There were two big Welsh winners at the eighth annual National Film Awards last night (July 5) as true-life drama, Save the Cinema and acting legend, Anthony Hopkins, walked off with awards.
Save The Cinema picked up the award for Best Film Drama and the Sky Cinema Original film, which stars Samantha Morton and Tom Felton, highlights the true-life story of Elizabeth Evans, known as ‘Liz the Lyric,’ who began a campaign in 1993 to save the Lyric Theatre in Carmarthen from closure.
Liz’s determination in getting Steven Spielberg to allow Jurassic Park to be premiered in the town’s local cinema paid off and the 1993 blockbuster was screened simultaneously with the glitzy premiere in London.
