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| London film festival: Pawel Pawlikowski wins best film for Ida | London film festival: Pawel Pawlikowski wins best film for Ida |
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| British-based director Pawel Pawlikowski's latest film, Ida, took the top prize at the close of the London film festival on Saturday night. | British-based director Pawel Pawlikowski's latest film, Ida, took the top prize at the close of the London film festival on Saturday night. |
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| The Observer's former film critic Philip French announced the Best Film award, saying: "The jury greatly admired Ida, the first film made in his native Poland by a director who came to prominence while living in Britain. We were deeply moved by a courageous film that handles, with subtlety and insight, a painfully controversial historical situation – the German occupation and the Holocaust – which continues to resonate." | The Observer's former film critic Philip French announced the Best Film award, saying: "The jury greatly admired Ida, the first film made in his native Poland by a director who came to prominence while living in Britain. We were deeply moved by a courageous film that handles, with subtlety and insight, a painfully controversial historical situation – the German occupation and the Holocaust – which continues to resonate." |
| The Guardian's film critic, Peter Bradshaw, was one of many who welcomed Pawlikowski's new work last week. Coming after the director's acclaimed Last Resort, from 2000, and My Summer of Love, made in 2004, it was, he wrote, "a small gem, tender and bleak, funny and sad, superbly photographed in luminous monochrome". The film tells of an orphan and novice nun who reaches out to her only surviving relative, an aunt. | The Guardian's film critic, Peter Bradshaw, was one of many who welcomed Pawlikowski's new work last week. Coming after the director's acclaimed Last Resort, from 2000, and My Summer of Love, made in 2004, it was, he wrote, "a small gem, tender and bleak, funny and sad, superbly photographed in luminous monochrome". The film tells of an orphan and novice nun who reaches out to her only surviving relative, an aunt. |
| Johnny Depp made a surprise appearance at the awards dinner to present Sir Christoper Lee with a British Film Institute Fellowship, the highest accolade of the night. "It is very kind and unexpected," Lee said, to a standing ovation. "It means a lot to me that you are here." | Johnny Depp made a surprise appearance at the awards dinner to present Sir Christoper Lee with a British Film Institute Fellowship, the highest accolade of the night. "It is very kind and unexpected," Lee said, to a standing ovation. "It means a lot to me that you are here." |
| Guests at the awards dinner included French's fellow jurors: actress Miranda Richardson; Lone Scherfig, director of the Oscar-nominated An Education; the Oscar-nominated cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto; and the author and screenwriter Deborah Moggach. | Guests at the awards dinner included French's fellow jurors: actress Miranda Richardson; Lone Scherfig, director of the Oscar-nominated An Education; the Oscar-nominated cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto; and the author and screenwriter Deborah Moggach. |
| Actors Stephen Dillane, Saoirse Ronan, Jim Broadbent, Colin Salmon and Downton Abbey's Joanne Froggatt also attended and Ronan, the star of How I Live Now, handed Jonathan Asser, screenwriter of Starred Up, the Best British Newcomer award. | Actors Stephen Dillane, Saoirse Ronan, Jim Broadbent, Colin Salmon and Downton Abbey's Joanne Froggatt also attended and Ronan, the star of How I Live Now, handed Jonathan Asser, screenwriter of Starred Up, the Best British Newcomer award. |
| The title of Asser's uncompromising debut feature refers to the practice of placing violent young offenders in an adult prison. Amanda Posey, jury president for this award, said: "Starred Up is an original story told with an individual and authentic voice, at once moving, provocative and always gripping. | The title of Asser's uncompromising debut feature refers to the practice of placing violent young offenders in an adult prison. Amanda Posey, jury president for this award, said: "Starred Up is an original story told with an individual and authentic voice, at once moving, provocative and always gripping. |
| "The material, even from a new screenwriter, was intelligent and distinctive enough to attract very high quality filmmaking talent and actors, and to help elicit extraordinary work from all involved. | "The material, even from a new screenwriter, was intelligent and distinctive enough to attract very high quality filmmaking talent and actors, and to help elicit extraordinary work from all involved. |
| "The whole jury felt Jonathan Asser brought a fresh, resonant and surprising perspective to a classic conflict." | "The whole jury felt Jonathan Asser brought a fresh, resonant and surprising perspective to a classic conflict." |
| Also picked out for praise by Posey were the performances of Asser's fellow nominees Conner Chapman and Shaun Thomas, who star in Clio Barnard's The Selfish Giant. "The whole jury was blown away by these two performances and we could not separate them as, together, they are the heart of the film," Posey said. | Also picked out for praise by Posey were the performances of Asser's fellow nominees Conner Chapman and Shaun Thomas, who star in Clio Barnard's The Selfish Giant. "The whole jury was blown away by these two performances and we could not separate them as, together, they are the heart of the film," Posey said. |
| The Sutherland Award for first feature went to Anthony Chen, director of Ilo Ilo. "The startlingly assured direction and screenwriting of the winning film surprised us all," said Elizabeth Karlsen, the jury president, before also commending Chika Anadu's B For Boy for its "visual and emotional elegance". | The Sutherland Award for first feature went to Anthony Chen, director of Ilo Ilo. "The startlingly assured direction and screenwriting of the winning film surprised us all," said Elizabeth Karlsen, the jury president, before also commending Chika Anadu's B For Boy for its "visual and emotional elegance". |
| The winner of the Grierson Award for best documentary went to My Fathers, My Mother and Me, a portrait of the largest commune in Europe, Friedrichshof, and the life of its residents. According to jury president Kate Ogborn, fellow jurors wanted to recognise the bravery of its director, Paul-Julien Robert. "It is a thought-provoking and disturbing film," she said, "intimate, while also raising larger questions of power, parental responsibility and abuse." | The winner of the Grierson Award for best documentary went to My Fathers, My Mother and Me, a portrait of the largest commune in Europe, Friedrichshof, and the life of its residents. According to jury president Kate Ogborn, fellow jurors wanted to recognise the bravery of its director, Paul-Julien Robert. "It is a thought-provoking and disturbing film," she said, "intimate, while also raising larger questions of power, parental responsibility and abuse." |
| • Review: four stars for Ida | • Review: four stars for Ida |
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