01/10/2012 - Sharon Morgan wins Best Actress for Resistance

Marc Evans’ Patagonia [+see also:
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Evans said, “I would just like to thank everybody who went on the journey with us - it was an amazing journey. I would like to thank the Welsh, the Argentines, the Irishman, the Brazilian, a couple of Poles, the Scottish lady, the Kiwi, and a couple of English people too. We were a ramshackle bunch and it was a fantastic journey through Wales and through Patagonia. Making films is quite tough in Wales and making films in Welsh is even tougher.”

Morgan said, “On a miniscule budget, the team created a beautifully passionate, extremely emotional, beautifully poetic film and it was an honour and a privilege indeed to be a part of it.”