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Icelandic film about 43-year-old virgin tops Tribeca awards

NEW YORK (AP) — An offbeat Icelandic romantic comedy about a 43-year-old virgin has won best narrative feature at the Tribeca Film Festival.

“Virgin Mountain” by the Icelandic filmmaker Dagur Kari also won best screenplay and best actor for Gunnar Jonsson in the festival honors announced Thursday night. The festival jury said the film’s mixture of humor and pathos “captured our hearts.”

“Bridgend,” a drama by the Danish director Jeppe Ronde about the recent teen suicide epidemic in the eponymous Welsh county, took the other narrative awards. The film won best actress for Hannah Murray, as well as best editing and cinematography.

Best documentary went to “Democrats,” Camilla Nielsson’s examination of the Zimbabwe government under president Robert Mugabe. The documentary was made with uncommon access over three years.

Popular Leesburg coffee shop reopening this summer

Shoes Cup and Cork Club, the popular coffee shop on North King Street that closed its doors suddenly over the holidays in late 2012, will be reopening under new management this summer, Leesburg Today reports. General Manager Lori Miller was an executive assistant with SWaN Investors, which owns Shoes and is headquartered just a block up the road, when the previous management decided to close up shop to start a sandwich shop in Frederick, Md.
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