“LEVIATHAN” “A WORLD NOT OURS” “FIRE IN THE NIGHT” Win Top Film Awards at 2013 Edinburgh International Film Festival

A WORLD NOT OURS (ALAM LAYSA LANA) directed by Mahdi FleifelA WORLD NOT OURS (ALAM LAYSA LANA) directed by Mahdi Fleifel

“LEVIATHAN” directed by Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Verena Paravel, described as a stunning documentary that immerses the audience in the sights and sounds of commercial fishing in the North Atlantic won the The Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film at the 2013 Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF).  “A WORLD NOT OURS” (ALAM LAYSA LANA), directed by Mahdi Fleifel – a personal look into the 70,000 people living in Ain el-Helweh the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, won the The Award for Best Film in the International Competition. The Audience Award was won by “FIRE IN THE NIGHT” directed by Anthony Wonke – about the world’s worst offshore disaster – 6 July 1988, disaster on the North Sea oil rig Piper Alpha.

The winners of the EIFF 2013 Awards.

The Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film
LEVIATHAN

The Audience Award, supported by Sainsbury’s Bank
FIRE IN THE NIGHT

The Award for Best Performance in a British Feature Film
Jamie Blackley (uwantme2killhim?) 
Toby Regbo (uwantme2killhim?)

The Award for Best Film in the International Competition
A WORLD NOT OURS

The Student Critics Jury Award, supported by James & Morag Anderson
CELESTIAL WIVES OF THE MEADOW MARI (Nebesnye Ženy Lugovykh Mari)

The McLaren Award for New British Animation, supported by the British Council
MARILYN MYLLER by Mikey Please

The Award for Best Short Film
GHL by Lotte Schreiber

The Award for Creative Innovation in a Short Film
DOLL PARTS by Muzi Quawson

The Award for Outstanding Individual Contribution to a Short Film
Josh Gibson – Director of Photography, LIGHT PLATE

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