News - Thursday, January 21, 2010 8:23

Evening Standard Film Awards Nominations Revealed

Source: Evening Standard

Nominations for the 37th annual Evening Standard Film Awards have been revealed, and they celebrate the most impressive films and talent of the past year. And, for only the second time in the history of the awards, a Best Documentary category has been created to honour the best factual film of the last 12 months. Although the awards take in films and performances from across the globe, only British films are eligible for the Best Film Award and British talent is shortlisted for all other awards. And, unlike other major awards, these really do celebrate the best independent and small-scale releases alongside the big guns.

The ceremony will be held on February 8th at the London Film Museum’s County Hall base, where the winners, as chosen by five major UK film critics,  will be announced from the following categories:

Best Film
Bright Star, Fish Tank, Helen

Best Actor
Tom Hardy (Bronson), Christian McKay (Me & Orson Welles), Alex MacQueen (The Hide), Andy Serkis (Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll)

Best Actress
Anne-Marie Duff (Nowhere Boy), Kelly Macdonald (The Merry Gentleman), Carey Mulligan (An Education)

The Peter Sellers Award for Comedy
Peter Capaldi (In the Loop), Sacha Baron Cohen (Bruno), Ricky Gervais (The Invention of Lying)

Best Screenplay
In the Loop (Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche), An Education (Nick Hornby), Looking for Eric (Paul Laverty)

London Film Museum Award for Technical Achievement
Barry Ackroyd (cinematographer, The Hurt Locker), James Herbert (film editor, Sherlock Holmes), Tony Noble (production designer, Moon)

Most Promising Newcomer
Katie Jarvis (actress, Fish Tank), Duncan Jones (director, Moon), Peter Strickland (writer/director, Katalin Varga)

Best Documentary
Afghan Star, Anvil! The Story of Anvil, Sleep Furiously