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 [...]

by Deborah Arthur | January 23, 2009   
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Slamdance 2009: Gay Themes

Slamdance 2009: Gay Themes
The 15th Slamdance Film Festival will take place in Park City, Utah, from January 15-23. The synopses below are from the Slamdance 2009 website.
 

Steve M. Kelly’s City Rats

City Rats (Feature Narrative Competition)
Steve M. Kelly (Director), Simon Fantauzzo (Writer) World Premiere, Drama, 2008, UK, 96 minutes. Cast: Susan Lynch, Kenny Doughty, Tamer Hassan.
A modern day Dickensian tale of eight haunted people who meet and fall apart while searching for redemption in each other.
Mississippi Damned (Feature Narrative Competition)
Tina Mabry (Director/Writer) World Premiere, Drama, 2009, USA, 120 minutes. Cast: DB Woodside, Malcolm David Kelly, Malcolm Goodwin, Tessa Thompson, Michael Hyatt.
Three poor Black kids in rural Mississippi reap the [...]

by Andre Soares | December 18, 2008   
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