Gen Art Film Festival Awards 2009

2009 Gen Art Awards
2009 Gen Art Film Festival: April 1-7, 2009
 

 In David Lee Miller’s comedy My Suicide, Gabriel Sunday (above) stars as teenager whose final school video project will be his own suicide. Also in the My Suicide cast: David Carradine, Mariel Hemingway, Brooke Nevin (above), Nora Dunn, and Joe Mantegna.

 
Acura Grand Jury Award for Best Feature: My Suicide, by David Lee Miller
Acura Grand Jury Award for Best Short: Adelaide, by Liliana Greenfield-Sanders
Audience Award for Best Feature: My Suicide, by David Lee Miller
Audience Award for Best Short: Adelaide, by Liliana Greenfield-Sanders
“Stargazer Award” for breakout acting: Gabriel Sunday, My Suicide
Special jury prize for best use of music: Punching the [...]

Slamdance Awards 2009

2009 Slamdance Film Festival Awards
2009 Slamdance Film Festival: January 15-23, 2009
 

Directed by Mo Perkins, from a screenplay by Perkins, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, and Cy Carter, A Quiet Little Marriage focuses on a married woman (Ellis) who, after discovering that her father is suffering from Alzheimer’s, decides she wants to have a baby. Her husband (Carter), however, is unwilling to become a father right away.
 

GRAND JURY AWARDS
Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature
A QUIET LITTLE MARRIAGE, directed by Mo Perkins
Special Jury Mention for Best Performance: Larry Fessenden in I SELL THE DEAD
Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature
STRONGMAN, directed by Zachary Levy
Special Jury Mention: SECOND SIGHT, directed by Alison [...]