London Film Festival
London Luxury Chauffeuring is partnering up with the London Film Festival to ensure that you are chauffeured to the destination in style. We want you to have a smooth and relaxed experience when heading to the event. The London Film Festival officially called BFI (British Film Institute) has been established since 1953, the festival runs through 10th-21st October. It’s the UK’s largest public annual Festival that has been visited by thousands of film enthusiasts. Over 300 films, documentaries and shorts films have been seen all over the world. Each year the London Film Festival attracts different celebrities around the world, bringing more attention to the festival. Visitors and guests that attend the festival are able to learn more about screened films and the art of filmmaking.
London Film Awards
The London Film Festival is a public event which is intends to enable the British public to see films that otherwise may not be seen in British cinemas. It also awards the most original and creative film-makers.The London Film Festival also recognises achievements and work of prominent individuals by awarding them the title of the BFI Fellowship.
Awards
The film festival is renowned for its prestigious awards that showcase new and upcoming talent nationally and internationally. These prestigious awards gives upcoming talent the recognition and the opportunity to exposure their talent to the world.
–The Sutherland Trophy; named after George Sutherland-Leverson-Gower the 5th Duke of Sutherland, thats honours his patronage and support to the BFI. The Sutherland Trophy is awarded by the British Film Institute (BFI) for the most original and creative film since 1958.
–The Grierson Award; is presented to the best documentary screened during the Festival. In 1983 the BFI Fellowship was awarded were as many as six recipients of the title. The Grierson Trust has a long-standing tradition of recognising outstanding films that demonstrate integrity, originality, technical excellence and cultural significance.
Previous Winners of the London Film Festival
Rust and Bone (De rouille et d’os). The French-Belgian film that was directed by Jacques Audiard won the London Film Festival Award for Best Film. It has also been nominated for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, for two Golden Globes and for Screen Actors Guild Award. Previous winners for this award include Best Film were After Lucia (directed by Michel France), End of Watch (directed by David Ayer), Fill the Void (directed by Rama Burshtein), Everyday (directed by Michael Winterbottom), Ginger and Rosa (directed by Sally Potter), In the House (directed by Francois Ozon).
–Benh Zeitlin. The American film-maker was awarded the Sutherland Trophy for his feature Beast of the Southern Wild where he also won the Camera d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic at the Sundance Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize at the Deauville American Film Festival, Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the Los Angeles Film Festival and the Golden Space Needle Award at the Seattle International Film Festival.
–Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God. The Grierson Award for Best Documentary went to the American documentary film director and producer Alex Gibney. His documentary about the Catholic Church’s attempt to cover up the sexual abuses by the priests. The film won this award for its outstanding demonstration for showcasing integrity, originality, technical excellence and cultural significance.
–Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter. The American film director and producer, and English actress was also awarded the prestigious British Film Institute Fellowship. Being featured in the same films such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Alice in Wonderland and Dark Shadows.
Getting To The Film Festival
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