Winners Announced For 2014 Los Angeles Film Festival
Dave Boyle's Man From Reno, Debra Granik's Stray Dog & Damian John Harper's Los Ángeles Win Jury Awards
Kerem Sanga's The Young Kieslowski, Geeta V. Patel and Ravi V. Patel's Meet the Patels and Pernille Fischer Christensen's Someone You Love Win Audience Awards
Best Performance, Short Film and Music Video Award Winners Also Revealed
Sloan Fast Track Grant Awarded to Operator
Winner of the Funny Or Die Competition Also Announced
Tilda Swinton at the Los Angeles Film Festival Opening Night Red Carpet Premiere of 'Snowpiercer'.
LOS ANGELES,
June 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the
Los Angeles Film Festival, in conjunction with Presenting Media Sponsor the
Los Angeles Times
and Host Partner Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE announced the jury and
audience award winners for the 2014 Festival at the Awards Cocktail
Reception. Actor
Vincent Piazza of
Jersey Boys was on hand to present the awards. The Awards Cocktail Reception was sponsored by
Loyola Marymount University's School of Film and Television. The
Los Angeles Film Festival ran from
Wednesday, June 11 to
Thursday, June 19 in downtown Los Angeles.
'Snowpiercer' Director Bong Joon-ho addresses the audience before the premiere.
"This year the
Los Angeles Film
Festival reached a new high, thanks to the audiences who packed theaters
in support of the films. We're so proud of every single film and
celebrate the winners!" said Festival Director
Stephanie Allain.
The juried awards of the
Los Angeles Film Festival are the Narrative Award, the Documentary Award and the LA Muse Award, each carrying an unrestricted
$5,000 cash prize for the winning film's director. The winners of the short film awards each receive a
$1,500
cash prize. The awards were established by the Festival to encourage
independent filmmakers to pursue their artistic ambitions.
"Huge thanks to our wonderful juries, whose enthusiasm and diligence
was remarkable. There were so many outstanding movies in the competition
this year, which made the jurors' job difficult. Congratulations to the
winners—and to all the filmmakers who helped make the Festival a
rousing success," said Artistic Director
David Ansen.
The
Narrative Award recognizes the finest narrative film in competition at the Festival and went to
Dave Boyle for
Man From Reno, which made its World Premiere at the Festival. The
Documentary Award recognizes the finest documentary film in competition at the Festival and went to
Debra Granik for
Stray Dog, which made its World Premiere at the Festival. An honorable mention was also bestowed upon
Eliza Kubarska's Walking Under Water, which made its US premiere at the Festival. The inaugural
LA Muse Award sponsored by Fox Audience Strategy goes to
Damian John Harper for his film
Los Ángeles, which had its International Premiere at the Festival.
The
Los Angeles Film Festival also awarded an unrestricted
$1,500 cash prize to each short film category. The recipient for the
Award for Best Narrative Short Film went to
The Runaway, directed by
Jean-Bernard Marlin. The
Award for Best Documentary Short Film went to The Queen, directed by
Manuel Abramovich. The
Award for Best Animated or Experimental Short Film went to
Butter Lamp, directed by Hu Wei. The Shorts Program Awards are funded by HBO.
The
Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature went to
The Young Kieslowski, directed by
Kerem Sanga, and the
Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature went to
Meet the Patels, directed by
Geeta V. Patel and Ravi V. Patel. Someone You Love by
Pernille Fischer Christensen won the
Audience Award for Best International Feature.
The
Audience Award for Best Short Film went to
The Gunfighter, directed by
Eric Kissack. Turn Down For What: Lil John and DJ Snake, directed by
Daniels with music by
Lil John and DJ Snake, won the
Audience Award for Best Music Video.
The narrative jury consists of director
Destin Daniel Cretton (Short Term 12,
I Am Not A Hipster), who won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature in 2013, producer
Stuart Cornfeld (
Zoolander, Blades of Glory, Kafka, Dodgeball, The Fly, Tropic Thunder) and film critic
Ella Taylor (NPR,
Variety,
The Wrap,
The New York Times Arts & Leisure,
LA Weekly,
The Village Voice). The documentary jury is comprised of editor
Lynzee Klingman (Hearts and Minds, A River Runs Through It, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, War of the Roses), Spirit Award-winning director Margaret Film Independent (
The Great Invisible, The Order Of Myths, Be Here To Love Me: A Film about Townes Van Zandt) and film critic and author
Justin Chang (LAFCA, Variety). The LA Muse jury includes award-winning composer/singer-songwriter
Kathryn Bostic (
Middle of Nowhere, Make a Wish, I Will Follow, Dear White People), writer/director/producer
Maryam Keshavarz (
Circumstance, Dog Sweat, The Day I Died), Executive Vice President, Fox Audience Strategy Nicole Bernard and director
Kevin Bray (
Walking Tall, All About the Benjamins, Linewatch). The shorts jury consists of screenwriter/actor/director
Todd Berger (
It's a Disaster, The Scenesters), Film Independent Spirit Award winning writer/director
Kyle Patrick Alvarez (
C.O.G., Easier with Practice) and casting director
Julia Kim (
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Get Shorty, Bedazzled, But I'm a Cheerleader), who won the Film Independent Spirit Awards Robert Altman Award for Casting Director and Best Ensemble Cast for the film
Starlet in 2013.
Also announced earlier at the festival were the Fast Track grants
winners which Film Independent selects and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
sponsors. The Fast Track program is an intensive, three-day
film-financing market that connects participants with established
financiers, production companies, agents, managers and other film
industry professionals who can move their current projects forward.
Filmmakers
Logan Kibens and
Felipe Dieppa's Operator won the Sloan Fast Track Grant, a
$15,000
production grant. In addition to participation in Fast Track, as part
of the Sloan Foundation grant, the filmmakers will also receive
year-round support from Film Independent.
This year marked a special collaboration with Funny Or Die for the
Make 'em LAFF
internet talent competition to discover content creators of color and
underrepresented voices who specialize in comedy. The winner was
selected by a jury comprised of Funny Or Die founder
Chris Henchy, writer/producer/director
Issa Rae (
Awkward Black Girl) and comedians Hannibal Buress and
Kumail Nanjiani. The winner is
Suzi Yoonessi's Olive and Mocha: Fast Times at Sugar High.
Yoonessi will have her next video produced by Funny Or Die and receive a
talent hold deal with a cash prize presented by Fox Audience Strategy.
Under the deal, she will be presented across the Fox entertainment
businesses.
Now in its 20
th year, the
Los Angeles
Film Festival showcases diversity, innovation and uniqueness of vision
in new American and international cinema and is produced by Film
Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that also produces the Film
Independent Spirit Awards and Film Independent at LACMA Film Series.
The 2014 Festival screened nearly 200 feature films, shorts and music
videos, representing 40 countries, along with signature programs such as
the Filmmaker Retreat, Music in Film at The GRAMMY Museum®, Master
Classes supported by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and
launching at this year's festival is a special section called LA Muse
focused on the city of
Los Angeles as an inspiration for filmmakers and artists.
The
Los Angeles Film Festival kicked off on
Wednesday, June 11 with the North American premiere of
Bong Joon-ho's Snowpiercer and will close tonight with
Clint Eastwood's Jersey Boys. Gala Screenings included
Love is Strange, The Two Faces of January and
Dear White People. The 2014 Los Angeles Film Festival Guest Director was
Lisa Cholodenko; she was also the recipient of the inaugural
Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award. This year's
Spirit of Independence Award was bestowed upon Sony Pictures Classics'
Tom Bernard and
Michael Barker.
The
Los Angeles Film Festival is a
qualifying festival in all categories for the Film Independent Spirit
Awards and for the Narrative and Animated Short Film categories at the
Academy Awards.
Awards were given out in the following categories:
Narrative Award (for Best Narrative Feature)
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Winner:
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Man From Reno, directed by Dave Boyle
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Producer:
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Ko Mori
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Cast:
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Ayako Fujitani, Pepe Serna, Kazuki Kitamura
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Film Description: A stranger in the increasingly strange city of
San Francisco,
Japanese crime novelist Aki is unsure of precisely what role she has to
play in a real-life murder mystery involving ambiguous MacGuffins and
amorphous identities. Unfolding in lonely places such as bookshops and
hotel bars,
Dave Boyle's moody thriller uncovers exhilarating new takes on genre conventions. Consequently, it's an alluring
homme fatal
who supplies Aki with the breadcrumb trail of clues that entices her
into a labyrinthine plot of sinister dealings. In turn, the aging
sheriff (veteran character actor
Pepe Serna,
fantastic in a rare leading role), who should rightfully be riding to
her rescue, proves to be equally out of his depth. The game is afoot,
the chase is exhilarating and the stakes are perilously high in this
inspired neo-noir.
The Narrative Award carries an unrestricted cash prize of
$5,000.
The award recognizes the finest narrative film in competition and is
given to the director. A special jury selects the winner, and all
narrative feature-length films screening in the Narrative Competition
section were eligible.
In bestowing
Dave Boyle with the Narrative Award, the Jury stated:
"
Man From Reno tells a
complicated story in a straightforward confident manner. Its exploration
of barriers of age, language and success set against a noir plot line
infuses a pop energy into the well observed portrayal of its unique
characters."
Documentary Award (for Best Documentary Feature)
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Winner:
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Stray Dog, directed by Debra Granik
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Producer:
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Anne Rosellini
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Featuring:
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Ron 'Stray Dog' Hall, Alicia Soriano Hall, Felipe Angel Padilla Soriano, Felipe de Jesús Padilla Soriano
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Film Description:
Winter's Bone director
Debra Granik's
searching, stereotype-shattering documentary focuses on Ron "Stray Dog"
Hall. At first glance, this burly, bearded biker looks like one badass
dude. Then, through Granik's incisive, sympathetic eye, we begin to see
his big, battle-scarred heart. The movie follows Stray Dog as he
caravans on his Harley from his rural
Missouri home to
Washington, D.C.
with his fellow vets to pay tribute to his fallen brothers at the
Vietnam Memorial. Back home, he takes in his Mexican wife and her two
sons, who are, like him, struggling to find a place in a country that
has become foreign.
Stray Dog is at once a powerful look at the
veteran experience, a surprising love story and a fresh exploration of
what it takes to survive in the hardscrabble heartland of America.
The Documentary Award carries an unrestricted cash prize of
$5,000.
The award recognizes the finest documentary film in competition, and is
given to the director. A special jury selects the winner, and all
documentary feature-length films screening in the Documentary
Competition section were eligible. The Documentary Competition is
sponsored by
Loyola Marymount University's School of Film and Television.
In bestowing
Debra Granik with the Documentary Award, the Jury stated:
"The Documentary Award goes to a beautifully crafted observational
portrait that addresses, with love, empathy and humor, some of the
issues we struggle with as a country today, such as PTSD, immigration
and poverty. Never lecturing, but instead revealing an intimate glimpse
of a man's family and his compassionate, troubled heart, the winner of
the documentary grand jury prize is
Debra Granik's Stray Dog."
Documentary Award
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Honorable Mention:
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Walking Under Water, directed by Eliza Kubarska
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Producer:
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Monika Braid
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Film Description: In the crystal clear waters off the coast of
Borneo,
a unique way of life threatens to disappear forever. For generations,
the Badjao were oceanic nomads, living in harmony with the sea as
fishermen and free divers. Nowadays, however, only a few Badjao remain,
like Alexan, who still remembers the old ways. He hopes to pass his
knowledge along to his ten-year-old nephew Sari, but time and
opportunities are running out. Sari loves the sea, but it can only offer
a hard life of subsistence fishing, while the nearby tourist resort
sings a siren song of easy money. Through the sensitive direction of
Eliza Kubarska and remarkable underwater cinematography,
Walking Under Water provides a haunting portrait of timeless traditions struggling to survive in the modern world.
In bestowing Eliza Kubarska with the Honorable Mention, the Jury stated:
"For its deeply moving account of human struggle in the natural and
spirit worlds, told with both harrowing immediacy and stunning visual
poetry, an honorable mention goes to Eliza Kubarska's
Walking Under Water."
LA Muse Award
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Winner:
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Los Ángeles by Damian John Harper
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Producers:
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Jonas Weydemann, Jakob D. Weydemann
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Cast:
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Mateo Bautísta Matías, Marcos Rodriguez Ruíz, Lidia García, Daniel Bautista, Donaciano Bautista Matías
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Film Description:
The perilous ambitions for a better life weigh heavy on the youth of a Zapotec community in rural
Oaxaca.
Young Mateo
plans to raise money for the coyote who will smuggle him across the
border and ingratiates himself with the local gang, seeking protection
on the other side. Yet when his conscience catches up with him, not even
the fearless mothers of their agrarian village can protect him. Forced
to gather his courage and embark on a suicidal journey, Mateo's goal
becomes less a physical destination and more a dangerous rite of
passage.
Damian John Harper's directorial
debut subverts the conventions of the gang genre and transcends the
ethnographic approach by knitting together the multiple perspectives of
his diverse characters, who are magnetically played by non-actors.
The LA Muse Award carries an unrestricted cash prize of
$5,000. A special jury selects the winner, and all LA Muse films were eligible.
In bestowing Damian John Harper with the LA Muse Award, the Jury stated:
"Our Jury Award goes to
Los Ángeles, directed by
John Damian Harper,
for its cinematic, acute ethnographic observations, featuring an
amazing cast of indigenous actors, whose performances strengthen the
mesmerizing story of a community held hostage by the American dream."
Best Performance in the Narrative Competition
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Winner:
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The Ensemble Cast of Recommended by Enrique, directed by Rania Attieh and Daniel García
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Producers:
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Rania Attieh, Daniel García, Ivan Eibuszyc, Mahalia Cohen, Alice Kharoubi
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Cast:
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Lino Vareia, Sarah Swinwood
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Film Description:
An aspiring
Hollywood
actress working on her first feature--a no-budget horror flick oddly
crewed by enthusiastic teenagers--and a cowboy on a mysterious job
arrive in the small border town of
Del Rio, Texas,
each with their own very clear agenda. When the starlet's film director
and the cowboy's associate both fail to appear, however, there's
nothing to do but wait and see.
Dusty Del Rio
quickly becomes a strange way station where time seems to stand still
and things are not what they seem. Basing their film on an amusing,
bizarre true story they delight in elaborating on, filmmakers
Rania Attieh and
Daniel Garcia and their brilliant cast of newcomers weave a mesmerizing, witty fable that blurs the borders between dreams and reality.
In bestowing the ensemble cast of Recommended by Enrique with the Best Performance Award, the jury stated:
"We recognize the freshness and wacked-out spontaneity of the ensemble cast of
Recommended by Enrique."
Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature
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Winner:
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The Young Kieslowski, directed by Kerem Sanga
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Producers:
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Seth Caplan, Danny Leiner, Dave Hunter, Ross Putman
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Cast:
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Ryan Malgarini, Haley Lu Richardson, Joshua Malina, Melora Walters, James Le Gros, Osric Chau, Jessica Lu, John Redlinger
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Film Description: Grand romantic gestures need not apply in this
comedic tale of star-crossed young love. Instead, freshman Brian
Kieslowski displays endless reserves of bumbling awkwardness as he goes
home with a girl for the first time... and then learns that he got her
pregnant... with twins... all while she's going through a rather
inconvenient Christianity phase. Could it be that being the good guy and
doing what's right are two very different things? With writer/director
Kerem Sanga presenting a seriocomic gauntlet for them to negotiate,
Ryan Malgarini and
Haley Lu Richardson
deliver delightfully nimble performances, hitting all the right
off-notes as two kids in just over their heads, whose luck seems as bad
as their instincts. The fates may have conspired to prematurely drag
them into adulthood, but they intend on going kicking and screaming.
This award is given to the narrative feature audiences liked most as
voted by a tabulated rating system. Select narrative feature-length
films screening in the following sections were eligible for the Audience
Award for Best Narrative Feature: Galas, Narrative Competition,
International Showcase, Summer Showcase, LA Muse, Community Screenings
and The Beyond.
Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature
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Winner:
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Meet the Patels, directed by Geeta V. Patel and Ravi V. Patel
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Producers:
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Janet Eckholm, Geeta V. Patel
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Featuring:
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Ravi V. Patel, Vasant K. Patel, Champa V. Patel
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Film Description: Largely inexperienced in the art of courtship, L.A.-based actor
Ravi Patel
is suddenly thrown into the deep end of the dating pool when he
reluctantly consents to letting his parents find him an ideal Indian
bride. As he embarks on a multi-date tour across
North America,
however, the self-effacing suitor can't help but wonder whether his
quest represents a laudable acceptance of cherished traditions or a
pathetic surrender to his own deep-seated insecurities. Co-directed by
Ravi and his sister Geeta, this sharp, funny documentary is fueled by
the comic banter and confessional asides that can transpire only between
siblings. Meanwhile, their doting parents are the sort of
larger-than-life characters that most
Hollywood screenwriters can only dream of creating. If only all family videos were this enthralling and packed with plot twists.
This award is given to the documentary feature audiences liked most
as voted by a tabulated rating system. Select documentary feature-length
films screening in the following sections were eligible for the
Audience Award for Best Documentary
Feature: Documentary Competition, International Showcase, Summer Showcase, LA Muse and Community Screenings.
Audience Award for Best International Feature
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Winner:
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Someone You Love, directed by Pernille Fischer Christensen
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Country:
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Denmark
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Producers:
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Vinca Wiedemann, Sisse Graum Jørgensen
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Cast:
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Mikael Persbrandt, Trine Dyrholm, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Sofus Rønnov, Eve Best
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Film Description: After many years living in L.A., a world-famous,
hard-living Danish singer-songwriter (think a Nordic Leonard Cohen)
returns to his homeland to record a new album. Solitary, self-absorbed
and nursing his hard-won sobriety, he holes up in a luxurious country
home and buries himself in his music, his only passion in life. His
solitude is rudely interrupted by the arrival of his troubled,
coke-snorting daughter, who deposits her 11-year-old son in his lap.
Mikael Persbrandt is extraordinary as the gravel-voiced egotist forced
to rediscover his deeply buried humanity in award-winning Danish
director
Pernille Fischer Christensen's moving, immaculately crafted family drama.
This award is given to the international feature audiences liked most
as voted by a tabulated rating system. Select international
feature-length films, both narrative and documentary, screening in the
following sections were eligible for the Audience Award for Best
International Feature: Narrative Competition, Documentary Competition,
International Showcase, Summer Showcase and The Beyond.
Award for Best Narrative Short Film
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Winner:
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The Runaway, directed by Jean-Bernard Marlin. France.
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Producer:
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Valentine de Bligniéres
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Cast:
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Adel Bencherif, Médina Yalaoui
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Description: A youth worker tries desperately to save an unstable teenage girl charged with multiple crimes.
In bestowing
Jean-Bernard Marlin the Best Narrative Short Film Award, the Jury stated:
"We were moved by this depiction of a troubled teenage delinquent
through the eyes of her youth councilor. It gave us unique insight into
this world from a different POV. Excellent direction and performances!"
Award for Best Documentary Short Film
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Winner:
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The Queen, directed by Manuel Abramovich. Argentina.
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Producer:
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Daniela Raschcovsky
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Description: A young beauty queen endures the pain of getting a massive headdress attached to her head.
In bestowing Manuel Abramovich with the Award for Best Documentary Short Film Award, the Jury stated:
"We found its use of unwavering perspective particularly unique and
incredibly effective. It's a documentary with an opinion that avoids
didacticism entirely and offers an often unseen glimpse into the behind
the scenes culture of the Carnival."
Award for Best Animated/Experimental Short Film
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Winner:
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Butter Lamp, directed by Hu Wei. China/France
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Producer:
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Julien Féret
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Cast:
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Genden Punstock
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Description: Cultures clash as traditional Tibetan families pose in front of backdrops of far away locales.
In bestowing
Hu Wei with the Award for Best Animated or Experimental Short Film Award, the Jury stated:
"Blurring the line between fiction and reality and telling a
insightful, moving story in an unconventional way is what really set
this film apart. With a camera that never moves, no named characters,
and no discernible plot, the film manages to take a simple, experimental
idea and in only a few minutes make a powerful statement about family,
tradition, and impending technological changes encroaching on a small
community."
Audience Award for Best Short Film
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Winner:
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The Gunfighter, directed by Eric Kissack
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Producer:
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Sarah Platt
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Cast:
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Nick Offerman, Shawn Parsons, Scottt Beehner, Eileen O'Connell, Jordan Black
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Film Description: Characters in a Western discover each others' secrets from an evil off-screen narrator.
Awarded to the short film audiences liked most as voted on by a
tabulated rating system. Short films screening in the Shorts Programs or
before Narrative Competition, Documentary Competition, International
Showcase, LA Muse or The Beyond feature-length screenings were eligible
for the Audience Award for Best Short Film.
Audience Award for Best Music Video
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Winner:
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Turn Down For What: Lil Jon and DJ Snake directed by Daniels
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Music:
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Lil Jon & DJ Snake
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This award is given to the music video audiences liked most as voted on by a tabulated rating system.
To download images and clips from the winning films, please visit www.filmindependent.org and click on Press, then Press Materials.
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