Gareth Edwards Articles

Colin Firth, The King's Speech The King's Speech dominated the British Independent Film Awards 2010, bagging five (expected) awards: Best British Independent Film, Best Actor (Colin Firth), Best Supporting Actress (Helena Bonham Carter), Best Supporting Actor (Geoffrey Rush), and Best Screenplay (David Seidler). Directed by Tom Hooper, who lost the Best Director BIFA to Monsters' Gareth Edwards, The King's Speech chronicles the struggles of King [...]

Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech The 2010 British Independent Film Award winners have been announced. [See 2010 British Independent Film Award nominees.] Tom Hooper's The King's Speech, an Oscar 2011 favorite, won a total of five awards: Best British Independent Film, Best Actor for Colin Firth, Best Supporting Actress for Helena Bonham Carter, Best Supporting Actor for Geoffrey Rush, and Best Screenplay [...]

Alexandre Philippe's The People vs. George Lucas (top); Quincy Jones (middle); Sylvester Stallone (bottom) The panel discussion "The Power of the Tweet," Alexandre Philippe's The People vs. George Lucas, "An Evening with Sylvester Stallone," "Quincy Jones Presents: The Color Purple," and Gareth Edwards' Monsters are some of the highlights at the Los Angeles Film Festival on Tuesday, June 22. Jon Chu (Step Up 2: The [...]

The 2010 SXSW Film Festival will take place March 12-20 in Austin, Texas. Higanjima (Japan/Korea) Director: Tae-Kyun Kim. Screenwriter: Tetsuya Ôishi Two years after losing contact, Akira discovers that his long-lost brother may be found on Higanjima Island.  He may also find on Higanjima an army of blood-sucking vampires. Cast: Koji Yamamoto, Hideo Ishiguro, Dai Watanabe, Asami Mizukawa (North American Premiere) Monsters (UK) Director and [...]