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	<title>Alternative Film Guide &#187; Frozen River</title>
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		<title>AFI Awards 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
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2008 AFI Awards
2008 AFI Awards: Dec. 14, 2008
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Christian Bale in The Dark Knight
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FILM
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
FROST/NIXON
FROZEN RIVER
GRAN TORINO
IRON MAN
MILK
WALL•E
WENDY AND LUCY
THE WRESTLER 
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TELEVISION
BREAKING BAD
IN TREATMENT
JOHN ADAMS
LIFE
LOST
MAD MEN
THE OFFICE
RECOUNT
THE SHIELD
THE WIRE
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AFI  AWARDS 2008 JURORS
AFI  JURY FOR MOTION PICTURES
Leonard Maltin
  Chair, AFI Jury for Motion Pictures
  ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
Jeanine Basinger 
  Wesleyan University
Mary Corey
  University of California, Los Angeles 
Mark Harris
  Author
  Entertainment Weekly
Jim Hosney 
  American Film Institute
Rick Jewell
  University of Southern California
Elvis Mitchell
  THE TREATMENT
Daniel Petrie, Jr.
  Writer/Producer/Director
Tom Pollock
  Producer
  Vice Chair and Chair Emeritus, AFI Board of  Trustees
Richard Schickel
    Time 
Vivian Sobchack
  University of California, Los Angeles
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		<title>New York Film Critics Awards 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days]]></category>
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2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
2008 New York Film Critics Circle Award winners: Dec. 10, 2008
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Best Picture: Milk directed by Gus Van Sant
Runners-up: Rachel Getting Married; Happy-Go-Lucky and Slumdog Millionaire (tie)

Best Foreign Film: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days directed by Cristian Mungiu
Runners-up: A Christmas Tale; The Class

Best First Film: Courtney Hunt, Frozen River
Runners-up: Ballast; Reprise

Best Documentary: Man on Wire directed by James Marsh
Runners-up: Waltz with Bashir; Trouble the Water

Best Animated Film: WALL-E directed by Andrew Stanton
Runner-up: Waltz with Bashir

Best Director: Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky
Runners-up: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire; David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Actor: Sean Penn, Milk
Runners-up: Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler; Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino

Best Actress: Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
Runners-up: Melissa Leo, Frozen River; Kate Winslet, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gotham Awards 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ballast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Film Awards]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sita Sings the Blues]]></category>
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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)
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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)
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Best  Documentary
Chris &#38; Don: A Love  Story
Guido Santi &#38; Tina Mascara, directors;  Julia Scott, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sundance 2008 Winners</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Courtney Hunt&#8217;s Frozen River, a thriller about two economically strapped women (Melissa Leo and Misty Upham, above) who turn to immigrant-smuggling at the US-Canada border, was chosen best American narrative feature at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. (In the Los Angeles Times, Kenneth Turan calls Leo and Upham &#34;magnificent,&#34; adding that Frozen River is a &#34;powerful story that makes strong emotional connections.&#34;)
 Tia Lessin and Carl Deal&#8217;s Trouble the Water, which depicts the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, was the best US documentary. In Trouble the Water, New Orleans residents are forced to rely on themselves as the government that is supposed to represent them duly ignores their plight.
James Marsh&#8217;s Man on Wire won both the jury and the audience awards [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sundance 2008 Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Photos]]></category>
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2008 Sundance Film Festival Awards
 2008 Sundance Film Festival: January 17-27, 2008
Sundance 2008 Winners
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Grand Jury Prize Dramatic: FROZEN RIVER, directed by Courtney Hunt

Grand Jury Prize Documentary: TROUBLE THE WATER, directed by Tia Lessin and Carl Deal 

World Cinema Jury Prize Dramatic: KING OF PING PONG (PING PONGKINGEN) &#8211; Sweden, directed by Jens Jonsson
 
 World Cinema Jury Prize Documentary: MAN ON WIRE &#8211; United Kingdom, directed by James Marsh 

The Directing Award &#8211; Documentary: Nanette Burstein for AMERICAN TEEN 

The Directing Award &#8211; Dramatic: Lance Hammer for BALLAST 

The World Cinema Directing Award &#8211; Documentary: Nino Kirtadze, for DURAKOVO: VILLAGE OF FOOLS (DURAKOVO: LE VILLAGE DES FOUS) &#8211; France 

The World Cinema Directing Award &#8211; Dramatic: Anna Melikyan for MERMAID [...]]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[Ballast]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Good Dick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phoebe in Wonderland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sleep Dealer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sugar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sundance 2008]]></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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