Awards Focus

Our “Man in Cannes” Tom Linay, is coming to the end of his time in the French Riviera, but that doesn’t mean he has stopped reporting back to us, read on for his penultimate day of coverage from the 66th annual Festival de Cannes.

My penultimate film watching day in Cannes was notable for two things: I caught a brief glimpse of Marion Cotillard and Zoe Saldana as they arrived for the press conference for their new film, Blood Ties, which is screening out of competition. From what I could tell, both were wearing great dresses, which is the least you’d expect, I guess. The other notable thing was I saw a man walking around with two small pigs on leads. He was accompanied by another man who was singing a song on guitar that seemed to be called ‘I Love My Pig’. I’d like to say this was unusual but after five days in Cannes, it isn’t.

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Tom Linay continues his coverage of the Festival de Cannes, showing how passionate about film he is, by “working” over the weekend!

The first weekend of Cannes is over and my celebrity spots have been off the scale, including Harvey Weinstein, a Thai princess, Olga Kurylenko and Sanjay from Eastenders, all within a few hours on Saturday evening. I’ve also seen some striking films, the best of which is Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring.

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The Queen has been described as the ‘most memorable Bond girl yet’ for her role opposite Daniel Craig in the Olympics opening ceremony after receiving an honorary BAFTA award.

Actor Sir Kenneth Branagh presented her the award at a Windsor Castle reception last week in recognition of a lifetime’s support of British film and television.

‘Several of my colleagues want you to know that, should you wish to take it further into the world of British films, they have a number of scripts with them here this evening,’ Branagh joked.

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Following the 85th Academy Awards ceremony last month, Digital Cinema Media’s (DCM) Simon Rees shares his highlights and looks ahead to what promises to be another strong year for the film industry.

The great, the talented and the beautiful of the world’s film industry gathered just over a week ago for the 85th Academy Awards, otherwise known as the Oscars. Some surprises were in store on an unpredictable evening, with the top categories (Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress) all going to different films. This demonstrates the variety and calibre of the films and acting talent in contention this year.

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Late last night, the power brokers of the film industry met to recognise the best in the business at the 85th Academy awards, or to you and me, “The Oscars”.

Some surprises were in store on an unpredictable evening, with the top categories (Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress) all going to different films. This just shows the calibre of the films and talent in contention.

Ben Affleck’s Iran hostage thriller, Argo, won the Oscar for Best Film, following the nominees being introduced by First Lady Michelle Obama from the White House.

Daniel Day-Lewis picked up the Best Actor award for a record-breaking third time for his portrayal of the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. He previously won in 1989 for My Left Foot and in 2008 for There Will Be Blood and has secured his place amongst the all-time acting greats.

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The great, the talented and the beautiful of the world’s film industry descended on London’s Royal Opera House last Sunday for the British leg of awards season, the EE BAFTAs. You may have watched it on TV, along with 6.2 million other film fans. You may have been one of the lucky few in possession of a golden ticket to the night itself. BAFTA Senior Partnership Manager, Natalie Moss, however had an exclusive back-stage pass and gave DCM the low down on the evening from behind the scenes.

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Argo was named Best Film at last nights EE British Academy Film Awards hosted by Stephen Fry, held at London’s Royal Opera House. Ben Affleck won the Director BAFTA and the film also took the Editing award.

Les Misérables won four BAFTAs, Production Design, Sound, Make Up & Hair and Supporting Actress for Anne Hathaway.

Amour won the award for Film Not in the English Language and Emmanuelle Riva won Leading Actress. The Leading Actor award was given to Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln.

Christoph Waltz won Supporting Actor for his performance in Django Unchained and the film’s writer/director Quentin Tarantino won the Original Screenplay BAFTA.

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Early yesterday morning, the 70th Golden Globes awards ceremony took place at the Beverly Hills Hilton, Beverly Hills, California. Big winners included Argo (two awards) and Les Misérables (Three Awards).

The acting awards went to Daniel Day Lewis (Best Actor), Hugh Jackman (Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy), Jessica Chastain (Best Actress), Jennifer Lawrence (Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy) and Ben Affleck took the best director prize for his hostage thriller, Argo.

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, or The Academy, have announced the nominations for the 2013 Academy Awards. The Oscars, as they are informally know, recoginise excellence in the field of cinema acheivements.

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This morning, The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), announced the nominees for the 2013 awards ceremony, honouring luminaries in the Film and Television industry. Leading the nominee table is the Steven Spielberg directed biopic of Lincoln, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, with ten nominations.

Hot on the heels of Lincoln, both with nominations in nine categories, are Les Misérables and Life Of Pi.

The highest grossing film in UK Box Office history, Skyfall, has garnered eight nominations, including, Outstanding British Film, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Production Design.

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