The 16th Empire Awards ceremony (officially known as the Jameson Empire Awards), presented by the British film magazine Empire, honored the best films of 2010 and took place on 27 March 2011 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, England. During the ceremony, Empire presented Empire Awards in 11 categories as well as three honorary awards. Irish comedian Dara Ó Briain hosted the show for the third consecutive year. The awards were sponsored by Jameson Irish Whiskey for the third consecutive year.
In related events, Empire and Jameson Irish Whiskey held the 2nd Done In 60 Seconds Competition Global Final on 25 March 2011 at the London Film Museum, London, England. The team of judges consisted of Empire editor-in-chief Mark Dinning, Irish actor and comedian Chris O'Dowd and English director Neil Marshall, which selected from a shortlist of 24 nominees the five Done In 60 Seconds Award finalists that were invited to the Empire Awards where the winner was announced.
Kick-Ass won two awards including Best British Film. Other winners included The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo also with two awards and Four Lions, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, Inception, Let Me In, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, The King's Speech and The Last Exorcism with one. Keira Knightley received the Empire Hero Award, Gary Oldman received the Empire Icon Award and Edgar Wright received the Empire Inspiration Award. Maeve Stam from the Netherlands won the Done In 60 Seconds Award for her 60-second film version of 127 Hours.
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
Inception Kick-Ass Scott Pilgrim vs. the World The King's Speech The Social Network Kick-Ass 127 Hours Four Lions Monsters The King's Speech Edgar Wright — Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Christopher Nolan — Inception David Fincher — The Social Network Matthew Vaughn — Kick-Ass Tom Hooper — The King's Speech Colin Firth — The King's Speech Aaron Taylor-Johnson — Kick-Ass James Franco — 127 Hours Jesse Eisenberg — The Social Network Leonardo DiCaprio — Inception Noomi Rapace — The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Emma Watson — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 Helena Bonham Carter — The King's Speech Natalie Portman — Black Swan Olivia Williams — The Ghost Writer Four Lions Easy A Get Him to the Greek The Other Guys Toy Story 3 The Last Exorcism A Nightmare on Elm Street Let Me In Paranormal Activity 2 The Crazies Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 Alice in Wonderland Inception Kick-Ass Scott Pilgrim vs. the World The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 127 Hours Black Swan Shutter Island The Town Chloë Grace Moretz — Kick-Ass and Let Me In Gareth Edwards — Monsters Jaden Smith — The Karate Kid Jennifer Lawrence — Winter's Bone Mia Wasikowska — Alice in Wonderland Netherlands: 127 Hours by Maeve Stam Finalists: Russia: Avatar by Valentina Kurochkina & Sergey Potapov Sweden: Indiana Jones (Raiders of the Lost Ark) by Samuel Heiligers, Frej Bengtsson & Stefan Lundaahl United Kingdom: The Exorcist by Lee Hardcastle United Kingdom: The Lion King by Michael Whaite The other shortlisted films: Bulgaria: Valkyrie by Marian Georgiev Chile: Aliens by Rodrigo Reyes Santander Germany: Léon: The Professional by Negian Haddad Kaveh Ireland: The Expendables by Chris Lodge Ireland: Shadow of the Vampire by Kevin De La Isla Kazakhstan: The Dark Knight by Andrey Manuilov Poland: James Bond by Michael Mank & Jacek Wlodarczyk Russia: Inception by Petr Lisovisky & Artur Ostapenko Russia: Jaws by Dmitry Vasiyev & Zhanna Boyarintseva Russia: Transformers Grindhouse (Transformers) by Olga Busorgina & Andrey Kilin Russia: Charlie Chaplin by Vadi Talanov & Dmitry Korobeynikov Sweden: Psycho by Joshua Petsonk & Hanni Serag Turkey: Dr. Strangelove by Çagil Ivak Turkey: 12 Angry Men by Esat Can Ukraine: 2001: A Space Odyssey by Mykhailo Orlov Ukraine: Inglourious Basterds by Vladyslav Trifinov United Kingdom: The Social Network by Jack Kendall United Kingdom: 300 by Simon Jago, Ryan Casey & Clark Brady United Kingdom: Predator by Gareth Soens Hughes Empire Hero Award: Keira Knightley Empire Icon Award: Gary Oldman Empire Inspiration Award: Edgar Wright
Multiple awards The following two films received multiple awards:
Awards Film 2 Kick-Ass The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Multiple nominations The following 13 films received multiple nominations:
Nominations Film 6 Kick-Ass 5 The King's Speech 4 Inception 3 127 Hours Scott Pilgrim vs. the World The Social Network 2 Alice in Wonderland Black Swan Four Lions Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 Let Me In Monsters The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Done In 60 Seconds films
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