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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; Fish Tank</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/fish-tank/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog</link> <description>The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:29:41 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>Colin Firth, Carey Mulligan, FISH TANK, A PROPHET: BAFTA 2010</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/colin-firth-carey-mulligan-fish-tank-71712/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/colin-firth-carey-mulligan-fish-tank-71712/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:13:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22231</guid> <description><![CDATA[Katie Jarvis, Michael Fassbender in Fish Tank (top); Carey Mulligan in An Education (upper middle); Colin Firth in A Single Man (lower middle); Tahar Rahim in A Prophet (bottom) The BAFTA surprises weren't major surprises, except for one: the Outstanding British Film was Andrea Arnold's gritty Fish Tank instead of the more internationally recognized An Education. Nominated for eight BAFTAs, An Education ended up winning [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/colin-firth-carey-mulligan-fish-tank-71712/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Colin Firth, Carey Mulligan, Mo&#039;Nique, Christoph Waltz: 2010 London Film Critics&#039; Awards</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/colin-firth-carey-mulligan-christoph-waltz-31908/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/colin-firth-carey-mulligan-christoph-waltz-31908/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:14:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22110</guid> <description><![CDATA[Katie Jarvis, Michael Fassbender in Fish Tank A PROPHET Beats AVATAR Curiously, even though A Prophet was also in the running in the London Film Critics' Foreign Language Film of the Year category, it lost to Tomas Alfredson's vampire drama Let the One Right In, which received a whole array of US critics' awards early last year. (The film opened in the US in 2008.) [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/colin-firth-carey-mulligan-christoph-waltz-31908/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>FISH TANK, Anne Marie Duff, Andy Serkis Win EVENING STANDARD Awards</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/fish-tank-anne-marie-duff-andy-serkis-19830/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/fish-tank-anne-marie-duff-andy-serkis-19830/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:19:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21828</guid> <description><![CDATA[The winners of London’s Evening Standard awards were announced on Monday, Feb. 8. Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank (above), the tale of a working-class teenager (Katie Jarvis) who resents her mother’s new boyfriend (Michael Fassbender) was chosen as the best British film of 2009. Although it's been received warmly by critics, Fish Tank is up for only one BAFTA Award: Best British Film. Anne-Marie Duff was [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/fish-tank-anne-marie-duff-andy-serkis-19830/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>EVENING STANDARD Film Award Nominations 2010</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/evening-standard-awards-bright-star-2987/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/evening-standard-awards-bright-star-2987/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:23:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21708</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ben Whishaw, Abbie Cornish in Bright Star (Apparition) The winners of London's Evening Standard awards will be announced at the London Film Museum on Monday, Feb. 8. Curiously, all three best picture nominees were either directed or co-directed by women: Jane Campion's Bright Star, about the love affair between John Keats and Fanny Brawne; Andrea Arnold's Fish Tank, in which a teenager rebels against her [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/evening-standard-awards-bright-star-2987/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AN EDUCATION, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, AVATAR: BAFTA 2010 Longlists</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/an-education-avatar-bafta-2010-longlists-894/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/an-education-avatar-bafta-2010-longlists-894/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:25:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20516</guid> <description><![CDATA[Carey Mulligan in An Education (Kerry Brown / Sony Pictures Classics) (top); James Cameron's Avatar (ILM / 20th Century Fox) by (middle); Ben Whishaw, Abbie Cornish in Bright Star (Apparition) (bottom) With 17 mentions, Lone Scherfig's An Education leads the 2010 British Academy of Film and Television Arts award longlists. Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds is next with 15 mentions, followed by Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/an-education-avatar-bafta-2010-longlists-894/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Michael Fassbender, Saoirse Ronan: Irish Talent and the London Film Critics</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/michael-fassbender-saoirse-ronan-london-awards-989/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/michael-fassbender-saoirse-ronan-london-awards-989/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:24:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19940</guid> <description><![CDATA[Michael Fassbender in Fish Tank (Holly Horner / IFC Films) (top); Saoirse Ronan in The Lovely Bones (Barry Wetcher / DreamWorks/Paramount) (bottom) Some have wondered why-oh-why are Irish performers in the running for the London Film Critics' Circle 2009 Awards. Michael Fassbender, the star of last year's widely acclaimed Hunger and the German-born son of an Irish mother and German father, is up for a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/michael-fassbender-saoirse-ronan-london-awards-989/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>MOON Wins 2009 British Independent Film Award</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2009-british-independent-film-awards-winners-488/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2009-british-independent-film-awards-winners-488/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:59:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19192</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sam Rockwell in Moon Duncan Jones' sci-fi thriller Moon &#8212; made for US$5 million, or about 1/zillionth of the cost of Star Trek, 2012, or Avatar &#8212; won best picture and best debut director honors at the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) held this evening in London. Written by Nathan Parker from Jones' original story (with shades of 2001: A Space Odyssey), Moon tells the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2009-british-independent-film-awards-winners-488/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>British Independent Film Awards 2009</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/british-independent-film-awards-2009/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/british-independent-film-awards-2009/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:15:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17900</guid> <description><![CDATA[2009 British Independent Film Awards 2009 British Independent Film Award nominations: Oct. 26, 2009 2009 British Independent Film Award winners: The Brewery in London on Dec. 6, 2009 (&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category) &#160; Sam Rockwell in Moon &#160; BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM An Education Fish Tank In the Loop * Moon Nowhere Boy BEST FOREIGN FILM Il Divo The Hurt Locker * [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/british-independent-film-awards-2009/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>European Film Awards 2009: Nominations</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2009-european-film-award-nominations/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2009-european-film-award-nominations/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:59:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18358</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tahar Rahim in A Prophet (top); Dev Patel, Freida Pinto in Slumdog Millionaire (middle); The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke (bottom) Six films are vying for the top prize at the 2009 European Film Awards. They are: Andrea Arnold's Fish Tank, about a teenager (best actress nominee Katie Jarvis) upset that her mother has found herself a new boyfriend (Michael Fassbender) Stephen Daldry's The Reader, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2009-european-film-award-nominations/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AFI FEST 2009 Awards</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/afi-fest-2009-awards/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/afi-fest-2009-awards/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:22:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18337</guid> <description><![CDATA[AFI FEST 2009 Awards AFI FEST 2009: Hollywood/Santa Monica, Oct. 30-Nov. 7, 2009 &#160; Andrea Arnold's Fish Tank focuses on a working-class teenager (Katie Jarvis) frustrated that her mother has found a new beau (Michael Fassbender); Javier Rebollo's Woman Without Piano is a dramatic portrait of 24 hours in the life of a Madrid housewife (Carmen Machi); and Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani's Ajami (above) [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/afi-fest-2009-awards/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AFI FEST 2009: SOMETHING&#039;S GONNA LIVE, ABOUT ELLY, DOCTOR PARNASSUS</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-somethings-gonna-live-doctor-parnassus/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-somethings-gonna-live-doctor-parnassus/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:20:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18216</guid> <description><![CDATA[Heath Ledger in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (top); A Lake by Philippe Grandrieux (middle); Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint in North by Northwest (bottom) AFI FEST 2009 highlights, Nov. 2: Daniel Raim's documentary Something's Gonna Live, which features interviews with several behind-the-scenes veterans, including Robert Boyle, Conrad Hall, and Haskell Wexler Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, which marks Heath Ledger's last film [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-somethings-gonna-live-doctor-parnassus/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Chicago Film Festival Awards 2009</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/chicago-film-festival-awards-2009/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/chicago-film-festival-awards-2009/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:44:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18056</guid> <description><![CDATA[2009 Chicago Film Festival Awards 2009 Chicago Film Festival: Oct. 8-22, 2009 &#160; Tina Mabry's Mississippi Damned depicts the issues faced by the children of a poor and highly dysfunctional family in rural Mississippi. Earlier this year, the film was given the top prize at Outfest in Los Angeles. &#160; International Feature Film Competition Gold Hugo for Best Film: MISSISSIPPI DAMNED (US) Silver Hugo for [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/chicago-film-festival-awards-2009/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2009 British Independent Film Award Nominations</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2009-british-independent-film-award-nominations/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2009-british-independent-film-award-nominations/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:47:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17909</guid> <description><![CDATA[Katie Jarvis in Fish Tank (top); Sam Rockwell in Moon (middle); Carey Mulligan, Dominic Cooper in An Education (bottom) Andrea Arnold's Fish Tank leads the list of 2009 British Independent Film Award nominees. The tale of a rough teenager (Katie Jarvis) whose life is upended after her mother gets a new boyfriend, Fish Tank was shortlisted in eight categories including best independent British film, best [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2009-british-independent-film-award-nominations/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Edinburgh Film Festival Awards 2009</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/edinburgh-film-festival-2009-awards/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/edinburgh-film-festival-2009-awards/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:38:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=14198</guid> <description><![CDATA[2009 Edinburgh Film Festival Awards 2009 Edinburgh Film Festival: June 17-28, 2009 &#160; After spending three years at a moon base extracting a gas needed to reverse Earth's energy crisis, an astronaut (Sam Rockwell) is about to return to his home planet when he starts seeing and hearing things. His company has apparently come up with an eerie retirement plan of their own. &#160; Michael [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/edinburgh-film-festival-2009-awards/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Cannes 2009 Winners</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/cannes-2009-winners/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/cannes-2009-winners/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 22:32:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=12495</guid> <description><![CDATA[One of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival's clear favorites, Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon, a stark tale about a small northern German town beset by strange happenings right before the beginning of World War I, took the Palme d'Or for best film. (Cannes 2009 winners list.) &#34;Happiness is very rare,&#34; said Haneke upon accepting his prize. &#34;This is one moment in my life in which [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/cannes-2009-winners/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Cannes Awards 2009</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/cannes-2009-awards/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/cannes-2009-awards/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 14:07:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
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