2007 Edinburgh Film Festival Awards
2007 Edinburgh Film Festival: Aug. 15-26, 2007
Sam Riley stars as rocker Ian Curtis in Anton Corbijn's Control. "It's fabulous. It's my first movie so I had no expectations for the film," Corbijn remarked upon accepting the best film award from Stephen Frears and Kate Dickie. "I did all these things that people said I shouldn't be doing. Shooting in black and white, having an unknown as the main character, putting my own money in. Most of these things are what people say are great." In addition to its Edinburgh win, earlier this year Control received a special mention at the Cannes Film Festival's Golden Camera sidebar.
Michael Powell Award for Best New British Feature Film, sponsored by the UK Film Council: Control, directed by Anton Corbijn
PPG Award for Best Performance in a British Feature Film: Sam Riley, Control
Standard Life Audience Award: We Are Together, directed by Paul Taylor
Sky Movies Best Documentary Award: Billy the Kid, directed by Jennifer Venditti
Special Jury Commendation: The Monastery: Mr Vig and the Nun, directed by Pernille Rose Gronkjaer
Skillset New Directors Award: Lucia Puenzo – XXY
UK Film Council Kodak Award for Best British Short Film: The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island, by James Griffiths
Special mention: Dog Altogether, by Paddy Considine
European Film Academy Short Film 2007 – Prix UIP: Soft, by Simon Ellis
Special mention: Final Journey, by Lars Zimmermann and Ottica Zero by Maja Borg
Short Scottish Documentary Award: Breadmakers, by Yasmin Fedda
Special mention: How to Save a Fish From Drowning, by Kelly Neal
McLaren Award for New British Animation in Partnership with BBC Film Network: Over the Hill, by Peter Baynton