Greek filmmaker Athina Rachel Tsangari scooped the top prize at the BFI London Film Festival Awards Saturday, while Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett was honoured with a fellowship.
Tsangari's film Chevalier, which deals with the male ego and macho rivalry showcased by six men on a boat competing in wacky masculinity contests, won the praise of Oscar-winning director Pawel Pawlikowski, president of the official competition jury, who called Tsangari a "brave and original filmmaker".
It beat diverse competition from entries including Cary Fukunaga's Beasts of No Nation, a chilling portrait of child soldiers, and Office, a "financial world-set musical" from Hong Kong crime director Johnnie To.
“With great formal rigour and irresistible wit, Athina Rachel Tsangari has managed to make a film that is both a hilarious comedy and a deeply disturbing statement on the condition of western humanity,” Pawlikowski said.
Blanchett, meanwhile, received her fellowship award from Lord of the Rings actor Ian McKellen at a ceremony hosted by musician and former Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker.
The 46-year-old Australian actress's latest film Truth – a story about investigative journalism and politics – had its European premiere on Thursday, a day after the star walked the red carpet at the festival to promote the much-praised Carol.
“The pedigree and the list of people who come before me is rather daunting but I’m really excited,” Blanchett had said days earlier, after being told she was to receive the accolade.
Previous winners include Al Pacino, Tim Burton and Ralph Fiennes.
American filmmaker Robert Eggers won the Sutherland award for "original and imaginative first feature" with The Witch, about a 17th century New England family torn apart by accusations of witchcraft.
The Grierson prize for best documentary went to Australia's Jennifer Peedom for Sherpa, a film about "tragedy and mayhem on Mount Everest", while the Best Short Film award went to India's Shai Heredia and Shumona Goel's An Old Dog's Diary, a film portrait of Indian artist Francis Newton Souza.
The BFI London Film Festival is in its 59th year, and closes on Sunday, October 25 with the gala screening of Danny Boyle's Steve Jobs, a film about the late boss of tech firm Apple starring Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet and Seth Rogen.
Indoor cricket in a nutshell
Indoor cricket in a nutshell
Indoor Cricket World Cup - Sept 16-20, Insportz, Dubai
16 Indoor cricket matches are 16 overs per side
8 There are eight players per team
9 There have been nine Indoor Cricket World Cups for men. Australia have won every one.
5 Five runs are deducted from the score when a wickets falls
4 Batsmen bat in pairs, facing four overs per partnership
Scoring In indoor cricket, runs are scored by way of both physical and bonus runs. Physical runs are scored by both batsmen completing a run from one crease to the other. Bonus runs are scored when the ball hits a net in different zones, but only when at least one physical run is score.
Zones
A Front net, behind the striker and wicketkeeper: 0 runs
B Side nets, between the striker and halfway down the pitch: 1 run
C Side nets between halfway and the bowlers end: 2 runs
D Back net: 4 runs on the bounce, 6 runs on the full
Winners
Best Men's Player of the Year: Kylian Mbappe (PSG)
Maradona Award for Best Goal Scorer of the Year: Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)
TikTok Fans’ Player of the Year: Robert Lewandowski
Top Goal Scorer of All Time: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
Best Women's Player of the Year: Alexia Putellas (Barcelona)
Best Men's Club of the Year: Chelsea
Best Women's Club of the Year: Barcelona
Best Defender of the Year: Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus/Italy)
Best Goalkeeper of the Year: Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG/Italy)
Best Coach of the Year: Roberto Mancini (Italy)
Best National Team of the Year: Italy
Best Agent of the Year: Federico Pastorello
Best Sporting Director of the Year: Txiki Begiristain (Manchester City)
Player Career Award: Ronaldinho
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Day 2, Dubai Test: At a glance
Moment of the day Pakistan’s effort in the field had hints of shambles about it. The wheels were officially off when Wahab Riaz lost his run up and aborted the delivery four times in a row. He re-measured his run, jogged in for two practice goes. Then, when he was finally ready to go, he bailed out again. It was a total cringefest.
Stat of the day – 139.5 Yasir Shah has bowled 139.5 overs in three innings so far in this Test series. Judged by his returns, the workload has not withered him. He has 14 wickets so far, and became history’s first spinner to take five-wickets in an innings in five consecutive Tests. Not bad for someone whose fitness was in question before the series.
The verdict Stranger things have happened, but it is going to take something extraordinary for Pakistan to keep their undefeated record in Test series in the UAE in tact from this position. At least Shan Masood and Sami Aslam have made a positive start to the salvage effort.
Key facilities
- Olympic-size swimming pool with a split bulkhead for multi-use configurations, including water polo and 50m/25m training lanes
- Premier League-standard football pitch
- 400m Olympic running track
- NBA-spec basketball court with auditorium
- 600-seat auditorium
- Spaces for historical and cultural exploration
- An elevated football field that doubles as a helipad
- Specialist robotics and science laboratories
- AR and VR-enabled learning centres
- Disruption Lab and Research Centre for developing entrepreneurial skills
EA Sports FC 26
Publisher: EA Sports
Consoles: PC, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox Series X/S
Rating: 3/5
