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Method
Fest Independent Film Festival
16 - 23 June
The winners of the 2000 The Method Fest Independent Film Festival
were announced in a ceremony on Friday, 23 June 23 at the Pacific
Asia Museum in Pasadena. The Charter Communications Jury Award
for Best Feature was awarded to Stanley's Gig; the
John Garfield Award for Best Actor went to Hill Harper for his
role in The Visit; the Geraldine Page Award for
Best Actress went to Robin Deardon for her role in Last
Chance, for which director Bryan Cranston also won the
Pasadena Film Office Award for the Best Director of a Feature
Film.
Method
Fest
Eyeball
Music Video Showcase
22 June
Eyeball kicked off the AthFest Music & Arts Festival with a bang
for the second year in a row. The 8-Track Gorilla, along with
Eyeball judges Lee Smith (Music Writer for S.E. Performer & Creative
Loafing), Heather Symmes (MTV Network), John Keane (Athens Producer
& Engineering Legend), local performance artist Deanna Mann and
date, and Eyeball director Todd Campbell handed out the following
awards: Grand Prize ($500 & Deluxe RayGun Award created by Artist
Dylan Neuwirth): "Cookie Cutter Master" The Horsies, video by
Jose' Lauro Mata. Second Prize ($300 & Standard RayGun Award created
by Artist Dylan Neuwirth): "Dance Habibi Dance" Freak Garden Accident,
video by Usama Alshaibi. Third Prize ($200 & Standard RayGun Award
created by Artist Dylan Neuwirth): "Another Set Of Bees In The
Museum" The Olivia Tremor Control, video by Joey Foreman. Special
Honorable Mentions were made to two videos with no prize awarded:
"Wunderbra" Quasar Wut-Wut, video by Russ Merkow & "Superman"
Jucifer, video by Tim Nackashi & Mark Magnarella. Applications
for EYEBALL 2001 should be available in the next few weeks at
www.prometheus-x.com.
Midnight
Sun Film Festival
14-
18 June
Above
the Arctic Circle, the 15th annual Midnight Sun Film Festival
ended last week in Sodankyla, Finland after days of rain, wind,
and of course -- 'round the clock sun. Japanese filmmaker Shinji
Aoyama (whose film Eureka
won the FIPRESCI prize
at Cannes) presented three of his films to the audience,
while director Abbas Kiarostami was unable to attend as planned,
due to visa problems.
Munich
International Film Festival
24 June - 1 July
At the 18th annual Filmfest München, this year's motto is "obsessed
by the movies." More than 1,000 directors from over 60 countries
have personally introduced their films here, and the alumni include
Theo Angelopoulos, Luc Besson, Roger Corman, Stanley Donen, Abbas
Kiarostami, George Lucas, Anthony Minghella, Roman Polanski, Oliver
Stone and Quentin Tarantino. This year's festival marks the beginning
of the World Tour of Night Train, the latest feature
from Les Bernstien. It is the dark and dingy story of love lost,
lost money and lopped heads in the surreal streets and back alleys
of Tijuana.
Munich
International Film Festival
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