16th Empire Awards explained
The 16th Empire Awards ceremony (officially known as the Jameson Empire Awards), presented by the British film magazine Empire, honored the best films of 2010 and took place on 27 March 2011 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, England.[1] [2] During the ceremony, Empire presented Empire Awards in 11 categories as well as three honorary awards. Irish comedian Dara Ó Briain hosted the show for the third consecutive year.[3] The awards were sponsored by Jameson Irish Whiskey for the third consecutive year.
In related events, Empire and Jameson Irish Whiskey held the 2nd Done In 60 Seconds Competition Global Final on 25 March 2011 at the London Film Museum, London, England. The team of judges consisted of Empire editor-in-chief Mark Dinning, Irish actor and comedian Chris O'Dowd and English director Neil Marshall, which selected from a shortlist of 24 nominees the five Done In 60 Seconds Award finalists that were invited to the Empire Awards where the winner was announced.[4] [5]
Kick-Ass won two awards including Best British Film. Other winners included The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo also with two awards and Four Lions, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, Inception, Let Me In, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, The King's Speech and The Last Exorcism with one. Keira Knightley received the Empire Hero Award, Gary Oldman received the Empire Icon Award and Edgar Wright received the Empire Inspiration Award. Maeve Stam from the Netherlands won the Done In 60 Seconds Award for her 60-second film version of 127 Hours.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.[6]
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Finalists:[7]
- Russia: Avatar by Valentina Kurochkina & Sergey Potapov
- Sweden: Indiana Jones (Raiders of the Lost Ark) by Samuel Heiligers, Frej Bengtsson & Stefan Lundaahl
- United Kingdom: The Exorcist by Lee Hardcastle
- United Kingdom: The Lion King by Michael Whaite
The other shortlisted films:
- Bulgaria: Valkyrie by Marian Georgiev
- Chile: Aliens by Rodrigo Reyes Santander
- Germany: by Negian Haddad Kaveh
- Ireland: The Expendables by Chris Lodge
- Ireland: Shadow of the Vampire by Kevin De La Isla
- Kazakhstan: The Dark Knight by Andrey Manuilov
- Poland: James Bond by Michael Mank & Jacek Wlodarczyk
- Russia: Inception by Petr Lisovisky & Artur Ostapenko
- Russia: Jaws by Dmitry Vasiyev & Zhanna Boyarintseva
- Russia: Transformers Grindhouse (Transformers) by Olga Busorgina & Andrey Kilin
- Russia: Charlie Chaplin by Vadi Talanov & Dmitry Korobeynikov
- Sweden: Psycho by Joshua Petsonk & Hanni Serag
- Turkey: Dr. Strangelove by Çagil Ivak
- Turkey: 12 Angry Men by Esat Can
- Ukraine: 2001: A Space Odyssey by Mykhailo Orlov
- Ukraine: Inglourious Basterds by Vladyslav Trifinov
- United Kingdom: The Social Network by Jack Kendall
- United Kingdom: 300 by Simon Jago, Ryan Casey & Clark Brady
- United Kingdom: Predator by Gareth Soens Hughes
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Multiple awards
The following two films received multiple awards:
Multiple nominations
The following 13 films received multiple nominations:
External links
Notes and References
- Jameson Empire Awards Announce 2011 Nominees . . February 24, 2011 . October 1, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006100309/http://www.bauermedia.co.uk/press/news/article/jameson_empire_awards_announce_2011_nominees . October 6, 2014 .
- News: Reynolds . Simon . In Full: Empire Awards 2011 nominees . . . February 24, 2011 . September 27, 2014 .
- News: O'Hara . Helen . Jameson Empire Award Winners 2011. And a rundown of the show as it happened . . . March 28, 2011 . September 27, 2014 .
- . The Jameson Empire Awards 2011 . . April 20, 2011 . October 1, 2014 . October 6, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006072839/http://www.synergy-sponsorship.com/blog/20110420/the-jameson-empire-awards-2011/ . dead .
- News: Grobler . Craig . The Establishing Shot: Jameson Done in 60 Seconds short film-making competition is back . . December 16, 2010 . October 4, 2014 .
- Web site: 2011 Awards Winners . . . 2013 . September 27, 2014 .
- Web site: Done In 60 Seconds (Shortlisted and Finalists) . . . 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130614202608/http://www.empireonline.com/awards2011/donein60seconds/ . June 14, 2013 . dead .
- Web site: Empire Hero Award . . . 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130614202607/http://www.empireonline.com/awards2011/winners/empire-hero-award/ . June 14, 2013 . dead .
- Web site: Empire Icon Award . . . 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130614191730/http://www.empireonline.com/awards2011/winners/empire-icon-award/ . June 14, 2013 . dead .
- Web site: Empire Inspiration Award . . . 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130614194231/http://www.empireonline.com/awards2011/winners/empire-inspiration-award/ . June 14, 2013 . dead .
