What a way to kick off January than bringing a little bit of glitz and glamour to the good old BFI Southbank.
Fresh from their stint at the Golden Globes, stars such as Jean DuJardin and Michael Fassbender stylishly walked the red carpet ready to see who was the critics favourite from all on offer throughout 2011. What was great about the night is that as well as some of the expected wins – The Artist for Best Film, Michael Fassbender for best Actor – there were also some great unexpected wins – Craig Roberts (Submarine), Best Young Performer and Andrew Haigh (Weekend) Best Directorial Debut. The biggest surprise of the night, was not Craig Robert’s reaction to Michael Fassbender in shame – see video below – but that for the first time in its history, there was a joint win for best actress – Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady) and Anna Paquin (Margaret). Sadly however neither of which showed up to collect their award which is a shame.
So before the awards themselves kicked off, I was in my winter warmers on the red carpet to find out just how all the nominees were feeling about being part of this special night. Here’s what a few of them had to say….
Warhorse’s Jeremy Irvine
Asif Kapadia – The Director of Senna
Michel Hazanavicius – The Director of The Artist
Michael Smiley – Kill List
John Boyega – Attack the Block
Jean DuJardin – The Artist
Carol Morley and Zawe Ashton – Dreams of a Life
Luc Roeg – We Need to Talk About Kevin
Manish Pandey – Writer, Senna
A great night, some fab interviews and well done to all the winners!
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