Sydney Film Festival Audience Awards (LINK)
July 2nd 2008 18:56
With over 300 features, shorts, documentaries, rockumentaries as well as official Q&A sessions with Directors and Producers of the Films in Competition the Audience Awards are the final affirmation of the festivals success.
The awards –
Audience Award: Short Film at State Theatre - Green Porno
Isabella Rossellini's series of one-minute comical and insightful journeys into the sex life of insects. Co-Director and Producer Jody Shaprio was a guest of the festival.
Audience Award: Short Film at Satellite Venues - FrederikkeFrom Denmark's Zentropa Productions, the poignant story of a young girl's weekend visit to her mother, written and directed by Heidi Maria Faisst.
Audience Award: Documentary at State Theatre - Young@HeartWith an average age of 80, this choir tackle the likes of Sonic Youth's 'Schizophrenia', The Clash's 'Should I Stay or Should I Go', and David Bowie's 'Golden Years'. Young@Heart will be in cinemas from 16 Oct 2008.
Audience Award: Documentary at Satellite Venues - Anvil! The Story of AnvilSasha Gervasi's real-life Spinal Tap story of love, loss and triumph, as a hard-core Canadian heavy metal band strive to keep the dream alive. Producer Rebecca Yeldham was a guest of the festival, calling Steve 'Lips' Kudrow on her mobile phone after the screening so he could hear the audience cheer!
Audience Award: Feature at State Theatre - Fugitive PiecesJeremy Podeswa's lyrical film of a boy's escape from Nazi-occupied Poland to Greece and then onto Canada, where his refusal to let go of the past impedes his engagement with the present. Jeremy Podeswa was a guest of the festival.
Audience Award: Feature at Satellite Venues - Red Like the SkyCristiano Bortone's captivating story, based on one of Italy's leading sound editors, Mirco Mencacci, of a blind boy's passion to become a sound engineer. Red Like the Sky was part of the Accessible Cinema program, and children could also go along to this film.
Among the top-rating films was a strong selection of Australian films, including Salute, River of No Return, Playing in the Shadows, Son of a Lion and My Rabbit Hoppy. All program strands were popular with the crowds especially Apocalypse Now, Kids' Films and From Kerr to Eternity. Films about music were also a big crowd pleaser, ranging from Philip Glass and Pete Seeger, to Canadian heavy metal and American jazz. Where is Winky's Horse?, sequel to last year's Audience Award winner, Winky's Horse was also well received by both adults and children alike.
Also announced at the Closing Night Gala was the Telstra MobileMovies Award for a one-minute mobile phone movie, with a 'My Town' theme. Jason van Genderen's My Town is Broken, an ode to Gosford made entirely of streetsigns, won him a trip for two to Toronto International Film Festival.
The People's Choice Award went to Briony Benjamin's Mudgeeraba, a Place of Living History. Entries can be seen at www.bigpondmovies.com/sff
The 55th Sydney Film Festival 4-22 June 2008
www.sydneyfilmfestival.org
Press Release: NextStep Media
| 37 |
| Vote |
Shared on
Subscribe to this blog
