Los Angeles Film Festival Awards 2009
2009 Los Angeles Film Festival Awards
2009 Los Angeles Film Festival: June 18-28
Sam Fleischner and Ben Chace’s debut feature Wah do dem (top) follows a man whose girlfriend has dumped him right before he goes off on a Caribbean cruise. Juan Carlos Rulfo and Carlos Hagerman’s Those Who Remain (middle) portrays the effects of Mexican emigration to the United States on those family members who are left behind. Eva Norvind’s Born Without (bottom) chronicles the lives and loves of three-foot-tall, Mexican street artist José Flores, who was born without arms.
Target Filmmaker Award (for Best Narrative Feature)
Wah Do Dem (What They Do) written and directed by Sam Fleischner & Ben Chace
Target Documentary Award (for Best Documentary [...]
by Deborah Arthur | June 28, 2009
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Los Angeles Film Festival 2009: THE STONING OF SORAYA M., BRONSON, BIG RIVER MAN
Shohreh Aghdashloo, Mozhan Marnò in The Stoning of Soraya M. (top); Martin Strel in Big River Man (bottom)
Los Angeles Film Festival 2009 – Saturday, June 20, highlights:
Starring Academy Award-nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo, Jim Caviezel, and Mozhan Marnò, Cyrus Nowrasteh’s The Stoning of Soraya M. (Mann Festival Theater, 3:30 pm) revolves around the true story of a woman who suffers a nasty fate following an arranged marriage. Nowrasteh and Aghdashloo will be among those present for a post-screening discussion about women’s rights in Islamic countries and other related issues.
In Gabriel Mascaro’s Um Lugar ao Sol / High-Rise (Landmark 4, 9:45 pm), Rio de Janeiro’s wealthy denizens discuss what’s like to live in luxury in a country like Brazil, which has one [...]
