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| Edinburgh gives top award to experimental 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 on Friday. | The experimental documentary Leviathan has won the Michael Powell award for best British feature at the Edinburgh international film festival, which closes on Friday. |
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| 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". | 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". |
| 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!" | 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!" |
| 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". | 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". |
| 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. | 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." | 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. | 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 winners | Full list of winners |
| 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) |
| Michael Powell award for best British feature film | Michael Powell award for best British feature film |
| Leviathan (dir. Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel) | Leviathan (dir. Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel) |
| Best performance in a British feature film | Best performance in a British feature film |
| Jamie Blackley and Toby Regbo in uwantme2killhim? (dir. Andrew Douglas) | Jamie Blackley and Toby Regbo in uwantme2killhim? (dir. Andrew Douglas) |
| The audience award | The audience award |
| Fire in the Night (dir. Anthony Wonke) | Fire in the Night (dir. Anthony Wonke) |
| Best short film | Best short film |
| GHL (dir. Lotte Schreiber) | GHL (dir. Lotte Schreiber) |
| Creative innovation in a short film | Creative innovation in a short film |
| Doll Parts (dir. Muzi Quawson) | Doll Parts (dir. Muzi Quawson) |
| Outstanding individual contribution to a short film | Outstanding individual contribution to a short film |
| Josh Gibson as director of photography of Light Plate (dir. Josh Gibson) | Josh Gibson as director of photography of Light Plate (dir. Josh Gibson) |
| McLaren award for best new British animation | McLaren award for best new British animation |
| Marilyn Miller (dir. Mikey Please) | Marilyn Miller (dir. Mikey Please) |
| Student critics jury award | Student critics jury award |
| Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari (dir. Alexey Fedorchenko) | Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari (dir. Alexey Fedorchenko) |
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