"Acne," "Kassim the Dream" win AFI FEST
Federico Veiroj's coming-of-age drama "Acne" and Kief Davidson's boxing docu "Kassim the Dream" won the AFI FEST's Grand Jury prizes on Sunday at the event's award ceremony.
Audience awards went to Daniel Stamm's drama "A Necessary Death" while the doc prize was split between "Kassim" and Patrick Davidson's environmentally bent "The World We Want."
Igor Voloshin's Russian drama "Nirvana" and Jan Louter's Eskimo docu "The Last Days of Shishmaref" garnered special mentions.
The ten-day event closes tonight with Edward Zwick's "Defiance."
(From LEFT to RIGHT) Daniel Stamm (DIR: A NECESSARY DEATH), Brian Udovich (PROD: A NECESSARY DEATH) Audience Award winner for Narrative Feature, Kief Davidson (DIR/PROD: KASSIM THE DREAM) Grand Jury Prize winner and Audience Award co-winner for Documentary Feature, Rose Kuo (Artistic Director), Lane Kneedler (Senior Programmer), Kassim "The Dream" Ouma, Igor Voloshin (DIR: NIRVANA) Special Mention for Narrative Feature, Shaz Bennett (Associate Artistic Director). Photo provided by AFI FEST.
Michael Jones is the film festival editor at Variety.com. 
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