Evening Standard British Film Award
The Evening Standard British Film Award is a British film award that was first awarded in 1974 by the former London daily Evening News for outstanding achievements in British film. Since 1980 the award has been given by the Evening Standard newspaper , which merged with the Evening News in 1980. The annual ceremony takes place in various locations such as the Savoy Hotel or The Ivy restaurant in London.
Together with the British Academy Film Awards and the British Independent Film Awards , it is one of the most important film awards in Great Britain .
The award ceremony was suspended in 2014 and 2015.
Award criteria
The Evening Standard British Film Award was formerly known as the Evening News British Film Award. It is a silver Eros statuette. The winners are selected by a jury of five film critics from a list of all films produced by Great Britain from the previous calendar year.
Categories
| category | Original designation | awarded since |
|---|---|---|
| Best movie | Best film | 1974 |
| Best Actor | Best Actor | 1974 |
| Best Actress | Best Actress | 1974 |
| Most promising young talent | Most promising newcomer | 1974 |
| Best script | Best screenplay | 1982 |
| Peter Sellers Prize | Peter Sellers Award for Comedy | 1981 |
| Best technical or artistic achievement | Technical / Artistic Achievement | 1983 |
| special price | Special Award | 1976 |
Irregularly awarded prizes
- 2016: Amy named best documentary
- 2012: Senna as best documentary
- 2011: A Day in the Life: Four Portraits of Post-War Britain as best documentary
- 2010: Anvil! The story of a friendship as the best documentary
- 2009: Stephen Daldry for directing The Reader
- 2008: Jonny Greenwood for the score for There Will Be Blood
- 2001: Kindertransport - Into a Strange World as best documentary
Formerly awarded prizes
- 1974–1981: Best Comedy Film ( Best Comedy )
literature
- Tad B. Hammer: International film prizes: an encyclopedia. St. James Press, Chicago et al. 1991, ISBN 0-8240-7099-2 . (English edition)