The Hurt Locker sweeps the BAFTA Awards!

Indeed, it was a great showing for this year's little film that could. Here is the complete list of winners:

Best Film: “The Hurt Locker”
Best Actress: Carey Mulligan, “An Education”
Best Actor: Colin Firth, “A Single Man”
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
Best Foreign Language Film: “A Prophet”
Best Animated Film: “Up”
Best Adapted Screenplay: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, “Up in the Air”
Rising Star Award: Kristen Stewart
Best Production Design: Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg and Kim Sinclair, “Avatar”
Best Original Screenplay: Mark Boal, “The Hurt Locker”
Best British Film: “Fish Tank”
Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, “Precious”
Best Makeup and Hair: Jenny Shircore, “The Young Victoria”
Best Costume Design: Sandy Powell, “The Young Victoria”
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”
Best Visual Effects: “Avatar”
Best Cinematography: Barry Ackroyd, “The Hurt Locker”
Best Film Editing: Bob Murawski and Chris Innis, “The Hurt Locker”
Best Music: Michael Giacchino, “Up”
Best Sound: “The Hurt Locker”
Carl Foreman Award (Best Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer): Duncan Jones, “Moon”
Best Short Film: “I Do Air”
Best Animated Short: “Mother of Many”
Outstanding Contribution to British Cinema: Joe Dunton

-The Hurt Locker certainly got a big boost...thoughts?

The BAFTA winners are currently being announced...

...so stay tuned for all the winners!

The London Film Critics Circle announces its winners!

Behold:

Film of the Year: “A Prophet”
British Film of the Year: “Fish Tank”
Foreign Language Film of the Year: “Let the Right One In”
Director of the Year: Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
British Director of the Year: Andrea Arnold, “Fish Tank”
Actor of the Year: Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”
Actress of the Year: Mo’Nique, “Precious”
British Actor of the Year: Colin Firth, “A Single Man”
British Actress of the Year: Carey Mulligan, “An Education”
British Supporting Actor: Michael Fassbender, “Fish Tank”
British Supporting Actress: Anne-Marie Duff, “Nowhere Boy”
Screenwriter of the Year: Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche, “In the Loop”
Young British Performer of the Year: Katie Jarvis, “Fish Tank”
Breakthrough British Filmmaker: Duncan Jones, “Moon”
Dilys Powell Award: Quentin Tarantino
40th Anniversary Award: “Apocalypse Now”

-Thoughts?

The Evening Standard Awards come out...

...so take a gander:

Best Film
“Bright Star”
“Fish Tank” (WINNER)
“Helen”

Best Actor
Tom Hardy, “Bronson”
Alex MacQueen, “The Hide”
Christian McKay, “Me and Orson Welles”
Andy Serkis, “Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll” (WINNER)

Best Actress
Anne-Marie Duff, “Nowhere Boy” (WINNER)
Kelly Macdonald, “The Merry Gentleman”
Carey Mulligan, “An Education”

Best Screenplay
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche, “In the Loop” (WINNER)
Nick Hornby, “An Education”
Paul Laverty, “Looking for Eric”

London Film Museum Award for Technical Achievement
Barry Ackroyd, cinematographer, “The Hurt Locker” (WINNER)
James Herbert, film editor, “Sherlock Holmes”
Tony Noble, production designer, “Moon”

Most Promising Newcomer
Katie Jarvis, actress, “Fish Tank”
Duncan Jones, director, “Moon”
Peter Strickland, writer/director, “Katalin Varga” (WINNER)

The Peter Sellers Award for Comedy
Peter Capaldi, “In the Loop”
Sacha Baron Cohen, “Bruno” (WINNER)
Ricky Gervais, “The Invention of Lying”

Best Documentary
“Afghan Star”
“Anvil! The Story of Anvil” (WINNER)
“Sleep Furiously”

-Thoughts?

Behold the BAFTA nominations!

Take a gander:

Best Film
“Avatar”
“An Education”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Precious”
“Up in the Air”

Best British Film
“An Education”
“Fish Tank”
“In the Loop”
“Moon”
“Nowhere Boy”

Best Director
James Cameron, “Avatar”
Neill Blomkamp, “District 9”
Lone Scherfig, “An Education”
Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
Quentin Tarantino, “Inglourious Basterds”

The BAFTA long list comes out!

And boy, is it ever long. The entire list can be found here, but here's one of the big ones:

Best Film
Avatar
District 9
An Education
Gran Torino
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Invictus
Moon
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
The Road
A Serious Man
A Single Man
Star Trek
Up
Up in the Air

-Thoughts on the long list?

The London Film Critics announce their nominations!

Take a gander:

FILM OF THE YEAR
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
A Prophet
The White Ribbon
Up in the Air

THE ATTENBOROUGH AWARD: BRITISH FILM OF THE YEAR
Bright Star
An Education
Fish Tank
In the Loop
Moon

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
The Class

Katyn

Let the Right One In

A Prophet

The White Ribbon

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Jacques Audiard – A Prophet
Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
James Cameron – Avatar
Michael Haneke – The White Ribbon
Jason Reitman – Up in the Air

BRITISH DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Andrea Arnold – Fish Tank
Armando Iannucci – In the Loop
Duncan Jones – Moon
Kevin Macdonald – State of Play
Sam Taylor-Wood – Nowhere Boy

ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
George Clooney – Up in the Air
Tahar Rahim – A Prophet
Michael Stuhlbarg – A Serious Man
Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds

ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Abbie Cornish – Bright Star
Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air
Mo’Nique – Precious
Carey Mulligan – An Education
Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia

The British Independent Film Awards announce their winners!

Behold:

Best British Independent Film: “Moon”
Best Director: Andrea Arnold, “Fish Tank”
Best Actor: Tom Hardy, “Bronson”
Best Actress: Carey Mulligan, “An Education”
Best Supporting Actor: John Henshaw, “Looking for Eric”
Best Supporting Actress: Anne-Marie Duff, “Nowhere Boy”
Best Screenplay: Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche, “In the Loop”
Best Foreign Film: “Let the Right One In”
Best Documentary: “Mugabe and the White African”
Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director): Duncan Jones, “Moon”
Most Promising Newcomer: Katie Jarvis, “Fish Tank”
Best Technical Achievement: Greig Fraser, “Bright Star”
Best Achievement in Production: “Bunny and the Bull”
Raindance Award: “Down Terrace”
Best British Short: Sam Taylor-Wood, “Love You More”
Richard Harris Award (Outstanding Contribution to British Film): Daniel Day-Lewis
Variety Award: Sir Michael Caine
Special Jury Prize: Baz Bamigboye

-Thoughts?

The UK Film Magazine "Sight & Sound" names their top 10 of 2009!

It's a pretty wonky list, but worth looking at:

1. "A Prophet" (Jacques Audiard)
(tie)2. "The Hurt Locker" (Kathryn Bigelow)
(tie)2. "35 Shots of Rum"(Claire Denis)
4. "The White Ribbon" (Michael Haneke)
5. "Let the Right One In" (Tomas Alfredson)
(tie)6. "Up" (Pete Docter)
(tie)6. "White Material" (Claire Denis)
(tie)8. "Bright Star" (Jane Campion)
(tie)8. "Antichrist" (Lars von Trier)
10. "Inglourious Basterds" (Quentin Tarantino)

-Thoughts?

Trailer for Nowhere Boy

Behold this favorite of the British independent film scene:

-Thoughts?

The British Independent Film Awards announce their nominees!

It's a good showing for films like Moon and An Education, though the nomination leader was the film Fish Tank, which I'm actually very interested in seeing. The full release is found here, but here's the nominations:

BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM

An Education

Fish Tank

In The Loop

Moon

Nowhere Boy

BEST DIRECTOR

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Andrea Arnold – Fish Tank

Armando Iannucci – In The Loop

Duncan Jones – Moon

Jane Campion – Bright Star

Lone Scherfig – An Education

THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD [BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR]

Armando Iannucci – In The Loop

Duncan Jones – Moon

Peter Strickland – Katalin Varga

Sam Taylor Wood – Nowhere Boy

Samantha Morton – The Unloved

BEST SCREENPLAY

Sponsored by BBC Films

An Education – Nick Hornby

Fish Tank – Andrea Arnold

In The Loop – Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche

Moon – Nathan Parker

Nowhere Boy – Matt Greenhalgh

BEST ACTRESS

Sponsored by M.A.C

Abbie Cornish – Bright Star

Carey Mulligan – An Education

Emily Blunt – The Young Victoria

Katie Jarvis – Fish Tank

Sophie Okonedo – Skin

BEST ACTOR

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Aaron Johnson – Nowhere Boy

Andy Serkis – Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

Peter Capaldi – In The Loop

Sam Rockwell – Moon

Tom Hardy – Bronson

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Anne-Marie Duff – Nowhere Boy

Kerry Fox – Bright Star

Kierston Wareing – Fish Tank

Kristin Scott Thomas – Nowhere Boy

Rosamund Pike – An Education

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Sponsored by Stolichnaya

Alfred Molina – An Education

Jim Broadbent – The Damned United

John Henshaw – Looking for Eric

Michael Fassbender – Fish Tank

Tom Hollander – In The Loop

MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER

Christian McKay – Me & Orson Welles

Edward Hogg – White Lightnin’

George MacKay – The Boys Are Back

Hilda Péter – Katalin Varga

Katie Jarvis – Fish Tank

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION

Bronson

Bunny & The Bull

The Hide

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Katalin Varga

RAINDANCE AWARD

Sponsored by Raindance

Colin

The Disappearance of Alice Creed

Down Terrace

Exam

They Call It Acid

BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT

Sponsored by 3 Mills Studios

Bright Star – Cinematography – Greig Fraser

Bunny & The Bull – Production Design – Gary Williamson

Fish Tank – Cinematography – Robbie Ryan

Moon – Original Score – Clint Mansell

Moon – Production Design – Tony Noble

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Sponsored by Chapter Media

The Age of Stupid

The End of The Line

Mugabe and The White African

Sons of Cuba

Sounds Like Teen Spirit

BEST BRITISH SHORT

Christmas with Dad

Leaving

Love You More

Sidney Turtlebaum

Washdays

BEST FOREIGN FILM

Il Divo

The Hurt Locker

Let The Right One In

Sin Nombre

The Wrestler

THE RICHARD HARRIS AWARD (for outstanding contribution to British Film)

Daniel Day Lewis

THE VARIETY AWARD

To Be Announced

THE SPECIAL JURY PRIZE

Sponsored by The UK Film Council

Announced at the British Independent Film Awards on Sunday 6 December

-Thoughts on the nominations?