French hit wins our People’s Favourite Film Award

The votes have been counted and we’re delighted to announce that our 2009 People’s Favourite Film is SÉRAPHINE by Martin Provost. A box office hit in its native France, the feature won no less than seven César awards, including Best Film and Best Actress for lead Yolande Moreau. If you missed SÉRAPHINE at the Festival, be sure to catch it when it comes out on general release in the UK at the end of November 2009.

Visit the official website to view the trailer

This year’s favourite films also included the Adam Elliot’s debut animation MARY AND MAX, two digitally restored classics (THE RED SHOES and THE GODFATHER), homegrown shorts by Project Trident as well as French titles WELCOME by Phlippe Lioret and THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE by Rémi Bezançon.  Here is the final Top Ten for 2009:

1: SÉRAPHINE
2: MARY AND MAX
3: THE RED SHOES
4: TRIDENTFEST
5: WELCOME
6: TONY
7: NOMAD’S LAND/THE STORM BIRD
8: THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE
9: TULPAN
10: THE GODFATHER