Starring Marion Cotillard (Inception) and Matthias Schoenaerts (Bullhead), Rust and Bone (French: De rouille et d'os) sees Cotillard's beautiful whale trainer recovering from a tragic accident with the help of Schoenaerts' single father. Read our ★★★★ review here.
"Jacques Audiard has a unique handwriting, made up of music, montage, writing, photography, sound, visual design and acting," said Sir David Hare, president of the competition jury. "He is one of only a very small handful of film-makers in the world who has mastered, and can integrate, every element of the process to one purpose: making, in Rust and Bone, a film full of heart, violence and love. The jury also admired, and commended, After Lucia, in particular for its terrifying portrayal of school bullying; and the highly original No, a study of how controversial advertising techniques contributed to the end of General Pinochet."
Take a look at the full list of winners here...
Best Film Award
Rust and Bone (review here)
After Lucia (review here)
End of Watch (review here)
Everyday
Fill the Void
Ginger and Rosa
In the House (review here)
It Was The Son
Lore, Cate Shortland
Midnight’s Children (review here)
No
Seven Psychopaths (review here)
Best First Feature – The Sutherland Award
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Clip
The Comedian
Eat Sleep Die (review here)
My Brother The Devil
Neighbouring Sounds
The Samurai That Night
Shell
Ship of Theseus
Sleeper’s Wake
Tomorrow
Wadjda, Haifaa Al Mansour
Best Documentary – The Grierson Award
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God=
Beware of Mr. Baker
Canned Dreams
The Central Park Five (review here)
The Ethnographer
For No Good Reason
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
Les Invisibles
The Summit
Turned Towards The Sun
Village at the End of the World
West of Memphis
Best British Newcomer Award
Sally EI Hosaini (Director/Screenwriter, My Brother the Devil)
Fady Elsayed (Actor, My Brother the Devil)
Rufus Norris (Director, Broken)
Eloise Laurence (Actor, Broken)
Chloe Pirrie (Actor, Shell)
Scott Graham (Director/Screenwriter, Shell)
Tom Shkolnik (Director/Screenwriter, The Comedian)
Rowan Athale (Director/Screenwriter, Wasteland)
Also honoured on the night with prestigious BFI Fellowships were director Tim Burton and actress Helena Bonham Carter, with the husband and wife presented their awards by the legendary Sir Christopher Lee. Previous recipients of the BFI Fellowship include David Lean, Michael Powell, Orson Welles, Laurence Olivier, Akira Kurosawa, Richard Attenborough, Clint Eastwood, Martin Scorsese, Michael Caine, Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Altman, Mike Leigh, Ridley Scott, Danny Boyle and Judi Dench.
You can check out all of our coverage of this year's BFI London Film Festival here.
