Surf film wins Dublin Film Festival award
Irish surf documentary 'Wave Riders' has won the Audience Award as part of the 2008 Dublin International Film Festival.
The documentary fought off competition from early frontrunner 'Dambé - The Mali Project' which finished second.
Closely following in third place was 'Lars and the Real Girl', with 'The Orphanage' in fourth and 'In Bruges' and 'There Will Be Blood' in joint fifth.
The 6th Dublin International Film Festival closed on Sunday 24 February with the premiere of the Irish film 'Eden', attended by writer Eugene O'Brien, director Declan Recks, and cast members Aidan Kelly and Eileen Walsh.
The event marked the end of the festival, with guests over the 10 days including Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Stuart Townsend, Charlize Theron, Daniel Day Lewis, Marianne Faithfull, U2, Liam Ó Maonlaí, Jonas Mekas, Mike Leigh and John Sayles, amongst others.
