Hide and Seek wins Edinburgh
- Eddie Marsan wins Best Performance for Still Life
The Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film at the 68th Edinburgh International Film Festival that carries a cash prize of £20,000 was awarded to Joanna Coates’s Hide and Seek [+see also:
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film profile]. The Michael Powell Jury said, “The Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film goes to a feature we found very innovative in form and in which all those involved, from the director to the cinematographer and the actors, we believe to be very talented. The Jury recognise that the film was done with very limited funds and in a time when filmmakers are confronted with the challenge of making strong cinema with limited means, it is important for us to encourage new talent to keep creating innovative cinema.”
Coates said, “We set out to make a film that uses beauty and playfulness to speak about our deeper feelings and contemporary dilemmas, and we’re so very moved that it has connected with the festival and with audiences in ways that we barely dared to wish for.”
The Award for Best Performance in a British Feature Film went to Eddie Marsan for his performance in Still Life [+see also:
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interview: Uberto Pasolini
film profile]. Marsan said, “Still Life is so special to me because it's such a personal film for its writer and director, Uberto Pasolini. An Italian film, set in London and given its UK Premiere in Edinburgh, what a wonderful idea!”
Winners:
The Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film
Hide and Seek, Directed by Joanna Coates
The Award for Best Performance in a British Feature Film
Eddie Marsan, Still Life
The Award for Best International Feature Film
Ice Poison, Directed by Midi Z
The Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
My Name Is Salt [+see also:
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Best Short Film
Slap, Directed by Nick Rowland
The Award for Creative Innovation in a Short Film
The Bigger Picture, Directed by Daisy Jacobs
The Award for Outstanding Individual Contribution to a Short Film
Ainslie Henderson and Will Anderson, Monkey Love Experiments
The McLaren Award for Best New British Animation
My Stuffed Granny, Directed by Effie Pappa
The Student Critics Jury Award
Stations of the Cross [+see also:
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Q&A: Dietrich Brüggemann
film profile], Directed by Dietrich Bruggemann
Audience Award
Tony Benn: Will & Testament, Directed by Skip Kite
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