The Kermode Awards 2009 Results

Posted by Steven Cookson Feb 18, 2009

Forget the Oscars, the results are now in for the most prestigious annual award ceremony in the world – the Kermodes. Decided and presented by Mark Kermode, resident film critic on BBC’s The Culture Show, the Kermode Awards (a small statue of the man himself) are given to films and actors that haven’t been shortlisted in that same category at the Oscars.

The aim is to give what Mark considers underrated films or those that have been unfairly overlooked by the Academy and, in his words, come up with a better list of winners than the Oscars. Previous winners have included David Cronenburg, David Lynch, Pan’s Labyrinth, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Sam Riley, Nick Park, Annamaria Marinca and Jonny Greenwood from Radiohead.

The ceremony was broadcast on an episode of The Culture Show, which can be viewed again on the iPlayer as long as it is available. Those who are familiar with Mark Kermode's opinions on the films of last year will not be surprised by his choices. Above anything it gave the Good Doctor the opportunity to broadcast more love of High School Musical 3 (which he genuinely enjoyed and not in an ironic way) and say Of Time and the City was the best thing he saw in 2008.

There was also a short interview with Terry Gilliam (who, like at the BAFTAs, was presented with the Fellowship award) about his past work and if negative press or critical opinion about his films bothers him.

If you’re interested in finding out more of his views on the latest releases, Mark has his own film review show and general wittertainment, with Simon Mayo, on Radio Five Live every Friday at 3pm. This is also streamed live on the Radio Five website and can be downloaded as a podcast. And he has his own video blog on the BBC website.

So here is the full list of winners:

Fellowship – Terry Gilliam