15 Oct 2014 9:14 AM PDT
‘The Imitation Game’ is racking up awards on its way to the Golden Globes and Academy Awards. Recently at the 22nd Annual Hampton International Film Festival, which just ended October 13, The Imitation Game won the Alfred P. Sloan feature film award. the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Feature Film Prize in Science and Technology is a cash prize awarded to a feature-length film that explores science and technology themes in fresh, innovative ways and depicts scientists, engineers, inventors, or mathematicians in a realistic and compelling fashion. The winner receives a $25,000 cash prize.
Benedict Cumberbatch delivers a monumental performance as British mathematician Alan Turing in Morten Tyldum’s stirring historical drama. Told via flashback, The Imitation Game tracks the young, brilliant, and socially awkward Turing in the early days of World War II as he applies for a top-secret position tasked with decoding the “unbreakable” Nazi cipher machine called Enigma, used to encrypt all military radio transmissions. His work was famously labeled by Winston Churchill as “the greatest single contribution to victory,” but after the war he suffered great personal and professional turmoil as he dealt with his homosexuality in a time when it was illegal.
The Imitation Game has bee receiving all kinds of attention for both the Golden Globes and Oscars. We are on watch to bring you continued news on this feature film.