another festival prize win

Taken from the above link:

His winning film is a visually striking drama about the intense conflict between guards and IRA prisoners, which led to the death of a hunger striker, Bobby Sands, in 1981.


A jury headed by the Australian director Gillian Armstrong chose Hunger as winner of the 12-film competition that has run at the festival over the past 12 days.

The film's producer, Laura Hastings-Smith, accepted the trophy, which is affectionately dubbed the Blue Pavlova.

Armstrong said the jury's decision was unanimous.

"Hunger was selected for its controlled clarity of vision, its extraordinary detail and bravery, the dedication of its cast and the power and resonance of its humanity," she said.