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British Independent Film Award For Best Production Design
The British Independent Film Award The British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) is an organisation that celebrates, supports and promotes British independent cinema and filmmaking talent in United Kingdom. Nominations for the annual awards ceremony are announced in early November, ... for Best Production Design is an annual award given by the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) to recognize the best production design in a British independent film. The award was first presented in the 2017 ceremony. Prior to 2017, production design was included in the category Best Technical Achievement alongside different areas of crafts in film, this category was presented from 2001 to 2016. Winners and nominees 2000s ; Best Technical Achievement 2010s ; Best Technical Achievement ;Best Production Design 2020s References External links Official website {{British Independent Film Awards British Independent Film Awards ... [...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 filmmaking talent in 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, Fred Hogge, R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloody Sunday (film)
''Bloody Sunday'' is a 2002 British-Irish film written and directed by Paul Greengrass based around the 1972 "Bloody Sunday (1972), Bloody Sunday" shootings in Derry, Northern Ireland. Although produced by ITV Granada, Granada Television as a TV film, it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on 16 January, a few days before its screening on ITV (TV channel), ITV on 20 January, and then in selected London cinemas from 25 January. Though set in Derry, the film was mostly shot in Ballymun in North Dublin, with some location scenes were shot in Derry, in Guildhall Square and in Creggan, Derry, Creggan on the actual route of the in 1972. Content The film was inspired by Don Mullan's politically influential book ''Eyewitness Bloody Sunday'' (Wolfhound Press, 1997). The drama shows the events of the day through the eyes of Ivan Cooper, an Social Democratic and Labour Party, SDLP Member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland who was a central organiser of the Northern Ireland Civil Rig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American media company owned by Penske Media Corporation. The company was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933 it added ''Daily Variety'', based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry. ''Variety.com'' features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, cover stories, videos, photo galleries and features, plus a credits database, production charts and calendar, with archive content dating back to 1905. History Foundation ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. As a result, he decided to start his own publication "that ouldnot be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Independent Film Awards 2004
The 7th British Independent Film Awards, held on November 30, 2004 at the Hammersmith Palais, London, honoured the best British independent films of 2004. Awards Best British Independent Film *''Vera Drake'' *'' Dead Man's Shoes'' *''My Summer of Love'' *''Shaun of the Dead'' *'' Touching the Void'' Best Director *Mike Leigh - ''Vera Drake'' *Shane Meadows - '' Dead Man's Shoes'' *Roger Michell - ''Enduring Love'' *Paweł Pawlikowski - ''My Summer of Love'' * Kevin Macdonald - '' Touching the Void'' The Douglas Hickox Award Given to a British director on their debut feature * John Crowley - ''Intermission'' *Saul Dibb - ''Bullet Boy'' *Peter Webber - '' Girl with a Pearl Earring'' *Emily Young - '' Kiss of Life'' *Matthew Vaughn - ''Layer Cake'' Best Actor * Phil Davis - ''Vera Drake'' *Ian Hart - ''Blind Flight'' *Paddy Considine - '' Dead Man's Shoes'' *Daniel Craig - ''Enduring Love'' *Geoffrey Rush - ''The Life and Death of Peter Sellers'' Best Actress *Imelda Staunton - ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 In Film
2004 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts. ''Shrek 2'' was the year's top-grossing film, and '' Million Dollar Baby'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Evaluation of the year Renowned American film critic and professor Emanuel Levy described 2004 as "a banner year for actors, particularly men." He went on to emphasize, "I can't think of another year in which there were so many good performances, in every genre. It was a year in which we saw the entire spectrum of demographics displayed on the big screen, from vet actors such as Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman, to seniors such as Pacino, De Niro, and Hoffman, to newcomers such as Topher Grace. As always, though, the center of the male acting pyramid is occupied by actors in their forties and fifties, such as Sean Penn, Johnny Depp, Liam Neeson, Kevin Kline, Don Cheadle, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Wilson (sound Engineer)
Stuart Wilson is a Scottish sound engineer working in feature films. He has been nominated for 7 Academy Awards, for the films ''War Horse'' in 2012, ''Skyfall'' in 2013, '' Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' in 2016, ''Rogue One'' in 2017, '' Star Wars: The Last Jedi'' in 2018, ''1917'' in 2020 and ''The Batman'', winning the award for 1917. He was nominated for a British Academy Film Award for ''The Constant Gardener'' in 2006, ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2'' and ''War Horse'' in 2012, ''Skyfall'' in 2013, '' Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' in 2016, '' Star Wars: The Last Jedi'' in 2018 and '' Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker'' and ''1917 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Fo ...'' in 2020. He won the award for the later. Awards and nominations Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joakim Sundström
Joakim Sundström is a Swedish supervising sound editor, sound designer and musician. Sundström was born on February 27, 1965, in the city of Gävle in Sweden and brought up in Buchanan, Liberia on the West African Atlantic coast. He collaborates regularly with British director Michael Winterbottom. Married to British painter Dee Ferris. They have a daughter, Tova Sundström, and a son, Ruben Sundström. He currently resides between London and Brighton, England. Filmography * '' Robinson in Space'' (1997) * '' Dance of the Wind'' (1997) * ''Souvenir'' (1998) * ''Simon Magus'' (1999) * '' I Could Read the Sky'' (1999) * '' My Kingdom'' (2001) * ''In This World'' (2002) * '' Heartlands'' (2002) * '' 24 Hour Party People'' (2002) * ''Octane'' (2003) * ''Code 46'' (2003) * '' Touching the Void'' (2003) * ''Birth'' (2004) * ''9 Songs'' (2004) * '' Yes'' (2004) * ''Enduring Love'' (2004) * '' Isolation'' (2005) * ''MirrorMask'' (2005) * '' The Piano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Holmes (musician)
David Holmes (born 25 February 1969) is a Northern Irish musician and composer. He worked as a DJ before releasing several solo albums that have incorporated elements of trip hop, big beat, electronic and rock. In the late 1990s, he also began composing film scores, establishing a long-standing collaboration with director Steven Soderbergh that includes ''Out of Sight'' (1998) and the ''Ocean's'' trilogy. Holmes is currently a member of the band Unloved, whose music has been used extensively in the television series ''Killing Eve'', for which Holmes is also a composer. He has remixed songs for numerous artists and produced albums for Primal Scream. Career Holmes began DJing in Belfast from the age of 15. His first hit was the 1992 track "De Niro" as the Disco Evangelists, with Ashley Beedle and Lindsay Edwards (who later joined Tin Tin Out). In the early to mid-1990s, he ran two club nights in the Belfast Art College known as Sugar Sweet and Shake Yer Brain. Orbital wrote th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buffalo Soldiers (2001 Film)
''Buffalo Soldiers'' is a 2001 black comedy war film directed and co-written by Gregor Jordan, based on the 1993 novel of the same name by Robert O'Connor (author), Robert O'Connor. The film stars Joaquin Phoenix, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Anna Paquin and Dean Stockwell. It follows a group of American soldiers stationed in West Germany during 1989 just before the fall of the Berlin Wall. ''Buffalo Soldiers'' had its world premiere at the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival, 26th Toronto International Film Festival on 8 September 2001, and was theatrically released in the United Kingdom by Pathé, Pathé Distribution on 18 July 2003. The film began a Limited theatrical release, limited release in the United States on 25 July 2003, followed by a wide release on 8 August 2003, by Miramax, Miramax Films. It earned five nominations at the British Independent Film Awards 2003, 6th British Independent Film Awards, including BIFA Award for Best British Independent Film, Best British In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Howells
Michael Howells (13 January 1957 – 19 July 2018) was an English Production Designer, Set Designer, Creative Director and respected designer who worked across film, fashion, theatre and television. Howells started as an Assistant Art Director on '' The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover'', where he worked with fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier. Known particularly for his work in fashion with John Galliano, his work was seen in the films ''Orlando'' (1992), '' Emma'' (1995), and ''Nanny McPhee'' (2005). He was the production designer for the first two series of ITV's ''Victoria'' (2016–2017). Howells collaborated with Galliano on his own label and at Dior, Christian Lacroix, Alexander McQueen on shows; photographers Mario Testino and Nick Knight on editorial and advertising including many editions of Vogue and advertising campaigns for Dior, Burberry and Dolce and Gabbana. He also designed Stephen Jones's award-winning V&A exhibition 'Hat's An Anthology by Stephen Jones ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bright Young Things (film)
''Bright Young Things'' is a 2003 British drama film written and directed by Stephen Fry. The screenplay, based on the 1930 novel ''Vile Bodies'' by Evelyn Waugh, provides satirical social commentary about the Bright Young People—young and carefree London aristocrats and bohemians—as well as society in general, in the interwar era. Plot The primary characters are earnest aspiring novelist Adam Fenwick-Symes and his fiancée, Nina Blount. When Adam's novel ''Bright Young Things'', commissioned by tabloid newspaper magnate Lord Monomark, is confiscated by HM customs officers at the port of Dover for being too racy, he finds himself in a precarious financial situation that may force him to postpone his marriage. In the lounge of the hotel where he lives, he wins £1,000 by successfully performing a trick involving sleight of hand, and a character called "the Major" offers to place the money on the decidedly ill-favoured Indian Runner in a forthcoming horserace. Anxious to w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
16 Years Of Alcohol
''16 Years of Alcohol'' is a 2003 drama film written and directed by Richard Jobson, based on his semi-autobiographical 1987 novel. Kevin McKidd stars as Frankie, a violent alcoholic who is partially based on Jobson and his brother. Plot The opening scene shows Frankie being beaten by a small group of men, and the rest of the film is shown as a flashback leading up to that point. The film is split into three sections: Frankie's troubled childhood, his violent adolescence as a ska-loving skinhead who commands a small gang, and a period of change, in which Frankie tries to believe in hope and love. Frankie starts a relationship with Helen (Laura Fraser), a young woman who studies art and works in a record store. When the differences between them became too obvious, Helen breaks up with Frankie, and he joins Alcoholics Anonymous (or a similar program) and a theatre group along with Mary (Susan Lynch), a good-hearted alcoholic. This allows Frankie to exorcise some of his demons, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
