Toronto Film Festival 2004: HOTEL RWANDA Wins Audience Award
Based on the true story of a hotel manager who saved hundreds of lives during Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, Terry George’s Hotel Rwanda has won the People’s Choice award at the 2004 Toronto Film Festival.
In the film, hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina (played by Don Cheadle) saves the lives of those hiding in his hotel by bribing military officers with cash, liquor, and other goods. While the world looked away, approximately 800,000 Tutsis and politically moderate Hutus were massacred during the spring and early summer of 1994.
Pete Travis‘ Omagh, the story of the relatives of victims of the bloodiest terrorist attack of Northern Ireland’s 30-year conflict, won the festival’s Discovery award, given out by attending journalists.
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by Andre Soares | September 26, 2004
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Tags: Don Cheadle, Film Awards, Film Festivals, Hotel Rwanda, In My Father's Den, Omagh, Paul Rusesabagina, Terry George, Toronto Film Festival
