Awards
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2009's Awards as presented by the WildRivers 101 Film Festival: | |
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Best Local Documentary:One More Line, by Carrie Grant (U.S.) and John Howarth (U.K.)The exhibit runs in honor of One More Line, a documentary about Mays and his work. Director Carrie Grant describes it thus: "Jack Mays sits on Main Street for 15 years with his white plastic chair and drawing board. Sometimes, he sits for two years in one spot, seven days a week, 12 hours a day, drawing every detail ... He works constantly, producing a unique interpretation of small-town life, creating a body of over 400 drawings. "Diagnosed with inoperable cancer, Jack is given three months to live. Townspeople organize a living wake, and three years later he has outlived his death sentence ... "The film is a journal of a small town through the eyes of one man who had the patience and discipline to sit still for more than a decade, drawing one line at a time, as the life stories of a town emerge on paper. But the heart of the film is about finding one's place within a community, and maintaining the sense of belonging to that community." | |
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Independent Spirit Award:Robert Gosse (U.S.)Writer/Director, recently directed I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell(2009) Bob Gosse founded independent film company The Shooting Gallery with Larry Meistrich in 1991. His collaborators included Hal Hartley, Ted Hope, Nick Gomez and Michael Almereyda. The company’s first feature was Gomez’ Laws of Gravity (1992). It gained wide notice for a low-budget, independent production and impressed not only critics but filmmakers—Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee, Sidney Lumet, and Woody Allen. At The Shooting Gallery, Gosse supported other first-time filmmakers including Morgan J. Freeman, Danny Leiner and Billy Bob Thornton. In 1995, Gosse directed his first film- Niagara, Niagara, which premiered to critical acclaim. In 2001, Gosse released Julie Johnson, starring Lili Taylor, Courtney Love, Mischa Barton and Spalding Grey. This past September Bob’s newest film, an adaptation of the controversial book, I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, hit screens across the United States. |
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Chrysalis Award:Benoit and Julien Decallion (France)Chrysalis Award Winners (Sodium Babies -2009) Big Screen's sensational vampire thriller, "Sodium Babies," and the award winning, action packed film, "Target Practice," have also received additional festival attention and awards. "Sodium Babies," directed by the French directing team, The Deka Brothers, is piling up stellar reviews: http://taliesinttlg.blogspot.com/2009/08/sodium-babies-review.html |
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Youth Champion Award:Glenis Giles (New Zealand)Glenis has worked as a producer of film and television projects over the last twenty years through her company Oliver Giles Productions. She has been at the forefront of cross-media development with her 13 part science series for kids, QTV - featuring interviews with scientists and technologists throughout New Zealand. Her most recent film, Mokopuna, was directed by Ainsley Gardiner and won a medal at the Vancouver Indigeouns Film Festival. She has worked on many projects with director Clare O'Leary, they formed Gogo Media in 2007. They are currently working on a documentary about Wellington 88 year old artist, Gordon Crook. See more info at www.olivergiles.co.nzwww.qteam.co.nz
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Global Vision Award:Clare O'LearyClare O'Leary is a documentary filmmaker and digital strategist from New Zealand. Her film, Michael King: A Moment in Time is a documentary about the New Zealand writer Michael King who wrote many books about Maori leaders, Maori culture, the art of 'moko' or facial tatooing and New Zealand cultural and literary history. In this documentary, King discusses the effect of colonisation on New Zealand and the ongoing relationship between Maori and Pakeha (non-Maori) in New Zealand. He was also instrumental in getting one of the first indigenous documentary series about Maori culture onto mainstream television, Tangata Whenua (The People of the Land). He was killed in a car accident with his wife in 2004 and this film is a tribute to him and his work. See more info at www.gogomedia.co.nz and www.nzonscreen.com |