by Marla Lewin The Education with seven nominations leads the awards of the UK film critics.Fish Tank had six and In The Loop and Nowhere Boy tied with five each and A Prophet had four nominations. The 30th Awards will take plave on February 18 at the Landmark Hotel, Marylebone. In addition to awards to current films special awards will be given to Quentin Tarantino and Francis Ford Coppola forApocalypse Now in honor of its 30th anniversary. THE ATTENBOROUGH AWARD: BRITISH FILM OF THE YEAR
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR BRITISH DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR ACTOR OF THE YEAR ACTRESS OF THE YEAR BRITISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR BRITISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR BRITISH ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE BRITISH ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR THE NSPCC AWARD: YOUNG BRITISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH FILM-MAKER DILYS POWELL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN CINEMA Here is a bit of their history and rules. The Critics’ Circle is the oldest critics organisation in the world founded in 1907. Film critics became eligible for membership of the Circle in 1926. Today the group has over 400 members who work in the media through the United Kingdom. The Critics’ Circle is not a trade union but a professional association of critics of drama, art and architecture, music, the cinema and dance. Its objective is to promote the arts of criticism and to upholds its integrity in practice, to foster and safeguard the interests of its members, to provide opportunities for social intercourse among them, and to support the advancement of the arts. The annual dinner is the key social activity of the group. The chairman of the Dinner is also the current president of the Circl and officiates with the Charles Dickens’ crystal drinking goblet, which was given to the group in 1936 by Sir Seymour Hicks who had originally received it from in 1901 by Dickens’ daughter Mrs. Hogarth. The Film awards have grown to an extremely prestigious honor attracting many celebrities from the industry and contribute a substantial sum to charity. There is a bit of the political correctness in the awarding of British awards as it includes the eligibility of Irish actors and craftsmen as well, to quote from their website: “British and Irish film makers are eligible for most, if not all, of our awards. The word British in the title of some of our awards is simply to distinguish them from the general best actor/director/film awards. Irish citizens are eligible for these awards but many Irish actors and directors work on what are technically British films and their work deserves recognition. There is no intention to suggest that Irish talent is British should an Irish citizen be nominated in the “British” categories and all Irish nominees know this. It simply recognises the complex nature of film making, a collaborative affair often crossing national boundaries and anyone who wishes to raise the matter should do so with Jason Solomons, current chair of the Awards Committee.”
Bright Star
An Education
Fish Tank
In the Loop
Moon
The Class
Katyn
Let the Right One In
A Prophet
The White Ribbon
Jacques Audiard – A Prophet
Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
James Cameron – Avatar
Michael Haneke – The White Ribbon
Jason Reitman – Up in the Air
Andrea Arnold – Fish Tank
Armando Iannucci – In the Loop
Duncan Jones – Moon
Kevin Macdonald – State of Play
Sam Taylor-Wood – Nowhere Boy
Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
George Clooney – Up in the Air
Tahar Rahim – A Prophet
Michael Stuhlbarg – A Serious Man
Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds
Abbie Cornish – Bright Star
Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air
Mo’Nique – Precious
Carey Mulligan – An Education
Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia
Peter Capaldi – In the Loop
Colin Firth – A Single Man
Tom Hardy – Bronson
Christian MacKay – Me and Orson Welles
Andy Serkis – Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Emily Blunt – The Young Victoria
Helen Mirren – The Last Station
Carey Mulligan - An Education
Katie Jarvis – Fish Tank
Kristin Scott Thomas – Nowhere Boy
Michael Fassbender* – Fish Tank
John Hurt – 44 Inch Chest
Jason Isaacs – Good
Alfred Molina – An Education
Timothy Spall – The Damned United
Emily Blunt – Sunshine Cleaning
Anne-Marie Duff – Nowhere Boy
Rosamund Pike – An Education
Kierston Wareing – Fish Tank
Olivia Williams – An Education
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche – In the Loop
Thomas Bidegain & Jacques Audiard - A Prophet
Joel & Ethan Coen – A Serious Man
Michael Haneke – The White Ribbon
Nick Hornby – An Education
Katie Jarvis – Fish Tank
Aaron Johnson – Nowhere Boy and Dummy
George MacKay – The Boys Are Back
Bill Milner – Is Anybody There? and Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Saoirse Ronan* – The Lovely Bones
Daniel Barber – Harry Brown
Armando Ianucci – In the Loop
Duncan Jones – Moon
Peter Strickland – Katalin Varga
Sam Taylor-Wood – Nowhere Boy
Quentin Tarantino
30TH ANNIVERSARY AWARD: BEST OF OUR WINNERS SINCE 1980
Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola, 1980)
21.12.2009 | MarlaLewinGFV's blog
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