Film

Chairman: Jason Solomons
Vice-Chairman: Anna Smith
Hon. Secretary: Dee Pilgrim. She can be contacted on dee.pilgrim@btinternet.com

The 30th Awards will take plave on February 18 at the Landmark Hotel, Marylebone. Information can be obtained from the NSPCC press office or the chair of the Awards Committee, Jason Solomons. Dee Pilgrim is the celebrity co-ordinator.

  BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH FILM-MAKER
Daniel Barber - Harry Brown
Armando Ianucci - In the Loop
Duncan Jones – Moon
Peter Strickland - Katalin Varga
Sam Taylor-Wood - Nowhere Boy  

THE ATTENBOROUGH AWARD: BRITISH FILM OF THE YEAR
Bright Star
An Education
Fish Tank
In the Loop and Moon

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
The Class
Katyn
Let the Right One In
A Prophet
The White Ribbon
DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Jacques Audiard - A Prophet
Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
James Cameron – Avatar
Michael Haneke - The White Ribbon
Jason Reitman - Up in the Air
BRITISH DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Andrea Arnold - Fish Tank
Armando Iannucci - In the Loop
Duncan Jones – Moon
Kevin Macdonald - State of Play
Sam Taylor-Wood - Nowhere Boy
ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
George Clooney - Up in the Air
Tahar Rahim - A Prophet
Michael Stuhlbarg - A Serious Man
Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds
ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Abbie Cornish - Bright Star
Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air
Mo'Nique – Precious
Carey Mulligan - An Education
Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia
BRITISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Peter Capaldi - In the Loop
Colin Firth - A Single Man
Tom Hardy – Bronson
Christian MacKay - Me and Orson Welles
Andy Serkis - Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
BRITISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Emily Blunt - The Young Victoria
Helen Mirren - The Last Station
Carey Mulligan - An Education
Katie Jarvis - Fish Tank
Kristin Scott Thomas - Nowhere Boy
BRITISH ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Michael Fassbender* - Fish Tank
John Hurt - 44 Inch Chest
Jason Isaacs – Good
Alfred Molina - An Education
Timothy Spall - The Damned United
BRITISH ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Emily Blunt - Sunshine Cleaning
Anne-Marie Duff - Nowhere Boy
Rosamund Pike - An Education
Kierston Wareing - Fish Tank
Olivia Williams - An Education
SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche - In the Loop 
Thomas Bidegain & Jacques Audiard - A Prophet
Joel & Ethan Coen - A Serious Man
Michael Haneke - The White Ribbon
Nick Hornby - An Education
THE NSPCC AWARD: YOUNG BRITISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
Katie Jarvis - Fish Tank
Aaron Johnson - Nowhere Boy and Dummy
George MacKay - The Boys Are Back      
Bill Milner - Is Anybody There? and Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Saoirse Ronan* - The Lovely Bones
BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH FILM-MAKER
Daniel Barber - Harry Brown
Armando Ianucci - In the Loop
Duncan Jones – Moon
Peter Strickland - Katalin Varga
Sam Taylor-Wood - Nowhere Boy

DILYS POWELL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN CINEMA
Quentin Tarantino
30TH ANNIVERSARY AWARD: BEST OF OUR WINNERS SINCE 1980
Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola, 1980)

   British and Irish film makers are eligible for most, if not all, of our awards. The word British in the title of some of our awards is simply to distinguish them from the general best actor/director/film awards. Irish citizens are eligible for these awards but many Irish actors and directors work on what are technically British films and their work deserves recognition. There is no intention to suggest that Irish talent is British should an Irish citizen be nominated in the "British" categories and all Irish nominees know this. It simply recognises the complex nature of film making, a collaborative affair often crossing national boundaries and anyone who wishes to raise the matter should do so with Jason Solomons, current chair of the Awards Committee.

William Russell, Hon Gen Secretary.

The current membership of the Film Section taken from our 2008 Handbook is as follows. If you are a member and your name is not here please let me know and I will add it. WR

Mark Adams; Tom Aitken; David Aldridge; Carol Allen; Paul Anderson; Geoff Andrew; Nigel Andrews; Stephen Applebaum; Nicholas Barber; Raymond V Bennett; Phillip Bergson; Joanna Berry; Anne Billson; Anton Bitel; Matthew Bond; Peter Bradshaw; Anwar Brett; Geoff Brown; Saxon Bullock; Dave Calhoun; James Cameron-Wilson; Nina Caplan; Peter Cargin; James Christopher; Jeremy Clarke; Roger Clarke; Nigel Cliff; Rich Cline; Robbie Collin; Quentin Cooper; Kieron Corliss; Jonathan Crocker; Jane Crowther; Michael Darvell; Hugo Davenport; Mike Davies; Tom Dawson; Rita di Santo; Virginia Dignam; Rob Driscoll; Tony Earnshaw; Angie Errigo; Quentin Falk; Leslie Felperin; Ken Ferguson; Henry Fitzherbert; Nigel Floyd;Alan Frank; Sloan Freer; Philip French; Paul Gambaccini; Charles Gant; Ryan Gilbey; Jamie Graham; Marianne Gray; Sarah Gristwood; David Gritten;Wally Hammond; Charles Hedges; Allan Hunter; Wendy Ide; Larushka Ivan-Zadeh; Nick James; Sheila Johnston; Trevor Johnston; Dan Jolin ; Alan Jones; Marshall Julius; Adam Keen; Harlan Kennedy; Mark Kermode; James King; George Kiritopoulos; Karen Krizanovich; Edward Lawrenson; Matthew Leyland; Wendy Lloyd; Geoffrey Macnab; Kevin Maher; Derek Malcolm; Peter Malone; John Marriott; Demetrios Matheou; Mike McCahill; Jenny McCartney; Hannah McGill; Pauline McLeod; John Millar; Alan Morrison; James Mottram; Richard Mowe; Matt Mueller; Kim Newman; Emma Norman; Hilary Oliver; Elsa O’Toole; Andrew Osmond; David Parkinson; Phil Penfold; George Perry; Julian Petley; Dee Pilgrim; David Quinlan; Tony Quinn; Tim Robey; Jonathan Romney; Simon Rose; Mohammed Rouda; William Russell; Sukhdev Sandhu; George Savvides; Catherine Shoard; Brian Sibley; Anna Smith; Neil Smith; Jason Solomons; Mansel Stimpson; Matthew Sweet; Robert Tanitch; Chris Tookey; Shaun Usher; Ben Walters; Ivan Waterman; Derek Winnert, Rob White, and David Jenkins

Honorary Members

Richard Barkley; Margaret Hinxman; Penelope Houston; Jack Lewis; Barry Norman; David Robinson; Robert Robinson; Denise Silvester-Carr.

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