Film Critics Honour Saoirse Ronan, Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay
Congratulations to Saoirse Ronan, Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay, who were honoured by film critics on both sides of the Atlantic last night.
Ronan was the winner of the British/Irish Actress of the Year award for her performances in Brooklyn and Lost River at the London Critics’ Circle Awards. At the same ceremony, Irish director Benjamin Cleary was the winner of the British/Irish Short Film of the Year award for his short film Stutterer. Both Ronan and Cleary have been nominated at the Academy Awards® for Brooklyn and Stutterer respectively.
At the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, held in Los Angeles, Room stars Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay won the Best Actress and Best Young Actor/Actress awards respectively for their performances in Lenny Abrahamson’s Room, which is currently on release in Irish cinemas. Larson has been nominated for Best Actress at the Academy Awards® for her performance.
Ronan and Larson have both received a plethora of award wins and nominations in recent months. Saoirse Ronan won the Best Actress award at the British Independent Film Awards while Larson was the winner of a Golden Globe award. Both have been nominated at the upcoming BAFTA Awards.
Both Brooklyn and Room, which were supported by Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board, are currently on release in Irish cinemas.
About Room
Room was directed by Lenny Abrahamson. Element Pictures' Ed Guiney produced the film with David Gross. Executive producers are Andrew Lowe for Element Pictures and Jeff Arkuss and Jesse Shapira for No Trace Camping. Emma Donoghue, Rose Garnett (Film 4), Tessa Ross (Film 4), and David Kosse (Film 4) also serve as executive producers. Room is an Element Pictures and No Trace Camping production, in association with Film4, Telefilm Canada, and Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board. A24 distribute Room in the US, and Elevation Pictures is distributing the film in Canada. UTA handled the domestic sale of Room and FilmNation Entertainment handled international sales. Room will be on release in Irish cinemas in January 2016.
Room was the winner of the People's Choice award at the Toronto International Film Festival 2015.
About Brooklyn
John Crowley's Brooklyn was produced by Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey and executive produced by Alan Moloney. Production companies were Parallel Films, Finola Dwyer Productions, Wildgaze Films and Item 7. It was financed by the IFB, BAI, RTÉ, BBC, Telefilm, SODEC and the BFI. Brooklyn is currently on release in the UK and Ireland via Lionsgate. It is also on release in the US through Fox Searchlight. Brooklyn was acquired at the Sundance Film Festival by Fox Searchlight for all international territories. International sales were handled by Hanway.