Barbie And Poor Things Victorious At The Girls On Film Awards

The weekend the EE Baftas dominated the news, yesterday it was all about the ladies. The third annual Girls On Film Awards took place in central London with Barbie and Poor Things lead the way for the winners.

Poor Things did well at the Baftas, at Girls On Film both shared the spoils.

The awards were hosted by Anna Smith with Girls On Film co-founder Hedda Lornie Archbold. Monica Dolan, Ronni Ancona, Sarah Gavron, Mia Bays, Col Needham, Mark Kermode and Nitin Sawhney were among the presenters.

The summer smash hit Barbie took home both the Production Design and Publicity Awards, for Warner Brothers, at tonight’s awards ceremony with the new category for Costume Design won for the exceptional work done by British costume designer Holly Waddington for Poor Things. Emma Stone also won the Female Orgasm on Screen Award, sponsored by Intimacy On Set, for her exceptional journey of discovery in the acclaimed film.

Molly Manning Walker won the Cinematography Award, for Scrapper and the Composer Award, went to Mica Levi for The Zone of Interest.

The Female Friendship in Screen Award went to Nyad starring Annette Bening and Jodie Foster depicting sixty-four-year-old marathon swimmer Diana Nyad’s attempts to become the first person ever to swim from Cuba to Florida. The ensemble Cast Award went to Bottoms.

The Girls On Film Ally Award, awarded to a male ally in the film industry who has demonstrated great commitment to the representation of women, this year it went to William Oldroyd for Eileen. Reclaim The Frame, who champion marginalised perspectives in cinema, won this years’ Activist Impact Award,

The Fiction Feature Award, went to Celine Song’s exquisite Past Lives and the Feature Documentary Award went to Kokomo City.

Reflecting the ethos of the Girls On Film podcast, hosted by Anna Smith, the awards reward excellence in women-focused films in the fields of diversity, inclusion and the representation of women and people of marginalised genders.

The voters for the Girls On Film Awards 2024 were predominantly leading and diverse women film critics from around the UK, and male film critics who are allies and have appeared on the Girls On Film podcast.

2024 WINNERS
Fiction Feature Award, Sponsored by EON Productions – PAST LIVES
Documentary Feature Award – KOKOMO CITY
Female Friendship Award – NYAD
Ensemble Cast Award – BOTTOMS
Girls On Film Ally Award Sponsored by IMDb – WILLIAM OLDROYD, EILEEN
Composer Award supported by media partner Scala Radio – MICA LEVI, THE ZONE OF INTEREST
Cinematography Award supported by media partner British Cinematographer Magazine – MOLLY MANNING WALKER, SCRAPPER
Publicity Award – BARBIE, Warner Bros. UK Publicity
Production Design Award – SARAH GREENWOOD & KATIE SPENCER, BARBIE
Costume Design Award – HOLLY WADDINGTON, POOR THINGS
Activist Impact Award – RECLAIM THE FRAME
Female Orgasm Award sponsored by Intimacy On Set – EMMA STONE with Emma Stone, POOR THINGS

COMMENDATIONS:
Documentary Feature Award – Another Body
Female Friendship Award – Polite Society
Girls On Film Ally Award Sponsored by IMDb – Paris Zarcilla, Raging Grace
Composer Award supported by Scala Radio – Emily Levienaise-Farrouch, All of Us Strangers
Costume Design Award – Jaqueline Durran, Barbie
Activist Impact Award – We Are Parable