“About Time” wins at SSIFF!

About Time” just won the Wuaki.TV Audience award for Best European Film at the San Sebastian International Film Festival in Spain. Screen Daily has a report about it:

Richard Curtis’ time-travel romance wins European Film award; other prizes go to films by Kore-eda, Tavernier, Teplitzky and Vallee.

The 61st San Sebastian Film Festival has awarded Richard Curtis comedy About Time the prize for European Film.

The film stars Domnhall Gleeson as a young man who discovers he can travel in time and uses his newfound power to get a girlfriend, played by Rachel McAdams. It has played at film festivals in Edinburgh, Locarno and Rio, and is heading for New York and the Hamptons.

The festival is closing today, for more information about the festival and the other winners be sure to head over to the official website. Congratulations to the cast and crew for the first win!