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| Wrap-up/Awards
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| Hedwig
and The Believer lead Sundance Awards |
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The
winners of the 2001 Sundance Film Festival were announced in an
awards ceremony January 27, 2001 in Park City, Utah. Henry Bean's
The
Believer, the dramatic tale of a religious boy-turned-Nazi
skinhead won the Grand Jury Prize, while Zhang Yimou's festival
hit The
Road Home won the World Cinema audience award. The winning
films will screen Sunday, January 28 in Park City.
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Slamdance
Announces Winners
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The
Slamdance Film Festival announced winners of their "Sparkys" Friday
January 26 at closing night ceremonies at the Silver Mine. Slamdance
screens the winning films Saturday at the Silver Mine and Sunday
in Salt Lake City at Brewvies. Winners receive a bronzed dog statue.
And the Grand Jury Sparky for Best Feature goes to Hybrid by Monteith
McCollum.
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| Moondance
Winners Announced |
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The
Moondance International Film Festival 2001 was held January 19-21,
in beautiful Boulder, Colorado, USA. The winners of the writers
& filmmakers competitions were announced January 20 at the gala
awards banquet & ceremony. The
winner of the screenplay competition was Child in the Well
by Regina Richardson. The drama follows a feisty youngster, fleeing
a pre-arranged marriage in medieval England, falls under the influence
of a mysterious brigand, a wise crone, a mad child, and a bull of
the purest evil.
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| Flowers
Wins 28th Brussels Film Festival |
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The
various juries awarded their more traditional prizes on the night
of the 27th before the closing film, Elie Chouraquie's Harrison's
Flowers. The top award-the Golden Iris for Best European Film (with
a value of 80,000 Euros,some 3,200,000 BFs,as a distribution aid
for this and a production credit for his next feature) went to Marco
Tullio Giordano for I
Cento
Passi, a vigorous and emotionally charged recreation of
a real-life murder in Sicily,implicating both Mafia and politicians.
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| Slamdunk
for Garofalo |
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The
fourth annual Slamdunk Film Festival wrapped January 24 with Janeane
Garofalo introducing a screening of Stephen Kessler's comedy The
Independent, a mockumentary for which she was honored at the
festival. The film features cameos by Ron Howard, Roger Corman and
Ben Stiller.
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