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YES, THEY’RE HERE, THE ANNUAL DVDfever AWARDS… AND THE AWARD GOES TO… (DRAMATIC PAUSE WHILE VIRTUAL ENVELOPE IS OPENED)…
The London Film Festival 2013: It’s that time again. When DVDfever looks through its notes, tots up its own Fantasy Film League calculations, and reveals which movies you should really see. When someone says “If you see only one movie this year” they’re frankly nuts. We tell you about lots of fantastic films from all over the world and even suggest some of the emerging talents to look out for. So you can boast that you spotted them long before everyone else.
As you probably know, we covered dozens and dozens of films in depth in our first two instalments – the US and UK offerings in Part One, and the rest of the world in Part Two, along with the best documentaries.
The 2013 DVDfever Awards may be virtual, but that doesn’t make them any less coveted. Note them down, check them out, and thank us later. From the absolute must-sees, the names to watch, the breakthrough debuts, the glorious comedies and edge-of-the-seat thrillers, there’s something for everyone to get their teeth into. Excluding vampires. We don’t do vampires.
So, here they are, the 2013 DVDfever Awards for the 57th London Film Festival.
BEST FILM, FULL STOP:
12 YEARS A SLAVE (right), directed by Steve McQueen
BEST COMEDY:
ENOUGH SAID, directed by Nicole Holofcener
Runners-up: WE ARE THE BEST! (Sweden, Lukas Moodysson), ME, MYSELF AND MUM (France, Guillaume Gallienne)
BEST THRILLER:
SALVO, from Italy, directed by Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza
Runners-up: LABOR DAY (US, Jason Reitman), 11.6 (France, Philippe Godeau)
BEST DRAMA:
BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOUR (right) (Abdellatif Kechiche)
Runners-up: THE POLICE OFFICER’S WIFE (Philip Gröning), IDA (Pawel Pawlikowski), CHILD’S POSE (Calin Peter Netzer)
BEST DOCUMENTARIES:
THE ARMSTRONG LIE, from Alex Gibney
Runners-up: MISTAKEN FOR STRANGERS (US, Tom Berninger), HOW WE USED TO LIVE (UK, Paul Kelly), AT BERKELEY (US, Fred Wiseman), MANHUNT (US, Greg Barker)
BEST ADAPTATION FROM PLAY OR BOOK:
12 YEARS A SLAVE from Solomon Northup’s memoir; PHILOMENA from Martin Sixsmith’s book.
Runners-up: LABOR DAY, GONE TOO FAR
Go to Page 2 for Best Actor, Best Actress and more…
BEST ACTOR:
CHIWETEL EJIOFOR for 12 Years A Slave and Half Of A Yellow Sun
BEST ACTRESS:
ADELE EXARCHOPOULOS & LEA SEYDOUX in Blue Is The Warmest Colour; PAULINA GARCIA (right) in Gloria
RISING TALENT (MOST PROMISING DIRECTORS):
BIYI BANDELE for Half Of A Yellow Sun
ROB BROWN for Sixteen
JOACHIM RONNING and ESPEN SANDBERG for Kon-Tiki
ANTHONY CHEN for Ilo Ilo
JUNG YOUNGHEON for Lebanon Emotion
ELINA PSYKOU for The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas (right)
VIVIAN QU for Trap Street
MARIANA RONDON for Bad Hair
RISING TALENT (STARS):
MIRA GROSIN, MIRA BARKHAMMAR & LIV LEMOYNE in We Are The Best! (right)
GATTLIN GRIFFITH in Labor Day
ROGER JEAN NSENGIYUMVA in Sixteen
UCHE NWADILI in B For Boy
SITTHIPHON DISAMOE in The Rocket
GUILLAUME GALLIENNE in Me, Myself and Mum
KOH JIA LER in Ilo Ilo
SAMUEL LANGE in Bad Hair
Go to Page 3 for Career Bests, the Must-Sees and more…
CAREER BESTS:
TOM HARDY (right) in Locke
SANDRA BULLOCK in Gravity
BRUCE DERN & JUNE SQUIBB in Nebraska
ALEXANDER PAYNE for Nebraska
THE SECOND KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS/GEORGE CLOONEY AWARD FOR FESTIVAL UBIQUITY ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY:
PAUL GIAMATTI for Parkland, Saving Mr Banks (right), and 12 Years A Slave
TOM HANKS for starring in Captain Phillips and Saving Mr Banks, and producing Parkland
NAWAZUDDIN SIDDIQUI in two of the best Indian movies, The Lunchbox and Sniffer
AND FINALLY… THE 15 MUST-SEES:
12 YEARS A SLAVE
NEBRASKA
BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOUR
GRAVITY
IDA
WE ARE THE BEST!
ILO ILO
THE LUNCHBOX
THE POLICE OFFICER’S WIFE
THE GREAT PASSAGE
GONE TOO FAR
KON-TIKI
LOCKE
GLORIA
CHILD’S POSE