'Persepolis' directors take home LFF prize

November 02, 2007 LONDON -- "Persepolis" helmers Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud received the Sutherland Trophy at the closing-night gala of the 51st annual Times BFI London Film Festival on Thursday at London's Odeon Cinema in Leicester Square. The animated adaptation of Satrapi's graphic novel, which gives a girl's-eye view of Iran's Islamic revolution, was recognized as "most imaginative first feature" screened during the two-week festival. Director Joanna Hogg was awarded the 10th FIPRESCI International Critics Award for "Unrelated," about a woman who leaves an unhappy marriage, while "The Alfred Dunhill Award" was presented to director Sarah Gavron for Monica Ali's Bangladeshi coming-of-age drama "Brick Lane."

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