Empire Award for Best Film Empire Award for Best Film The Empire Award for Best Film is an Empire Award presented annually by the British film magazine "Empire" to honor the best film of the previous year. The Empire Award for Best Film is one of five ongoing awards which were first introduced at the 1st Empire Awards ceremony in 1996 (the others being Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director and Best British Film) with "Braveheart" receiving the award. "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" is the most recent winner in this category. Winners are voted by the readers of "Empire" magazine. In the list
Kerala State Film Award for Best Director awards). As of 2017, five directorsShaji N. Karun, M. T. Vasudevan Nair, T. V. Chandran, Hariharan and Blessyhave won the award two times in their careers. The Academy did not present the award in the 2002 ceremony. As of the 2017 ceremony, Vidhu Vincent is the most recent recipient of the honour for her work in "Manhole" (2016). She is also the first woman to win the award. Kerala State Film Award for Best Director The Kerala State Film Award for Best Director is an honour presented annually at the Kerala State Film Awards of India since 1969. It is