MAGDALENE SISTERS, the

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Title: MAGDALENE SISTERS, the

Reference number: 7061

Date: 2002

Director: [d. Peter Mullan]

Sponsor: [ Scottish Screen, The Film Council and the Irish Film Board in association with Momentum Pictures]

Producer: [ Frances Higson]

Production company: [ PFP Films in association with Temple Films]

Sound: sound

Original format: 16mm

Certificate: 15

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 119.00 mins

Description: A powerful, uncompromising story that takes an unapologetic swipe at the cruelty of Ireland's Magdalene asylums. [Synopsis from Scottish Screen Feature Films 2005 brochure]

Paper records deposited with Scottish Screen Archive, includes script. [Cast and credits list copied from press pack]

Winner of Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival, 2002. Discovery Award at Toronto International Film Festival, 2002. Attenborough Award, 2003 for British Film of the Year. British Director of the Year from London Film Critics Circle Awards 2003. Best Feature Film, Newport International Film Festival 2003. Best Narrative Feature (Audience Award) at Los Angeles Film Festival 2003.