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9th Angel Film Awards Monaco
08-11 Dec 11
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'My Angel' earns its wings at Angel Film Awards Monaco
RLTV 12
Dec 11
The British movie
My Angels
won the main prize at the Angel Film Awards, Monaco
where it received its World Premiere. Written and
directed by Stephen Cookson it stars Brenda Blethyn,
Timothy Spall (pic), Joseph Phillips and Mel Smith. The
Best Feature Documentary Award went to
Get Real!
Wise Women Speak
written and directed by Joni Steele Kimberlin and
featuring Jane Fonda. The Best Short Feature Award went
to
Grenouille
d'hiver
directed by Slony Sow and starring Gerard Depardieu. The
9th annual Angel Film Awards Monaco celebrates
non-violent films and took place at the Novotel, Monte
Carlo 08-11 Dec 11.
Mark
Dezzani.
RivieraLife.tv video report
on the 9th Angel Film
Awards - Reporter Andrew Burroughs
9th Angel Film
Awards Press Reports
My Angel in critical heaven
movies.sky.com 16 Dec 11
The spotlight my be on UK hopes for the Golden Globes but a
little-known home-made Brit pic is making waves in critical
circles. My Angel, starring Tim Spall and Brenda Blethyn, swept
the board at the Monaco International Film Festival, walking off
with six awards including best film, newcomer, director,
screenplay, plus best actor and actress for Blethyn and Spall. A
family fantasy, it relates the Christmas story of a 15-year-old
boy looking for an angel to save his mother after a road
accident. The London-set movie, shot for less than £2m, teams
Spall and Blethyn on screen for the first time since Mike
Leigh's Bafta-winning Secrets And Lies in 1996.
Scriptwriter wins at film festival
news-mail.com.au 16 Dec 11
North Bundaberg scriptwriter Graham Rushton is celebrating after
winning the best period drama at the Angel Film Awards at the
Monaco Film Festival in Monte Carlo at the weekend. Mr Rushton
was told he was nominated for the award in October for his
script Nor the Moon by Night. The script was also awarded the
best independent spirit award. Mr Rushton was over the moon
about his win at the awards. "I am in my 60s and it takes that
long to get recognised," he said. "It's a little bit
unbelievable." The writer left Australia on November 16 to
attend the awards, which were held in Monte Carlo on Saturday
night. The awards are rare in that they accept scripts that are
yet to be filmed.
Six awards for Blethyn and Spall film
thisislondon.co.uk 15 Dec 11
An independent London film starring Brenda Blethyn and Timothy
Spall won six awards at the Monaco International Film Festival.
My Angel, with an all-British cast, teams the pair on screen for
the first time since Mike Leigh's Bafta-winning Secrets And Lies
in 1996. Shot in Northwood for less than £2million, My Angel
scooped best film, newcomer, director, screenplay, plus best
actor and actress for Blethyn and Spall. It tells the Christmas
story of a boy, played by newcomer Joseph Phillips, 19, looking
for an angel to save his mother after an accident.
Miranda Bryant / Evening Standard.
2011 Angel Film Awards announce winners
moviescopemag.com 15 Dec 11
The 9th Angel Film Awards, part of the Monaco International Film
Festival, announced their winners recently at a star studded
reception held at the Art Novo Theatre in Monaco with the UK
entry My Angel scooping up no fewer than 6 awards, including
Best Director (Steve Cookson), Best Female Actor (Brenda Blethyn), Best
Male Actor (Timothy Spall) and Best Screenplay. British Emmy
Award Winner and Composer John Altman (Titanic, Little Voice,
Goldeneye) led the festival jury. 2011 Angel Film Awards
Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Emmy Award winning
Composer John Altman for his inspiring contribution for music in
film.
Fifteen year old Eddie's mother falls very ill after a
serious car accident. Eddie and his brother Stewart end
up having to take care of themselves and one night when
they have ran out of food and electricity, Eddie dreams
that his mother asks him to find an angel's halo so that
she can be saved. Will Eddie be able to save his mother
in time for Christmas?
Starring: Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn, Mel Smith and
introducing Joseph Phillips.
President of Jury, Emmy Award winning composer
John Altman
– Master of Ceremonies Babita
Sharma BBC World News
journalist. Dame of Honour,
Victoria Aitken, writer &
musician. Melissa Papel,
international actress. Daniella
Gonella, UK producer.
Sasha Schriber,
award winning writer, director.
Kazuhiko Tanaka, producer
and journalist Japan.
President of the Jury - Emmy award
winning composer John Altman He began his
musical career at age 3 with Judy Garland at the London
Palladium. Commencing his recording and live career as
an in-demand saxophonist in the late 60s he has
performed with all the major figures in music over the
last few decades, including Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix,
Bob Marley & Jimmy Page. Beginning in the mid 70s he
found great success as an arranger/conductor. Among his
hit records have been Aled Jones Walking in the Air and
perhaps his most famous arrangement of a song he helped
create with Eric Idle, Monty Python's Always Look on the
Bright Side of Life.
As a
composer/arranger/producer he won an
EMMY for 'The
Making of Citizen
Kane.'
Angel Film Awards 2011
This years
9th annual Angel Film
Awards 2011
takes place in the Art Novo Theatre
in the
Novotel,
Monte Carlo. Built on the site of the old Radio
Monte Carlo building, the Novotel provides state
of the art projection facilities. The opening VIP
party will take place at the stunning
'La Salle Belle Epoque' at Monte Carlo's
Hotel Hermitage.
The closing night kicks off with an awards gala
followed by a VIP party at the
Pacific Club Restaurant,
Monte Carlo.
Entrance to all of the screenings at the Art
Novo Theatre, Novotel are free. Access to the
Gala Awards evening and the VIP Parties at the
Hotel Hermitage (Thur) and the Pacifica (Fri &
Sat) are exclusively for VIP Pass holders. For
details on VIP Passes
contact the organisers.
The
Angel Film Awards - Mission Statement
The Angel Film Awards is a celebration of peace,
love, harmony, positive energy and non-violence
in film.
The AFA selection committee is made up of
seasoned international industry professionals -
directors, producers, cinematographers,
screenplay writers, film journalists, actors,
and the AFA founders. Votes cast decide the
finalists in all categories.
Join the glitzy and most elegant of independent
festivals on the circuit, with likeminded people
from around the globe... for a unique and
dynamic festival.
Folk rock legend & Honorary AFA President
Donovan
will once again be attending the Angel Film
Awards this year, along with his muse & wife
Linda Leitch. Linda
is one of the protagonists along with Jane Fonda
in
Get Real! Wise Women Speak,
screened Friday evening (see trailer below.)
Following the screening there will be a party
in honour of 'Get Real! Wise Woman Speak'
sponsored by Spencer Trask. Guest of honour will
be Donovan and
Linda at the Pacific Lounge Club
in the Metropole Centre, Monte Carlo.
Entrance to all screenings are free. Access to the
Gala Awards evening and the VIP Parties are exclusively for VIP Pass holders. For
details on VIP Passes
contact the organisers.
Donovan on his acceptance
into the Hall of Fame: 'I'm pleased as punch'
rollingstone.com 07
Dec 11 Donovan fans
probably think that the Scottish folk icon
should have been inducted into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame years ago, but we checked in with
the Hurdy Gurdy Man himself while he was on
vacation in Monaco - and he feels the the timing
is just perfect. “It's a singular honor, and I'm
pleased as punch, as they say in England and
Scotland. It's even more special because I'm
going to be there with some of my favorite
artists and musicians. A very touching part of
this, for me, is the inclusion of the lovely
Laura Nyro, who left us too soon, of course.
When I was younger, I followed her rise and her
extraordinary work. It will be great to see her
honored too.
Andy Greene.
Spotlight
on some major movies in the Official Selection this year
The film
traces the journey of Stephanie Nyombayire, a young
Rwandan anti-genocide activist who teams up with Sir
Martin Gilbert, the renowned Holocaust historian, to
travel across 15 countries and three continents
interviewing survivors and descendants of the diplomats
who rescued tens of thousands of Jews from the
unspeakable horrors of the Nazi death camps.
Benjamin, winemaker, sees his wife dying in his arms
following a long illness. Only one way for him: death.
But a young Japanese women, coming specially to taste
his wine, will gently bring him to mourn the death of
his wife by a series of symbols and exchanges between
two cultures.
Director: Slony Sow
Starring: Gérard Depardieu,
Eriko Takeda and Sabine Lenoël
A
romantic fairy tale about a 19-year old orphan girl
who, as her sole inheritance, gets an antique key
that unlocks both an old Italian villa and the
secrets of her family history.
Writer/Director: Rosa Karo
Starring:
Gwendolyn Anslow, Joana Cartocci and Leo Vertunni
Country of
Production: Finland / Italy / UK / India
The
8th annual Angel
Film Awards
took place 2nd-5th December 2010 in the
Art Novo
Theatre, Novotel, Monaco.
The festival features non-violent movies. In this report for
RivieraLife.tv,
Andrew
Burroughs
looks at a selection of movies screened and talks to their
directors including
Sir David
Jason OBE
who directed the short movie
'All The Way Up',
Mohy Quandour,
Writer/Director of the Best Movie winner
'Cherkess',
Kinshirou Ogino,
Director of 'Asakusa Daydreams' and
Paul Petersen,
Director of
'Simon Sez'.
Sir David
Jason OBE
attended the
8th Angel
Film Awards Monaco
2nd-5th December 2010 as director of the short movie
'All
The Way Up'.
The movie scooped 6 Angel Awards. Sir David was also
honoured with the
Angel
Lifetime Achievement Award.
In this interview with
RivieraLife TV's Andrew Burroughs,
David Jason talks about All The Way Up and how he became
involved, his appreciation of the values of the Angel
Film Awards, his shooting in Monaco of an
Only Fools
& Horses
special and the influence of his
Open All
Hours
co-star
Ronnie
Barker.
Winner of
the Best Short Documentary Film and the Independent
Spirit Award at the 2010 Angel Film Awards,
Radio
Geronimo - Monte Carlo & Bust
tells the story of a hippie outfit that took over the
midnight airwaves of Radio Monte Carlo in 1970. For nine
months of that tumultuous year they blasted good vibes
and cosmic music across Europe. Radio Geronimo was
sponsored by band manager Tony Secunda (The Move, Marc
Bolan) and Rolling Stones producer Jimmy Miller. Key
staff tell the story of this most avant-garde and
ambitious radio venture.
The Angel Film Awards takes place each December in Monaco
and features non-violent movies. The 2008 event featured a
groundbreaking co-production 'Jun-Ai' between China and
Japan. The movie sought reconciliation between these
two nations on the 70th anniversary of the Nanking massacre
following the Japanese invasion of China in 1937.
Together with BBC Correspondent Andrew
Burroughs, our parent company
Europa
Productions produced this report for BBC World's
Asia Today
programme from the Angel Film Awards 2008 in Monaco.
