Movies
Tsotsi, a film about a South African hoodlum, has won the Standard Life Audience Award at the 2005 Edinburgh International Film Festival. A combined UK-South African effort, it tells the story about a violent killer whose life is changed when he steals a car containing a baby after shooting the child’s mother.
Directed by Gavin Hood, the movie also won the Michael Powell Award for Best New British Feature Film, as decided by an international jury. The Jury also saw fit to grant a Special Commendation for Song of Songs, in which Josh Appignanesi studies faith and belief.
Mike Mills received the Guardian New Directors Award for his innovative work on Thumbsucker, an adaptation of a Walter Kirn novel telling the story of a sixteen-year-old whose life undergoes an unwanted revolution when he tries to stop sucking his thumb. The movie was also successful at this year’s Sundance and Berlin festivals.
The Kodak UK Film Council Award for Best British Short Film went to Hibernation. Written and directed by John Williams, it features two children in a treehouse trying to revive a sleeping bee.
In receipt of the European Film Academy Short Film award (Prix UIP) was Autobiographical Scene Number 6882 by Ruben Ostlund. This film, along with winners of eleven other European festivals, will go forward as nominations for the European Film Academy Short Film at the European Film Awards in December. The piece portrays a man convincing his friends ito watch him jump from a bridge.
The McLaren Award for New British Animation went to Elizabeth Hobbs’ The True Story of Sawney Beane. Hobbs’ 11 minute piece sees Betty, the mother of cannibal Sawney Beane, have her say about motherly love.
Finally, Simon Hynd took home the Saltire Society Award for Short Scottish Documentary for his film Arts: The Catalyst, The Craigmillar Story. His work looked at an internationally acclaimed community arts project which has used arts as a catalyst for social care.
Directed by Gavin Hood, the movie also won the Michael Powell Award for Best New British Feature Film, as decided by an international jury. The Jury also saw fit to grant a Special Commendation for Song of Songs, in which Josh Appignanesi studies faith and belief.
Mike Mills received the Guardian New Directors Award for his innovative work on Thumbsucker, an adaptation of a Walter Kirn novel telling the story of a sixteen-year-old whose life undergoes an unwanted revolution when he tries to stop sucking his thumb. The movie was also successful at this year’s Sundance and Berlin festivals.
The Kodak UK Film Council Award for Best British Short Film went to Hibernation. Written and directed by John Williams, it features two children in a treehouse trying to revive a sleeping bee.
In receipt of the European Film Academy Short Film award (Prix UIP) was Autobiographical Scene Number 6882 by Ruben Ostlund. This film, along with winners of eleven other European festivals, will go forward as nominations for the European Film Academy Short Film at the European Film Awards in December. The piece portrays a man convincing his friends ito watch him jump from a bridge.
The McLaren Award for New British Animation went to Elizabeth Hobbs’ The True Story of Sawney Beane. Hobbs’ 11 minute piece sees Betty, the mother of cannibal Sawney Beane, have her say about motherly love.
Finally, Simon Hynd took home the Saltire Society Award for Short Scottish Documentary for his film Arts: The Catalyst, The Craigmillar Story. His work looked at an internationally acclaimed community arts project which has used arts as a catalyst for social care.
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