Guardian first album and film awards go to small-scale, intimate works

Gold Panda wins first album award for Lucky Shiner, while documentary The Arbor is named best first filmThe last time Gold Panda was up for a prize, he won a McDonald's voucher for coming second in a paperboy of the year contest. Now the electronic music producer has become the winner of the 2010 Guardian first album award, for Lucky Shiner, recorded in his aunt and uncle's Essex living room.Something similarly small-scale and intimate triumphed in the Guardian first film award. Director Clio Ba...

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