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Friday, January 25, 2008

Slamdance announces awards

Slamdance has announced their awards, giving best film awards to Tom Quinn's narrative "The New Year Parade" (pictured) and to Greg Kohs' doc "Song Sung Blue." 

This follows the pickup of "Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer" by Anchor Bay Entertainment.  They also expect four other 2008 Slamdance films to be acquired soon.

Full list, from their press release:

Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature
"The New Year Parade" directed by Tom Quinn

Special Jury Honorable Mention for Narrative Feature
"How To Be" directed by Oliver Irving

Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature
"Song Sung Blue" directed by Greg Kohs

Special Jury Honorable Mention for Documentary Feature
"My Mother¹s Garden" directed by Cynthia Lester

Grand Jury Award for Best Animated Short
"Blood Will Tell" directed by Andrew McPhillips

Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Short
"The Ladies" directed by C.A. Voros

Grand Jury Award for Best Experimental Short "Doxology" directed by Michael Langan

Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Short "Son" directed by Daniel Mulloy

Special Jury Honorable Mention for Narrative Short
"4960" directed by Wing-Yee Wu

Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature
"The Project" directed by Ryan Piotrowicz

Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature
"Song Sung Blue" directed by Greg Kohs

Global Audience Award for Best Anarchy Film "Rock Garden" directed by Gloria Kim

Spirit of Slamdance Award*
"Woman in Burka" directed by Jonathan Lisecki

Award for Best Feature Length Screenplay
"The Wonder Girls" by Anthony Meindl

Award for Best Short Screenplay
"Easy Pickins'" by Will Hartman

Award for Best Teleplay
"Stage Six Pandemic" by Barbara Marshall

Award for Best Horror Competition Screenplay
"The Punished" by Tony Mosher         

Creative Excellence Award for the Horror Screenplay Competition
"Child in the Dark" by Damian Lahey & Ian Ogden

Kodak Vision Award for Best Cinematography
"Portage" cinematography by Sascha Drews & Ezra Krybus

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