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BAFTA Award For Best Short Film
The BAFTA Award for Best British Short Film is a film award presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) at the annual British Academy Film Awards. BAFTA is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, and video games A video game or computer game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, game controller, controller, computer keyboard, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual fe ... (and formerly also for children's film and television). Since 1960, selected films have been awarded with the BAFTA award for Best Short Film at an annual ceremony. In the following lists, the titles and names in bold with a gold background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the nominees. The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released, not the year of the ceremony, which always takes place the foll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Academy Film Awards
The British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs or BAFTA Awards, is an annual film award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to honour the best British and international contributions to film. The ceremony was first held at the flagship Odeon Cinema in Leicester Square in London, then the Royal Opera House from 2007 to 2016. The event was held at the Royal Albert Hall from 2017 to 2022, before moving to the Royal Festival Hall for 2023. The statue awarded to recipients depicts a theatrical mask. The first BAFTA Awards ceremony was held in 1949, and the ceremony was first broadcast on the BBC in 1956 with Vivien Leigh as the host. The ceremony was initially held in April or May; since 2001, it typically takes place in February. History The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) was founded in 1947 as The British Film Academy, by David Lean, Alexander Korda, Carol Reed, Charles Laughton, Roger Manvell, La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
16th British Academy Film Awards
The 16th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1963, honoured the best films of 1962. Winners and nominees Source: Best Film '' Lawrence of Arabia'' *'' Billy Budd'' *'' A Kind of Loving'' *'' Lola'' *'' The L-Shaped Room'' *'' The Miracle Worker'' *'' The Manchurian Candidate'' *'' Only Two Can Play'' *'' Phaedra'' *''West Side Story'' *'' Une aussi longue absence'' *'' Tu ne tueras point'' *'' Through a Glass Darkly'' *'' Jules and Jim'' *'' Hadaka no shima'' *'' The Lady with the Dog'' *'' The Elusive Corporal'' *'' Last Year at Marienbad'' Best British Film '' Lawrence of Arabia'' *'' Billy Budd'' *'' A Kind of Loving'' *'' The L-Shaped Room'' *'' Only Two Can Play'' Best Foreign Actor Burt Lancaster in '' Birdman of Alcatraz'' *Anthony Quinn in '' Lawrence of Arabia'' * Kirk Douglas in '' Lonely Are the Brave'' * Robert Ryan in '' Billy Budd'' * Charles Laughton in ''Advise and Consent'' * Franco Citti in '' Accatto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
60 Cycles
''60 Cycles'' is a 1965 Canadian short from the National Film Board of Canada directed and photographed by Jean-Claude Labrecque. Synopsis ''60 Cycles'' is a film about the 11th St-Laurent long-distance bicycle race covering 2,400 kilometres of Gaspé countryside in 12 days. With the curving, picturesque landscape as backdrop, you see here an event where the challenge seems more personal than competitive. ''60 Cycles'' was the first to use a 1,000-mm lens in an opening shot that remains famous: a group of cyclists is shown riding towards the camera with the impression that they are not even moving due to the long focal length of the lens. In 1966, Labrecque told '' Take One'' magazine, "I found I could go further in experimenting with the effects of various lenses on heat. For example, we found out how heat waves can be seen coming off the road on a hot day. We first noticed the effect approaching the camera way in the distance. With everything telescoped, it produced a unique e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th British Academy Film Awards
The 19th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1966, honoured the best films of 1965. Winners and nominees * Source: Statistics References {{BAFTA Film Awards Chron 019 British Academy The British Academy for the Promotion of Historical, Philosophical and Philological Studies is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. It was established in 1902 and received its royal charter in the sa ... 1966 in British cinema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Biggs
Julian Biggs (1920–1972) was a director and producer with the National Film Board of Canada and its first Director of English Production. Over the course of his 20-year career, he created 146 films, two of which (''Herring Hunt'' (1953) and ''Paddle to the Sea'' (1966)) were nominated for Academy Awards. His film ''23 Skidoo (film), 23 Skidoo'' (1964) received two British Academy Film Awards, BAFTA nominations, including the BAFTA United Nations award. Biography Biggs was born and raised in Port Perry, in southern Ontario. When World War II broke out in 1939, he joined the Canadian Army and then transferred to the Canadian Navy, where he spent the rest of the war serving on mine-sweepers. He then attended the University of Toronto and, in 1951, was hired as a production assistant by the National Film Board of Canada. He directed his first film, ''The Son'', a year later. From 1956 to 1958, Biggs produced the ''Perspective'' series (paralleled by the similar series in French '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
23 Skidoo (film)
''23 Skidoo'' is a 1964 short experimental black-and-white film directed by Julian Biggs and produced by the National Film Board of Canada. Synopsis Its central images are "eerie" and "disturbing" scenes of downtown Montreal devoid of people. The film offers no explanation for what happened to the people until a scene in a newsroom where we glimpse a never-completed report about the explosion of the first neutron bomb. Accolades In 1965, the film was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Short Film. Also at the 1965 BAFTAs, it was nominated for the United Nations Award for "the best Film embodying one or more of the principles of the United Nations Charter in 1965" (''Dr. Strangelove'' won the award). ''23 Skidoo'' won "Special Mention" in the international competition at the 1965 Kraków Film Festival that year. See also * Arthur Lipsett - another NFB filmmaker similar in content * The Cold War The Cold War was a period of global Geopolitics, geopolitical rivalry betwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Feeney (filmmaker)
John Feeney (10 August 1922 – 6 December 2006) was a New Zealand-born director, photographer and writer. Early life Feeney was born in Ngāruawāhia, near Hamilton, on New Zealand's North Island. He became fascinated by photography at a very early age and, at age 8, was given his first camera which, for the rest of his life, he would refer to as his 'magic lantern'. While attending Victoria University in Wellington, he entered the Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve to do his compulsory service but, with conscription during WWII, was transferred into the Royal New Zealand Navy. He took part in the D-Day landings of 1944 and, a year later, was discharged with the rank of Lieutenant. He returned to New Zealand, where he took the job of research assistant with New Zealand's War History Branch, which was working on its 38-volume ''Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–45''. That experience led him to be hired, in 1947, by the National Film Unit o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenojuak
Kenojuak Ashevak, (Inuktitut: ᕿᓐᓄᐊᔪᐊᖅ ᐋᓯᕙᒃ, Qinnuajuaq Aasivak) was a Canadian Inuk artist. She was born on October 3, 1927 at Camp Kerrasak on southern Baffin Island, and died on January 8, 2013 in Cape Dorset, Nunavut. Known primarily for her drawings as a graphic artist, she had a diverse artistic experience, making sculpture and engraving and working with textiles and also on stained glass. She is celebrated as a leading figure of modern Inuit art and one of Canada's preeminent artists and cultural icons. Part of a pioneering generation of Arctic creators, her career spanned more than five decades. She made graphic art, drawings and prints in stone cut, lithography and etching, beloved by the public, museums and collectors alike. Kenojuak mainly painted animals in fantastical, brightly-colored aspects, but also painted landscapes and scenes of everyday life, in a desire to make them beautiful by her own standards, and convey a spirit of happiness an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
18th British Academy Film Awards
The 18th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1965, honoured the best films of 1964. Winners and nominees Source: Statistics References {{BAFTA Film Awards Chron 018 British Academy Film Awards The British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs or BAFTA Awards, is an annual film award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to honour the best British and international contributions to f ... 1965 in British cinema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
17th British Academy Film Awards
The 17th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1964, honoured the best films of 1963. Winners and nominees Best Film '' Tom Jones'' *''8½'' *''Billy Liar'' *'' David and Lisa'' *'' Hud'' *'' Days of Wine and Roses'' *'' The Servant'' *''This Sporting Life'' *''To Kill a Mockingbird'' *'' Divorce, Italian Style'' *'' The Four Days of Naples'' *'' Knife in the Water'' Best British Film '' Tom Jones'' *''Billy Liar'' *'' The Servant'' *''This Sporting Life'' Best Foreign Actor ''Marcello Mastroianni in Divorce, Italian Style'' *'' Howard Da Silva in David and Lisa'' *''Jack Lemmon in Days of Wine and Roses'' *''Paul Newman in Hud'' *''Gregory Peck in To Kill a Mockingbird'' Best British Actor ''Dirk Bogarde in The Servant'' *'' Tom Courtenay in Billy Liar'' *''Richard Harris in This Sporting Life'' *'' Albert Finney in Tom Jones'' *'' Hugh Griffith in Tom Jones'' Best British Actress '' Rachel Roberts in This Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Kroitor
Roman Kroitor (December 12, 1926 – September 17, 2012) was a Canadian filmmaker who was known as a pioneer of ''Cinéma vérité'', as the co-founder of IMAX, and as the creator of the Sandde hand-drawn stereoscopic 3D animation system. He was also the original inspiration for The Force. His prodigious output garnered numerous awards, including two BAFTA Awards, three Cannes Film Festival awards, and two Oscar nominations. Early life Roman Boghdan Kroitor was born in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, to Ukrainian immigrants Peter and Tatiana (Shewchuk), both of whom were teachers. Peter died when Roman was four; Tatiana moved the family to Winnipeg and continued teaching. Roman attended the University of Manitoba, graduating in 1951 with a Master of Arts in Philosophy. National Film Board of Canada In 1949 and 1950, Kroitor attended the Summer Intern program at the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) in Ottawa. Upon graduation from university, he was hired full-time, working as a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolf Koenig
Wolf Koenig (October 17, 1927 – June 26, 2014) was a Canadian film director, producer, animator, cinematographer, and a pioneer in Direct Cinema at the National Film Board of Canada. Early life Born in Dresden, Germany, Koenig emigrated to Canada with his family in 1937, when they fled Nazi Germany. They settled in farm along the Grand River, outside what is now known as Cambridge, Ontario. In 1948, a local representative for the Canadian department of agriculture needed the family's tractor to demonstrate a new tree-planting machine. As the young Koenig pulled the machine across a field, he noticed a small film crew from the NFB's former agricultural film unit, recording the demonstration. After filming was complete, he approached the men, who included director Raymond Garceau, and told them he loved films, especially animation, and hoped to work in filmmaking. They suggested he send in a job application and approximately six weeks later he received a letter offering him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
