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	<title>Alternative Film Guide &#187; Ballast</title>
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		<title>Best Films of 2008: LA WEEKLY/VILLAGE VOICE Poll</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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J.  Hoberman in The Village Voice:
&#34;All hail Andrew Stanton’s WALL-E — even  us! Sometimes,  the movies really are universal.  And so a major studio’s  mainstream,  multiplex,  mega-million-dollar-grossing,  Oscar-friendly  “summer movie” resoundingly won the ninth annual Village Voice–L. A.  Weekly poll of (mainly) alt-press critics,  named on 35 of 80 ballots. 
&#34;Unlike last year,  when Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood materialized in late December to snatch the prize from the Coen Brothers’ No Country for Old Men and David Fincher’s Zodiac,   there was no groupthink stampede.  Critics had months in which to  cogitate over the eventual poll winner.  Pass the popcorn,  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gotham Awards 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
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2008 Gotham Awards
2008 Gotham Independent Film Award nominations: October 20, 2008
2008 Gotham Award winners: December 2, 2008,  at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City
(&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category)
&#160;

Melissa Leo in Frozen River
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Best  Feature 
Ballast
Lance Hammer, director; Lance Hammer, Nina  Parikh, producers (Alluvial Film Company)
* Frozen River
Courtney Hunt, director; Heather Rae, Chip  Hourihan, producers (Sony Pictures Classics)
Synecdoche, New York
Charlie Kaufman, director; Anthony Bregman,  Charlie Kaufman, Spike Jonze, Sidney Kimmel, producers (Sony Pictures Classics)
The Visitor
Tom McCarthy, director; Mary Jane Skalski,  Michael London, producers (Overture Films)
The Wrestler
Darren Aronofsky, director; Scott Franklin,  Darren Aronofsky, producers (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
&#160;
Best  Documentary
Chris &#38; Don: A Love  Story
Guido Santi &#38; Tina Mascara, directors;  Julia Scott, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Berlin 2008: Official Competition Line-Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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2008 Berlin Film Festival: Official Competition Line-Up
The Berlin Film Festival will be held between February 7&#8211;17, 2008.

Avaze Gonjeshk-ha / The Song of Sparrows,  Iran (World Premiere)
by Majid Majidi 
with Reza Najie, Maryam Akbari, Kamran Dehghan, Hossein Aghazi

Ballast, USA (International Premiere)
by Lance Hammer 
with Micheal J. Smith, Jim Myron Ross, Tarra Riggs

Bam gua Nat / Night and Day, Republic of Korea (World Premiere)
by Hong Sangsoo 
with Kim Youngho, Park Eunhye, Hwang Soojung

Caos calmo / Quiet Chaos, Italy (International Premiere)
by Antonello Grimaldi 
with Nanni Moretti, Isabella Ferrari, Alessandro Gassman, Valeria Golino

Elegy, USA
by Isabel Coixet 
with Penélope Cruz, Ben Kingsley, Dennis Hopper

Feuerherz / Heart of Fire, Germany / Austria 
by Luigi Falorni 
with Letekidan Micael

Gardens of the Night, Great Britain / USA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sundance 2008: Film Line-Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 05:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[American Son]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sundance 2008: Dramatic Competition
&#160;

  Jason Ritter, Marianna Palka in Good Dick

Film information from the Sundance Film Festival press release
AMERICAN SON (Director: Neil Abramson; Screenwriter: Eric Schmid)&#8212; Before being deployed for active duty, a young Marine takes a four-day Thanksgiving leave to return home to Bakersfield, California. There he meets a young woman, tries to connect with old friends, and confronts his volatile home life. Cast: Nick Cannon, Melonie Diaz, Matt O&#8217;Leary, Jay Hernandez, Tom Sizemore, Chi McBride. World Premiere
ANYWHERE, U.S.A. (Director: Chusy Haney-Jardine; Screenwriters: Chusy Haney-Jardine, Jennifer Macdonald)&#8212; Told in three segments ranging from satirical to tragic, the film is a wildly original look at American manners, prejudices, and family dynamics. Cast: Perla Haney-Jardine. World Premiere
BALLAST (Director and Screenwriter: [...]]]></description>
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