The British Independent Film Awards, which took place in London on Sunday, offer early insight into the indie movies that awards voters want to support as we head into the thick of the Academy Awards race. See the full list of this year’s winners below.
The Syrian war portrait “For Sama,” from filmmakers Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts, won Best British Independent Film, Best Documentary Feature, and Best Director. That film also took home Best Editing in London, and stateside is up for the PGA Award for Outstanding Documentary.
Renée Zellweger won Best Actress for her performance as Judy Garland in “Judy,” and remains at the top of the contenders for the Best Actress Oscar. Josh O’Connor won Best Actor for the relationship drama “Only You.” The British actor now seen in Netflix’s “The Crown” broke out with 2017’s gay romance “God’s Own Country,” which also won him a Bifa,...
The Syrian war portrait “For Sama,” from filmmakers Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts, won Best British Independent Film, Best Documentary Feature, and Best Director. That film also took home Best Editing in London, and stateside is up for the PGA Award for Outstanding Documentary.
Renée Zellweger won Best Actress for her performance as Judy Garland in “Judy,” and remains at the top of the contenders for the Best Actress Oscar. Josh O’Connor won Best Actor for the relationship drama “Only You.” The British actor now seen in Netflix’s “The Crown” broke out with 2017’s gay romance “God’s Own Country,” which also won him a Bifa,...
- 12/1/2019
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
The nominations for the 2019 British Independent Film Awards have been revealed, and it was a huge morning for Armando Iannucci’s Charles Dickens adaptation “The Personal History of David Copperfield” and Tom Harper’s musical drama “Wild Rose.” “Copperfield” led all movies with 11 nominations, including Best British Indie Film, Best Actor for Dev Patel, and Best Screenplay for Iannucci and co-writer Simon Blackwell. Fox Searchlight has U.S. distribution rights to the movie and has announced a 2020 theatrical release.
“Wild Rose,” which earned a second-best 10 nominations, will also compete for Best British Indie Film against “Bait,” “For Sama,” and “The Souvenir.” “Wild Rose” breakout Jessie Buckley landed a Best Actress nomination opposite Renee Zellweger for “Judy,” which Buckley just so happens to have a supporting role in.
While Zellweger landed in the Best Actress field (which she is widely expected to do all awards season thanks to her acclaimed leading...
“Wild Rose,” which earned a second-best 10 nominations, will also compete for Best British Indie Film against “Bait,” “For Sama,” and “The Souvenir.” “Wild Rose” breakout Jessie Buckley landed a Best Actress nomination opposite Renee Zellweger for “Judy,” which Buckley just so happens to have a supporting role in.
While Zellweger landed in the Best Actress field (which she is widely expected to do all awards season thanks to her acclaimed leading...
- 10/30/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Armando Iannucci’s The Personal History Of David Copperfield and Tom Harper’s Wild Rose lead the nominees pool for the 2019 British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs), which were unveiled in London this morning. Scroll down for the full list.
Copperfield has 11 nods including best film and director as well as actor for star Dev Patel. Wild Rose has 10 including best film and director, and actress for Jessie Buckley.
Peter Strickland’s In Fabric has nine and Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir, which is up for best film, has eight.
Judy missed out on best film but did take a nom for star Renee Zellweger and has five in total.
The best film category is completed by Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts’ Syria doc For Sama, and Mark Jenkin’s micro-budget Bait, which has been a surprise box office hit in the UK, grossing $520k.
Other notable nominees include Chiwetel Ejiofor,...
Copperfield has 11 nods including best film and director as well as actor for star Dev Patel. Wild Rose has 10 including best film and director, and actress for Jessie Buckley.
Peter Strickland’s In Fabric has nine and Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir, which is up for best film, has eight.
Judy missed out on best film but did take a nom for star Renee Zellweger and has five in total.
The best film category is completed by Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts’ Syria doc For Sama, and Mark Jenkin’s micro-budget Bait, which has been a surprise box office hit in the UK, grossing $520k.
Other notable nominees include Chiwetel Ejiofor,...
- 10/30/2019
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Bait’, ‘A Bump Along The Way’ among 16 titles selected.
Mark Jenkin’s breakout hit Bait and Shelly Love’s pregnancy drama A Bump Along The Way are among the 16 titles longlisted for the Raindance Discovery award at this year’s British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs).
The 16 films will be whittled down to five nominated titles by Bifa voters and announced next week (Oct 30) alongside the other Bifa nominations.
Other longlisted films include Good Posture, the directorial debut of actor Dolly Wells starring Grace Van Patten and Emily Mortimer; Pink Wall, the first feature film from Weekend and Downton Abbey actor Tom Cullen; and Mari,...
Mark Jenkin’s breakout hit Bait and Shelly Love’s pregnancy drama A Bump Along The Way are among the 16 titles longlisted for the Raindance Discovery award at this year’s British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs).
The 16 films will be whittled down to five nominated titles by Bifa voters and announced next week (Oct 30) alongside the other Bifa nominations.
Other longlisted films include Good Posture, the directorial debut of actor Dolly Wells starring Grace Van Patten and Emily Mortimer; Pink Wall, the first feature film from Weekend and Downton Abbey actor Tom Cullen; and Mari,...
- 10/22/2019
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
In their new film Children Of The Snow Land, documentarians Zara Balfour and Marcus Stephenson tell the incredible story of a group of children born in the High Himalayas of Nepal, an isolated area of rare natural beauty but where life can be very tough, especially in the winter months. From the age of 4, children from the region are sent by their parents to the capital city Kathmandu to a boarding school run by a Buddhist monks in the hope that education might help lift them and their families out of poverty.
For 12 years, the children are not allowed to visit their parents, therefore missing out on some of the most crucial moments of their young lives. Upon graduating from school the teenagers are expected to make the long journey back home to their remote mountain villages, where for the first time they are to meet their parents again. Having...
For 12 years, the children are not allowed to visit their parents, therefore missing out on some of the most crucial moments of their young lives. Upon graduating from school the teenagers are expected to make the long journey back home to their remote mountain villages, where for the first time they are to meet their parents again. Having...
- 3/15/2019
- by Linda Marric
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
A group of teenagers educated in Nepal’s capital return to villages they left years earlier in this gently moving documentary
‘Is this my son?” Sixteen-year-old Jeewan’s mother doesn’t recognise him. The last time she saw his face he was six and being sent away to a charity-funded school in Kathmandu, like many other children from Nepal’s remote Himalayan villages. With this gently moving documentary, Zara Balfour and Marcus Stephenson follow three teenage pupils about to graduate as they go back home for the first time. For 17-year-old Nima, the final leg of the journey is a 15-day trek fraught with danger from avalanches: his village is in the highest inhabited region on Earth.
You can count the miles. But with enormous sensitivity the film observes the distance these bright, confident city kids have travelled from poverty. Jeewan, in tight jeans and with a Justin Bieber haircut,...
‘Is this my son?” Sixteen-year-old Jeewan’s mother doesn’t recognise him. The last time she saw his face he was six and being sent away to a charity-funded school in Kathmandu, like many other children from Nepal’s remote Himalayan villages. With this gently moving documentary, Zara Balfour and Marcus Stephenson follow three teenage pupils about to graduate as they go back home for the first time. For 17-year-old Nima, the final leg of the journey is a 15-day trek fraught with danger from avalanches: his village is in the highest inhabited region on Earth.
You can count the miles. But with enormous sensitivity the film observes the distance these bright, confident city kids have travelled from poverty. Jeewan, in tight jeans and with a Justin Bieber haircut,...
- 3/14/2019
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
The inspiring story of an incredible journey, “Children of the Snow Land” by Zara Balfour & Marcus Stephenson will have the UK Theatrical Premiere with a Gala + Q&A hosted by Anna Smith at Curzon Soho Cinema 14th March 2019.
From the 14th the film will be also available on the Curzon Home Cinema On Demand in UK, Ireland and Malta
The premiere in London will be followed by more screenings in:
London Rio Dalston, with Q&A hosted by Carol Nahra (Documentary Lecturer & Journalist) Bristol Scott Cinema Bristol Bristol Scott Cinema Bristol, with Q&A Ambleside, Cumbria Zefirellis Oxford Curzon Oxford, with Q&A Wimbledon, London Curzon Wimbledon, with Q&A Sheffield Curzon Sheffield, with Q&A Royal Geographical Society with Exeter Phoenix Exeter, with Q&A and discussion about Nepal London Curzon Soho, with Q&A Kathmandu Guest House Kathmandu, Nepal Salem Film Festival Salem, Boston, USA
If the film is...
From the 14th the film will be also available on the Curzon Home Cinema On Demand in UK, Ireland and Malta
The premiere in London will be followed by more screenings in:
London Rio Dalston, with Q&A hosted by Carol Nahra (Documentary Lecturer & Journalist) Bristol Scott Cinema Bristol Bristol Scott Cinema Bristol, with Q&A Ambleside, Cumbria Zefirellis Oxford Curzon Oxford, with Q&A Wimbledon, London Curzon Wimbledon, with Q&A Sheffield Curzon Sheffield, with Q&A Royal Geographical Society with Exeter Phoenix Exeter, with Q&A and discussion about Nepal London Curzon Soho, with Q&A Kathmandu Guest House Kathmandu, Nepal Salem Film Festival Salem, Boston, USA
If the film is...
- 3/12/2019
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Snow Land is not a magical country, surrounded by crystalline glaciers. Snow Land is a school in Kathmandu, Nepal’s Capital City, run by a Buddhist monk with private donations and on a mission to give the opportunity of education, hence a better life, to children from the high lands of the Himalaya, remote villages where there are neither schools nor any kind of easy communication with the rest of the world and where poverty prevents many families from looking after properly to their children.
“Children of the Snow Land” starts almost as a fairy tale, to then become an adventurous voyage and to conclude as an inspiring coming of age tale.
Tsering
Snow Land School welcomes children when they are 4 or 5 – the age of primary school – feed them, educate them and keep them until graduation. If this sounds like an average British boarding school, think again. The children in...
“Children of the Snow Land” starts almost as a fairy tale, to then become an adventurous voyage and to conclude as an inspiring coming of age tale.
Tsering
Snow Land School welcomes children when they are 4 or 5 – the age of primary school – feed them, educate them and keep them until graduation. If this sounds like an average British boarding school, think again. The children in...
- 3/10/2019
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
“An incredibly inspiring story from the roof of the world.”
Bear Grylls
Dartmouth Films, Mayfly TV and Picture on the Wall Productions are proud to announce the release of Children Of The Snow Land in UK cinemas and on demand with Curzon Home Cinema from Thursday 14 March 2019, with the UK gala premiere screening with Q&A taking place that evening at Curzon Soho.
Children Of The Snow Land tells the incredible story of a group of children born in the High Himalayas of Nepal; a remote area of great natural beauty but where life is extremely tough. From just four years old, some children are sent by their parents to the capital city, Kathmandu, to a school run by a Buddhist monk, in the hope that education will give them a better chance in life.
For ten years or more they do not see or speak to their parents, due...
Bear Grylls
Dartmouth Films, Mayfly TV and Picture on the Wall Productions are proud to announce the release of Children Of The Snow Land in UK cinemas and on demand with Curzon Home Cinema from Thursday 14 March 2019, with the UK gala premiere screening with Q&A taking place that evening at Curzon Soho.
Children Of The Snow Land tells the incredible story of a group of children born in the High Himalayas of Nepal; a remote area of great natural beauty but where life is extremely tough. From just four years old, some children are sent by their parents to the capital city, Kathmandu, to a school run by a Buddhist monk, in the hope that education will give them a better chance in life.
For ten years or more they do not see or speak to their parents, due...
- 2/16/2019
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
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