Bloody Sunday drama wins international award

A dramatisation of Bloody Sunday has won a prestigious award ahead of being screened on TV.

A dramatisation of Bloody Sunday has won a prestigious award ahead of being screened on TV.

Bloody Sunday, starring James Nesbitt, shared the World Cinema Award at the Sundance Film Festival.

The drama set in Northern Ireland in 1972, is being shown on TV3 tonight at 9pm.

It jointly won the World Cinema Award with The Last Kiss.

The Sundance Festival, which ends in Utah today, awarded its top dramatic honour to Personal Velocity, a movie trilogy about three women confronted with momentous life crises.

Other winning films included Daughter From Danang, Real Women Have Curves and Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony, Tadpole, Sister Helen, Secretary, Manito and Love Liza.

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