The CEA today congratulated the awards winners and nominees for the 2009 RAAM awards.
The Awards Dinner took place on 4 February at the Millennium Hotel London in support of the Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund.
Speaking after the event, CEA Chief Executive Phil Clapp, who presented the award for Cinema Circuit of the Year, said:
“After another strong year, with admissions and box office both rising despite the economic downturn, the RAAM awards were a chance for exhibitors and distributors to get together and celebrate the achievements of 2008 in cinema.
It was also an opportunity to strengthen existing relationships and form new partnerships to build on that success in 2009. Congratulations to all the winners and nominees.”
A full list of winners is as follows:
Movie of the Year
Mamma Mia!
Distributor of the Year
Universal Pictures International
Independent Distributor of the Year
Entertainment Films
Foreign Language Movie of the Year
The Orphanage – Optimum Releasing
Cinema of the Year – Ireland
Cineworld, Dublin
Cinema of the Year UK
Cineworld, Sheffield
Independent Cinema of the Year – Ireland
Movies@, Dundrum and Swords
UK Independent cinema of the year
The Ambassadors, Woking
Cinema Circuit of the Year
Vue Entertainment
Film and Cinema Marketing Award
Vue Cinemas, Doncaster
Innovation in Cinema
Real D “light doubler”
Cinema Retail Director of the Year
Duncan Reynolds, Odeon
The RAAM Advisory Board also awarded 2009 Achievement Awards to:
Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson – EON Productions
Andrew Cripps – President, Paramount Pictures International
Mike Ewins – Director, Winstone Films
Paddy Kelly – Paramount Pictures Ireland