17/08/2005

Steven Woolley’s Stoned, David Mckenzie’s Asylum, Richard E.Grant’s Wah-Wah, Saul Metzstein’s Guy X are among the 13 new UK feature films part of the British Gala section of the Edinburgh International Film Festival (August 17-28) that will try to win the prestigious Michael Powell Award given each year to the Best new British feature film.
The winner announced on the festival’s closing night, August 28th, will be chosen by a jury composed of producer Michael Kuhn, director Antonia Bird, Irish actress Eva Birthistle, US scriptwriter Paul Mayersberg and US actor Alessandro Nivola. Last year’s winner was Pawel Pawlikowski’s My Summer of Love [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Jean-Paul Rougier
interview: Pawel Pawlikowski
interview: Tanya Seghatchian
film profile]

The 13 films competing this year are:
-David Mckenzie’s Asylum [+see also:
trailer
film profile]
-Nick Love’s The Business
-Thomas Clay’s The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael
-Lexi Alexander’s Green Street
-Saul Metzstein’s Guy X
-Jan Dunn’s Gypo
-Dave McKean’s Mirrormask
-Gaby Dellal’s On a Clear Day -Mary McGuckian’s Rag Tale
-Josh Appignanesi’s Song of Songs
-Stephen Woolley’s Stoned
Gavin Hood’s Tsotsi
-Richard E.Grant’s Wah-Wah