With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit the interwebs. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
Ant-Man (Peyton Reed)
Having continually proven that they can repackage the same general structure and archetypes into their cinematic universe for increasing box-office returns, Marvel’s impetus to think completely outside the box is not strong. With varying creative results, Guardians of the Galaxy proved that the right ingredients in the formula can result in an entertaining ride, while the over-stuffed Age of Ultron did little more then exhaust.
Ant-Man (Peyton Reed)
Having continually proven that they can repackage the same general structure and archetypes into their cinematic universe for increasing box-office returns, Marvel’s impetus to think completely outside the box is not strong. With varying creative results, Guardians of the Galaxy proved that the right ingredients in the formula can result in an entertaining ride, while the over-stuffed Age of Ultron did little more then exhaust.
- 11/20/2015
- by TFS Staff
- The Film Stage
★★★★☆ The feature debut of British director Daniel Wolfe (co-written and co-shot with his brother Matt), Catch Me Daddy (2014) is a small film that has made an impressively big noise wherever it has featured. Making an impression on its world premiere 2014 Cannes Film Festival, its star Sameena Jabeen Ahmed won an award at last year's BFI London Film Festival for her portrayal of Laila, a young girl hiding out in a small Yorkshire town with her boyfriend (Connor McCarron).
- 10/6/2015
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Family Matters: Wolfe’s Unsettling Debut a Thriller with a Mean Streak
Premiering in the Directors’ Fortnight sidebar at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, director Daniel Wolfe’s directorial debut, Catch Me Daddy, is most likely to inspire awe or ire as a denuded genre thriller, pared down to the barest essentials of abject miserabilism. There’s no one to innately empathize with, beyond being exposed to a central victim whom we must logically root for given her ambitious rebellion against the patriarchal straightjacket she was weaned from. Unfolding with methodical calm, the first time filmmaker manages to instill a mounting dread thanks to surprising, even shocking moments of gruesome violence, and that’s despite its lack of emotional posturing. Down and out working class folks thrust into dire straits is the name of the game here, and though a bit of additional context would’ve enhanced the basic premise,...
Premiering in the Directors’ Fortnight sidebar at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, director Daniel Wolfe’s directorial debut, Catch Me Daddy, is most likely to inspire awe or ire as a denuded genre thriller, pared down to the barest essentials of abject miserabilism. There’s no one to innately empathize with, beyond being exposed to a central victim whom we must logically root for given her ambitious rebellion against the patriarchal straightjacket she was weaned from. Unfolding with methodical calm, the first time filmmaker manages to instill a mounting dread thanks to surprising, even shocking moments of gruesome violence, and that’s despite its lack of emotional posturing. Down and out working class folks thrust into dire straits is the name of the game here, and though a bit of additional context would’ve enhanced the basic premise,...
- 8/7/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Read More: The 10 Films That Might Surprise or Shock Us at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival Daniel Wolfe's feature directorial debut "Catch Me Daddy," a collaboration with his brother Matthew, will be released in theaters and on VOD next month through Oscilloscope Laboratories. "Catch Me Daddy" follows Laila, a teenager from a notorious criminal family, who runs away with her boyfriend Aaron despite her family's disapproval of their religious differences. As the two hide out, Laila's brother and a group of hired thugs hunt to find them. The film stars Sameena Jabeen Ahmed, Conor McCarron and Gary Lewis. Oscilloscope will release the film in U.S. theaters on August 7, followed by a digital release on September 1. Read More: Watch Jake Gyllenhaal Slit Throats and Do Cocaine in This Music Video Directed by Cannes Newbie Daniel Wolfe...
- 7/27/2015
- by Kaeli Van Cott
- Indiewire
Catch me Daddy
Written by Daniel and Matthew Wolfe
Directed by Daniel Wolfe
UK, 2014
Pink hair, silver nails, green eyes. Smoke rises from a rolled cigarette and from nearby work in the field. These impressions, whispers of a time and a place, fuel Catch Me Daddy the debut feature of Daniel Wolfe. The film is undeniably beautiful, a minimalist ode to the underside of Yorkshire life. The surfaces of image, sound and performance craft a poetic illusion that is impenetrable thematically and emotionally. The overall experience is frustrating and empty.
The story itself is straightforward. Laila(Sameena Jabeen Ahmed), in the throes of adolescent rebellion, has left her family and lives in a run down trailer with her boyfriend, Aaron (Conor McCarron). Her ailing father is desperate for her return and offers a reward to two groups of low-end criminals to retrieve his daughter. Motives remain estranged for the most...
Written by Daniel and Matthew Wolfe
Directed by Daniel Wolfe
UK, 2014
Pink hair, silver nails, green eyes. Smoke rises from a rolled cigarette and from nearby work in the field. These impressions, whispers of a time and a place, fuel Catch Me Daddy the debut feature of Daniel Wolfe. The film is undeniably beautiful, a minimalist ode to the underside of Yorkshire life. The surfaces of image, sound and performance craft a poetic illusion that is impenetrable thematically and emotionally. The overall experience is frustrating and empty.
The story itself is straightforward. Laila(Sameena Jabeen Ahmed), in the throes of adolescent rebellion, has left her family and lives in a run down trailer with her boyfriend, Aaron (Conor McCarron). Her ailing father is desperate for her return and offers a reward to two groups of low-end criminals to retrieve his daughter. Motives remain estranged for the most...
- 7/17/2015
- by Justine Smith
- SoundOnSight
The Fantasia International Film Festival has, over the years, offered a showcase to promising filmmakers and intriguing features from a wide range of genres and countries, and the 2015 incarnation of the festival is no different in that regard.
Among the features at the 2015 Fantasia Festival is the UK Drama Catch Me Daddy. Written and directed by the duo of Daniel and Matthew Wolfe, the film sees them make the jump from music videos to feature films. The movie’s synopsis is below.
Laila (Sameena Jabeen Ahmed) ran away from home. She’s been living a low-key, low-income, but evidently happier life with her drifter boyfriend Aaron. They have a trailer set up smack in the middle of nowhere, West Yorkshire. He’s unemployed, bakes drugs; she works a hairdressing salon, gets milkshakes for the both of ’em. In the evenings, they hang out, get intoxicated and dance furiously to Patti Smith.
Among the features at the 2015 Fantasia Festival is the UK Drama Catch Me Daddy. Written and directed by the duo of Daniel and Matthew Wolfe, the film sees them make the jump from music videos to feature films. The movie’s synopsis is below.
Laila (Sameena Jabeen Ahmed) ran away from home. She’s been living a low-key, low-income, but evidently happier life with her drifter boyfriend Aaron. They have a trailer set up smack in the middle of nowhere, West Yorkshire. He’s unemployed, bakes drugs; she works a hairdressing salon, gets milkshakes for the both of ’em. In the evenings, they hang out, get intoxicated and dance furiously to Patti Smith.
- 7/10/2015
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
Oscilloscope Laboratories have made a pre-Cannes double deal. Slightly misleading, they’ve actually picked up a pair that had not yet to be picked up since they had their premieres at the 2014 edition of the festival. O-scope have landed Alice Rohrwacher’s Grand Prix winning (2nd place award after the Palme d’Or) The Wonders which was high up on several Best undistributed films of ’14, while Daniel Wolfe’s directorial debut Catch Me Daddy was a Directors’ Fortnight entry that had it’s supporters. O-Scope will release both films later this year. Additionally, they’ve landed one of the better undiscoverd gems from the Toronto Int. Film Fest last fall in Javier Fuentes-León‘s The Vanished Elephant.
Gist: Rohrwacher’s sophomore film is set at the end of summer and follows Gelsomina and her three younger sisters. She is the designated heir of the strange, secluded kingdom that her...
Gist: Rohrwacher’s sophomore film is set at the end of summer and follows Gelsomina and her three younger sisters. She is the designated heir of the strange, secluded kingdom that her...
- 5/4/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
The first-time actor from Manchester, star of the British thriller Catch Me Daddy, isn’t letting the glamour of the movie industry go to her head
“It was good. It was nice. It was… sunny.” This is Sameena Jabeen Ahmed talking about the world’s most glamorous film festival, which she attended for the first time last May. She was at Cannes for the premiere of the British thriller Catch Me Daddy, but the first-time actor from Manchester, who plays a lead in the film, wasn’t letting the glitz go to her head. “I still to this day don’t see what all the fuss is about,” she says when we meet at a hotel in central London.
But didn’t the film get a prolonged standing ovation at Cannes? Wasn’t that exciting?
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“It was good. It was nice. It was… sunny.” This is Sameena Jabeen Ahmed talking about the world’s most glamorous film festival, which she attended for the first time last May. She was at Cannes for the premiere of the British thriller Catch Me Daddy, but the first-time actor from Manchester, who plays a lead in the film, wasn’t letting the glitz go to her head. “I still to this day don’t see what all the fuss is about,” she says when we meet at a hotel in central London.
But didn’t the film get a prolonged standing ovation at Cannes? Wasn’t that exciting?
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- 3/1/2015
- by Killian Fox
- The Guardian - Film News
A lurid meatgrinder of a movie in which the young-woman protagonist is reduced to a passive object of male rage, greed, and possessiveness. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Laila (newcomer Sameena Jabeen Ahmed, whom I hope we see more of) has pink hair and painted nails and is living with her white boyfriend, Aaron (Connor McCarron), in a rundown camper outside a small rural Yorkshire town. She is not, we can see, a “good” Pakistani girl, and though life is hard and jobs are scarce and money is tight, she seems relatively happy. Until her brother, Zaheer (Ali Ahmad), shows up with two carloads of bounty hunters — and a trunk lined with plastic sheeting — to drag her home to their furious father in order to fix the “shame” she has brought the family with her deplorable self-determination.
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Laila (newcomer Sameena Jabeen Ahmed, whom I hope we see more of) has pink hair and painted nails and is living with her white boyfriend, Aaron (Connor McCarron), in a rundown camper outside a small rural Yorkshire town. She is not, we can see, a “good” Pakistani girl, and though life is hard and jobs are scarce and money is tight, she seems relatively happy. Until her brother, Zaheer (Ali Ahmad), shows up with two carloads of bounty hunters — and a trunk lined with plastic sheeting — to drag her home to their furious father in order to fix the “shame” she has brought the family with her deplorable self-determination.
- 2/27/2015
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
In this excerpt from the Guardian Film Show Henry Barnes, Peter Bradshaw and Andrew Pulver review director
Daniel Wolfe's thriller about a young Pakistani woman being chased by her father after running off with her boyfriend. The film, which stars Sameena Jabeen Ahmed, sees a family feud play out across the stark and beautiful Yorkshire moors. Catch Me Daddy is in UK cinemas now Continue reading...
Daniel Wolfe's thriller about a young Pakistani woman being chased by her father after running off with her boyfriend. The film, which stars Sameena Jabeen Ahmed, sees a family feud play out across the stark and beautiful Yorkshire moors. Catch Me Daddy is in UK cinemas now Continue reading...
- 2/27/2015
- by Henry Barnes, Peter Bradshaw, Andrew Pulver, Tom Silverstone, Mona Mahmood and Andrea Salvatici
- The Guardian - Film News
This flawed but ambitious film about a British Pakistani family who hire a posse of thugs to hunt down their errant daughter is a tough look at contemporary gender politics
Daniel Wolfe’s debut movie arrives in the UK after its premiere at Cannes last year: a tough drama about contemporary Britain’s tribal and gender politics. This is ambitious work from a promising talent. There are big scenes, bold ideas and great images – created with Robbie Ryan’s tremendous cinematography. It is based on the murderous phenomenon of “honour killing” in British Pakistani communities. When Laila (Sameena Jabeen Ahmed) runs away to be with her white boyfriend, Aaron (Conor McCarron), her family hires a posse of tough guys to get her back, a little like John Ford’s The Searchers.
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Daniel Wolfe’s debut movie arrives in the UK after its premiere at Cannes last year: a tough drama about contemporary Britain’s tribal and gender politics. This is ambitious work from a promising talent. There are big scenes, bold ideas and great images – created with Robbie Ryan’s tremendous cinematography. It is based on the murderous phenomenon of “honour killing” in British Pakistani communities. When Laila (Sameena Jabeen Ahmed) runs away to be with her white boyfriend, Aaron (Conor McCarron), her family hires a posse of tough guys to get her back, a little like John Ford’s The Searchers.
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- 2/26/2015
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Originally screening at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, Daniel Wolfe’s first full-length feature debut Catch Me Daddy is landing in U.K. theaters shortly and the first trailer has now arrived. Directed and co-written by Wolfe (along with Matthew Wolfe), the thriller follows Laila, played by Sameena Jabeen Ahmed (who won Best Newcomer at the British Independent Film Awards), […]...
- 2/23/2015
- by Jason Michael
- The Film Stage
★★★☆☆ If Clio Barnard's The Selfish Giant (2013) was a fairytale set in 'It's grim up north' territory, this year's Glasgow Film Festival offers up a Yorkshire western in Daniel Wolfe's bleak, windswept thriller Catch Me Daddy (2014), which unexpectedly broods over the multicultural integration of northern Britain. British-Pakistani Laila, played with conviction by non-professional actress Sameena Jabeen Ahmed, and Aaron (Canor McCarron), are two teenagers in hiding. They live in a trailer park out of town, arguing about whether they can go out at night. Laila wants to meet her mate from work at a local nightclub, but Aaron barks urgently at her not to because it's too dangerous. He's right to be worried.
- 2/22/2015
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Catch Me Daddy
Written and directed by Daniel and Matthew Wolfe
UK, 2014
Set in the once pristine West Yorkshire Moors, Catch Me Daddy is a nightmarish thriller about cultural tension, depravation and violence in modern day Britain. It takes as its starting point the Ted Hughes poem ‘Heptonstall Old Church’, in which creation myth gives way to apocalyptic vision. The great bird which brings life to the region dies and afterwards: ‘Its giant bones / Blackened and became a mystery / The crystal in men’s heads / Blackened and fell to pieces / The valleys went out / The moorland broke loose.’ Recited coarsely in a young man’s voice, over bleak, contemporary landscapes, the poem is a discomforting prelude for what is to come.
On the run from her strict and dangerous family, Pakistani teenager, Laila (Sameena Jabeen Ahmed), and her boyfriend, Aaron (Conor McCarron), are living on a dilapidated caravan site. They seem happy enough,...
Written and directed by Daniel and Matthew Wolfe
UK, 2014
Set in the once pristine West Yorkshire Moors, Catch Me Daddy is a nightmarish thriller about cultural tension, depravation and violence in modern day Britain. It takes as its starting point the Ted Hughes poem ‘Heptonstall Old Church’, in which creation myth gives way to apocalyptic vision. The great bird which brings life to the region dies and afterwards: ‘Its giant bones / Blackened and became a mystery / The crystal in men’s heads / Blackened and fell to pieces / The valleys went out / The moorland broke loose.’ Recited coarsely in a young man’s voice, over bleak, contemporary landscapes, the poem is a discomforting prelude for what is to come.
On the run from her strict and dangerous family, Pakistani teenager, Laila (Sameena Jabeen Ahmed), and her boyfriend, Aaron (Conor McCarron), are living on a dilapidated caravan site. They seem happy enough,...
- 2/21/2015
- by Rob Dickie
- SoundOnSight
Arriving with a truckload of praise and one or two awards for lead Sameena Jabeen Ahmed, Catch Me Daddy is shaping up to be one of the more promising British dramas to happen along for a while. The trailer is now online via StudioCanal.Directed by Daniel Wolfe and based on the script he wrote with brother Matthew, Catch Me Daddy finds Ahmed as Laila, a girl on the run from her family who is hiding out in West Yorkshire with her drifter boyfriend Aaron (Conor McCarron). When her brother arrives in town with a gang of thugs in tow, she is forced to flee for her life and faces her darkest night.Ahmed has already scored Most Promising Newcomer at the British Independent Film Awards, and both she and the team were nominated for several others, including the Golden Camera at last year’s Cannes. With the likes of...
- 1/22/2015
- EmpireOnline
Catch Me Daddy – which premiered at Cannes last year – is the debut feature of music-video director Daniel Wolfe. Sameena Jabeen Ahmed, who won best newcomer at the London film festival, stars as Laila, in hiding from her own family and living with her boyfriend on the Yorkshire moors. When her brother and a group of thugs hired by her father turn up in town she is forced to flee for her life
• Catch Me Daddy opens in the UK on 27 February Continue reading...
• Catch Me Daddy opens in the UK on 27 February Continue reading...
- 1/22/2015
- by Guardian Staff
- The Guardian - Film News
"Pride," the true story of how gay rights activists helped miners took home the Best Picture of the Year trophy from the British Independent Film Awards. The fantastic film also won Best Supporting Actress for Imelda Staunton and Best Supporting Actor for Andrew Scott.
Here's the list of the winners of the 2014 British Independent Film Awards:
Best British Independent Film
Sponsored by Moët & Chandon
Pride
Best Director
Sponsored by AllCity & Intermission
Yann Demange . '71
The Douglas Hickox Award [Best Debut Director]
Sponsored by 3 Mills Studios
Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard . 20,000 Days on Earth
Best Screenplay
Sponsored by BBC Films
Jon Ronson, Peter Straughan . Frank
Best Actress
Sponsored by M.A.C Cosmetics
Gugu Mbatha-Raw . Belle
Best Actor
Sponsored by Movado
Brendan Gleeson . Calvary
Best Supporting Actress
Imelda Staunton . Pride
Best Supporting Actor
Sponsored by St Martins Lane
Andrew Scott . Pride
Most Promising Newcomer
Sameena Jabeen Ahmed . Catch Me Daddy
Best Achievement In Production
The...
Here's the list of the winners of the 2014 British Independent Film Awards:
Best British Independent Film
Sponsored by Moët & Chandon
Pride
Best Director
Sponsored by AllCity & Intermission
Yann Demange . '71
The Douglas Hickox Award [Best Debut Director]
Sponsored by 3 Mills Studios
Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard . 20,000 Days on Earth
Best Screenplay
Sponsored by BBC Films
Jon Ronson, Peter Straughan . Frank
Best Actress
Sponsored by M.A.C Cosmetics
Gugu Mbatha-Raw . Belle
Best Actor
Sponsored by Movado
Brendan Gleeson . Calvary
Best Supporting Actress
Imelda Staunton . Pride
Best Supporting Actor
Sponsored by St Martins Lane
Andrew Scott . Pride
Most Promising Newcomer
Sameena Jabeen Ahmed . Catch Me Daddy
Best Achievement In Production
The...
- 12/8/2014
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Pride has emerged as the big winner at the Moët British Independent Film Awards.
The gay activist drama took home three gongs at last night's Old Billingsgate ceremony, picking up Best British Independent Film, Best Supporting Actress for Imelda Staunton and Best Supporting Actor for Andrew Scott.
'71's Yann Demange bagged the Best Director prize, Gugu Mbatha-Raw won Best Actress for Belle and Brendan Gleeson took home Best Actor for Calvary.
Elsewhere, special prizes were handed out to Emma Thompson (Richard Harris Award), John Boorman (Special Jury Prize) and Benedict Cumberbatch (Variety Award).
The full list of winners at the Moët British Independent Film Awards is as follows:
Best British Independent Film
'71
Calvary
Mr Turner
Pride - Winner!
The Imitation Game
Best Director
John Michael McDonagh – Calvary
Lenny Abrahamson – Frank
Matthew Warchus – Pride
Mike Leigh – Mr Turner
Yann Demange – '71 - Winner!
The Douglas Hickox Award for Best Debut Director
Daniel Wolfe,...
The gay activist drama took home three gongs at last night's Old Billingsgate ceremony, picking up Best British Independent Film, Best Supporting Actress for Imelda Staunton and Best Supporting Actor for Andrew Scott.
'71's Yann Demange bagged the Best Director prize, Gugu Mbatha-Raw won Best Actress for Belle and Brendan Gleeson took home Best Actor for Calvary.
Elsewhere, special prizes were handed out to Emma Thompson (Richard Harris Award), John Boorman (Special Jury Prize) and Benedict Cumberbatch (Variety Award).
The full list of winners at the Moët British Independent Film Awards is as follows:
Best British Independent Film
'71
Calvary
Mr Turner
Pride - Winner!
The Imitation Game
Best Director
John Michael McDonagh – Calvary
Lenny Abrahamson – Frank
Matthew Warchus – Pride
Mike Leigh – Mr Turner
Yann Demange – '71 - Winner!
The Douglas Hickox Award for Best Debut Director
Daniel Wolfe,...
- 12/8/2014
- Digital Spy
A glittering array of talent turned out this evening for the 17th Moët British Independent Film Awards. The winners were announced at the star-studded ceremony, held at Old Billingsgate, which was hosted by The Inbetweeners star, Simon Bird.
The lucky winners took home the iconic award designed by Fredrikson Stallard and created by Swarovski as well as a personalised, Swarovski crystal encrusted magnum of Moët & Chandon.
Best British Independent Film was won by Pride. Yann Demange won Best Director for ’71, Gugu Mbatha-Raw won Best Actress for Belle and Brendan Gleeson won Best Actor for Calvary. Andrew Scott collected his award for Best Supporting Actor for Pride and Imelda Staunton took home her award for Best Supporting Actress also for her role in Pride.
Pride won the most awards on the night, picking up Best British Independent Film, Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor.
As previously announced, Emma Thompson was...
The lucky winners took home the iconic award designed by Fredrikson Stallard and created by Swarovski as well as a personalised, Swarovski crystal encrusted magnum of Moët & Chandon.
Best British Independent Film was won by Pride. Yann Demange won Best Director for ’71, Gugu Mbatha-Raw won Best Actress for Belle and Brendan Gleeson won Best Actor for Calvary. Andrew Scott collected his award for Best Supporting Actor for Pride and Imelda Staunton took home her award for Best Supporting Actress also for her role in Pride.
Pride won the most awards on the night, picking up Best British Independent Film, Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor.
As previously announced, Emma Thompson was...
- 12/7/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Yann Demange wins best director; Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Brendan Gleeson take home top acting prizes.
At the 17th annual Moet British Independent Film Awards, Pride took home the most trophies, including Best British Independent Film, Best Supporting Actress (Imelda Staunton) and Best Supporting Actor (Andrew Scott).
Next Goal Wins won best documentary and Boyhood won best international independent film.
Yann Demange won best director for ‘71.
Gugu Mbatha-Raw won best actress for Belle, while Brendan Gleeson won best actor for Calvary.
For the full list of winners, see end of story.
Richard Linklater accepted his award for Best International Film “on behalf of the 450 people who worked on this film over 12 years,” dedicating the prize to British filmmaker [This Sporting Life director] Lindsay Anderson “who was a friend and a bit of a mentor, who I miss.”
Joint Directors of the BIFAs, Johanna von Fischer and Tessa Collinson, who are stepping down from the event after this year, said: “In our...
At the 17th annual Moet British Independent Film Awards, Pride took home the most trophies, including Best British Independent Film, Best Supporting Actress (Imelda Staunton) and Best Supporting Actor (Andrew Scott).
Next Goal Wins won best documentary and Boyhood won best international independent film.
Yann Demange won best director for ‘71.
Gugu Mbatha-Raw won best actress for Belle, while Brendan Gleeson won best actor for Calvary.
For the full list of winners, see end of story.
Richard Linklater accepted his award for Best International Film “on behalf of the 450 people who worked on this film over 12 years,” dedicating the prize to British filmmaker [This Sporting Life director] Lindsay Anderson “who was a friend and a bit of a mentor, who I miss.”
Joint Directors of the BIFAs, Johanna von Fischer and Tessa Collinson, who are stepping down from the event after this year, said: “In our...
- 12/7/2014
- by sarah.cooper@screendaily.com (Sarah Cooper)
- ScreenDaily
The British Independent Film Awards have spread the love all around. Best Film: Pride. Director: Yann Demange for '71. Debut Director: Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard for 20,000 Days on Earth. Screenplay: Jon Ronson and Peter Straughan for Frank. Actress: Gugu Mbatha-Raw for Belle. Actor: Brendan Gleeson for Calvary. Supporting Actress: Imelda Staunton for Pride. Supporting Actor: Andrew Scott for Pride. Most Promising Newcomer: Sameena Jabeen Ahmed for Catch Me Daddy. Documentary: Next Goal Wins. The Richard Harris Award goes to Emma Thompson, the Variety Award to Benedict Cumberbatch, and a special jury prize to John Boorman. » - David Hudson...
- 12/7/2014
- Fandor: Keyframe
The British Independent Film Awards have spread the love all around. Best Film: Pride. Director: Yann Demange for '71. Debut Director: Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard for 20,000 Days on Earth. Screenplay: Jon Ronson and Peter Straughan for Frank. Actress: Gugu Mbatha-Raw for Belle. Actor: Brendan Gleeson for Calvary. Supporting Actress: Imelda Staunton for Pride. Supporting Actor: Andrew Scott for Pride. Most Promising Newcomer: Sameena Jabeen Ahmed for Catch Me Daddy. Documentary: Next Goal Wins. The Richard Harris Award goes to Emma Thompson, the Variety Award to Benedict Cumberbatch, and a special jury prize to John Boorman. » - David Hudson...
- 12/7/2014
- Keyframe
Yann Demange's "'71" had a strong showing in the nominations stage for the 2014 British Independent Film Awards, but it was Matthew Warchus' "Pride" walking away with top honors, including Best Film, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress. However, my favorite win of the evening has to be Brendan Gleeson's for the underrated "Calvary." Gugu Mbatha-Raw ("Belle") rounded out the acting honors. Nothing for "The Imitation Game" or "Selma," but as our old friend Guy Lodge noted on Twitter, I'm sure they'll do fine elsewhere this season. Check out the full list of winners below, and remember to keep track of the season at The Circuit. Best Film "Pride" Best Actor Brendan Gleeson, "Calvary" Best Director Yann Demange, "'71" Best Actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw, "Belle" Best Supporting Actor Andrew Scott, "Pride" Best Supporting Actress Imelda Staunton, "Pride" Best Screenplay "Frank" Best Achievement in Production "The Goob" Best Documentary...
- 12/7/2014
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Hitfix
Update, Writethru, 3 Pm Pt: Period culture clash comedy Pride was the big winner at the British Independent Film Awards which took place at London’s Old Billingsgate this evening. Pathé’s Matthew Warchus-directed ensemble took three prizes including Best Film, Best Supporting Actress for Imelda Staunton and Best Supporting Actor for new Bond cast member Andrew Scott. Brendan Gleeson was named Best Actor for John Michael McDonagh’s Calvary and Gugu Mbatha-Raw was Best Actress for drama Belle. Best Director was Yann Demange whose ’71 was the most nominated film going into the evening. (See below for the full list of winners.) The BIFAs, as their name suggests, have a decidedly indie bent and are an important date on the British awards season calendar in that they tend to honor UK films that might not get as much recognition at, say, the BAFTAs.
Emma Thompson and Benedict Cumberbatch were awarded...
Emma Thompson and Benedict Cumberbatch were awarded...
- 12/7/2014
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline
The Belfast-set thriller “’71”’s tally of nine nominations includes Best British Independent Film, Best Director for Demange, Best Actor for Jack O’Connell and Best Supporting Actor for Sean Harris. Timothy Spall also received a Best Actor nod for his role as J.M.W. Turner in Mike Leigh’s biopic. He's also beaming on behalf of his son, Rafe Spall, nominated for “X+Y.” Timothy Spall and O’Connell will go up against Asa Butterfield for “X+Y”, Benedict Cumberbatch for “The Imitation Game” and Brendan Gleeson for “Calvary.” The Best Actress category is made up of Alicia Vikander for “Testament Of Youth,” Cheng Pei Pei for “Lilting,” Gugu Mbatha-Raw for “Belle,” Keira Knightley for “The Imitation Game,” and, in her acting debut, Sameena Jabeen Ahmed for “Catch Me Daddy.” Andrew Scott and Ben Schnetzer were both nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category for “Pride,” alongside Michael Fassbender...
- 11/3/2014
- by Matt Mueller
- Thompson on Hollywood
The nominations for the 17th annual Moët British Independent Film Awards have been announced.
'71 leads the nominations with nine nods, including Best British Independent Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor.
Pride received seven nominations and Catch Me Daddy, Frank and Mr Turner achieved five nominations each.
Nominees up for the top prize of Best British Independent Film are '71, Calvary, Mr Turner, Pride and The Imitation Game. Previous winners have included The King's Speech, Slumdog Millionaire and This Is England.
Joining '71 director Yann Demange in the Best Director category are John Michael McDonagh for Calvary, Lenny Abrahamson for Frank, Matthew Warchus for Pride and Mike Leigh for Mr Turner.
Keira Knightley is up for Best Actress for The Imitation Game, along with Alicia Vikander for Testament of Youth, Cheng Pei Pei for Lilting, Gugu Mbatha-Raw for Belle and Sameena Jabeen Ahmed for Catch Me Daddy.
'71 leads the nominations with nine nods, including Best British Independent Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor.
Pride received seven nominations and Catch Me Daddy, Frank and Mr Turner achieved five nominations each.
Nominees up for the top prize of Best British Independent Film are '71, Calvary, Mr Turner, Pride and The Imitation Game. Previous winners have included The King's Speech, Slumdog Millionaire and This Is England.
Joining '71 director Yann Demange in the Best Director category are John Michael McDonagh for Calvary, Lenny Abrahamson for Frank, Matthew Warchus for Pride and Mike Leigh for Mr Turner.
Keira Knightley is up for Best Actress for The Imitation Game, along with Alicia Vikander for Testament of Youth, Cheng Pei Pei for Lilting, Gugu Mbatha-Raw for Belle and Sameena Jabeen Ahmed for Catch Me Daddy.
- 11/3/2014
- Digital Spy
Manuel here to bring you some more film festival news. Toronto, Venice, Telluride and New York are behind us but that doesn’t mean we’re done with film festivals; across the pond, London and Rome have recently wrapped up which means: awards!
BFI London Film Festival (8-19 October)
Official Competition winner – Best Film: Leviathan – Andrey Zvyagintsev (reviewed at Cannes and winner of Best Screenplay at that fest)
First Feature Competition winner – The Sutherland Award:Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy for The Tribe (Critics Week Winner at Cannes)
Documentary Competition winner – The Grierson Award: Silvered Water, Syria Self-portrait – Ossama Mohammed & Wiam Simav Bedirxan (reviewed by Glenn at Nyff)
Best British Newcomer: Sameena Jabeen Ahmed – actor Catch Me Daddy
BFI Fellowship: Stephen Frears (we were just discussing his new film!)
Rome Film Festival (15-25 October)
Bnl People’s Choice Award | Gala - Trash by Stephen Daldry
People’s Choice Award | Cinema d'Oggi - Shier...
BFI London Film Festival (8-19 October)
Official Competition winner – Best Film: Leviathan – Andrey Zvyagintsev (reviewed at Cannes and winner of Best Screenplay at that fest)
First Feature Competition winner – The Sutherland Award:Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy for The Tribe (Critics Week Winner at Cannes)
Documentary Competition winner – The Grierson Award: Silvered Water, Syria Self-portrait – Ossama Mohammed & Wiam Simav Bedirxan (reviewed by Glenn at Nyff)
Best British Newcomer: Sameena Jabeen Ahmed – actor Catch Me Daddy
BFI Fellowship: Stephen Frears (we were just discussing his new film!)
Rome Film Festival (15-25 October)
Bnl People’s Choice Award | Gala - Trash by Stephen Daldry
People’s Choice Award | Cinema d'Oggi - Shier...
- 10/27/2014
- by Manuel Betancourt
- FilmExperience
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