The 15th Empire Awards ceremony (officially known as the Jameson Empire Awards), presented by the British

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''Empire'', honored the best films of 2009 and took place on 28 March 2010 at the

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. During the ceremony, ''Empire'' presented

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in 11 categories as well as four honorary awards. The Done In 60 Seconds competition was opened for the first time to international entries from this year. Irish comedian

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hosted the show for the second consecutive year. The awards were sponsored by

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for the second consecutive year. In related events, ''Empire'' and Jameson Irish Whiskey held the 1st Done In 60 Seconds Competition Global Final on 26 March 2010 at 24 Club, London, England. The team of judges consisted of ''Empire''

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, English

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and

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, which selected from a shortlist of 20 nominees the five

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finalists that were invited to the Empire Awards where the winner was announced. ''

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'' won the most awards with three including

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for

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. Other winners included '' Harry Brown'', '' In the Loop'', ''

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'', '' Let the Right One In'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' with one.

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received the

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received the

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received the

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and

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received the Outstanding Contribution to British Film award. Mark Wong from the United Kingdom won the

for his 60-second film version of ''

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''. Empire employee Kat Brown pioneered photolurking in the background of a picture with

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Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Notes

Multiple awards

The following film received multiple awards:

Multiple nominations

The following 13 films received multiple nominations:

Done In 60 Seconds films

References

External links

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