Vera Drake up for European prize
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Vera Drake and Bad Education are among the nominees for the European Film Academy Awards.
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The Aviator wins best movie at the 2005 Bafta film awards, while Vera Drake wins best director and actress.
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Stars arrive for the European Film Awards, being held in eastern Europe for the first time.
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"Vera Drake," Mike Leigh's tough tale of a working-class mother who is caught performing illegal abortions in 1950s England, scooped up the prizes at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday, including the coveted Golden Lion.
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Films competing for the top prize at Venice Film Festival will receive their world premiere at the event.
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. (antiTainment) Vera Drake, a low budget British film that examines the controversial subject of abortion has won the top honor at the Venice Film Festival after being snubbed by Cannes earlier this year.
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A historical epic starring Kristin Scott Thomas and Joseph Fiennes will open this year's Berlin Film Festival.
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"Vera Drake," a film about a back-street abortionist in 1950 London, is the English director Mike Leigh's best work in a decade.
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Dual Melbourne Cup champion Makybe Diva will be most likely set for next year&#39;s Prix de l&#39;Arc de Triomphe in France. Trainer Lee Freedman has long held an ambition to win Europe&#39;s most famous race and while
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LOS ANGELES  -- The Venice Film Festival honored British filmmaker Mike Leigh&#39;s &quot;Vera Drake,&quot; a period film about an abortion rights activist in the 1950s.
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La giuria presieduta dal regista inglese John Boorman ha premiato con il Leone d&#39;oro Il segreto di Vera Drake dell&#39;inglese Mike Leigh, storia di una donna che pratica aborti clandestini nella Londra degli anni &#39;50.
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(ANSA)-ROMA, 11 SET-Prime indiscrezioni sui premiati della 61esima edizione del Festival del Cinema di Venezia: a &#39;Vera Drake&#39; andrebbe il Leone d&#39;oro. La Coppa Volpi come miglior attrice sarebbe stata assegnata a Imelda Staunton.
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Controversial Mike Leigh movie Vera Drake has won the Golden Lion prize for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival in Italy. Vera Drake, which focuses on a fictional back street abortionist in 1950s London, also
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The honour carries a cash prize of 25,000 euros (some $32,000). The awards panel described the book as "a work in which a long history of literary creation and critical and theoretical reflection unfolds with ...
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Literary fans get the chance to air their views on who should win the first Man Booker International Prize.
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"The Lives of Others" , a drama about how East Germany's Stasi security police shattered the lives of ordinary people, won top prize at the European Film Awards on Saturday held in Poland's capital.Comment
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The 61st Venice Film Festival ended with a big roar of approval for   Vera Drake.