The 62nd annual Edinburgh International Film Festival closed over the weekend. 130 films were screened over the 12 days that the fest lasted and Shane Meadows took home the main prize.
Here is the list of the winners:
Michael Powell Award for Best New British Feature Film sponsored by the UK Film Council
Somers Town, drector Shane Meadows
PPG Award for Best Performance in a British Feature Film
Robert Carlyle, Summer
Standard Life Audience Award
Man on Wire, director James Marsh
Best Documentary Award
Encounters at the End of the World, director Werner Herzog
Skillset New Directors Award
Marianna Palka, Good Dick
UK Film Council Award for Best British Short Film
Son, director Daniel Mulloy
European Film Academy Short Film 2008 – Prix UIP
2 Birds, director Rúnar Rúnarsson
Scottish Short Documentary Award supported by Baillie Gifford
Christmas with Dad, director Conor McCormack
McLaren Award for New British Animation in partnership with BBC Film Network
Space Travel According to John, directors Jamie Stone & Anders Jedenfors
Mirrorball Best British Music Video Award
Happiness by Goldfrapp, directed by Dougal Wilson