winslet picked up her first Oscar at the age of 33, having lost out on five previous occasions. Kate's performance in The Reader has also seen her win Best Actress at the BAFTAs, Golden Globes and Richard Attenborough Film Awards (voted for by the UK's regional critics), among others.
To discover more about these two remarkable films, click on the links below:
The Jameson Empire Awards 2009
Grosvenor House, London - Sun 29 March 2009
The Dark Knight scooped three top awards at the ceremony including; Best Director, Best Actor and the main prize for Best Film while the late Heath Ledger received a special commemorative award for his life works.
Quantum Of Solace was also awarded with Gemma Arterton being named Best Newcomer for her role and the film declared Best Thriller..
Slumdog Millionnaire, multi-award winning director was also recognised with his award for Outstanding Contribution to British Film.
Best British Film went to Guy Ritchie's film Rocknrolla
These awards are voted for by the readers of Empire Magazine:
For a full list of winners click here
The OSCARS 2009
Sunday 22 February 2009, Hollywood, USA
Slumdog Millionaire swept the board at this year's Oscars, collecting 8 awards including Best Picture and Best Director for Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire is the first fully-UK financed film to win Best Film since Hamlet in 1948.
Kate Winslet won her first Oscar, for Best Actress, for her performance in The Reader having missed out on 5 previous occasions.
Heath Ledger won a posthumous Oscar for his supporting role in The Dark Knight
Winners List:
For a full list of winners and all the information on The Oscars click here
Orange British Academy Film Awards
Sunday 8 February 2009, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Slumdog Millionaire practically swept the board with 7 awards at this year's BAFTAs, including Best film, Director and Adapted Screenplay, while
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button collected 3 awards, all in technical categories.
Kate Winslet was again honoured for her leading performance in The Reader while the late Heath Ledger won the best supporting actor mask for playing the Joker in The Dark Knight.
Full Winners List:
To find out more about these award winning films, click on the following links:
The ReaderSlumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Wrestler
For a full list of winners and all other information on the BAFTAs
please click here
London Film Critics' Circle Awards 2009
February 5th 2009 — British talent dominates the London Film Critics' Film Awards winning in ten categories out of fifteen. Slumdog Millionaire continued to win over critics by scooping three awards at the London Film Critics' Awards at a ceremony at the Grosvenor Hotel, London. The Wrestler was also awarded for Best Film and Best Actor for Mickey Rourke.
Full Winners List:
London Evening Standard Awards 2009
Hunger is named Best Film at this years Evening Standard Awards beating competition from Unrelated and Frost/Nixon. Other surprises include a tie in the Best Actor category while Kate Winslet missed out in the category for Best Actress to Tilda Swinton for her role in Julia.
Full Winners List:
29th January 2009: Richard Attenborough Film Awards winners announced:
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE IS THE UK REGIONAL CRITICS' FILM OF THE YEAR - WINS FOUR RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH FILM AWARDS IN ALL
KATE WINSLET AND MICKEY ROURKE NAMED ACTRESS AND ACTOR OF THE YEAR
29 January 2009: Cinema Days, the trade events for UK regional film journalists, today announces the results of the third annual Richard Attenborough Film Awards (RAFAs), the awards decided by UK regional film critics. Their prestigious accolade of film of the year goes to Slumdog Millionaire, which also wins Filmmaker of the year for Danny Boyle and Rising Star for Dev Patel.
Voting in the six categories (below) took place online between 15 December 2008 and 26 January 2009. The voting constituency was staff and freelance arts and entertainment writers, critics and editors in all branches of UK regional media. Many gather regularly at the Cinema Days events held three times a year. Results as follows:
UK regional critics'vote:
This year, for the first time, the RAFAs expanded to include a separate section of people's choice awards in addition to the six regional critics' awards.
There were four people's choice categories (below), each decided by an online public vote and each run in association with a media partner. The Dark Knight wins in two categories, Mamma Mia! in one, and Dev Patel picks up a second prize. Results as follows:
UK public vote:
Filmmaker of the year, Danny Boyle said: "This is a delight and an honour to be recognised for Slumdog Millionaire. My only regret is it doesn't happen for every film! Love and thanks from everyone involved in Slumdog Millionaire, and a big shout to all our friends at Cinema Days. I would walk across hot coals, and often have, to get to the Cinema Days screenings. It's brilliant, I love meeting the regional critics as they emerge glassy-eyed from twelve hours of consecutive screenings!"
Dev Patel, star of Slumdog Millionaire, said: "I'm thrilled to have received this special recognition from the UK regional critics. I have been absolutely amazed by the sheer scale and scope of the reaction to this film and I want to thank everyone for their support. I feel truly honoured."
Actress of the year, Kate Winslet has been nominated for both British and US Academy Awards, as well as already winning a Golden Globe and Screen Actors' Guild Award, for her performance as Hanna Schmitz in The Reader, directed by Stephen Daldry from a screenplay by David Hare.
Kate Winslet said: "I am thrilled to have been honoured by this group of critics whose contribution to the world of cinema throughout the UK is invaluable and which too often goes unrecognised."
Actor of the year, Mickey Rourke's performance as retired pro, Randy 'The Ram' Robinson, in Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler has also attracted global acclaim, including an Academy Award nomination. It is Rourke's first on-screen appearance since Stormbreaker (2006).
In Bruges was the debut feature film written and directed by Screenwriter of the year,Martin McDonagh. Having won an Oscar in 2006 for his black comedy short, Six Shooter, he wrote the darkly comic original screenplay for In Bruges. Its cast was led by Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Ralph Fiennes.
British Film of the year, Mamma Mia! is the highest grossing release ever in UK cinemas. A UK-US co-production directed by Phyllida Lloyd on location in Greece and at Pinewood Studios, it stars Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Julie Walters, Dominic Cooper and Amanda Seyfried.
Double RAFA winner, The Dark Knight, directed by Christopher Nolan, is also a UK-US co-production. It stars Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Sir Michael Caine and the late Heath Ledger as The Joker. It was the third most successful film in UK cinemas in 2008 out of 531 new releases, tripling the box-office receipts of its predecessor, Batman Begins(2005).
The RAFA results were announced at lunchtime yesterday (29 January) at an event hosted by TV presenter, Liz Fuller, in London's West End. In recognition of their achievement, the ten RAFA winners will each receive a glass diamond mounted on a plinth, inscribed and engraved with Lord Attenborough's signature.
RAFA host, Liz Fuller, said: "These ten awards, spread across six remarkable films, bear witness to the world-class standing of British actors and filmmakers. I am delighted to be part of this year's RAFA celebrations, giving regional critics and audiences their own say on the year's most impressive movies."
Further information:
Notes to editors:
Established in 1988, Cinema Days are UK film industry trade events for regional journalists in all media. Held at a regional multiplex three times a year in January, June and October, each event runs Thursday - Sunday, comprising distributors' preview screenings and press conferences with associated talent. www.cinemadays.com
Cinema Days administers the annual Richard Attenborough Film Awards which give a collective voice to UK regional media during the film awards season. Regional critics voted online in a dedicated area of www.filmoftheyear.co.uk between 15 December 2008 and 12.00 noon on 26 January 2009, the day after January's Cinema Days finished. Feature films from any country of origin were eligible for consideration, provided they had a UK theatrical release in the 12 months to 6 February 2009.
The four public votes took place online in a dedicated area of www.filmoftheyear.co.uk, except for the Classic FM award for original film score of the year, which was accommodated at www.classicfm.co.uk. Voting in all categories closed at 12.00 noon on 26 January 2009.
The Alan Titchmarsh Show is ITV1's highest-rated afternoon entertainment programme, regularly attracting audiences of up to 1.5 million and an 18% share. The show is a unique mix of social commentary, cookery, gardening, showbiz news, music and celebrity guests. www.itv.com/alan
Classic FM first hit the airwaves in 1992. Today it broadcasts from Leicester Square in the heart of London's entertainment district to a weekly audience of approximately 6 million people across the UK. www.classicfm.co.uk
The List is a quality general interest magazine publicising the wide range of arts, events and entertainment taking place throughout the year in Scotland. www.list.co.uk
Focus is a quarterly movie preview guide, circulated free to 750,000 targeted households in cinema catchment areas around the UK. It draws attention to the sheer range of films on release in the coming season and includes a pull-out calendar of opening dates. www.focusonmovies.co.uk
These regional awards are dedicated to Richard Attenborough, who was born in Cambridge but spent his childhood in Leicester. He made his screen debut in the 1942 Noel Coward/David Lean film, In Which We Serve, while still a student at RADA. In 1969 came the first of his 12 movies as producer/director, Oh, What a Lovely War. He is undoubtedly best known for Gandhi, 1982 winner of 8 Oscars and 5 BAFTAs, including Best Picture and Best Director on both sides of the Atlantic. Having steadfastly refused to contemplate retirement, Lord Attenborough CBE fulfills his responsibilities as Chairman or President of numerous media industry bodies and charities.
22nd January 2009: Oscar Nominations 2009
British talent recognised in many categories in this year's Oscar nominations
Kate Winslet has been nominated for another award for her performance in a leading role for The Reader, while Danny Boyle and his film Slumdog Millionaire are nominated in 10 categories including Achievement in Directing.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a huge contender at this year's Oscars with a total of thirteen nominations while Meryl Streep has received her 15th Oscar nomination for her role in Doubt
Nominees for Best Motion Picture of the Year are; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, Slumdog Millionaire, Milk and The Reader
Contenders for Best Animated Film are; Kung Fu Panda, Wall-E and Bolt
*The Oscar winners will be announced on Sunday February 22nd*
For further information on these awards please visit the Official site at www.oscars.org
15 January 2009: Orange BRITISH ACADEMY FILM AWARDS Nominations 2009
Slumdog Millionaire today receives 11 academy nominations including in the categories for Leading Actor for Dev Patel, Director for Danny Boyle and Best Film.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button starring Brad Pitt also secures 11 nominations, the largest number for any film this year.
Other releases receiving wide recognition are: The Dark Knight (9 nominations, including one for the late Heath Ledger's performance as the Joker), Changeling (8), Frost/Nixon (6), The Reader (5) and In Bruges, Revolutionary Road and Milk (4 each).
Leading and Supporting roles see a selection of British actresses nominated including Kate Winslet (The Reader, Revolutionary Road), Kristin Scott Thomas (I've Loved You So Long) and Tilda Swinton (Burn After Reading)
Hunger, In Bruges, Mamma Mia!, Man On Wire and Slumdog Millionaire are each nominated in the Outstanding British Film category.
*The BAFTA winners will be announced on Sunday 8 February*
For a full list of all this years nominees, click here www.bafta.org
The 66th annual Golden Globe Award
This year's 66th annual Golden Globe Awards took place at The Beverly Hilton, California. It was a great evening for British talent - in front and behind the cameras.
Slumdog Millionaire led the field by scooping four awards including 'Best Picture' and 'Best Director'.
Kate Winslet broke her losing streak by winning two awards for her acting in 'Revolutionary Road' and 'The Reader'.
Here is the list of award winners from Sunday 11th January 2009 event:
For further information on these awards please visit the Official site at www.goldenglobes.org
But don't just take the critics' or industry's word for it - try to catch as many of the contenders as you can on the big screen and see for yourself! 
