'Lackeen' tops Irish nods; kudos for Neeson, Weldon
The third annual Irish Film and Television Awards in Dublin saw Liam Neeson take the best actor award for Kinsey and the Irish movie Pavee Lackeen scoop best film award. Filmmaker Perry Odgen won the "breakthrough talent award" for Pavee Lackeen. Best actress in a feature film went to Renee Weldon for Trouble With Sex. Winners in television included the Irish drama series Pure Mule, which scooped a host of awards including best actor for Tom Murphy, best actress for Dawn Bradfield and supporting nods for Gary Lydon and Eileen Walsh. The award for best drama series went to Irish production Love Is the Drug. Said Aine Moriarty, CEO of event organizer the Irish Film and Television Network: "The quality of the Irish Film and Television industries is evident in the success of these Awards. The talent coming out of Ireland is incredibly strong and it is great to see that the support is there for it to get even stronger."...
- 11/7/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
'Brick' lone U.S. film at Venice sidebar
ROME -- Newcomer Rian Johnson's Brick will be the sole U.S. film at this year's Venice International Film Festival's Critics Week sidebar, organizers said Thursday. Brick is described as a murder mystery set on the campus of a Southern California university. Six other films will unspool at the sidebar, which runs Aug. 31-Sept. 10. They are: Mater natura (Mother Nature), by Italian director Massimo Andrei; the French film Il passagero, by director Eric Caravaca; Asi, by Mexican director Jesus-Mario Lozano; the Irish film Pavee Lackeen, by Perry Ogden; Kuihua Duoduo, by Chinese director Wang Baomin; and Yadasht Bar Zamin, by Iranian director Ali Mohammad Ghasemi.
- 7/21/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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