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European Film Awards 2009 – the winners

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The 2009 European Film Awards were presented last night in Bochum, Germany. German director Michael Haneke won top honours (best film, best director, best screenplay) with The White Ribbon, a drama set in a German village in the months leading up to World War I. Haneke previously won the Golden Palm at Cannes and the FIPRESCI prize at the San Sebastian festival with the film. Here is the list of winners of the 2009 European Film Awards: European Film 2009 The White Ribbon, director [Read more...]

Oscar winners 2009

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BEST PICTURE "Slumdog Millionaire" BEST ACTRESS Kate Winslet, "The Reader" BEST ACTOR Sean Penn, "Milk" BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight" BEST DIRECTOR Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire" BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Dustin Lance Black, "Milk" BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Simon Beaufoy, "Slumdog Millionaire" BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM "Departures" (Japan) BEST ANIMATED [Read more...]

Cinema Audio Society honours Slumdog Millionaire, John Adams

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Slumdog Millionaire's production mixer Resul Pookutty and re-recording mixers Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke were presented with the award for outstanding achievement in motion picture sound mixing at the 45th Annual Cinema Audio Awards ceremony, held on Saturday at the Millennium-Biltmore Hotel. Dedicating the award to the ''sound gods of India,'' Pookutty said: "This is the biggest honor I can ever get. Twelve years ago in India I started in production sound. There was basically no production [Read more...]

American Cinema Editors award Wall-E, Slumdog, Man on Wire

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American Cinema Editors (ACE) announced the winners of the 2009 ACE Eddie Awards for best achievement in editing at the Beverly Hilton Hotel last night. Mel Gibson presented Richard Donner with ACE's filmmaker of the year award, while Robert Zemeckis handed the career achievement trophy to Arthur Schmidt, whose credits include Back to the Future and Forrest Gump. Sidney M. Katz was also presented with career achievement honours. Here are the winners: EDITED FEATURE FILM [Read more...]

Slumdog Millionaire, Man on Wire win BAFTAs for Best Film

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The British Academy announced the winners of this year's BAFTA Awards at a ceremony at the Royal Opera House in London. Slumdog Millionaire was the big winner of the evening with honours in seven categories, including Best Film. Here is the list of the BAFTA nominees, for reference. And here are this year's winners: BEST FILM Slumdog Millionaire OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM Man on Wire THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD FOR SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT BY A BRITISH DIRECTOR, WRITER OR PRODUCER FOR [Read more...]