London film festival awards in pictures

It was awards night in London as the film festival wound down and the stars gathered to celebrate stardom. Here come Amanda Nevill, Danny Boyle, Susan Howes and Greg Dyke
Photograph: Jon Furniss/WireImage

Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan take a trip in The Trip, an improvised documentary from director Michael Winterbottom. This trip has led them all away to a premiere (of The Trip, no less) at London's BFI Southbank Photograph: Ian Gavan/Getty Images

John Hurt pauses to sign autographs through the fence on his way to the LFF awards gala. But who's on the inside and who's on the out? Photograph: Ian West/PA

Also at the awards are actor-director Richard Ayoade and unidentified 'guest' Photograph: Dave M. Benett/Getty Images

Stranger and stranger. Another unidentified 'guest' takes her postion between festival jurors John Hillcoat and Patricia Clarkson Photograph: Samir Hussein/Getty Images

Identified guest! It's Martin Scorsese, rocking up at the awards to pay tribute to the work of the BFI national archive Photograph: Samir Hussein/Getty Images

And here, out on the carpet, is director Shekhar Kapur. This is the man behind the regal Elizabeth and (less happily) Elizabeth 2: Electric Boogaloo Photograph: Jon Furniss/WireImage

Javier Bardem swings into town to attend the LFF premiere of his latest film, Biutiful. At this point, presumably, he has yet to read the reviews Photograph: John Phillips/UK Press

And now let the presentations commence. Danny Boyle leaps to catch his BFI fellowship award ... Photograph: Jon Furniss/WireImage

The Danish film-maker Janus Metz lunges to his right to retrieve the Grierson award for his Afghan-set documentary, Armadillo Photograph: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images

British artist Clio Barnard catches the best British newcomer award for her acclaimed documentary The Arbor in one hand ... and actor Andy Serkis in the other. Her cup runneth over Photograph: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images

But the crowning award, the king of kings, goes to Alexei Popogrebsky. The Russian director upended the favourites to take the all-important best film award with his Arctic-set drama How I Ended This Summer. And with that the curtain falls on this year's London film festival Photograph: Ian West/PA