East Is East

Name: East Is East
Director: Damien O'Donnell
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1999

1999

IMDb

Damien O'Donnell

1999·TV-PG·

United Kingdom,

SG,

Russia,

New Zealand,

Award tierSilver

Metascore

Comedy Drama Indie

In early 1970s England, a Pakistani father finds the authority he has previously maintained challenged by his increasingly Anglicized children.

Cast

Linda Bassett·Om Puri·Archie Panjabi·Jordan Routledge

Producers

Stephanie Guerrasio·Shellie Smith·Leslee Udwin·Alan J. Wands·Paul Webster

Languages

Englishurd

Major Awards

1 win · 7 nominations

Wins (1)

Best Picture

London Critics Circle Film Awards (2000)

British Film of the Year

Nominations (7)

Festival Grand Prize

Cannes Film Festival (1999)

Directors' Fortnight

Damien O'Donnell

Cannes Film Festival (1999)

C.I.C.A.E. Award

Damien O'Donnell

Cannes Film Festival (1999)

Golden Camera

Damien O'Donnell

Best Picture

Goya Awards (2001)

Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea)

Damien O'Donnell

David di Donatello Awards (2000)

Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)

Damien O'Donnell

BAFTA Awards (2000)

Best Film

Leslee Udwin

Best Screenplay

BAFTA Awards (2000)

Best Screenplay - Adapted

Ayub Khan-Din