ILO ILO
The 22nd Philadelphia Film Festival announced the 2013 Jury Award winners; ILO ILO won the award for Best Narrative Feature Film, and GOD LOVES UGANDA won the award for Best Documentary Feature Film. Set in the late 1990s, the moving relationship between a rebellious Singaporean boy and his new Filipino nanny is lovingly captured in director Anthony Chen’s ILO ILO, winner of the Camera d’Or for Best First Feature at 2013 Cannes. In GOD LOVES UGANDA, the effects of the American evangelical fundamentalist movement on the religious and political climate of Uganda are scrutinized in this eye-opening documentary by Academy Award-winning director Roger Ross Williams.
LET THE FIRE BURN directed by Jason Osder which examines the fatal standoff between Philadelphia law enforcement and the black militant liberation group MOVE, won the Pinkenson Award for Best Local Feature. The Archie Award for Best First Feature went to HARMONY LESSONS directed by Emir Baigazin, about the squabbles of schoolboys in a village in the steppes of rural Kazakhstan, which then take a dark tragic turn.
2013 Philadelphia Film Festival Jury Award Winners:
Narrative Feature Award
Best Narrative Feature – ILO ILO (dir. Anthony Chen)
Honorable Mention for Best Ensemble – WE ARE THE BEST! (starring Mira Birkhammar, Mira Grosin and Liv LeMoyne)
Honorable Mention for Best Director – VIC + FLO SAW A BEAR (dir. Denis Côté)
Honorable Mention for Best Cinematography – HARMONY LESSONS (cinematographer Aziz Zhambakiyev)
Documentary Feature Award
Best Documentary Feature – GOD LOVES UGANDA (dir. Roger Ross Williams)
Honorable Mention – 12 O’CLOCK BOYS (dir. Lotfy Nathan)
Honorable Mention for Best Director – CAUCUS (dir. AJ Schnack)
Pinkenson Award for Best Local Feature
LET THE FIRE BURN
Best Feature – LET THE FIRE BURN (dir. Jason Osder)
Honorable Mention – THE DISCOVERERS (dir. Justin Schwarz
Archie Award for Best First Feature
HARMONY LESSONS
Best Feature – HARMONY LESSONS (dir. Emir Baigazin)
Short Award
Best Short – RPG OKC (dir. Emily Carmichael)
Honorable Mention – THE GLOBE COLLECTOR(dir. Summer De Roche)