Andrey Zvyagintsev's tape «Leviathan»Winner of the award for best screenplay at the last Cannes Film Festival, takes the award for best film at the 2014 London Film Festival.
This is the film that will represent Russia in the pre-selection to the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film this year. Precisely the Russian film takes over from another film that this year will represent its country at the Hollywood Academy Awards, the Polish film "Ida" by Pawel Pawlikowski, which will be pre-selected by Poland.
The award for best debut feature went to «The Tribe»By Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy, a film that swept the Critics' Week at the last Cannes Film Festival and was also recently awarded at the Sitges Film Festival.
«Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait»By Osama Mohammed and Wiam Simav Bedirxan wins the award for best documentary, while the actress Sameena Jabeen Ahmed wins the award for best British debut for «catch me daddy»By Daniel Wolfe.
Honors of London festival 2014:
Best film
"Leviathan" by Andrey Zvyagintsev
Best First Feature
"The Tribe" by Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy
Best documentary
"Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait" by Osama Mohammed and Wiam Simav Bedirxan
Best British Debut
Sameena Jabeen Ahmed for "Catch Me Daddy"
More information - London Festival Program 2014