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His & Hers wins Audience Award at the 8th Jameson Dublin International Film Festival

Ken Wardop’s documentary His & Hers scooped the Audience Award at the 2010 Jameson Dublin International Film Festival, which ended on Sunday 28th February. The film also won best documentary in the Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards and cinematographer Kate McCullough was awarded their inaugural Michael Dwyer Discovery Award.

Commenting on the Audience Award, Andrew Freedman, Producer of His & Hers said: “We were thrilled by the tremendous reception His & Hers received at this year’s Jameson Dublin International Film Festival. To win the audience award is ‘icing on the cake’ and a huge endorsement for our film. We would like to thank the festival for its continued commitment to showcasing Irish film and for a wonderful eleven days of film extravagances. Audiences will have an opportunity to see His & Hers this summer when it goes on nationwide release”.

Other Dublin Film Critics Circle winners were the Australian film Samson and Delilah as Best Film; Best Irish Film went to Ivan Kavanagh’s The Fading Light, and Best Actor (Male) went to Patrick O’Donnell, for his role as a special needs adult in the same film; whilst Best Actor (Female) went to Tilda Swinton for her role in I Am Love.

The festival welcomed an impressive array of film talent to Dublin, with the closing weekend seeing Kristin Scott Thomas attending a screening of Partir; Kenneth Anger attending the retrospective of his work in the IFI; Michael Sheen and Timothy Spall at Alice in Wonderland and Tilda Swinton in for the closing gala I Am Love.

There were three recipients of the festival career achievement award, the Volta – Ciarán Hinds, Patricia Clarkson and Kristin Scott Thomas, who all attended the festival to receive the accolade. Commenting on the Volta awards, Festival Director Gráinne Humphreys said: “all three honourees move effortlessly between charismatic leading roles and scene stealing supporting turns, they light up the screen in every role.”

The festival will return in February 2011 with another amazing line up of films, guests and special events to thrill audiences, including the very special Surprise Film, which this year was Noah Baumbach’s Greenberg starring Ben Stiller.

The Jameson Dublin International Film Festival is grant aided by The Arts Council/ An Chomhairle Ealaíon and would also like to acknowledge support from its funders and sponsors The Irish Film Board/ Bord Scannán na hÉireann, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, The Irish Times The Ticket, Cineworld, The Merrion Hotel, Renault, Entertainment.ie, Windmill Lane and FM104.

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