The British director of acclaimed horror debut His House on the strangeness of winning awards in the Covid era – and almost being upstaged by his housemate
The British director Remi Weekes premiered his debut feature film His House to acclaim at the Sundance film festival in 2020. Earlier this year, the film won four British Independent Film awards, including best director for Weekes, and is nominated for three Baftas this weekend.
“It was just me and my flatmates in the kitchen,” says Remi Weekes of his triumphant evening at the British Independent Film Awards in February. The writer-director of the horror film His House, which was up for 16 awards, was nominated in four separate categories for directing and screenwriting. Before logging on to the ceremony from his Islington flat, he dressed up “a little bit”, putting on a shirt and trousers.
