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Pan's Labyrinth wins Â鶹Éç Four World Cinema Award 2008
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Pan's Labyrinth (Laberinto del fauno, El), a gothic fairy tale set against the post civil war repression in Spain, has been named the winner of the Â鶹Éç Four World Cinema Award 2008.
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Mexican director Guillermo del Toro flew in from Paris to collect the award from Catherine Deneuve at a ceremony held last night (30 January 2008) at the BFI Southbank in London.
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Guillermo del Toro said:
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"I am very humbled by the competition and the nominations so I am very happy to have won this award. I am extremely thankful because world cinema seems to be not only about geography of the world out there, but about charting the world within us. Very often people think that the only way to tell the truth is through reality. So I find, by my own experience, irreality is sometimes a better tool to tell the truth."
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The film unfolds through the eyes of Ofelia, a little girl who is uprooted to a rural military outpost commanded by her new stepfather. Powerless and lonely in a place of unfathomable cruelty Ofelia lives out her own dark fable as she confronts monsters both other worldly and human.
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The film has already picked up a number of international awards, including three Academy Awards and three BAFTAs.
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The award ceremony, hosted by Jonathan Ross and sponsored by Pioneer, will be broadcast on Â鶹Éç Four on Saturday 2 February at 9.10pm.
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Pan's Labyrinth was chosen from a shortlist of five by a panel of judges comprising of Christopher Eccleston, Nick Broomfield and Archie Panjabi.
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The shortlist, announced in November 2007, was nominated by the UK's leading critics, film school heads and festival directors. The five films short-listed were:
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- The Lives Of Others
- The Science Of Sleep
- Climates
- Pan's Labyrinth
- Syndromes And A Century
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Janice Hadlow, Controller, Â鶹Éç Four, said: "Â鶹Éç Four is proud to celebrate such great film-making talent from all over the world, and this year the judges have faced a particularly difficult decision in choosing a winner.
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"The diversity of films short-listed for this award demonstrates the incredibly high standard of world cinema today, and the winning film Pan's Labyrinth has captured the imagination of audiences and critics alike. I'm delighted that the panel have chosen it to receive the award."
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Notes to Editors
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The World Cinema Award will be broadcast on Â鶹Éç Four on Saturday 2 February 2008 at 9.10pm.
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Pioneer sponsors the award ceremony.
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This is the fifth Â鶹Éç Four World Cinema Award.
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The 2008 judging panel
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Archie Panjabi won best actress (breakthrough performance) at Cannes Film Festival 2007 for her role in A Mighty Heart. She has also had significant parts in Bend It Like Beckham and The Constant Gardener.
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Nick Broomfield is a multi-award-winning documentary director. His works include Kurt & Courtney and Aileen Wuornos – The Selling Of A Serial Killer. Nick also has a new film coming out later this year called The Battle For Haditha.
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Christopher Eccleston is a star of TV and film. His television credits include Heroes, Doctor Who and Our Friends In The North and he has significant parts in the films Shallow Grave and Elizabeth.
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