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LOVELORN, Abstinence Documentary DADDY I DO Win: Cannes Independent Film Festival




Lovelorn Becky Preston
Natalie Eleftheriadis Birthday
Becky Preston's Lovelorn (top); Natalie Eleftheriadis' Birthday (bottom)

The Cannes Independent Film Festival also announced its awards today. Winners at the 10-day festival dedicated to low-budget filmmaking included first-time British director Becky Preston's Lovelorn, shot for €200K and voted Best Film at the festival.

A psychological/supernatural drama, Lovelorn tells the story of a young man who, in his dream world, attempts to prevent death from taking away his comatose sister.

Other winners were Australian actress Natalie Eleftheriadis for her performance in the prostitution drama Birthday, Kenyan filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu for her post-apocalypse short Pumzi, and Cassie Jaye for her documentary Daddy I Do, about the pro-abstinence movement in United States. (Here's wondering if the documentary features disgraced pro-abstinence Republican congressman Mark Souder, a married man who had an affair with one of his aides.)

Photos: Cannes Independent Film Festival



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