Announcing the winners of the "Best of the Midwest Awards"
Submitted by PatrickMcD on December 4, 2008 - 12:29pm.
Patrick McDonald reports on the events and the winners.
CHICAGO, IL – As a follow-up to yesterday’s article, here are the list of winners from December 2nd’s “Best of the Midwest Awards,” which recognizes the filmmakers and films from 2008 who participated in the Midwest Independent Film Festival, first Tuesdays every month at the Landmark Cinema in Chicago.
The festival’s representing director, Mike McNamara, was master of ceremonies for the sold out event. Presenters included Sun-Times columnist/TV movie host Richard Roeper, WGN-TV’s entertainment guru, Dean Richards, and The Director of the Illinois Film Office, Betsy Steinberg.
Chicago film luminaries in attendance included John McNaughton, director of “Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer,” Steve James, creator of the famed documentary “Hoop Dreams” and Tim Evans of Steppenwolf Theater’s Film Division.
The packed-in and celebratory crowd watched Mike McNamara and the presenters announce the winners of the following awards…
Best Music Video
Game of Love, directed by Ruth Leitman for The Redwalls
Best Documentary
America the Beautiful, directed by Darryl Roberts
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Best Short Film
Train Town, directed by Keith Bearden
Best Editing
Leslie Simmer, In the Family
Best Actor
John C. Reilly, The Promotion
Best Actress
Virginia Madsen, Diminished Capacity
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Best Cinematography
John Luker, Grant Weiss and Joey Domaracki, Trilogy
Best Director
Steve Conrad, The Promotion
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Best Feature
The Promotion, directed by Steve Conrad
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Steve James
Steve James (who’s mentioned in Patrick McDonald’s excellent Midwest Independent Film Festival roundup above) is also the director of the excellent documentary “At the Death House Door”.
I interviewed him in Chicago in 2008 and appeared live with him on the Mancow show. If you haven’t checked out that documentary, it’s one you won’t soon forget.
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