The 5th Napa Valley Film Festival (NVFF) held from November 11 to 15, 2015, announced this year’s juried and audience award winners. The Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature went to The King of New Orleans directed by Allen Frederic, and the Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature went to Romeo is Bleeding directed by Jason Zeldes.
The Audience Award for Favorite Narrative Feature went to Friends and Romans directed by Christopher Kublan, and the Audience Award for Favorite Documentary Feature went to Landfillharmonic directed by Graham Townsley and Brad Allgood.
THE FULL LIST OF JURIED AWARDS IS BELOW:
Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature – The King of New Orleans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cInH2E-Dfac
Jury Award for Best Screenplay – Tumbledown.
Jury Award for Best Ensemble Cast – Jane Wants a Boyfriend.
Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature – Romeo is Bleeding.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vjdh-TmRQCQ
Jury Award for Best Narrative Short – It’s Perfect Here. Honorable Mention – Birthday.
Jury Award for Best Documentary Short – Elder. Honorable Mentions – Code Oakland, Une Passion d’or et de feu (A Passion of Gold and Fire), and Riding the Highline.
Jury Award for Best Lounge Feature – Night Owls.
Jury Award for Best Lounge Short – A Man Wakes Up.
Honorable Mention – CI: A Tedd Talkumentary.
Special Jury Award – Courage in Documentary Feature Filmmaking – Life Under Siege: Exploring Gaza’s Secret Tunnels.
Special Jury Award – Authenticity in Narrative Feature Story-Telling – Life in Color.
Special Jury Award – Acting in a Lounge Feature Film goes to sisters Aly Michalka and AJ Michalka for their work in the film Weepah Way For Now.
A FULL LIST OF AUDIENCE AWARDS IS BELOW:
Audience Award for Favorite Actor – David Jensen for his work in the film The King of New Orleans.
Audience Award for Favorite Actress – Louisa Krause for her work in the film Jane Wants a Boyfriend.
Audience Award for Favorite Documentary Feature – Landfillharmonic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCjbd21fYV8
Audience Award for Favorite Documentary Short – Ron Taylor: Dr. Baseball.
Audience Award for Favorite Narrative Feature – Friends and Romans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10FUAIp-zyw
Audience Award for Favorite Narrative Short – Sin Frontera.
The Runner-Ups for Narrative Shorts – Playdate and Birthday.
Audience Award for Favorite Short Feature – Sketch.Tumbledown
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“The King of New Orleans” “Romeo is Bleeding” “Friends and Romans” “Landfillharmonic” Among Winners of Napa Valley Film Festival
The 5th Napa Valley Film Festival (NVFF) held from November 11 to 15, 2015, announced this year’s juried and audience award winners. The Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature went to The King of New Orleans directed by Allen Frederic, and the Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature went to Romeo is Bleeding directed by Jason Zeldes.
The Audience Award for Favorite Narrative Feature went to Friends and Romans directed by Christopher Kublan, and the Audience Award for Favorite Documentary Feature went to Landfillharmonic directed by Graham Townsley and Brad Allgood.
THE FULL LIST OF JURIED AWARDS IS BELOW:
Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature – The King of New Orleans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cInH2E-Dfac
Jury Award for Best Screenplay – Tumbledown.
Jury Award for Best Ensemble Cast – Jane Wants a Boyfriend.
Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature – Romeo is Bleeding.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vjdh-TmRQCQ
Jury Award for Best Narrative Short – It’s Perfect Here. Honorable Mention – Birthday.
Jury Award for Best Documentary Short – Elder. Honorable Mentions – Code Oakland, Une Passion d’or et de feu (A Passion of Gold and Fire), and Riding the Highline.
Jury Award for Best Lounge Feature – Night Owls.
Jury Award for Best Lounge Short – A Man Wakes Up.
Honorable Mention – CI: A Tedd Talkumentary.
Special Jury Award – Courage in Documentary Feature Filmmaking – Life Under Siege: Exploring Gaza’s Secret Tunnels.
Special Jury Award – Authenticity in Narrative Feature Story-Telling – Life in Color.
Special Jury Award – Acting in a Lounge Feature Film goes to sisters Aly Michalka and AJ Michalka for their work in the film Weepah Way For Now.
A FULL LIST OF AUDIENCE AWARDS IS BELOW:
Audience Award for Favorite Actor – David Jensen for his work in the film The King of New Orleans.
Audience Award for Favorite Actress – Louisa Krause for her work in the film Jane Wants a Boyfriend.
Audience Award for Favorite Documentary Feature – Landfillharmonic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCjbd21fYV8
Audience Award for Favorite Documentary Short – Ron Taylor: Dr. Baseball.
Audience Award for Favorite Narrative Feature – Friends and Romans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10FUAIp-zyw
Audience Award for Favorite Narrative Short – Sin Frontera.
The Runner-Ups for Narrative Shorts – Playdate and Birthday.
Audience Award for Favorite Short Feature – Sketch.
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2015 Lone Star Film Festival Kicks Off on Thursday, Nov 5th with WHEN I LIVE MY LIFE OVER AGAIN Starring Amber Heard, Christopher Walken
The 2015 Lone Star Film Festival at Sundance Square (LSFF) in Fort Worth, Texas, will kick off on Thursday November 5th, 2015, with the film WHEN I LIVE MY LIFE OVER AGAIN starring Texas native Amber Heard along with a cast that includes Christopher Walken, Oliver Platt, and Kelli Garner. Immediately following; the film’s writer and director, Robert Edwards, will take part in a Q&A. That will be followed by a special presentation screening of the 1972 Oscar nominated, A CLOCKWORK ORANGE with well-known actor for his countless iconic roles, Malcolm McDowell, taking part in a special Q&A before the film.
On Friday night the Lone Star Film Society will honor Fort Worth native and Tony Award winner Betty Buckley with the Stephen Bruton Award being presented by T Bone Burnett at its sixth annual Lone Star Film Festival Ball. Also being honored at the event is Malcom McDowell, who will be receiving the Achievement in Film Acting Award.
The festival will close on Sunday evening with Charlie Kaufman’s newest feature, ANOMALISA (pictured above). Kaufman, known for such films as AN ETERNAL SUNSHINE ON A SPOTLESS MIND and BEING JOHN MALKOVICH brings something different with this film. It is his first stop motion animation feature and has been receiving high marks.
LSFF has a jam packed lineup that includes The Weinstein Company’s Oscar hopeful CAROL starring Cate Blanchett, THE ADDERALL DIARIES starring James Franco & Amber Heard, TUMBLEDOWN with Jason Sudeikis, MOJAVE featuring Mark Wahlberg and Garrett Hedlund, MEADOWLAND with Texas native Luke Wilson and Olivia Wilde, SIR DOUG AND THE GENUINE TEXAS GROOVE (pictured above); the much anticipated documentary about Texas’s own Doug Sahm, KRISHA the breakout hit from Austin’s South By Southwest and a slew of other highly talked about independent films.
“We are so excited for the city of Fort Worth to get to experience another great year of fantastic films,“ said the festival’s Director Chad Mathews.
In between the screenings there will be several panel discussions that include the likes of Malcolm McDowell, Bill Paxton, and Joanna Kerns. The topics will range from career conversations, screenwriting, women in film and much more. There will also be a key note address from well-known film critic David Edelstein of New York Magazine and NPR fame.
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2015 Maine International Film Festival Kicks off with TUMBLEDOWN
More than 850 people attended the 2015 Maine International Film Festival in Waterville as it kicked off its 18th year with a nearly sold out showing of the Maine premiere of Tumbledown, a feature length film set in western Maine from Portland-based filmmakers Desi Van Til and Sean Mewshaw.
In Tumbledown, a young widow (Rebecca Hall), falls for a brash New York writer (Jason Sudeikis) who barrels into her rural Maine town investigating the death of her husband, folk-music hero Hunter Miles (voiced by Damien Jurado). Hannah is scraping her life back together in a cabin at the foot of Tumbledown mountain, attempting to seal every shred of her husband’s life into a biography. When Andrew, an academic who has a different take on Hunter’s life and death, shows up looking for the truth of this mysterious musician, the pair clash. But gradually they find themselves collaborating to craft Hunter’s story, and beginning to write the next chapter of their lives together. The film also stars Blythe Danner, Griffin Dunne, Joe Manganiello, and Diana Agron.
“The great turnout for opening night shows that audiences are excited for MIFF’s return,” said Festival Director Shannon Haines. “We are incredibly proud of this year’s program, which is a truly diverse mixture of the best of American independent and international films as well as rare and restored prints of cinema classics, and we’re eager for audiences to experience it.”
Acclaimed actor Michael Murphy will be presented the Mid-Life Achievement Award in honor of his diverse career that includes a long-time collaboration with director Robert Altman and work with Woody Allen, P.T. Anderson, Elia Kazan and Oliver Stone. MIFF will present the U.S. premiere of Murphy’s new film Fall before the award presentation on July 16.
For the first time, MIFF will host the World Filmmakers’ Forum through a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts. Filmmakers from France, Argentina, Turkey and Mexico will show their work and discuss their creative process and the state of international film.
On July 18, MIFF will offer Maine filmmakers a chance to showcase their work and network with each other during Making It In Maine Day. The day-long event will include a networking brunch and panel discussion at the Colby College Museum of Art.