Weekend international awards round up
David Bowie’s son wins big at the BIFAs
In a busy pre-Christmas period, this weekend saw a series of ceremonies celebrating the film industry take place all over the world.
In the United Kingdom, Duncan Jones was the big winner at the British Independent Film Awards. David Bowie’s son, the erstwhile Zowie Bowie, picked up prizes including Best Debut Director and Best Film for his own space oddity Moon, the minimalist sci-fi starring Sam Rockwell. At the same ceremony Andrea Arnold’s fantastic Fish Tank won her the Best Director award and In The Loop’s writing staff got the nod for Best Screenplay.
Meanwhile in Korea the Blue Dragon Awards coincided with news of a new resurgence in the South Korean film market. The event, hosted in Seoul, saw Park Chan-Wook unable to add to his two previous Best Director awards with Kim Yong-hwa pipping him to the post for Take Off. Mother, helmed by Bong Joon-ho, is South Korea’s submission for the 2010 Best Foreign Language feature at the Oscars and took home the Best Film Award here. The Best Actor and Best Actress meanwhile were deemed to be Myeong-min Kim and Ji-won Ha who starred together in the indie feature Closer To Heaven.
Finally, last week Looking For Anne won the top prizr at the Asian Festival of First Films in Singapore.
