4-676: The Empire Awards was an annual British awards ceremony honouring cinematic achievements in the local and global film industry. Winners were awarded the Empire Award statuette. The awards, first presented in 1996, were presented by the British film magazine Empire with the winners voted by the readers of the magazine. The 23rd Empire Awards was the final ceremony, held on 18 March 2018 in London to honour films released in 2017 . The awards were sponsored by Jameson Irish Whiskey from
8-533: The 14th Empire Awards and were thenceforth officially called the Jameson Empire Awards . The official sponsor of the Awards changed to Rakuten TV for the 23rd Empire Awards . The Empire Awards ceremonies were discontinued after 2018 for unknown reasons. As of the 19th Empire Awards four honorary awards were handed out: 1st Empire Awards The 1st Empire Awards ceremony, presented by
12-420: The British film magazine Empire , honored the best films of 1995 and took place in 1996. During the ceremony, Empire presented Empire Awards in eight categories as well as one honorary award. The first award ceremony introduced eight award categories for Best Film , Best British Film , Best Actor , Best British Actor , Best Actress , Best British Actress , Best Director and Best Debut as well as
16-410: The honorary Lifetime Achievement Award. Shallow Grave won the most awards with three including Best British Film , Best Director for Danny Boyle and Best British Actor for Ewan McGregor . Other winners included Braveheart with one award for Best Film and Heavenly Creatures , The Madness of King George , The Usual Suspects and To Die For also with one. Mike Leigh received
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