Retrospective 2017 – A Year in Film

February

Short Month, Long Stride

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The shortest month of the year as usual proved to be one of the most eventful, as UK audiences were given an eclectic mix of releases which included the rest of the award contenders headed towards the industry’s biggest night. Along with Oscar hopeful dramas like ‘Fences‘ and ‘Hidden Figures‘, as well as eventual ‘best picture’ winner ‘Moonlight‘, British audiences were treated to idiosyncratic German comedy/drama ‘Toni Erdmann‘ and the second film in LEGO’s own cinematic universe ‘The LEGO Batman Movie‘.

 

 

And the Award Goes To…

Bronze Masks in The Big Smoke

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A per tradition the biggest night in the British film calendar took place in February as the awards season express made one of its final stops in London town for the 70th edition of the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs), here are some of the notable winners in 2017;

Best Film

• La La Land

Outstanding British Film of the Year

• I, Daniel Blake

Best Director

• Damien Chazelle for La La Land

Best Actor and Actress

• Casey Affleck for Manchester by the Sea

and

• Emma Stone for La La Land

Best Supporting Actor and Actress

• Dev Patel for Lion

and

• Viola Davis for Fences

Best Screenplay (Original)

• Manchester by the Sea

Best Screenplay (Adapted)

• Lion

 

 

The Big Golden Kahuna

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The biggest night in the British film calendar was soon followed in February by the biggest (and most subjective) event in the global film industry, the 89th Academy Awards in Hollywood California. Following controversies about diversity in previous years the Academy made sure to be seen to address certain issues, with the only hiccup coming during the botched awarding of the night’s biggest prize.

Once again we can endlessly debate who should have won what and whether any of it matters, but the Oscars can make careers and give publicity to films that normally wouldn’t get much, not to mention celebrating legitimate achievements in filmmaking, so here are some of 2017’s notable winners;

Best Picture

• Moonlight

Best Director

• Damien Chazelle for La La Land

Best Cinematography

• Linus Sandgren for La La Land

Actor and Actress in a Leading Role

• Casey Affleck for Manchester by the Sea

and

• Emma Stone for La La Land

Best Supporting Actor and Actress

• Mahershala Ali for Moonlight

and

• Viola Davis for Fences

Best Screenplay (Original)

• Manchester by the Sea

Best Screenplay (Adapted)

• Moonlight

 

You can see our full recap of all the winners at the 2017 Academy Awards here.

 

 

Those We Lost

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The second month of the year brought the loss of British actor and former Bond ‘Q’ Alec McCowen (91) (Never Say Never Again, The Age of Innocence) as well as American TV actors Richard Hatch (71) (Battlestar Galactica, The Streets of San Francisco) and Warren Frost (91) (Twin Peaks, Matlock)—plus the unexpected passing of genre film favourite Bill Paxton (61) (Aliens, Tombstone).

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