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Independent film coming soon - Red Roses and Petrol

steph — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:44:08 -0700

I was searching on some websites related to independent movies and I found the movie “Red Roses and Petrol”. They say that it opened in LA and NY and is coming out soon in Chicago where I am living. What do you think about it?? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0357091/

HollywoodChicago.com interview: Israeli filmmaker Adi Refaeli on 'Crash'-like film 'Empathy'

HollywoodChicago.com — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:32:47 -0700

HollywoodChicago.com film critic Patrick McDonald has interviewed first-time writer and director Adi Refaeli on her new “Crash”-like film “Empathy,” which will screen in Chicago twice this weekend. Refaeli said in the Chicago interview:

I was inspired to do the story when a similar instance from the film happened to me. I was driving my car with my husband and we were sitting at a red light. Before the light turned green, someone started honking their horn behind me.

My husband and I started thinking about why the driver behind us would do something like that. Maybe his wife was having a baby or something else. Suddenly, instead of getting angry, I wanted to help him. I felt empathy toward him.

Click here to read Patrick McDonald’s full interview
on “Empathy” in our news section!

HollywoodChicago.com film review: Brazilian indie 'The Year My Parents Went on Vacation'

HollywoodChicago.com — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:54:51 -0700

HollywoodChicago.com film critic Patrick McDonald wrote in his 4.0 out of 5.0 review of the new Brazilian indie “The Year My Parents Went on Vacation”:

Film is often at its best when it offers a “window to the world” or surprising and personal stories about other countries and cultures dealing with issues that life in the U.S. never imagines. “The Year My Parents Went on Vacation” is a meticulous, fascinating and tender story of Brazil in 1970 when revolution was in the air and the World Cup was the hope of bringing a country back together.

Click here to read Patrick McDonald’s full review
of “The Year My Parents Went on Vacation” in our reviews section!

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Silver Screen Indie Queen: List of top five Irish actors!

HollywoodChicago.com — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:05:36 -0700

Rachel Faith – the Hollywood-based Silver Screen Indie Queen for HollywoodChicago.com – has just published her list of the top five Irish actors just following this year’s St. Patrick’s Day. Click here to see who made the list!

HollywoodChicago.com reviews Brazilian slum film 'City of Men' from 'City of God' producers

HollywoodChicago.com — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:20:23 -0700

HollywoodChicago.com film critic Adam Fendelman says in his 4.0 out of 5.0 review of the new Brazilian slum film “City of Men” from the producers of the Academy Award-nominated film “City of God”:

The plight of the people in the hard-hitting Brazilian film “City of Men” is akin with its plight to make you aware it even exists.

Click here to read Adam Fendelman’s full review
of “City of Men” in our reviews section!

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Landmark Theatres release schedule in Chicago as of Feb. 25, 2008

HollywoodChicago.com — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 01:13:30 -0700

I just received the following updated information for movies opening in Chicago from Landmark Theatres. This information is current as of Feb. 25, 2008.

CENTURY CENTRE CINEMA

February 29, 2008

CHICAGO 10 / NR – 99 / Roadside
Writer/director Brett Morgen’s (The Kid Stays in the Picture) unique perspective on contemporary history mixes bold animation with extraordinary archival footage as it explores the Chicago Conspiracy Trial of Abbie Hoffman, Tom Hayden, Jerry Rubin, Bobby Seale and others. At the 1968 Democratic Convention, protestors repeatedly clashed with a Chicago Police department that waged a week-long terror campaign, resulting in riots witnessed live by a television audience of over 50 million. Set to the music of revolution, it’s the story of young Americans speaking out and taking a stand in the face of an oppressive and armed government. Featuring the voices of Hank Azaria, Dylan Baker, Nick Nolte, Mark Ruffalo, Roy Scheider, Liev Schreiber and Jeffrey Wright.

March 7, 2008

THE BAND’S VISIT / PG13 – 89 / Sony Classics
This gentle culture-clash comedy, the debut feature of writer/director Eran Kolirin, is winner of 8 Israeli Film Academy Awards. When the Alexandria, Egypt police band gets lost on their way to inaugurate an Arab Cultural Center, they end up stranded in a remote Israeli town, where the residents reluctantly put them up for the night. Sasson Gabai plays the band’s stoic conductor, Saleh Bakri a suave ladies man, and Ronit Elkabetz a sexy café owner who finds them a challenge. With a deadpan humor reminiscent of Jacques Tati and Jim Jarmusch, the film sweetly embraces a hope for peace and understanding. (Fully subtitled)
http://www.thebandsvisit.com/intro.html

THE YEAR MY PARENTS WENT ON VACATION / NR – TBD / City Lights Pictures – Tentative Date!
Set in Brazil in the turbulent year of 1970, this poignant and humorous coming of age story thrusts 12-year-old Mauro (Michel Joelsas) into a maelstrom of political and personal upheaval. When his left-wing militant parents are forced to go underground, Mauro is left in the care of his Jewish grandfather’s neighbor in Sao Paulo. Suddenly finding himself an exile in his own country, he is forced to create an ersatz family from the religiously diverse and colorful population of his new neighborhood. Mauro befriends tomboyish, street smart Hanna (Daniela Piepszyk) and develops a crush on Irene (Liliana Castro), a pretty waitress. Irene works in a local bar where everyone—including Mauro, an ardent soccer fan—gathers to watch iconic star Pelé in the 1970 World Cup championship which Mauro hopes to watch with his parents if they return to Brazil in time. (Fully subtitled)

MISS PETTIGREW LIVES FOR A DAY / PG13 – 92 / Focus
Set in 1939 London, this sophisticated and heartfelt comedy stars Frances McDormand as Miss Guinevere Pettigrew, a middle-aged governess who is catapulted into the glamorous and dizzying world of an American actress and singer, Delysia Lafosse (Amy Adams). Taking her “social secretary” assignment to heart, she tries to help her new friend Delysia navigate a love life and career, both of which are complicated by the three men in Delysia’s orbit: a devoted pianist (Lee Pace), an intimidating nightclub owner (Mark Strong) and an impressionable junior impresario (Tom Payne). Miss Pettigrew herself is blushingly drawn to the gallant Joe (Ciarán Hinds), a successful designer who is tenuously engaged to haughty fashion maven Edythe (Shirley Henderson)—the one person who senses that the new “social secretary” may be out of her element, and schemes to undermine her. Over the next 24 hours, Guinevere and Delysia will empower each other to discover their romantic destinies.
http://www.focusfeatures.com/home.html

March 14, 2008

CARAMEL / PG13 – 92 / Roadside
In Beirut, five women meet regularly in a beauty salon, a colorful and sensual microcosm of the city where several generations come into contact, talk and confide in each other. Layale loves Rabih, but Rabih is married. Nisrine is Muslim and her forthcoming marriage poses a problem: she is no longer a virgin. Rima is tormented by her attraction to women and especially to a lovely client with long hair. Jamale is refusing to grow old. Rose has sacrificed her life to take care of her elderly sister. In the salon, their intimate and liberated conversations revolve around men, sex and motherhood, between haircuts and sugar waxing with caramel. Directed and co-written by Nadine Labaki, who also stars as Layale. (Fully subtitled)

PARANOID PARK / R – 80 / IFC First Take
Writer/director Gus Van Sant (Drugstore Cowboy, My Own Private Idaho) continues his exploration of alienated youth in the freewheeling style of his recent Palme d’Or winner Elephant and Last Days. Through a non-linear structure that slots together like a puzzle, Van Sant reveals the panicked mindset of a boy under great stress. Inarticulate teen skateboard punk Alex (Gabe Nevins) is somehow involved in the death of a security guard in a railway yard near the makeshift skateboarding zone the kids call Paranoid Park. But what crime did he commit, if any? The fluid camera work of Christopher Doyle (In the Mood For Love) weaves an intimate, mesmerizing atmosphere, contrasting gorgeous 35mm images with Super 8 skateboarding sequences. Based on the novel by Blake Nelson.

March 21, 2008

SNOW ANGELS / R – 106 / Warner Independent
A story of love lost and found in a small town, Snow Angels is a heartrending portrayal of three couples in various stages of life, orbiting around each other in search of connection and meaning. An unexpected act of violence disrupts the lives of these intertwined couples, revealing the profound moments in which they each realize how precarious and remarkable life can be. Starring Sam Rockwell, Kate Beckinsale, Michael Angarano, Griffin Dunne, Amy Sedaris and Olivia Thirlby. Written and directed by David Gordon Green (Undertow, All the Real Girls), based on the novel by Stewart O’Nan.

CJ7 / PG– 86 / Sony Classics
From Stephen Chow, director and star of Kung Fu Hustle and Shaolin Soccer, comes a new comedy featuring his trademark slapstick antics. Ti (Chow) is a poor father who works every day to make sure his son Dicky (Xu Jiao) can attend an elite private school. Despite his father’s good intentions, Dicky, with his tattered clothes and lack of “cool” toys, stands out from his schoolmates like a sore thumb. When Ti finds a mysterious orb and brings it home for Dicky to play with, the orb turns out to be a bizarre “pet” with extraordinary powers. Armed with his “CJ7,” Dicky seizes this chance to overcome his poor background and impress his fellow schoolmates for the first time in his life. But CJ7 has other ideas and when Dicky brings it to class chaos ensues. (Fully subtitled)

March 28, 2008

FLAWLESS (2008) / PG13 – 100 / Magnolia
From director Michael Radford (THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, IL POSTINO) comes FLAWLESS, a clever diamond-heist thriller set in swinging 1960s London. Demi Moore plays Laura Quinn, a bright, driven and beautiful executive at the London Diamond Corporation who finds herself frustrated by a glass ceiling after years of faithful employment, as man after man is promoted ahead of her despite her greater experience. Michael Caine is Hobbs, the nighttime janitor at London Diamond who is virtually invisible to the executives that work there, but over the years has amassed a startling amount of knowledge about how the company runs. Hobbs has his own bone to pick with London Diamond. Observing Laura’s frustration, he convinces her to help him execute an ingenious plan to steal a hefty sum in diamonds. But unbeknownst to Laura, Hobbs plans go even farther than he’s let on, and together they set in motion a thrilling heist of dizzying proportions, the likes of which London has never seen.
http://www.magpictures.com/

April 4, 2008

PRICELESS (HORS DE PRIX) / PG 13 – 104 / IDP Films
Jean (Gad Elmaleh), a shy young bartender, is mistaken for a millionaire by a beautiful seductress named Irene (Audrey Tautou). When Irene discovers his true identity, she abandons him, only to find that a love-struck Jean has no intention of letting her get away. Jean’s comical attempts to gain her affections gradually evolve into setting himself up as a gigolo at a luxury hotel, until Irene finally starts to warm to her persistent, persuasive suitor. Against the wildly atmospheric backdrop of the south of France, Pierre Salvadori (APRES VOUS) directs this sexy and thoroughly charming romantic comedy, which is a fresh re-imagining of the cinema classic, BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S.

April 18, 2008

THE VISITOR / Not Rated – TBD / Overture Films
In a world of six billion people, it only takes one to change your life. In actor and filmmaker Tom McCarthy’s follow-up to his award winning directorial debut The Station Agent, Richard Jenkins (Six Feet Under) stars as a disillusioned Connecticut economics professor whose life is transformed by a chance encounter in New York City.
http://www.overturefilms.net/

LIFE BEFORE HER EYES / NR – TBD / Magnolia
Oscar-nominee Uma Thurman plays a suburban wife and mother who begins to question her seemingly perfect life and perhaps her sanity on the 15th anniversary of a tragic high school shooting that took the life of her best friend. In flashbacks, Diana is a vibrant high schooler (played by Evan Rachel Wood of THIRTEEN and THE UPSIDE OF ANGER) who, with her shy best friend Maureen, plot typical teenage strategies, cutting class, fantasizing about boys and vow to leave their sleepy suburb at the first opportunity. The older Diana, however, is haunted by the increasingly strained relationship she had with Maureen as day of the school shooting approached. These memories disrupt the idyllic life she’s now leading with her professor husband Paul and their young daughter Emma. As older Diana’s life begins to unravel and younger Diana gets closer and closer to the fatal day, a deeper mystery slowly unravels. Based on the best-selling novel by Laura Kasischke.
http://www.magpictures.com/

May 30, 2008

OSS 117: CAIRO, NEST OF SPIES / NR – 99

RENAISSANCE PLACE CINEMA

(The majority of these films are not exclusive and will open with other area theatres)

February 29, 2008

CHICAGO 10 / NR – 99 / Roadside

THE COUNTERFEITERS / R – 99 / Sony Classics
The true story of Salomon Sorowitsch (Karl Markovics), counterfeiter extraordinaire and bohemian. After getting arrested in a German concentration camp in 1944, he agrees to help the Nazis in an organized counterfeit operation set up to help finance the war effort. It was the biggest counterfeit money scam of all times: over £130 million in British currency was printed, under conditions that couldn’t have been more tragic or spectacular. During the last years of the war, as the German Reich saw that the end was near, the authorities decided to produce their own banknotes in the currencies of their major war enemies. At the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, two barracks were separated from the rest of the camp and transformed into a fully equipped counterfeiters workshop. “Operation Bernhard” was born. Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film. (Fully subtitled)

March 7, 2008

THE BAND’S VISIT / PG13 – 89 / Sony Classics

THE YEAR MY PARENTS WENT ON VACATION / NR – TBD / City Lights Pictures – Tentative Date!

MISS PETTIGREW LIVES FOR A DAY / PG13 – 92 / Focus

March 14, 2008

CARAMEL / PG13 – 92 / Roadside

MARRIED LIFE / PG13 – 90 / Sony Classics
Dark humor, romantic deception and stylish melodrama—with an invigorating dash of suspense—characterize this wry, unconventional fable for grown-ups about the irresistible power and utter madness of love. After decades of marital contentment, Harry (Chris Cooper) concludes that he must kill his wife Pat (Patricia Clarkson) because he loves her too much to let her suffer when he leaves her. Harry has fallen hard for the young and lovely Kay (Rachel McAdams), but his best friend Richard (Pierce Brosnan) wants to win Kay for himself. As Harry implements his maladroit plans for murdering his wife, the other characters are entangled with their own deceptions. Directed and co-written by Ira Sachs (Forty Shades of Blue).

March 28, 2008

FLAWLESS (2008) / PG13 – 100 / Magnolia

April 4, 2008

PRICELESS (HORS DE PRIX) / PG 13 – 104 / IDP Films

April 28, 2008

THE VISITOR / Not Rated – TBD / Overture Films

Production begins on new Jim Jarmusch film 'The Limits of Control'

HollywoodChicago.com — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:33:30 -0700

I just received the following statement from a Chicago publicist:

HIAM ABBASS, GAEL GARCÍA BERNAL, PAZ DE LA HUERTA, ALEX DESCAS, JOHN HURT, YOUKI KUDOH, BILL MURRAY, JEAN-FRANÇOIS STÉVENIN, TILDA SWINTON, LUIS TOSAR IN NEW FILM FROM WRITER/DIRECTOR JIM JARMUSCH; PRODUCTION UNDERWAY

NEW YORK, February 21, 2008 – Independent filmmaker Jim Jarmusch’s new film, the tentatively titled The Limits of Control, has confirmed the addition of ten actors to its cast. Mr. Jarmusch started shooting the picture, to which Focus Features has worldwide rights, in Madrid, Spain earlier this month. Focus CEO James Schamus made the announcement today.

Joining previously announced lead actor Isaach De Bankolé, in his fourth collaboration with Mr. Jarmusch, are Hiam Abbass, whose films include Munich and Paradise Now; Gael García Bernal, of Focus’ Academy Award-winning The Motorcycle Diaries; Paz De La Huerta, whose independent feature work includes the upcoming The Guitar, with Mr. De Bankolé; Alex Descas, who starred opposite Mr. De Bankolé in the “No Problem” segment of Mr. Jarmusch’s Coffee and Cigarettes; two-time Academy Award nominee John Hurt; Youki Kudoh, who starred in Mr. Jarmusch’s Mystery Train; Bill Murray, who starred in Mr. Jarmusch’s most recent film, Broken Flowers, which was also handled worldwide by Focus; Jean-François Stévenin, whose films include Brotherhood of the Wolf and The Man on the Train; Tilda Swinton, also a Broken Flowers cast member, and currently an Academy Award nominee for her performance in Michael Clayton; and Luis Tosar, whose films include Miami Vice, in which Mr. De Bankolé also appeared. Focus is co-financing the film with Entertainment Farm.

In addition to Broken Flowers, Mr. Jarmusch’s films include Permanent Vacation, Stranger Than Paradise, Down by Law, Mystery Train, Night on Earth, Dead Man, Year of the Horse, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, Coffee and Cigarettes, and the short film “INT. TRAILER. NIGHT.”

The new film is the story of a mysterious loner (to be played by Mr. De Bankolé), a stranger, whose activities remain meticulously outside the law. He is in the process of completing a job, yet he trusts no one, and his objectives are not initially divulged. The film is set in the striking and varied landscapes of contemporary Spain (both urban and otherwise).

Mr. Schamus said, “These acclaimed actors span an international spectrum of talent, and are sterling additions to this exciting new project. We have had the pleasure of collaborating with several of them previously, and eagerly anticipate their work with Jim.”

Stacey Smith, who has worked with Mr. Jarmusch for over a decade, and Gretchen McGowan (who co-produced the filmmaker’s Coffee and Cigarettes) are producing the new film. Award-winning cinematographer Christopher Doyle (In the Mood for Love) is the film’s director of photography; Eugenio Caballero, an Academy Award winner last year for his art direction of Pan’s Labryinth, is the film’s production designer. The filmmaker’s longtime collaborator Jay Rabinowitz will edit the feature. Jon Kilik (Babel) is executive-producing the film, continuing his association with Mr. Jarmusch.

President of production John Lyons and senior vice president, international production and post-production Allison Silver are overseeing the project on behalf of Focus.

Focus Features (www.focusfeatures.com) is a motion picture production, financing, and worldwide distribution company committed to bringing moviegoers the most original stories from the world’s most innovative filmmakers.

In addition to Mr. Jarmusch’s new film, current and upcoming Focus Features releases include Joe Wright’s Atonement, nominated for 7 Academy Awards, including Best Picture; Martin McDonagh’s In Bruges, starring Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, and Ralph Fiennes, which world-premiered as the Opening-Night film of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival; Bharat Nalluri’s Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, starring Frances McDormand and Amy Adams; Andrew Fleming’s irreverent comedy Hamlet 2, starring Steve Coogan; Shane Acker’s animated fantasy epic 9, starring Elijah Wood and Jennifer Connelly; Henry Selick’s stop-motion animated feature Coraline, starring Dakota Fanning and Teri Hatcher; Cary Fukunaga’s immigrant thriller Sin Nombre; Joel and Ethan Coen’s Burn After Reading, starring George Clooney, John Malkovich, Frances McDormand, and Brad Pitt; Gus Van Sant’s Milk, starring Sean Penn as Harvey Milk; and a contemporary comedy to be directed by Academy Award winner Sam Mendes.

Focus Features is part of NBC Universal, one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. Formed in May 2004 through the combining of NBC and Vivendi Universal Entertainment, NBC Universal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, and world-renowned theme parks. NBC Universal is 80% owned by General Electric and 20% owned by Vivendi.

First Kiarostami Film in Six Years Gets Star, Producer

MagnoliaFan — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:15:09 -0700

Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami, voted internationally by Film Comment as the best filmmaker of the ’90s, is making his first film in six years and outside of Iran — also a first.

“The Certified Copy” stars Juliet Binoche, says Variety.

In “Certified Copy,” Binoche will play a French art gallery owner who becomes entangled romantically with an older novelist, played by French thesp Sami Frey, as they travel around the Chianti countryside.

Pic is also said to explore the differences between original masterpiece artworks and their copies.

Italian producer Angelo Barbagallo’s Bibi Films will produce.

One of Kiarostami’s most vocal American supporters is local film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum.

Sony Pictures Classics buys Sundance winner 'The Wackness'

HollywoodChicago.com — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 02:28:18 -0700

Just in from /Film:

Please someone tell me this isn’t true. THR is reporting that Sony Pictures Classics has closed a deal for Jonathan Levine’s The Wackness. The deal is said to be in the low seven figures.

The Wackness is one of my favorite films of the festival. The buzz around Park City on shuttles and in lines, is that this is THE film of Sundance 2008. I’ve found it very strange that no studio deal has yet been announced. And while I’m very happy to finally hear that The Wackness has a deal possibly in sight, I’m torn over the mention of the potential buyer. Why? Well because Sony Pictures Classics sucks. Don’t get me wrong, they have some great films in their catalog. But it seems to me that many of these films are buried at the box office with lackluster promotion. If only every mini-major could be more like Fox Searchlight!

Let’s take a look at some of the recent Sony Pictures Classics releases, and how well they faired at the box office:

Youth Without Youth - $196,000: I don’t care how experimental or how badly reviewed this film was, Sony could have slapped ads up touting “Francis Ford Coppola’s First Film in Ten Years” or “From the Director of The Godfather”.

Persepolis - $913,000: Nominated for an academy award, but dumped in to art houses with little to no press and advertising.

My Kid Could Paint That - $229,000: One of the best documentaries of 2007 with huge free marketing appeal (in news shows, newspapers…etc)

Junebug - $2,680,000: Amy Adam’s oscar nominated break-out performance dumped.

Layer Cake - $2,340,000: A lighting quick gangster film with major cult appeal starring announced Bond replacement Daniel Craig.

In fact, the nine films which were released theatrically last year by Sony Pictures Classics, made a grand total of $6.5 million. That’s an average of $725,000 per picture. The fact that their highest box office take was The Jane Austen Book Club, which took in $3.5 million, yet cost over $6 million to produce. Compare this to Fox Searchlight, which made almost twice that of the total SPC with The Darjeeling Limited alone, which never played on more than 700 screens. Actually, only one of the eight films that Searchlight released in 2007, made less than the combined sum of Sony Pictures Classic’s 2007 catalog.

I understand that the sex and drugs themes inherent within The Wackness might pose a challenge to market, which explains why The Wackness probably settled with Sony Pictures Classics. But Levine would have had a better chance by selling the film to Fox Searchlight for $1 and taking a back-end deal. At least then maybe the film would have a chance.

I hope that Sony pictures Classics proves me wrong. I hope they market the hell out of this film. The Wackness has huge generational cult classic potential on the level of Zack Braff’s Garden State, which took in $26.8 million in the U.S. One thing is for sure, as much as I dislike Sony Pictures Classics, I will be giving this film an abundance of free marketing.

More from our Friends:

Neil at FSR: “This is probably one of the worst things that could have happened for the film.” “They are a studio that wouldn’t know what to do with a great film even if it came with a set of instructions.”

Alex from FS.net: “Sony Pictures Classics really needs to learn from Fox Searchlight if they’re going to market The Wackness and Baghead correctly, and I wish them the best of luck, because both of these need to be huge hits”

Edward Douglas of CS.net: “It’s a fun movie and could find a big audience, though it’s not the kind of movie Sony Classics usually releases, though it would be a huge turnaround for the company if they’re able to learn something from the Fox Searchlight marketing model”

List of major 2008 Sundance Film Festival award winners

HollywoodChicago.com — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 02:24:09 -0700

Just in from /Film:

The 2008 Sundance Film Festival comes to a close tomorrow, and the award winners have just been announced. Here are the major winners from this year’s festival:

Alfred P Sloan Memorial Prize: Sleep Dealer

American Cinema:
Grand Jury Dramatic: Frozen River
Dramatic Audience Award: The Wackness
Dramatic Screenwriting Award: Sleep Dealer, Alex Rivera, David Riker
Dramatic Directing Award: Lance Hammer, Ballast
Dramatic Special Jury Prize for “the Spirit of Independent Cinema”: Chusy Haney-Jardine for Anywhere, USA
Dramatic Special Jury Prize for “Work by an Ensemble Cast”: Sam Rockwell, Anjelica Huston, Kelly MacDonald and Brad Henke for Choke
Dramatic Cinematography Award: Ballast, Lol Crawley

Documentary Grand Jury Prize: Trouble the Water
Documentary Audience Award: Fields of Fuel
Documentary Directing Award: Nanette Burnstein, American Teen
Documentary Special Jury Prize: The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo
Documentary Cinematography Award: Patti Smith: Dream of Life
Documentary Editing Award: Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, Joe Bini

World Cinema:
Documentary Jury Prize: Man on Wire
Documentary Audience Award: Man on Wire
Documentary Cinematography Award: Mahmoud al Massad, Recycle
Documentary Editing Award: Irena Dol, The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins
Documentary Directing Award: Nino Kirtadze for Durakovo: Village of Fools

Dramatic Jury Prize: The King of Ping Pong
Dramatic Cinematography Award: Askilld Vik Edvardsen, King of Ping Pong
Dramatic Screenwriting: Samuel Benchetrit, I Always Wanted to be a Gangster
Dramatic Directing: Anna Melikyan, Mermaid
Dramatic Audience Award: Captain abu Raed

Short Films:
International Jury Prize: Soft
Jury Prize: My Olympic Summer and Sikumi

It’s great to see The Wackness, American Teen, Sleep Dealer and Choke took home some top awards.