19th Empire Awards explained

Number:19
Award:Empire Awards
Site:Grosvenor House Hotel, London, England
Host:James Nesbitt
Best Film:Gravity
Best British:The World's End
Most Awards:Gravity and (2)
Most Nominations: (7)
Last:18th
Next:20th

The 19th Empire Awards ceremony (officially known as the Jameson Empire Awards), presented by the British film magazine Empire, honored the best films of 2013 and took place on 30 March 2014[1] at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, England. During the ceremony, Empire presented Empire Awards in 14 categories as well as five honorary awards. The awards for Best Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress were first introduced this year. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Empire magazine two special honorary awards were presented, the Action Hero of our Lifetime and the Legend of our Lifetime awards. Irish actor James Nesbitt hosted the show for the first time.[2] The awards were sponsored by Jameson Irish Whiskey for the sixth consecutive year.

In related events, Empire and Jameson Irish Whiskey held the 5th Done In 60 Seconds Competition Global Final on March 29, 2014[3] at The Brewery, London, England.[4] The team of judges consisted of Empire editor-in-chief Mark Dinning, Sky Movies Premiere English presenter Alex Zane, Scottish radio DJ Edith Bowman, Scottish director Jon S. Baird and English director Ben Wheatley, 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.

Gravity won two awards including Best Film and Best Director for Alfonso Cuarón. Other winners included also with two awards and 12 Years a Slave, , Blue Jasmine, Filth, Saving Mr. Banks, The Conjuring, , The Wolf of Wall Street and The World's End with one. Simon Pegg received the Empire Hero Award, Hugh Jackman received the Empire Icon Award, Paul Greengrass received the Empire Inspiration Award, Arnold Schwarzenegger received the special honorary 25th anniversary Action Hero of our Lifetime award and Tom Cruise received the special honorary 25th anniversary Legend of our Lifetime award. David Smith from the United Kingdom won the Done In 60 Seconds Award for There Will Be Blood (Milk), his 60-second film version of There Will Be Blood.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.[5] [6] [7]

Finalists:

    • Israel: Gravity by Leigh Lahav
    • Portugal: Vertigo by João Carrilho
    • Russia: Paranormal Activity: Bad Realtor (Paranormal Activity) by Ramil Karipov
    • United Kingdom: Gravity in 2D (Gravity) by Michael Hall

The other shortlisted films:[8]

    • Armenia: The Artist by Arsen Avdalyan
    • Bosnia: The Prestige by Jasmin Pivić
    • Brazil: Finding Nemo by Fernanda Caruso & Tuca Zorzetto
    • Bulgaria: BU Star Wars Episode IV (Star Wars) by Dimitar Stafidov
    • Croatia: Memento by Dinka Radonić
    • Czech Republic: American Beauty by Taťána Rubášová
    • Greece: Cast Away by Ιoanna Sotiriou
    • India: Modern Times by Ritesh Varma
    • Kazakhstan: Sherlock Holmes by Diana Bimakhimova
    • Romania: The Wolverine by Catalin Palavescu
    • Russia: 1+1 Intouchables (The Intouchables) by Alex Knyazeva
    • Russia: Baking Bread (Breaking Bad) by Lena Bubnova
    • Russia: Gone in 60 Seconds by Sofia Anchugina
    • Russia: Slumdog Millionaire by Maria Vdovenko
    • Serbia: Pulp Fiction aka Pulp Fixed (Pulp Fiction) by Dragomir Leko
    • Ukraine: Leon Killer () by Liliana Tymoshenko
    • United Kingdom: Dead Poets Society by Tony Byrnes
    • United Kingdom: Manhattan by Jonathan Farrelly & Alice Toner
    • United Kingdom: The (con) Artist (The Artist) by Claire Carter

Multiple awards

The following two films received multiple awards:

AwardsFilm
2Gravity

Multiple nominations

The following 13 films received multiple nominations:

NominationsFilm
7
612 Years a Slave
5Captain Phillips
4Gravity
Sunshine on Leith
3The World's End
2
American Hustle
Blue Jasmine
Filth
Rush
The Wolf of Wall Street

Notes and References

  1. . James Nesbitt to host the Jameson Empire Awards 2014 . . Premier . PDF . March 25, 2014 . October 2, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006084745/http://www.premiercomms.com/downloads/PressReleases/Film/JAMESONEMPIREAWARDS2014_JAMESNESBITT_FINAL.pdf . October 6, 2014 . dead .
  2. News: White . James . Jameson Empire Awards 2014: The Winners. Schwarzenegger! Cruise! McAvoy! Jackman! More! . . . March 31, 2014 . April 1, 2014 .
  3. News: Grobler . Craig . Klaxon: Jameson Empire Done In 60 Seconds UK finalists announced! See the UK finalists short films here!! #JamesonEmpire60Secs - Film Awards News . . March 28, 2014 . October 4, 2014 .
  4. News: Grobler . Craig . I head to the very swish Jameson Empire Done In 60 Seconds Global Final #JamesonEmpire60Secs - Event Report . . April 1, 2014 . October 4, 2014 .
  5. News: Plumb . Ali . The Jameson Empire Awards 2014 Nominations Are Here! The voting begins... . . . February 24, 2014 . March 2, 2014 .
  6. News: Lyttelton . Oliver . 'The Hobbit: Desolation Of Smaug' & '12 Years A Slave' Lead 19th Empire Award Nominations . . . February 25, 2014 . March 2, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140302233033/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/the-hobbit-desolation-of-smaug-12-years-a-slave-lead-19th-empire-award-nominations-20140224 . March 2, 2014 . dead . mdy-all .
  7. News: . Fassbender wins at Empire Awards 2014 . . . March 31, 2014 . April 1, 2014 .
  8. Web site: Done In 60 Seconds Finalists . 2014 . August 18, 2014 .
  9. Web site: Empire Hero Award . . . 2014 . August 18, 2014 .
  10. Web site: Empire Icon Award . . . 2014 . August 18, 2014 .
  11. Web site: Empire Inspiration Award . . . 2014 . August 18, 2014 .
  12. Web site: Empire 25th Award: Action Hero of our Lifetime Award . . . 2014 . August 18, 2014 .
  13. Web site: Empire 25th Award: Legend of our Lifetime Award . . . 2014 . August 18, 2014 .