Awards Archive

  • It’s been a busy old year at the box office. Alice has been to Wonderland, Nanny McPhee returned with a bang, the toys told their story in 3D, Scott Pilgrim went up against the world, some schmucks got together for dinner, and people networked socially. With so many films to pick from it can’t have been easy for the UK’s regional film critics to choose their highlights of 2010. But choose they did, and the...

    Richard Attenborough Film Awards 2010 – And the winner is…

    It’s been a busy old year at the box office. Alice has been to Wonderland, Nanny McPhee returned with a bang, the toys told their story in 3D, Scott Pilgrim went up against the world, some schmucks got together for dinner, and people networked socially. With so many films to pick from it can’t have been easy for the UK’s regional film critics to choose their highlights of 2010. But choose they did, and the...

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  • British writer-director DEBBIE ISITT and actor JASON WATKINS join forces for the second time on Christmas movie NATIVITY! Like their first collaboration Confetti, Nativity! is improvised by its stars including Watkins (Being Human), Martin Freeman (The Office), Ashley Jensen (Ugly Betty), and Marc Wootton (Shirley Ghostman). Watkins plays actor-turned-teacher Gordon Shakespeare who indulges his love of the theatre by staging his school’s nativity play each year. While Shakespeare’s efforts are always greeted with success, fellow...

    Jason Watkins & Debbie Isitt – Nativity!

    British writer-director DEBBIE ISITT and actor JASON WATKINS join forces for the second time on Christmas movie NATIVITY! Like their first collaboration Confetti, Nativity! is improvised by its stars including Watkins (Being Human), Martin Freeman (The Office), Ashley Jensen (Ugly Betty), and Marc Wootton (Shirley Ghostman). Watkins plays actor-turned-teacher Gordon Shakespeare who indulges his love of the theatre by staging his school’s nativity play each year. While Shakespeare’s efforts are always greeted with success, fellow...

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  • When WARWICK THORNTON sat down to write his first feature film, Samson & Delilah, he wanted not only to make a beautiful film, but also to highlight the neglect of aboriginal teenagers like his characters who are viewed as nothing but trouble by their communities and government. With six Australian Inside Film Awards and the Cannes Film Festival’s Camera d’Or under his belt, it looks like he’s succeeded. My Movie Mundo caught up with Thornton...

    Warwick Thornton (writer-director-cinematographer) – Samson & Delilah

    When WARWICK THORNTON sat down to write his first feature film, Samson & Delilah, he wanted not only to make a beautiful film, but also to highlight the neglect of aboriginal teenagers like his characters who are viewed as nothing but trouble by their communities and government. With six Australian Inside Film Awards and the Cannes Film Festival’s Camera d’Or under his belt, it looks like he’s succeeded. My Movie Mundo caught up with Thornton...

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  • British actress CAREY MULLIGAN (And When Did You Last See Your Father?, Pride & Prejudice) talks about drama school auditions, teenage rebellion, and how she’s coping with life in the limelight after her first starring role in An Education. MMM: You were 22 when you made the film, so how did you find getting back into the mindset of a 16-year-old? Mulligan: I’ve always played younger parts. When I was 19, I played a 14-year-old....

    Carey Mulligan (actress) – An Education

    British actress CAREY MULLIGAN (And When Did You Last See Your Father?, Pride & Prejudice) talks about drama school auditions, teenage rebellion, and how she’s coping with life in the limelight after her first starring role in An Education. MMM: You were 22 when you made the film, so how did you find getting back into the mindset of a 16-year-old? Mulligan: I’ve always played younger parts. When I was 19, I played a 14-year-old....

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  • From English student, to English teacher, to English set text. Film journalist Jan Gilbert finds out what’s next for author NICK HORNBY. When Cambridge University graduate Nick Hornby taught English at the city’s Parkside Community College, he had no idea that one day pupils would be studying his novels. It all started in 1992 with Hornby’s autobiographical tale Fever Pitch, a story of football fandom. For his latest film, An Education, Hornby has adapted another...

    Nick Hornby (writer) – An Education

    From English student, to English teacher, to English set text. Film journalist Jan Gilbert finds out what’s next for author NICK HORNBY. When Cambridge University graduate Nick Hornby taught English at the city’s Parkside Community College, he had no idea that one day pupils would be studying his novels. It all started in 1992 with Hornby’s autobiographical tale Fever Pitch, a story of football fandom. For his latest film, An Education, Hornby has adapted another...

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