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 [...]

Slamdance 2009: Documentary Feature Competition

SLAMDANCE 2009: DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION

Graphic Sexual Horror

Graphic Sexual Horror
Barbara Bell & Anna Lorentzon (Directors/Writers)
World Premiere, 2009, USA, 85 minutes
A look behind the terrifying façade of insex.com, the most notorious of the ‘violent porn’ websites, while exploring the dark mind of its artistic creator and asking hard questions about personal responsibility.
Hard To Be An Indian
Beth Toni Kruvant (Director), Jonah Kruvant (Writer)
World Premiere, 2007, USA, 84 minutes
The trials and tribulations of an inner city school and the principal, Jewish alumni and gang members who return it to safety and restore its former glory.
Lost Sparrow
Chris Billing (Director/Writer)
World Premiere, 2009, USA, 78 minutes
Filmmaker Chris Billing probes at his family history while investigating the tragic 1978 deaths of his adopted Crow [...]