‘Corsage’ Wins High Prize at London Movie Pageant 2022

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The 66th annual British Movie Institute (BFI) London Movie Pageant introduced winners Saturday night for a contest group representing a various collection of tales starting from interval items to eerie thrillers. Author-director Marie Kreutzer’s “Corsage,” was acknowledged with the pageant’s highest honor — the perfect movie award — persevering with the historic drama’s pageant reward after lead actress Vicky Krieps was awarded the Un Sure Regard greatest efficiency prize at Cannes.

Set throughout Christmas in 1877, “Corsage” follows Empress Elizabeth as she makes an attempt to search out liberation from the stifling conformity of her stuffy, image-focused life-style as a Vienna royal. Although the movie is partly primarily based on the historic determine, who reigned for 44 years, inventive deviations are made within the former ruler’s story.

“One of the best movie award goes to Marie Kreutzer’s masterfully realised movie ‘Corsage’ for its mesmerising and unique interpretation of the lifetime of the Austrian Empress Elisabeth,” the official competitors jury wrote. “The jury was fully seduced by Vicky Krieps’ elegant efficiency of a girl out of time trapped in her personal iconography and her rebellious craving for liberation.”

Different awards up for grabs on the pageant included the Sutherland award, reserved for a stand-out directorial debut; the Grierson award, awarded to a feature-length documentary of cultural significance; the quick movie award and the perfect immersive artwork and XR award. The viewers award, which has beforehand solely been designated to a function movie, was additionally launched within the quick movie class this 12 months.

Learn the complete record of winners on the 66th annual BFI London Movie Pageant beneath:

Official Competitors — Finest Movie Award

“Corsage,” directed by Marie Kreutzer

First Characteristic Competitors — Sutherland Award

“1976,” directed by Manuela Martelli

Documentary Competitors — Grierson Award

“All That Breathes,” directed by Shaunak Sen

Quick Movie Competitors — Quick Movie Award

“I Have No Legs, and I Should Run,” directed by Yue Li

Immersive Artwork and XR Competitors — Finest Immersive Artwork and XR Award

“As Mine Precisely,” directed by Charlie Shackleton

Viewers Award (Characteristic)