The Lobster Leads the 2015 Moët BIFA Nominations
by Joanna Orland
The Lobster leads the list of nominations for the Moët British Independent Film Awards, announced yesterday. Also announced was a landmark series of screenings of BIFA-nominated and winning films, supported by the BFI. The partnership will see a selection of nominated films screened across the UK from November 23rd, the first time that BIFA has been able to bring the films it celebrates directly to new audiences. The full programme will be announced on November 11th.
The winners will be announced at The Moët British Independent Film Awards on Sunday December 6th at Old Billingsgate, and the event will be live streamed on www.bifa.film.
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2015 MOËT BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS NOMINATIONS
Best British Independent Film sponsored by Moët & Chandon
A solid list of nominees with The Lobster being my absolute favourite, followed by a very wonderful film in 45 Years.
45 YEARS Tristan Goligher, Andrew Haigh
AMY James Gay-Rees, Asif Kapadia
EX MACHINA Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, Alex Garland
THE LOBSTER Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Efthymis Filippou, Yorgos Lanthimos
MACBETH Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Laura Hastings-Smith, Todd Louiso, Jacob Koskoff, Michael Lesslie, Justin Kurzel
Best Director
Again, my favourites are The Lobster and 45 Years respectively, but Justin Kurzel certainly did some interesting work with his version of Macbeth!
45 YEARS Andrew Haigh
AMY Asif Kapadia
EX MACHINA Alex Garland
THE LOBSTER Yorgos Lanthimos
MACBETH Justin Kurzel
Best Screenplay sponsored by BBC Films
The Lobster all the way – the hilarity and absurdity of the world Lanthimos built in this film is outstanding.
45 YEARS Andrew Haigh
BROOKLYN Nick Hornby
EX MACHINA Alex Garland
HIGH-RISE Amy Jump
THE LOBSTER Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthymis Filippou
Best Actress sponsored by MAC
Saoirse Ronan is captivating in Brooklyn! Carey Mulligan is just a bit wet in Suffragette and Cotillard is just doing her usual awesome thing in Macbeth. Charlotte Rampling on the other hand gives a very harrowing performance and was the deserved winner of the acting accolades at this year’s Berlinale film festival. Let’s hope she can repeat the win!
MARION COTILLARD Macbeth
CAREY MULLIGAN Suffragette
CHARLOTTE RAMPLING 45 Years
SAOIRSE RONAN Brooklyn
ALICIA VIKANDER The Danish Girl
Best Actor sponsored by Movado
Tom Hardy is hilarious in Legend, whether or not intentional. Tom Hiddleston is perfectly capable in High-Rise as is Fassbender in Macbeth. And while I love everything about The Lobster including Colin Farrell’s performance, Tom Courtenay’s Berlinale-winning performance deserves even more accolades.
TOM COURTENAY 45 Years
COLIN FARRELL The Lobster
MICHAEL FASSBENDER Macbeth
TOM HARDY Legend
TOM HIDDLESTON High-Rise
Best Supporting Actress
All are good performances, but Olivia Colman’s deadpan turn in The Lobster is one of the main highlights of an all around fantastic and original film.
HELENA BONHAM CARTER Suffragette
OLIVIA COLMAN The Lobster
ANNE-MARIE DUFF Suffragette
SIENNA MILLER High-Rise
JULIE WALTERS Brooklyn
Best Supporting Actor
Again, all solid performances, but Luke Evans gives a breakthrough performance in High-Rise. A performance that will define his career for years to come! Just outstanding!
LUKE EVANS High-Rise
BRENDAN GLEESON Suffragette
DOMHNALL GLEESON Brooklyn
SEAN HARRIS Macbeth
BEN WHISHAW The Lobster
Most Promising Newcomer sponsored by The London Edition
I can’t say this category is as solid as the others, but the only film I’ve seen in this list is Mr. Holmes.
AGYNESS DEYN Sunset Song
MIA GOTH The Survivalist
ABIGAIL HARDINGHAM Nina Forever
MILO PARKER Mr Holmes
BEL POWLEY A Royal Night Out
The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director) sponsored by 3 Mills Studios
Again, this is not a category I’m overly familiar with, but how good is Slow West!!!??? A surefire winner.
THE HALLOW Corin Hardy
KAJAKI: THE TRUE STORY Paul Katis
NINA FOREVER Chris & Ben Blaine
SLOW WEST John Maclean
THE SURVIVALIST Stephen Fingleton
The Discovery Award sponsored by Raindance
No idea…
AAAAAAAAH! Andrew Starke, Steve Oram
BURN BURN BURN Daniel-Konrad Cooper, Tim Phillips, Charlie Covell, Chanya Button
ORION: THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING Jeanie Finlay
THE RETURN Oliver Nias
WINTER Tilly Wood, Paula Crickard, Heidi Greensmith
Best Documentary
Clearly this is going to Amy which is also nominated for the big categories.
AMY James Gay-Rees, Asif Kapadia
DARK HORSE: THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY OF DREAM ALLIANCE Judith Dawson, Louise Osmond
HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD Bous De Jong, Al Morrow, Jerry Rothwell
PALIO James Gay-Rees, John Hunt, Cosima Spender
A SYRIAN LOVE STORY Elhum Shakerifar, Sean McAllister
Producer of the Year
Again, not so familiar with this category. I will be happy for any awards The Lobster takes home!
TRISTAN GOLIGHER 45 Years
JAMES GAY-REES Amy
PAUL KATIS, ANDREW DE LOTBINIERE Kajaki: The True Story
CECI DEMPSEY, ED GUINEY, YORGOS LANTHIMOS, LEE MAGIDAY The Lobster
DAVID A HUGHES, DAVID MOORES The Violators
Outstanding Achievement in Craft
The cinematography in Macbeth is just new level work. A stunning piece of visual beauty. A frontrunner and deserved winner.
ADAM ARKAPAW Cinematography – Macbeth
MARK DIGBY Production Design – Ex Machina
CHRIS KING Editing – Amy
FIONA WEIR Casting – Brooklyn
ANDREW WHITEHURST Visual Effects, Ex Machina
Best British Short Film
No idea…
BALCONY Tom Kimberly, Ali Mansuri, Toby Fell-Holden
CRACK Joseph Taussig, Peter King
EDMOND Emilie Jouffroy, Nina Gantz
LOVE IS BLIND Lizzie Brown, Dan Hodgson
MANoMAN Kamilla Kristiane Hodøl, Simon Cartwright
Best International Independent Film
Everyone loves Carol except me. Son of Saul is a 5 star one-of-a-kind masterpiece and Room is a film with substantial heart. I am rooting for one of those two.
CAROL Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley, Christine Vachon, Phyllis Nagy, Todd Haynes
FORCE MAJEURE Erik Hemmendorff, Marie Kjellson, Philippe Bober, Ruben Östlund
GIRLHOOD Bénédicte Couvreur, Céline Sciamma
ROOM Ed Guiney, David Gross, Emma Donoghue, Lenny Abrahamson
SON OF SAUL Gábor Sipos, Gábor Rajna, Cara Royer, László Nemes
