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Press Release
Thursday, 21st October 2010
Tanya Doyles The House Wins the Radharc Award 2010Following acclaim from both critics and audience in Ireland, Europe and North America Tanya Doyles profoundly moving documentary The House has been honoured with the prestigious Radharc Award, 2010.
The biennial awards, which honour the late Father Joe Dunn co-founder of the ground breaking Radharc documentary series saw a record 41 entries this year. The Award is presented to the producers of documentaries of outstanding quality, which address national or international topics of social justice, morality or faith. Nominations do not need to be of any religious adherence, but should portray positive human values and should imply a challenge to the moral conscience of the kind that distinguished many of the Radharc films.The House was first broadcast on RTE 1 in May 2009 and again in May 2010 when it was commended as powerful, honest, moving and unique in its approach to the themes of home, change, progression and the different perspectives on shared experiences within one Irish family. Described by the judges as a deeply original portrayal of an embattled family, the chairwoman of the five-member judging panel, broadcaster Leila Doolan, saluted the heroism and bravery of the filmmaker for gathering together again all the family into the house to remember what had happened to them there.

Accepting the award on behalf of Marmalade Films, Producer of The House, Daniel Hegarty said "We have had the privilege of being nominated for an few awards for The House but it is both fitting and an honour that our first award at home is this Radharc Award." Later, Daniel said "We are very proud to win the Radharc Award because I hope the ethos of courage, quality and innovation with which Radharc was founded is reflected in the way that we make our films."
Tanya Doyle is currently working on her latest documentary Water Lillies an uplifting documentary about four unlikely sages who at a later stage in life have decided to learn how to swim. Taking themselves out of their comfort zone, they reveal what it is that drives them to keep striving for more, for survival, understanding, for belonging and for purpose. Learning to swim is often perceived as a small victory, but for these women it is much more than that, it is freedom.For more information on The Radharc Awards and The Radharc Trust visit www.radharc.ie
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Posted on 29/10/2010 by webmaster
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