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Career Girls (1997)

Career Girls

Thin Man/Channel Four/October Films. Produced by Simon Channing Williams, written & directed by Mike Leigh, photography by Dick Pope, edited by Robin Sales, production & costume design by Eve Stewart, music by Marianne Jean-Baptiste & Tony Remy, hair & make-up by Christine Blundell, sound recordist George Richards. With Katrin Cartlidge (Hannah), Lynda Steadman (Annie), Kate Byers (Claire), Mark Benton (Ricky), Andy Serkis (Mr Evans), Joe Tucker (Adrian), Margo Stanley (Ricky’s Nan), Michael Healy (Lecturer). 87 mins.

Friendship, love, youth, maturity, sychronicity, coincidence, eczema.

Awards: Career Girls (1997)

European Film Awards 1997

Nominated: Best Actress – Katrin Cartlidge

Evening Standard British Film Awards 1998

Won: Best Actress – Katrin Cartlidge

Valladolid International Film Festival 1997

Won: Silver Spike – Mike Leigh (Tied with Things I Left in Havana)

Won: Youth Jury Award/Special Mention Competition – Mike Leigh

Nominated: Golden Spike – Mike Leigh