LONDON -- Kari Paljakka was awarded the Sutherland trophy as the director "of the most original and imaginative first feature" for his For The Living And The Dead as the curtain came down Thursday night on the Times BFI London Film Festival. Festival artistic director Sandra Hebron said, " 'For the Living and the Dead' offers a genuinely fresh approach to a taboo subject. Paljakka has created an intimate and unflinching portrait of a grieving family that is both humane and uplifting. This is a powerful and original film and a deserving winner of the BFI Sutherland Trophy." This year also saw the second Alfred Dunhill U.K. film talent award go to producer Gayle Griffiths.
- 11/3/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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