Black Pond nominated for best debut

Black Pond – the dark comedy film that marked Chris Langham’s return to the screen following his child pornography conviction – has been nominated for a Bafta.

The film, from former Cambridge Footlights members Will Sharpe and Tom Kingsley, has today been shortlisted for the award for outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer.

It tells the story of a family who bury a complete stranger who dies at their dinner table, and also features Simon Amstell in his first big-screen role, as an irritating psychologist.

Also nominated in the sane category is coming-of-age film Submarine, the directorial debut of IT Crowd star Richard Ayoade, and Attack The Block, from Adam & Joe’s Joe Cornish.

The shortlist is completed by Ralph Fiennes’s Coriolanus and Paddy Considine’s Tyrannosaur.

Winners will be announced on Sunday February 12 at London's Royal Opera House.

Click here for Chortle’s review of Black Pond; and here for Submarine.

Published: 17 Jan 2012