Once is Critics Choice for Best Song
Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova have scooped the Best Song Award at The Critics Choice Awards for "Falling Slowly" from the film Once, beating songs from the musical Hairspray and films American Gangster, Into The Wild and Enchanted to win the award.
"Falling Slowly" has also been nominated in the Best Song category in the 50th Annual GRAMMY® Awards, where the Once soundtrack itself has been nominated for the Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture category also. The soundtrack recently won the LA Film Critics Associations Award for Best Music.
Once directed and written by John Carney (Bachelors Walk, On the Edge) stars Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova in the leading roles and is a modern-day musical set on the streets of Dublin telling the story of a busker and an immigrant, who fall in love over an eventful week, as they write, rehearse and record a number of songs.
Once is produced by Samson Films with finance from Bord Scannán na hÉireann / the Irish Film Board.