'The Imitation Game' wins best picture at Capri Hollywood Fest

'The Imitation Game' wins best picture at Capri Hollywood Fest

MUMBAI: The 19th annual Capri, Hollywood International Film Festival, wrapped up in Italy and honoured the best of Hollywood movies released in 2014. The Imitation Game, distributed by the Weinstein Company, won the best picture. The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Turing, and is directed by Morten Tyldum, with a screenplay by Graham Moore. Tyldum scooped the best director award for the film which is loosely based on the biography Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges.

 

Speaking about the award ceremony, Capri festival producer, Pascal Vicedomini said, “This year, Capri Hollywood was able to present the best of this cinematic season, many of which are contenders for year-end honors including the Golden Globes, the BAFTAs and the Academy Awards.”

 

The best actor award went to Timothy Spall for the movie, Mr. Turner and there was a tie between Jennifer Aniston (Cake) and Amy Adams (Big Eyes) for Best Actress.

 

Birdman received the Visionary Award while Boyhood picked up the Family Awary trophy.  Disney’s Big Hero 6 drew the Animated Movie of the Year prize.