Memoir Of A Snail, the newest cease movement pic from Oscar-winning filmmaker Adam Elliot, and Edinburgh-based filmmaker Laura Carreira’s haunting debut function On Falling are among the many prime prize winners at this yr’s London Movie Competition.
The competitors winners had been introduced this afternoon by the London Movie Competition’s numerous juries. The jury heads had been Alexandre O. Philippe, (Official Competitors), Dionne Edwards (First Function Competitors), June Givanni, (Documentary Competitors), and Chloe Abrahams (Quick Movie Competitors).
Memoir Of A Snail took Greatest Movie whereas Carreira’s On Falling, produced by Jack Thomas-O’Brien of Sixteen Movies, gained the Sutherland Award within the First Function Competitors. On Falling is the primary British function to win the Sutherland Award since 2010. Clio Barnard gained it that yr with The Arbor. Earlier winners embody Andrea Arnold, Lynne Ramsay, Robert Eggers, Julia Ducournau, and Mati Diop.
Memoir Of A Snail tells the story of separated twins in Seventies Australia. The movie’s voice solid contains Sarah Snook, Eric Bana, and Jacki Weaver. The competitors jury stated they had been “extremely moved” by the movie, which they described as a “singular achievement in filmmaking.”
“Emotionally resonant and always shocking, Memoir tackles pertinent points equivalent to bullying, loneliness, and grief head-on, creating an important and common dialogue in a manner that solely animation can,” the jury stated of their official assertion. “The jury is delighted to acknowledge an animated movie alongside its live-action friends.”
On Falling, which landed in London following buzzy screenings at TIFF and San Sebastian, follows Aurora, a younger Portuguese lady who struggles to make ends meet throughout one week in her adopted residence of Glasgow, Scotland. Lengthy days spent grabbing packages off cabinets for an nameless e-commerce large barely cowl the payments and depart her exhausted and determined for one thing extra. Per the synopsis: Aurora seeks to withstand the loneliness, alienation, and ensuing small discuss that start to threaten her sense of self. Set towards a panorama dominated by an algorithm-driven gig financial system, designed to maintain us aside.
The movie, alongside Athina Rachel Tsangari’s newest Harvest, is among the first options from the post-Ken Loach period at Sixteen Movies. Thomas-O’Brien produced the pic alongside the Portuguese-based BRO Cinema. Backers embody BBC Movie, BFI, and Display screen Scotland. Conic will launch the pic in UK cinemas in early 2025.
The Sutherland award jury described the movie as a “richly-layered portrait of a world ruled by company revenue motive” seen by way of the “story of an immigrant lady whose alienation we really feel deeply, instructed with masterful cinematic precision and understated, lived in performances.”
“A strong, mesmerising and daring first function. Congratulations to Carreira, we look ahead to seeing the place her cinematic journey goes subsequent,” the jury stated.
Accepting the award, Carreira stated: “I’m so honored to obtain the Sutherland award for “On Falling” and for our movie to hitch the lengthy listing of winners which incorporates a few of my favorite movies and most essential cinema reference factors. I need to lengthen my due to the jury and everybody concerned on this wonderful competition. This award is shared with our unimaginable solid, and crew who introduced this movie to life. We hope the movie speaks to the relentless and dehumanising development of neoliberalism whereas reminding us that human nature will hold resisting. We provide our movie in solidarity.”
The London Movie Competition ends this night with a screening of the Pharrell Williams biopic Piece by Piece.
Take a look at the complete listing of LFF winners under.
· Winner of the Greatest Movie Award in Official Competitors – MEMOIR OF A SNAIL (Dir. Adam Elliot)
· Winner of the Sutherland Award within the First Function Competitors – ON FALLING (Dir. Laura Carreira)
· Winner of the Grierson Award within the Documentary Competitors – MOTHER VERA (Dirs. Cécile Embleton, Alys Tomlinson)
· Winner of the Quick Movie Award within the Quick Movie Competitors – VIBRATIONS FROM GAZA (Dir. Rehab Nazzal)
