The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) has revealed the winners for this year’s 73rd edition. The winner of the prestigious Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film went to Brit…
Damson Idris star in the film which is inspired by Akinnuoye-Agbaje real-life experience with the practice of farming, a term used in the 60s in reference to Nigerian immigrants coming to Britain who would foster their children out to poor white working-class families in order to create a better opportunity for themselves. Once they had accomplished what they set out to do, they would pick up their children and return to Africa to rebuild their lives.
Idris also won the Best Performance in a British Feature Film prize, which was also selected by the Michael Powell jurors., which received its UK premiere at this year’s festival. The winner was chosen by the international jury comprised of Natalie Brenner, Jack Lowden and Fred Tsui.with jurors comprising William Guentzler, Daniel Monzón and Larushka Ivan-Zadeh.
The aforementioned winners were announced today ahead of Sunday’s closing night gala, which concludes the 12-day festival with the world premiere of. The winner of both the McLaren Award and Audience Award will be announced at the gala.Subscribe to
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