Ritzy Awards 2008

Thank you everyone who came to the awards night - we raised an amazing £2,326 for 'Field of Dreams' orphanage in South Africa.   Some of the money will go towards sending local lad Sam Hockey as a volunteer for 6 weeks and the rest will go to the children for vital provisions and equipment.

We had a fantastic response from all our award winners.   Gary Hannam, producer of The World's Fastest Indian came from Switzerland to collect his award and thanked us for showing independent films - what a nice guy!

And here's what the Coen brothers had to say...

"Thank you so much for this multiple honor.  The Ritzy is an award that we would have long coveted had we known about it.  It is an unalloyed pleasure to accept the award, and in two categories, and we only regret being unable to travel to Derbyshire to accept it personally.  When our travel plans include Belper we will be sure to visit the Ritz Cinema.  Until then you are in our thoughts. "

Thanks to the businesses who supported us... Belper Carpets & Flooring, Ginger, Mark Scott, NFT, Revolver Films... And to our artists...DJ Dr Matt, Fantaisie Jazz, John Hodson and, of course, Andy Minion!