A press release was sent out by Fox Searchlight on Friday that they had acquired the North American distribution rights to John Carney's Irish musical Once, starring musical collaborators Glen Hansard of The Frames and Marteka Irgolva from Czechoslovakia. The film has been the talk of the Sundance Film Festival, having won the Audience Award in the World Dramatic competition.

ComingSoon.net conducted interviews with director John Carney and singer/lead actor Glen Hansard at the Sundance Film Festival, which can be read here. The full press release can be read by clicking on the link below.