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Awards & Festival Round-Up
FLUTE AT FESTIVALS
Photos: On the set of Kenneth Branagh’s new film of The Magic Flute; right: DP Roger Lanser
BIFAS Recognise Fujifilm
T opped by Barry Ackroyd BSC’s citation for Best Technical
Achievement (for The Wind That Shakes The Barley), three films originated on Fujifilm were among
the nominees at this year’s British Independent Film Awards.
The Wind That Shakes The Barley was also nominated for Director (Ken Loach) and Actor (Cillian Murphy), while The History Boys was cited for Best British Independent Film, Screenplay (Alan Bennett), Supporting Actor (Dominic Cooper & Samuel Barnett) and Supporting Actress (Frances de la Tour).
Starter For Ten saw Tom Vaughan nom- inated for the Douglas Hickox Award for Best Debut Director. ■
Photos clockwise from top: Director Ken Loach with DP Barry Ackroyd BSC;
a scene from The Wind That Shakes The Barley;
Writer Alan Bennett;
a scene from The History Boys; Director Tom Vaughan and a scene from his Starter For Ten
W ith a newly-adapted libret- to by Stephen Fry, Kenneth
Branagh’s new film of The Magic Flute has recently been doing the round of
international festivals, including pre- mieres at Venice, Toronto and Seville. Re-imagined with a stylised Great
War setting 250 years after Mozart’s birth, it stars Joseph Kaiser, Amy Carson, Ben Davis, Silvia Moi, Rene Pape, Thomas Randle and Lyubov Petrova. The musical director was James Conlon who conducts the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
Originated by Roger Lanser on 35mm Eterna 500T 8573, The Magic Flute has also been shown at the Cinemania in Belgrade and at the Castellinaria International Youth Film Festival in Switzerland. ■
BSC Honours Its Own
A
t this year’s Operators’ Night, held on December 8 at Elstree Film & TV Studios, The British Society of Cinematographers Lifetime Achievement Award
went to Billy Williams BSC. Williams, 77, whose award-win-
ning work includes Gandhi, Women In Love, On Golden Pond, The Wind And The Lion, Sunday, Bloody Sunday and Eagle’s Wing, is a former President
of the BSC.
The Bert Easey Technical Award
was given to Geoff Boyle FBKS for his contribution to international dialogue amongst cinematographers (with his creation of the Cinematography Mailing List).
The evening also officially noted the presentation of the Best Cinematography Award to John Mathieson BSC for The Phantom Of The Opera, although it had been actu- ally announced earlier this year. ■
Photos from top:
The British Society of Cinematographers Lifetime Achievement Award winner Billy Williams BSC on the set of Gandhi with Ben Kingsley,
Geoff Boyle FBKS and John Mathieson BSC
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