HESSEN PRIZE TO ATOM EGOYAN
By Anahit Hovsepian, Germany

AZG Armenian Daily
11/10/2006

On October 6, Frankfurt Book Fair 2006 presented Canadian-Armenian
filmmaker Atom Egoyan with the Best International Literary Film
Adaptation prize for "Where the Truth Lies" – adaptation of Rupert
Holms’ book of the same title. The jury said that Egoyan’s style help
"see" the book through, it requires intent watching and that is the
reason why Egoyan won the Hessen prize.

Brokeback Mountain, Pride and Prejudice and Gabrielle also won prizes.