| Empire Award | |
|---|---|
 TheEmpire logo | |
| Awarded for | Excellence in cinematic achievements |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | Empire |
| First award | 1996 |
| Final award | 18 March 2018 (2018-03-18) |
| Website | [1] |
TheEmpire Awards was an annual British awards ceremony honouring cinematic achievements in the local and global film industry. Winners were awarded the Empire Award statuette. The awards,first presented in 1996, were presented by the Britishfilm magazineEmpire with the winners voted by the readers of the magazine.
The23rd Empire Awards was the final ceremony, held on 18 March 2018 inLondon to honourfilms released in 2017.[1] The awards were sponsored byJameson Irish Whiskey from the14th Empire Awards[2][3] and were thenceforth officially called theJameson Empire Awards. The official sponsor of the Awards changed toRakuten TV for the23rd Empire Awards. The Empire Awards ceremonies were discontinued after 2018 for unknown reasons.
As of the19th Empire Awards four honorary awards were handed out: