"Hunger" won Sydney Film Festival prize

Producers on the Move 2008

Hunger, produced by Laura Hastings-Smith and directed by Steve McQueen, won the top prize at the Sydney Film Festival's inaugural competition, according to the trade magazine The Hollywood Reporter. As jury president Gillian Armstrong said, Hunger was chosen for "its controlled clarity of vision, its extraordinary detail and bravery, the dedication of its cast and the power and resonance of its humanity". Hunger already had won the Camera d'Or at the Cannes International Film Festival in May.

Laura Hastings-Smith (UK) participated in EFP's PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE programme in Cannes this year. Together with 20 other selected promising and talented young producers from all over Europe, she benefited from EFP's promotional programme which is financially supported by the MEDIA Programme of the European Union, the EFP member organisations and sponsors.