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06/02/2007
Red Road Wins At Goteborg International Film Festival
UK director Andrea Arnold's 'Red Road' won the first Ingmar Bergman International Debut Award - which comes with a week's stay at the Bergman Week 2007 at Faro, an engraved stone from Bergman's own beach, and a DVD set with 30 Bergman films - at the 30th Goteborg International Film Festival.
After winning the jury prize at Cannes, Red Road went on to score five Scottish BAFTA honours and two British Independent Film Awards.
The 30th anniversary edition of Scandinavia's largest film event reached a record number of 122,400 admissions for 700 screenings of 450 films from 68 countries."
In the Nordic competition, Swedish director Johan Kling's feature debut, Darling, received the $14,300 (Euros 11,000) Nordic Film Award, while the international critics gave the FIPRESCI prize to Norwegian director Jens Lien's The Bothersome Man. Norwegian cinematographer Harald Paalgard took the Kodak Nordic Vision Award for his work on The Art Of Crying.
Swedish director Nanna Huolman's 'Kid' left with the $7,200 (Euros 5,500) Ecumenical Prize, and Hakon Liu's 'Lucky Blue' with the $29,000 (Euros 22,000) novella film prize from the Swedish Film Institute and Swedish Television SVT. Jonas Holmstrom and Jonas Bergergard's short, 'Coming Home', won the Synch Leader, $14,300 (Euros 11,000) worth of technical equipment.
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After winning the jury prize at Cannes, Red Road went on to score five Scottish BAFTA honours and two British Independent Film Awards.
The 30th anniversary edition of Scandinavia's largest film event reached a record number of 122,400 admissions for 700 screenings of 450 films from 68 countries."
In the Nordic competition, Swedish director Johan Kling's feature debut, Darling, received the $14,300 (Euros 11,000) Nordic Film Award, while the international critics gave the FIPRESCI prize to Norwegian director Jens Lien's The Bothersome Man. Norwegian cinematographer Harald Paalgard took the Kodak Nordic Vision Award for his work on The Art Of Crying.
Swedish director Nanna Huolman's 'Kid' left with the $7,200 (Euros 5,500) Ecumenical Prize, and Hakon Liu's 'Lucky Blue' with the $29,000 (Euros 22,000) novella film prize from the Swedish Film Institute and Swedish Television SVT. Jonas Holmstrom and Jonas Bergergard's short, 'Coming Home', won the Synch Leader, $14,300 (Euros 11,000) worth of technical equipment.
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