Actor Leonardo DiCaprio poses for photographers during a photo call to promote the film ‘Before the Flood’, showing as part of the London Film Festival in London, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP) (Associated Press)LONDON — Writer-director Kelly Reichardt’s spare and subtle Montana drama “Certain Women” won the best-picture prize Saturday at the London Film Festival, while “12 Years a Slave” director Steve McQueen received a major career award. A jury headed by Greek director Athina Rachel Tsangari praised the masterful imagery and quiet modesty of Reichardt’s film about three women — played by Kristen Stewart, Michelle Williams and Laura Dern — struggling with life in a chilly small town. Iranian director Mehrdad Oskouei’s portrait of teenage inmates, “Starless Dreams,” was named best documentary, and Syrian photographer Issa Touma’s “9 Days — From My Window in Aleppo” won the short-film prize. The festival wraps up Sunday with “Free Fire,” a 1970s-set comic thriller by British director Ben Wheatley.

Source: Washington Post October 15, 2016 21:22 UTC