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Edinburgh gives top award to fishing documentary Leviathan Edinburgh gives top award to experimental documentary Leviathan
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The experimental documentary Leviathan has won the Michael Powell award for best British feature at the Edinburgh international film festival, which closes today. The experimental documentary Leviathan has won the Michael Powell award for best British feature at the Edinburgh international film festival, which closes on Friday.
Directed by Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel, Leviathan is an impressionist study of a fishing trawler at work off the coast of Massachussetts, and was described by the jury headed by Iranian director Samira Makhmalbaf as "an original and imaginative documentary which observes the brutal routine of deep sea fishing in a way which completely immerses the watcher in its story". Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel said: "We are totally bowled over by the news of this award. All our films have been rejected by every British film festival to date, so it is all the more moving for us!" Directed by Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel, Leviathan is an impressionist study of a fishing trawler at work off the coast of Massachusetts, and was described by the jury – headed by Iranian director Samira Makhmalbaf – as "an original and imaginative documentary which observes the brutal routine of deep-sea fishing in a way which completely immerses the watcher in its story".
Paul Wright's haunting For Those in Peril, which was selected for the Critics Week at Cannes, was given a special commendation "for its passionate portrait of a young Scots survivor of a tragedy at sea". Castaing-Taylor and Paravel said: "We are totally bowled over by the news of this award. All our films have been rejected by every British film festival to date, so it is all the more moving for us!"
The award for best film in the international competition went to another documentary, Mahdi Fleifel's A World Not Ours, about the Palestinian inhabitants of the Ein el-Helweh refugee camp in Lebanon. Now based in the UK, Fleifel grew up in the camp before his family relocated to Denmark. The jury said: "[We] loved this film's warm regard for the people at the heart of the film. A difficult subject was handled with confidence and humour." Fleifel said: "I have lived, studied and worked in the UK for 13 years, but I've never managed to screen any of my work at a single British film event - not even my short films which were pretty successful internationally. Winning this prize is too good to be true." Paul Wright's haunting For Those in Peril, which was selected for the Critics' Week at Cannes, was given a special commendation "for its passionate portrait of a young Scots survivor of a tragedy at sea".
Best performance in a British feature film was shared by Jamie Blackley and Toby Regbo for uwantme2killhim? and the Audience Award went to the Piper Alpha documentary Fire in the Night directed by Anthony Wonke. The award for best film in the international competition went to another documentary, Mahdi Fleifel's A World Not Ours, about the Palestinian inhabitants of the Ein el-Helweh refugee camp in Lebanon. Now based in the UK, Fleifel grew up in the camp before his family relocated to Denmark. "[We] loved this film's warm regard for the people at the heart of the film. A difficult subject was handled with confidence and humour," said the jury.
Fleifel said: "I have lived, studied and worked in the UK for 13 years, but I've never managed to screen any of my work at a single British film event – not even my short films, which were pretty successful internationally. Winning this prize is too good to be true."
Best performance in a British feature film was shared by Jamie Blackley and Toby Regbo for uwantme2killhim?, while the audience award went to Fire in the Night, Anthony Wonke's documentary about the Piper Alpha oil rig disaster.
Full list of winnersFull list of winners
Michael Powell award for best British feature film
/>Leviathan (dir Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel) 		Best film in the international competition
Best film in the international competition
/>A World Not Ours (dir Mahdi Fleifel)		 A World Not Ours (dir. Mahdi Fleifel)
Best performance in a British feature film
/>Jamie Blackley and Toby Regbo in uwantme2killhim? (dir Andrew Douglas) 		Michael Powell award for fest British feature film
Audience award
/>Fire in the Night (dir Anthony Wonke) 		Leviathan (dir. Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel)
Best short film
/>GHL (dir Lotte Schreiber) 		Best performance in a British feature film
Creative innovation in a short film
/>Doll Parts (dir Muzi Quawson) 		Jamie Blackley and Toby Regbo in uwantme2killhim? (dir. Andrew Douglas)
Outstanding individual contribution to a short film
/>Josh Gibson as director of photography of Light Plate (dir Josh Gibson) 		The audience award
McLaren award for best new British animation
/>Marilyn Miller (dir Mikey Please) 		Fire in the Night (dir. Anthony Wonke)
Student critics jury award
/>Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari (dir Alexey Fedorchenko) 		Best short film
GHL (dir. Lotte Schreiber)
Creative innovation in a short film
Doll Parts (dir. Muzi Quawson)
Outstanding individual contribution to a short film
Josh Gibson as director of photography of Light Plate (dir. Josh Gibson)
McLaren award for best new British animation
Marilyn Miller (dir. Mikey Please)
Student critics jury award
Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari (dir. Alexey Fedorchenko)