56th London Film Festival Awards Ceremony Live Blog
As the 56th London Film Festival nears its close, the awards ceremony is about to kick off and London Film Fanatiq is in the house for Blogomatic3000. The red carpet saw many representatives of this year’s nominees greet the crowds and discuss their work with the press. Several jury members, ncluding Tom Hiddleston and Olivia Colman also came out to pay tribute to the talent behind some of the festival’s finest features. For the full set of photos, just click on Ms Al Mansour below:
Check out all the nominees after the jump and check back for live updates as the awards are handed out from 21.00 GMT.
THE NOMINEES
The Official Competition selection is:
After Lucia, Michel Franco, Mexico
End of Watch, David Ayer, USA
Everyday, Michael Winterbottom, UK
Fill The Void, Rama Burshtein, Israel
Ginger and Rosa, Sally Potter, UK
In the House, François Ozon, France
It Was The Son, Daniele Ciprì, Italy/France
Lore, Cate Shortland, Germany/Australia/UK
Midnight’s Children, Deepa Mehta, Canada/UK
No, Pablo Larraín, Chile/USA/Mexico
Rust and Bone, Jacques Audiard, France/Belgium
Seven Psychopaths, Martin McDonagh, USA/UK
The Sutherland Award has been recognising original and imaginative feature debut directing talent since 1958. Presiding over the jury for this illustrious award is journalist and former director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival, Hannah McGill and her fellow jurors comprise award-winning novelist, Sebastian Faulks CBE, Emmy and BAFTA-winning filmmaker David Yates, BAFTA award-winning producer of Warp Films, Robin Gutch, and stage and screen actress Louise Brealey.
The First Feature competition selection is:
Beasts of the Southern Wild, Benh Zeitlin, USA
Clip, Maja Miloš, Serbia
The Comedian, Tom Shkolnik, UK
Eat Sleep Die, Gabriela Pichler, Sweden
My Brother The Devil, Sally EI Hosaini, UK
Neighbouring Sounds, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Brazil
The Samurai that Night, Masaaki Akahori, Japan
Shell, Scott Graham, UK
Ship of Theseus, Anand Gandhi, India
Sleeper’s Wake, Barry Berk, South Africa
Tomorrow, Andrey Gryazev, Russia
Wadjda, Haifaa Al Mansour, Saudi Arabia/Germany
The Grierson Award for Best Documentary, presented in partnership with the Grierson Trust, recognises films with integrity, originality, and social or cultural significance. The jury is presided over by BAFTA-winning documentary filmmaker Roger Graef who is joined by the multi award-winning, fearless foreign correspondent and world affairs editor John Simpson, vice chairman of the Grierson Trust Emma Hindley, Head of Documentary Commissioning at the BBC, Charlotte Moore and award-winning documentary filmmaker Morgan Matthews.
The Documentary Competition selection is:
Beware of Mr. Baker, Jay Bulger, USA/South Africa
Canned Dreams, Katja Gauriloff, Finland
The Central Park Five, Ken Burns, David McMahon, Sarah Burns, USA
The Ethnographer, Ulises Rosell, Argentina
For No Good Reason, Charlie Paul, UK
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners, Shola Lynch, USA/France
Les Invisibles, Sébastien Lifshitz, France
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, Alex Gibney, USA/Ireland
The Summit, Nick Ryan, Ireland/Switzerland
Turned Towards The Sun, Greg Olliver, UK/France/Germany
Village at the End of the World, Sarah Gavron, UK/Denmark/Greenland
West of Memphis, Amy Berg, USA
The Best British Newcomer Award is presented in partnership with Swarovski and recognises new British talent, this year highlighting accomplishments in writing, directing and acting. Jury president is BAFTA-winning producer David Heyman and fellow jurors include acclaimed actor Tom Hiddleston, award-winning actress Olivia Colman, celebrated author Kazuo Ishiguro, and BAFTA-winning director Eran Creevy.
The Best British Newcomer selection is:
Fady Elsayed, Actor, MY BROTHER THE DEVIL
Sally EI Hosaini, Director/Screenwriter, MY BROTHER THE DEVIL
Rufus Norris, Director, BROKEN
Eloise Laurence, Actor, BROKEN
Chloe Pirrie, Actor, SHELL
Scott Graham, Director/Screenwriter, SHELL
Tom Shkolnik, Director/Screenwriter, THE COMEDIAN
Rowan Athale, Director/Screenwriter, WASTELAND
LIVE BLOG:
21.00 Well, we’ve been given a 15 minute warning. So we’re not quite ready to kick off just yet. Don’t worry, though, we’re all far too excited to mind.
21.21 I’ll be rooting for No, Wadjda, Maxima Mea Culpa, and Fady Elsayed
21.23 Host Sue Perkins has taken the stage and we’re off.
21.26 Piranha 3DD joke falls pretty flat. Which is ironic, when you think of it.
21.30 While a clip reel plays, I’ll mention that earlier Oliva Colman told us that her favourite of the five first features she saw is tonight’s winner. What’s it gonna be?
21.34 Sir Christopher Lee gingerly takes the stage to present the BFI Fellowship Award to Tim Burton.
21.36 Christopher Lee really should narrate everything, always.
21.43 Burton tribute now screening with all his films highlighted along with interview bits from Danny Elfman and Martin Short (plus, Helena, of course). I still think he gets a lot of unfair stick. He has created a lot of magnificent imagery, if nothing else.
21.46 HBC vouches for Britishdom and a knighthood for her hubby
21.48 Burton onstage now, humbly accepting his award and keeping it relatively short.
21.50 Tom Hiddleston and Olivia Colman are up now to award the Best British Newcomer award.
21.53 Sally Hosaini wins for My Brother the Devil! Well earned, indeed.
Tim Burton speaks to the press #LFF twitter.com/LondonFilmFan/…
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21.59 Next up is the award for best doc…
Here’s @twhiddleston and Olivia Colman with British Newcomer winner Sally Hosaini twitter.com/LondonFilmFan/…
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Tim Burton and Sir Christopher Lee #LFF twitter.com/LondonFilmFan/…
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22.04 Press room is overly eventful with Sally Hosaini speaking to press in one corner, Tom Hiddleston and Olivia Colman in another and the awards ongoing on the screen.
22.06 And Alex Gibney wins for Mea Maxima Culpa
More @twhiddleston and Olivia Colman in the press room #LFF twitter.com/LondonFilmFan/…
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22.12 First Feature award is next up, but we’ve lost all audio in the press room now…
22.16 The winner isssss…
22.17 Beasts of the Southern Wild… I won’t be class-less, but I respectfully disagree with this call.
22.20 Be sure to check out my twitter feed for dodgy phone cam shots of the stars in the press room.
And here’s My Brother the Devil director Sally Hosaini taking a victory lap #LFF twitter.com/LondonFilmFan/…
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22.23 Last up is the Official Competition.
Best doc winning director Alex Gibney discusses his work along with @montimer & other press #LFF twitter.com/LondonFilmFan/…
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22.28 “Respectability is sometimes a place where villains go to hide” – Alex Gibney
22.30 Rust and Bone wins the feature competition. Well… again, I’ll withhold comment.
22.31 That’s it for the awards and almost it for the 56th London Film Festival. There’s still one final day tomorrow to catch some fantastic feature films well ahead of release or, in some cases, films that may not see a wide UK distribution.
22.35 Oh, wait… there’s more. Another BFI Fellowship Award to Helena Bonham Carter.
Matthias Schoenaerts discusses competition winner Rust and Bone with @redcarpetnewstv twitter.com/LondonFilmFan/…
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Behn Zeitlin discusses his #LFF first feature victory. twitter.com/LondonFilmFan/…
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The radiant Helena Bonham Carter speaking to the press #LFF twitter.com/LondonFilmFan/…
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