FILMS AWARDS WINNERS

London, Monday 23 January - The Regional Critics' Film of the Year 2012

'THE ARTIST' IS THE UK REGIONAL CRITICS' FILM OF THE YEAR

23 January 2012 - UK regional film critics today announce their Film of the Year. The prestigious accolade goes to The Artist, directed by Michel Hazanavicius.

This year's vote was launched at the UK Cinema Showcase event on 1 December 2011, the year's largest gathering of regional film media in the UK. The vote continued online through to 20 January 2012.

The voting constituency was staff and freelance arts and entertainment writers, critics and editors in all branches of UK regional media.

Previous winners of the regional critics' Film Of The Year title have gone to; The Social Network (2011), Up (2010), Slumdog Millionaire (2009), Atonement (2008), Pan's Labyrinth (2007).

London - The BAFTA nominations 2012

Daniel Radcliffe and Holliday Grainger announced the nominations for the 2012 Orange British Academy Film Awards with Silent movie The Artist leading the way in 12 categories including Best Actor and Actress for its two stars Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo. Spy thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy also received multiple nominations in 11 categories which include; Best Director, Best Film and Best Actor (Gary Oldman). Martin Scorses's Hugo has 9 nominations including one for Best Director.

My Week With Marilyn has been nominated in 6 categories while The Help and War Horse are each up for 5 awards.

For a full list of the categories and nominations please visit the BAFTA website here

The awards ceremony, hosted by Stephen Fry, will take place at the Royal Opera House in London on 12 February.

Golden Globes Winners 2012

This year's 69th annual Golden Globe Awards took place in Los Angeles and was hosted for the third year running by British actor, writer, director and comedian Ricky Gervais.

The Artist took home three awards in the following categories; Best Motion Picture (comedy or musical), Best Actor - Jean Dujardin (comedy or musical) and Best Original Score while. The Descendants won two awards at the ceremony.

Here is the list of award winners from Sunday 15th January 2012 event:

Best film (drama) - The Descendants

Best film (musical or comedy) - The Artist

Best director - Martin Scorsese - Hugo

Best actor (drama) - George Clooney - The Descendants

Best actress (drama) - Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady

Best actor (musical or comedy) - Jean Dujardin - The Artist

Best actress (musical or comedy) - Michelle Williams - My Week With Marilyn

Best supporting actor - Christopher Plummer - Beginners

Best supporting actress - Octavia Spencer - The Help

Best foreign language film - A Separation - (Iran)

Best animated feature film - The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn

Best screenplay - Woody Allen - Midnight In Paris

Best original song - 'Masterpiece' - W.E: music and lyrics by Madonna, Julie Frost and Jimmy Harry

Best original score - Ludovic Bource - W.E: music and lyrics by Madonna, Julie Frost and Jimmy Harry

Best original score - Ludovic Bource - The Artist

For a full list of all the winners and further information on the Golden Globes, please visit www.goldenglobes.org

London Film Critics' Nominations

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Drive lead the nominations as the 32nd London Film Critics were announced.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is up for ; Film of the Year, British Film of the Year, Screenwriter of the Year, Actor of the Year, British Actor of the Year and Technical Achievement, whilst Drive is nominated for Film of the Year, Director of the Year, Actor of the Year, Supporting Actor of the Year, British Actress of the Year and Technical Achievement.

Asghar Farhadi's A Separation and Lynne Ramsay's We Need To Talk About Kevin each received 5 nominations whilst Michel Hazanavicius' The Artist and Steve McQueen's Shame received 4 a piece.

For more information on the awards visit the official site here http://criticscircle.org.uk/

The Golden Globes

Silent Film The Artist has received 6 nominations in the categories of Picture - Musical or Comedy, Director, Actor in a Musical or Comedy, Supporting Actress, Screenplay and Best Score.

George Clooney received nominations for his two films The Descendants and The Ides Of March, the latter which he also directed. Other films collecting numerous nominations include The Help with 5 and My Week With Marilyn with 3.

The strong contenders for the Actor in a Drama award will go to one of:

George Clooney (The Descendants)
Leonardo Dicaprio (J Edgar)
Michael Fassbender (Shame)
Ryan Gosling (The Ides Of March) or
Brad Pitt (Moneyball)

The Actress in a Drama award will be awarded to:

Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs)
Viola Davis (The Help)
Rooney Mara (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo)
Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady) or
Tilda Swinton (We Need To Talk About Kevin).

The results will be announced on January 15 2012, in a ceremony hosted by Ricky Gervais. Find out more about the awards here: http://www.goldenglobes.org.

The British Independent FIlm Awards 2011/2012

The 14th Annual British Independent Film Awards took place Sunday 4 December 2011 at Old Billingsgate in Central London.

The Violent drama Tyrannosaur was the biggest winner of the night collecting awards in the categories of Best Film, Best Debut Director (Paddy Considine), and Best Actress (Olivia Colman).

Other winners included Senna for Best Documentary, Lynne Ramsay for Best Director (We Need to Talk about Kevin), Michael Fassbender for Best Actor (Shame), and Richard Ayoade for Best Screenplay (Submarine).

THE WINNERS:

BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM - TYRANNOSAUR

BEST DIRECTOR - Lynne Ramsay - WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN

THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD [BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR] - Paddy Considine - TYRANNOSAUR

BEST SCREENPLAY - Richard Ayoade - SUBMARINE

BEST ACTRESS - Olivia Colman - TYRANNOSAUR

BEST ACTOR - Michael Fassbender - SHAME

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Vanessa Redgrave - CORIOLANUS

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - Michael Smiley - KILL LIST | Tom Cullen - WEEKEND

BEST DOCUMENTARY - SENNA

BEST FOREIGN INDEPENDENT FILM - A SEPARATION

For a full list of all the winners click here.

 

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