| Author (Person) | Chapman, Peter |
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| Series Title | European Voice |
| Series Details | Vol.9, No.19, 22.5.03, p14 |
| Publication Date | 22/05/2003 |
| Content Type | News |
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Date: 22/05/03 By SCOTTISH director Peter Mullan has scooped the EU's Media Prize 2003 for best film at Cannes for his critically acclaimed The Magdalene Sisters. Actress Dorothy Duffy collected Mullan's award from Education and Culture Commissioner Viviane Reding at a star-studded ceremony last Thursday (15 May). The award, set up by Reding in 2000, goes to the best film of the year supported by the EU's multi-million euro Media programme. This helps promote distribution of European films in cinemas beyond their home state and language group. The film, which tells the true story of four young Irish women institutionalized by the church and abused following doubts over their moral conduct, came ahead of two French movies, Décalage horaire and Une hirondelle a fait le printemps to win a €25,000 cheque and glass sculpture award. Reding described The Magdalene Sisters as a "magnificent film that is a credit to European cinema". The film, already seen by millions of cinema-goers in 12 member states, is the latest success for Mullan. He directed the acclaimed Orphans (1997) and won the Cannes Best Actor Prize for his role in Ken Loach's My Name Is Joe (1998). |
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| Subject Categories | Culture, Education and Research |
