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| Russian 'masterpiece' wins top prize at British Film Institute awards | Russian 'masterpiece' wins top prize at British Film Institute awards |
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| The virtues of independent, international film-making were celebrated on Saturday night at a starry British Film Institute awards evening at the Banqueting House in Whitehall. | The virtues of independent, international film-making were celebrated on Saturday night at a starry British Film Institute awards evening at the Banqueting House in Whitehall. |
| Winners included the makers of the Russian language film Loveless, directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev and called a masterpiece by the Guardian critic Peter Bradshaw earlier this year. | Winners included the makers of the Russian language film Loveless, directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev and called a masterpiece by the Guardian critic Peter Bradshaw earlier this year. |
| Zvyagintsev’s film, about a divorcing couple whose son disappears, was awarded the top prize of best film at the annual London film festival event. | Zvyagintsev’s film, about a divorcing couple whose son disappears, was awarded the top prize of best film at the annual London film festival event. |
| Celebrated faces from British film and TV, including Helen McCrory, Andrea Riseborough, Hayley Atwell and Lily Cole, attended the ceremony at the imposingly grand venue, where the British industry had gathered to salute a succession of new, powerful and gritty films. | Celebrated faces from British film and TV, including Helen McCrory, Andrea Riseborough, Hayley Atwell and Lily Cole, attended the ceremony at the imposingly grand venue, where the British industry had gathered to salute a succession of new, powerful and gritty films. |
| British film director and former journalist Paul Greengrass, best known for three of the Bourne franchise thrillers starring Matt Damon, but also for Bloody Sunday, Green Zone, United 93 and Captain Phillips, was presented with this year’s BFI Fellowship for his contribution to the entertainment industry. | British film director and former journalist Paul Greengrass, best known for three of the Bourne franchise thrillers starring Matt Damon, but also for Bloody Sunday, Green Zone, United 93 and Captain Phillips, was presented with this year’s BFI Fellowship for his contribution to the entertainment industry. |
| Acknowledging a “difficult week” for the film industry, following the allegations surrounding producer Harvey Weinstein, Greengrass said: “I think for all the advances that we have made as an industry, it’s quite clear that diversity is a profound issue in the film industry. In all ways – gender, ethnicity – we need to do much, much better. | Acknowledging a “difficult week” for the film industry, following the allegations surrounding producer Harvey Weinstein, Greengrass said: “I think for all the advances that we have made as an industry, it’s quite clear that diversity is a profound issue in the film industry. In all ways – gender, ethnicity – we need to do much, much better. |
| “At the time at which I joined the film industry, it was very remote from the cutting edge of British culture. I joined at the time when the Sex Pistols were about to release the Bollocks album [Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols – released in October 1977]. | “At the time at which I joined the film industry, it was very remote from the cutting edge of British culture. I joined at the time when the Sex Pistols were about to release the Bollocks album [Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols – released in October 1977]. |
| “British culture was vibrant, changing fast, young people were speaking – the film industry was very distant from the cutting edge of British culture. That’s not true any more, but we have to address this issue of diversity. | “British culture was vibrant, changing fast, young people were speaking – the film industry was very distant from the cutting edge of British culture. That’s not true any more, but we have to address this issue of diversity. |
| “And every one of us in leadership positions have to do more, and we have to act on poor behaviour. It’s pointless to talk about changes if we don’t actually do anything. | “And every one of us in leadership positions have to do more, and we have to act on poor behaviour. It’s pointless to talk about changes if we don’t actually do anything. |
| “The last 40 years have been a story of enormous change and improvement, and we have to use that foundation to address these issues and I believe we can. | “The last 40 years have been a story of enormous change and improvement, and we have to use that foundation to address these issues and I believe we can. |
| “I believe in this industry, I believe in its community, I believe in its possibilities, and I’ve never lost my sense of wonder that I had as a young man walking into Granada [TV studios].” | “I believe in this industry, I believe in its community, I believe in its possibilities, and I’ve never lost my sense of wonder that I had as a young man walking into Granada [TV studios].” |
| The prize for first feature went to John Trengove, the director of the South African film The Wound. His film about masculinity and homosexual desire was praised for its “vitality and originality”. | The prize for first feature went to John Trengove, the director of the South African film The Wound. His film about masculinity and homosexual desire was praised for its “vitality and originality”. |
| The major homegrown winner was documentary director Lucy Cohen, recognised with the Grierson award for her film Kingdom of Us about the impact of grief on family bonds. The award for the best short film went to the US documentary film The Rabbit Hunt, directed by Patrick Bresnan. | The major homegrown winner was documentary director Lucy Cohen, recognised with the Grierson award for her film Kingdom of Us about the impact of grief on family bonds. The award for the best short film went to the US documentary film The Rabbit Hunt, directed by Patrick Bresnan. |
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