Feature Film Award
Given annually to the director, of any nationality, for their first Feature Film screened at the London Film Festival which best captures the artistry expressed in Ray’s own vision. The Award was presented for the first time in 1996. For further information on submitting your film to the London Film Festival please follow the link below. LFF Festival Submission Guidelines & regulations | |||||
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The world of nine-year-old Hodder Jacobsen is a strange
place to live. His mother dead he lives alone with his uninterested,
night-shift working father. It's a solitary, routine world featuring
a daily trip to the bakers for a rum whirl, random and seemingly impertinent
questioning of his teacher Miss Asta K and a perplexingly optimistic
approach to difficult circumstances. As the established class scapegoat,
he finds that relationships with his peers don't come easily but his
life develops a sense of purpose when a fairy appears to him and tells
him that he has been chosen to save the world. Hodder soon discovers
that life as the chosen one isn't nearly as rewarding as he had first
thought but he sets about organising an expedition to the African
island of Guambilua where his world trip is to begin. Frederik Christian
Johansen as Hodder perfectly captures the silent strength but inner
despair of the boy who finds reality and fantasy blurring around him
in this amusing and offbeat story. Genz deals bravely with the themes
of childhood loneliness and loss while also making something uplifting
and wonderful that shouldn't be pigeon-holed for younger audiences
only.
