Director Lenny Abrahamson on working with author Emma Donoghue to film Room

Room, from Irish director Lenny Abrahamson, already looks like one of the best films of 2016, writes Helen Barlow

BY THE time Lenny Abrahamson’s Room took the top prize at the Toronto Film Festival in September, the word was already out that the Irish director’s fifth feature could be a strong Oscar contender.

Before those Academy Award nominations are announced on January 14, we’ll also find out next Sunday whether the adaptation of Emma Donoghue’s book has taken any of the three Golden Globes it is up for.