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Skintown, the latest feature by Kieron J.Walsh, has won the Sean Connery Prize for Feature Filmmaking Excellence at this year’s Edinburgh Film Festival.  Walsh’s Skintown beat out nine other features in the EIFF competition. The prize comes with £50,000 to support future projects. Skintown follows best friends Vinny an

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'Skintown,' winner of the Sean Connery feature prize, is "a beautiful, funny and very moving film," while the short 'Grief Room' is "a contained gem of wit, warmth and sadness," said festival director Paul Ridd.

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