Wow! The first animated film to win it!
When I think of previous winners such as Amelie , Man on Wire , Billy Elliot and The Full Monty , it really feels like a great validation for cartoons in general!
We are all really proud.
Paul "Hollywood" Young jetted into Edinburgh to attend the ceremony this morning and ended up with Sir Sean Connery presenting him the last award announced!
Fingers crossed we get UK distribution signed soon so more people can discover The Secret of Kells....
Photos of Paul and Sean on the way.....
http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/news/2009/06/and-the-winners
See some photos of the event here, Featuring Sean Connery!
Tomm, Cliodhan put me onto this a good while back and I managed to catch it (and vote for it) at the Edinburgh Film Fest, loved it and will post up a review on the Forbidden Planet blog shortly. Big congrats on the Audience Award win, hope to hear about a full UK release in due course
ReplyDeleteWow, that's really awesome! Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteYey, glad to hear that our votes counted! Big congrats, well deserved.
ReplyDeleteWOW! that's amazing!!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the UK distribution!
Connery! A serious WIN in every way. Congrats!
ReplyDeleteFrom one balding redhead to another congratulations. We are all eagerly awaiting your film here in the states. Let us know if there is anything we can do to help you out on this side of the pond.
ReplyDeleteFantastic stuff, well done - I certainly voted for you! Here's hoping a UK distribution will follow.
ReplyDeleteAlan
Brilliant. Thoroughly deserved
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