21.   Composer Sanar Yurdatapan was handed an award for circumventing censorship earlier this week by the London-based Index on Censorship.

22.   Even for movies that ultimately lose the best-picture contest, a nomination can help double the box-office take by the time the awards are handed out.

23.   For the first time, the festival has handed out awards to honor promising new directors.

24.   Not all the awards were handed out Tuesday night.

25.   Terry Anderson, vice chairman of the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists, handed the award to Yurtcu.

26.   The awards will be handed out on Friday.

27.   Defence Minister Tony Tan handed the award to Prasert in ceremonies at the defence ministry here.

28.   Since her departure from Bangladesh, Nasreen had visited several European countries where she has been handed several awards.

29.   The award was handed De Ocampo during a reception hosted by Euromoney in the wings of the IMF and World Bank annual meetings here.

30.   The awards were handed out at a Paris concert hall at a ceremony hosted by fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier.