London Film Festival Awards Articles

Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin Lynne Ramsay's British family drama We Need to Talk About Kevin, which stars Tilda Swinton as the mother of a young mass murderer, won the Best Film Award at the 2011 BFI London Film Festival (LFF). The LFF awards ceremony was held this evening in Central London; comedian Marcus Brigstocke hosted the event. Jury chair John Madden [...]

Janus Metz's Armadillo Janus Metz's ARMADILLO Wins Best Documentary at 2010 BFI London Film Festival Broadcaster and journalist Sue Perkins hosted the awards ceremony of the 54th BFI London Film Festival awards. Guests at the 2010 London Festival awards ceremony included Danny Boyle, whose 127 Hours is the festival's closing-night gala presentation, Greg Dyke, John Hurt, Joanne Froggatt, Richard Ayoade, Craig Roberts, Joanna Hogg, Sue [...]

Manjinder Virk as Lorraine Dunbar in Clio Barnard's The Arbor BFI London Film Festival 2010 Best Film: HOW I ENDED THIS SUMMER The 2010 BFI London Film Festival's Grierson Award for Best Documentary went to Janus Metz's Afghanistan War-set Armadillo, which became a cause célèbre in its native Denmark as it exposes the brutal, inhuman side of not only the war itself but of the [...]

Alexei Popogrebsky's drama How I Ended This Summer was named the Best Film at the 54th BFI London Film Festival at a ceremony hosted by journalist and broadcaster Sue Perkins at London’s LSO St Luke’s this evening. On behalf of the jury, Chair Patricia Clarkson declared: “With elemental themes of isolation, alienation and the power of misunderstanding, How I Ended This Summer is a visceral [...]