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BIFA For Best British Independent Film
The British Independent Film Award for Best British Independent Film is an annual award given by the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) to recognize the best British independent film. The award was first presented in the 1998 ceremony with Ken Loach's romantic drama ''My Name Is Joe'' being the first recipient of the award. The current winner is Andrew Haigh's drama film '' All of Us Strangers''. Elegibility The award goes to the writers, producers and directors that are fully credited for the film. Co-directors and co-writers are only eligible where there are no lead directors or writers credited. Other producer credits such as associate, executive, and others, as well as individuals credited with "additional material by", "original story by", and similar credits are not elegible for the award or nomination. According to the rules presented by BIFA, in order for a film to be considered "independent" and therefore be eligible for this award and the other categories, the financ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Independent Film Award
The British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) is an organisation that celebrates, supports, and promotes British independent cinema and film-making talent in the United Kingdom. Nominations for the annual awards ceremony are announced in early November, with the ceremony itself taking place in early December. Since 2015, BIFA has also hosted UK-wide talent development and film screening programmes, with the support of Creative Skillset and the British Film Institute. History The British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) were created in 1998 by Elliot Grove and Suzanne Ballantyne of the Raindance Film Festival, with the aim of celebrating merit and achievement in independently funded British filmmaking, honouring new talent and promoting British films and filmmaking to a wider public audience. BIFA founding members include Phillip Alberstat, Chris Auty, André Burgess, Sally Caplan, Pippa Cross, Christopher Fowler, Lora Fox Gamble, Steven Gaydos, Norma Heyman, Emma E. Hickox, Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wonderland (1999 Film)
''Wonderland'' is a 1999 British drama film directed by Michael Winterbottom. The film stars Ian Hart, Shirley Henderson, Kika Markham, Gina McKee, Molly Parker, Jack Shepherd, John Simm, Stuart Townsend, Enzo Cilenti, and Sarah-Jane Potts. ''Wonderland'' had its world premiere at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival on 13 May 1999, and was released in the United Kingdom on 14 January 2000, by Universal Pictures. Plot summary The film follows the lives of three London sisters and their family over five days, a long Guy Fawkes Night weekend in November. Waitress Nadia, "shy, with a backpack and her hair in girlish twists", spends all her time going on blind dates with unsatisfactory men from personal ads, while her hairdresser sister Debbie struggles to raise her 11-year-old son without much help from his irresponsible father. Meanwhile, Molly is pregnant but her husband Eddie has left his job without telling her. Eileen and Bill, their parents, are virtually estranged since the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Macdonald (director)
Kevin Macdonald (born 28 October 1967) is a Scottish film director. His films include '' One Day in September'' (1999), a documentary about the 1972 murder of 11 Israeli athletes, which won him the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, the climbing documentary '' Touching the Void'' (2003), the drama '' The Last King of Scotland'' (2006), the political thriller '' State of Play'' (2009), the Bob Marley documentary '' Marley'' (2012), the post-apocalyptic drama '' How I Live Now'' (2013), the thriller ''Black Sea'' (2014), the Whitney Houston documentary '' Whitney'' (2018), and the legal drama film '' The Mauritanian'' (2021). Personal life Macdonald was born in Glasgow, Scotland. His maternal grandparents were the Hungarian-born British Jewish filmmaker Emeric Pressburger and English screenwriter and actress Wendy Orme. He was brought up in Gartocharn, Dunbartonshire and attended the local primary school for the first five years of his education, He was educated at Gl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Day In September
''One Day in September'' is a 1999 documentary film directed by Kevin Macdonald examining the 5 September 1972 murder of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. Michael Douglas provides the sparse narration throughout the film. The film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 72nd Academy Awards, on 26 March 2000. Summary The documentary begins with an advertisement by the Munich Tourism Bureau with a woman inviting the world to visit the city for the Olympics, then shows interviews with the wives of some of the murdered athletes, including Ankie Spitzer, widow of fencing coach Andre Spitzer. The film also features the first known filmed interview with Jamal Al-Gashey, a surviving terrorist. Al-Gashey, who is in hiding in Africa, wears a cap and sunglasses and his face is slightly blurred. There are various shots of the Games getting under way, and attention is given to the lax security the Germans had at the Games. The terror ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Daldry
Stephen David Daldry Commander of the Order of the British Empire, CBE (born 2 May 1960) is an English director and producer of film, theatre, and television. He has won three Tony Awards for his work on Broadway theatre, Broadway and an Olivier Awards, Olivier Award for his work in the West End theatre, West End. He has received three Academy Awards nominations for Academy Award for Best Director, Best Director, for the films ''Billy Elliot'' (2000), ''The Hours (film), The Hours'' (2002), and ''The Reader (2008 film), The Reader'' (2008). From 2016 to 2020, he produced and directed the Netflix television series ''The Crown (TV series), The Crown'', for which he received one Producers Guild Award nomination, one Producers Guild Award win, six Primetime Emmy Award nominations, and two Primetime Emmy Awards win for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, Outs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Elliot
''Billy Elliot'' is a 2000 British coming-of-age Comedy film, comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Daldry and written by Lee Hall (playwright), Lee Hall. Set in County Durham in North East England during the 1984–1985 miners' strike, the film is about a working-class boy who has a passion for ballet. His father objects, based on Western stereotype of the male ballet dancer, negative stereotypes of male ballet dancers. The film stars Jamie Bell as 11-year-old Billy, Gary Lewis (actor), Gary Lewis as his father, Jamie Draven as Billy's older brother, and Julie Walters as his ballet teacher. Adapted from a play called ''Dancer'' by Lee Hall, development on the film began in 1999. Around 2,000 boys were considered for the role of Billy before Bell was chosen. Filming began in the North East of England in August 1999. Greg Brenman and Jon Finn served as producers, while Stephen Warbeck composed the film's score. ''Billy Elliot'' is a co-production among BBC Films, Tiger Aspect Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 In Film
The year 2000 in film involved some significant events. The top grosser worldwide was ''Mission: Impossible 2''. Domestically in North America, ''Gladiator (2000 film), Gladiator'' won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor (Russell Crowe). ''Dinosaur (2000 film), Dinosaur'' was the most expensive film of 2000 and a box-office success. __TOC__ Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 2000 by worldwide gross are as follows: 2000 box office records * ''Chicken Run'' became the List of highest-grossing animated films#Stop motion animation, highest-grossing stop motion animated film ever. * ''How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film), Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas''s $55.1 million opening weekend became the highest debut for a Christmas-themed film. It had the highest opening weekend for a Jim Carrey film and a Ron Howard film, surpassing both ''Batman Forever'' and ''Ransom (1996 film), Ransom'' simultaneously. Events Award ceremonies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Roth
Timothy Simon Roth (; born 14 May 1961) is an English actor. He was among a group of prominent British actors known as the " Brit Pack". After garnering attention in television productions '' Made in Britain'' (1982) and '' Meantime'' (1983), Roth was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer in his theatrical film debut '' The Hit'' (1984). He gained further recognition for his roles in films, including '' The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover'' (1989), '' Vincent & Theo'', and '' Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead'' (both 1990). Roth has collaborated with Quentin Tarantino on several films, including '' Reservoir Dogs'' (1992), '' Pulp Fiction'' (1994), '' Four Rooms'' (1995), and '' The Hateful Eight'' (2015). For his performance in '' Rob Roy'' (1995), he won a BAFTA Award, and was nominated for the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award. Other film credits include '' The Legend of 1900'' (1998), '' Planet of the Apes'' (2001), '' Funny Games'' (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The War Zone
''The War Zone'' is a 1999 British drama film written by Alexander Stuart, directed by Tim Roth in his directorial debut, and starring Ray Winstone, Tilda Swinton, Lara Belmont, Freddie Cunliffe, and Colin Farrell in his film debut (in a credited role). The film is based on Stuart's 1989 novel of the same name and takes a blunt look at incest and sexual violence in an English family. Plot 15-year-old Tom is upset after his family moves from London to a rural house in Devon. He misses his friends, and family dynamics are strange. His Mum is in the late stages of pregnancy, his Dad is in the home-furniture industry. Tom and his 18-year-old sister Jessie are unusually close to each other, and everyone helps Mum during her pregnancy. One night, Mum goes into labour and Dad drives the whole family to the hospital. The car crashes, but nobody is badly injured and a baby girl is born while Mum is trapped in the car. They all go to the hospital to get stitched up and they see Mum a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Room For Romeo Brass
''A Room for Romeo Brass'' is a 1999 British teen comedy-drama film directed by Shane Meadows, who also co-wrote the film with Paul Fraser. The film was mainly shot in Calverton, Nottinghamshire between 5 September and 17 October 1998. The location of the seaside scene was Chapel St. Leonards in Lincolnshire. The film stars Andrew Shim as Romeo Brass, Ben Marshall as Gavin Woolley and Paddy Considine as Morell. It marked the screen debut of Vicky McClure and Considine, who would go on to star in Meadows' subsequent films, '' Dead Man's Shoes'' and '' Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee'', chronologically. It was nominated in three categories at the 1999 British Independent Film Awards. Plot 12-year-old boys Romeo Brass and Gavin Woolley have been best friends and neighbours for most of their lives. Gavin suffers from a back injury which causes him to be bullied by other boys, while Romeo is quick to step in and defend him. One day Gavin is confronted by two boys, Romeo intervenes and thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anand Tucker
Anand Tucker (born 24 June 1963) is a film director and producer based in London. He began his career directing factual television programming and adverts. He co-owns the production company Seven Stories. Personal life Tucker was born in Thailand to an Indian father and German mother. He attended Island School. Filmography as director Feature Films * '' Saint-Ex'' (1996) * '' Hilary and Jackie'' (1998) * '' Shopgirl'' (2005) * '' And When Did You Last See Your Father?'' (2007) * '' Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983'' (2009) * ''Leap Year'' (2010) * ''The Critic'' (2023) TV Series * ''Gothica'' (Unaired Pilot for ABC series) (2013) * '' Rogue'' (Season 2 – Episode 5 'Cruising') (2014) * '' Indian Summers'' (first season opening block – 4 episodes) (2015) TV Documentaries * '' Naked Sport: Welcome to the Sewer'' (1993) * '' Naked Sport: Fields of Blood'' (1993) * '' Naked Sport: The Big Pitch'' (1993) * '' Bookmark: The Vampire's Life'' (1993) * '' Champions: Footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilary And Jackie
''Hilary and Jackie'' is a 1998 British biographical film directed by Anand Tucker, starring Emily Watson and Rachel Griffiths as the British classical musician sisters Jacqueline du Pré (cello) and Hilary du Pré (flute). The film covers Jacqueline's meteoric rise to fame, her alleged affair with Hilary's husband Christopher Finzi, and her struggle with multiple sclerosis starting in her late 20s ultimately leading to her death at the age of 42. Frank Cottrell-Boyce wrote the screenplay at the same time that siblings Hilary and Piers du Pré were working on their memoir, published in 1997 as '' A Genius in the Family'' (later republished under the title ''Hilary and Jackie''). As such, the film's closing credits states that it is based on the memoir, though Cottrell-Boyce confirmed, in a programme distributed at early showings of the film, that: "Hilary was working on the book at the same time as I was working on the film ... it was at a very early stage when we were doing t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
