The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin TD, has congratulated the cast and crew of the Irish language film ‘An Cailín Ciúin’ which has won the prestigious Grand Prix of the Generation Kplus International Jury for the Best Film at the Berlin Film Festival.
Minister Martin said, “comhghairdeas ó chroí to all involved in An Cailín Ciúin feature film on winning one of the top prizes at the prestigious Berlin Film Festival. It is a truly remarkable achievement. It acknowledges Irish filmmaking talent on the world stage. Also, the fact that the film is in our native language makes the award all the more special. The film made history already as the first Irish language feature film to be selected for the Berlin Film Festival where it was warmly welcomed by the audience at its showing last week.
This achievement also represents the importance of supporting our film industry. This production was made possible through public funding from Section 481 film tax relief, as well as from Screen Ireland, Broadcasting Authority of Ireland and TG4.”
