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Academy Awards
Oscar, Best Documentary Feature(Nominee)
Set in the precarious surrounding of South Central, Los Angeles, COLORS STRAIGHT UP is a documentary that explores the lives of children who have managed to escape slipping into a life of crime via their commitments to various artistic endeavors. An organization called Colors United helps&hellip…
Arizona International Film Festival
Audience Award, Most Popular Indie Film
This ensemble dramedy follows a weekend reunion between a group of nine friends. From a news reporter to a sexy model to a stockbroker, each individual has their own inner demons to contend with. As the weekend unravels, so too do the friends, unleashing a flurry of hilariously dark episodes&hellip…
Butaca Awards
Best Catalan Film Actress(Nominee)
Best Catalan Film Actor(Nominee)
A struggling rock band looks to break out of the local Madrid scene and gain real popularity. The members of the band are at odds with one another when their dreams begin to come into view. Some of the members disapprove of the urban poet label the local critics&hellip…
Deauville Festival of American Film
Grand Special Prize(Nominee)
An electric directorial debut (seven years in the making) by New York artist/musician/model/actor Vincent Gallo, BUFFALO '66 combines the experimental techniques of the French New Wave and the realistic grit of seventies filmmakers such as John Cassavetes, resulting in something inventive and original&hellip…
Directors Guild of America
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary(Nominee)
Set in the precarious surrounding of South Central, Los Angeles, COLORS STRAIGHT UP is a documentary that explores the lives of children who have managed to escape slipping into a life of crime via their commitments to various artistic endeavors. An organization called&hellip…
Edinburgh International Film Festival
Best New British Feature
Best British Performance
An intriguing biographical look at British painter Francis Bacon focusing on his turbulent and tragic relationship with lover George Dyer, a former boxer and small time thief. I, CLAUDIUS veteran Jacobi gives a fiery performance as the mischievous and emotionally chilly artist&hellip…
Rose Troche's (GO FISH) second film delivers a sly, sophisticated examination of love amongst young urbanites--in all of its unexpected forms and permutations. At the center of this comedic affair are roommates Leo (McKidd) and Darren (Hollander), two young Londoners struggling to find Mr. Right. While Darren becomes involved with a libidinous&hellip&hellip…
European Film Week
An Englishwoman living in France with her husband and baby daughter is abruptly confronted by a backpacker, who demands to be allowed to pitch her tent nearby. The two women grow closer and share a series of potentially dangerous encounters, culminating in disaster. Also includes a short film, A SUMMER DRESS, in which a young man on a&hellip&hellip…
An intriguing biographical look at British painter Francis Bacon focusing on his turbulent and tragic relationship with lover George Dyer, a former boxer and small time thief. I, CLAUDIUS veteran Jacobi gives a fiery performance as the mischievous and emotionally chilly artist who is awakened one night in his ill-kempt studio by Dyer&hellip&hellip…
Fajr Film Festival
Special Jury Prize
Rakhshan Bani-Etemad's poignant drama focuses on the life of an Iranian woman who is struggling to come to terms with the divisive responsibilities of motherhood. A divorced mother of a troubled teenage son, Forough Kia is working on a television documentary about particularly successful mothers. Along the way&hellip…
Febiofest: International Film, Television and Video Festival
Fereshteh (Niki Karimi) is attending school away from home when she becomes prey for a maniacal stalker. Acting without understanding, her father summons her home where Fereshteh is then promised to a traditional man from her village. Her new home life is fraught with abuse while love is remarkably absent from the home of the newlyweds&hellip&hellip…
Festroia: Troia International Film Festival
This hilarious romantic comedy cleverly intertwines several stories of six eccentric characters, each of which happen to be living in the same New York apartment building. Featuring music by ex-Velvet Underground member John Cale, SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY captures the tumultuousness of New York City living, while celebrating it at the same&hellip…
Special Jury Prize
Silver Dolphin - Best Actor – Jerzy Stuhr
In these four love-themed stories, Polish actor Jerzy Stuhr (THE DECALOGUE) writes, directs, and stars as a priest who learns he has a daughter, a university professor who discovers a student's infatuation, a thief who is blackmailed&hellip…
Fictions du Reel--Marseille Festival of Documentary Film
Planète Câble Award
Having been filmed over the course of several years, this documentary follows the life of a family of European falcons that nest in the tower of a small Swedish church. The lives of the birds are captured beautifully in this thrilling documentary, which was nominated for a Swedish Oscar&hellip&hellip…
German Camera Award
Filmstiftung NRW Promotional Award
Ralf Schmerberg, an award winning German photographer, bursts onto the film scene with the kind of achievement that will speak to audiences without ever making a sound. Presented like a black-and-white photo gallery, the film journeys through the African continent exploring its people, its cultures&hellip…
Gijon International Film Festival
Grand Prix Asturias, Best Feature(Nominee)
Special Prize of the Young Jury, Best Feature
An electric directorial debut (seven years in the making) by New York artist/musician/model/actor Vincent Gallo, BUFFALO '66 combines the experimental techniques of the French New Wave and the realistic grit of seventies filmmakers such&hellip…
GLAAD Media Awards
Outstanding Film (Documentary)(Nominee)
Three documentaries from acclaimed gay filmmaker Arthur Dong are contained here.
COMING OUT UNDER FIRE: Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, this documentary uses first-person accounts to chronicle the development of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy&hellip…
Gotham Awards
Open Palm Award(Nominee)
An electric directorial debut (seven years in the making) by New York artist/musician/model/actor Vincent Gallo, BUFFALO '66 combines the experimental techniques of the French New Wave and the realistic grit of seventies filmmakers such as John Cassavetes, resulting in something inventive and original&hellip…
Helsinki International Film Festival
An Englishwoman living in France with her husband and baby daughter is abruptly confronted by a backpacker, who demands to be allowed to pitch her tent nearby. The two women grow closer and share a series of potentially dangerous encounters, culminating in disaster. Also includes a short film, A SUMMER DRESS, in which a young man on a&hellip&hellip…
An intriguing biographical look at British painter Francis Bacon focusing on his turbulent and tragic relationship with lover George Dyer, a former boxer and small time thief. I, CLAUDIUS veteran Jacobi gives a fiery performance as the mischievous and emotionally chilly artist who is awakened one night in his ill-kempt studio by Dyer&hellip&hellip…
An electric directorial debut (seven years in the making) by New York artist/musician/model/actor Vincent Gallo, BUFFALO '66 combines the experimental techniques of the French New Wave and the realistic grit of seventies filmmakers such as John Cassavetes, resulting in something inventive and original. Gallo portrays Billy Brown, who&hellip&hellip…
Independent Spirit Awards
Truer than Fiction Award(Nominee)
Set in the precarious surrounding of South Central, Los Angeles, COLORS STRAIGHT UP is a documentary that explores the lives of children who have managed to escape slipping into a life of crime via their commitments to various artistic endeavors. An organization called Colors United helps foster&hellip…
International Film Festival Rotterdam
Tiger Award(Nominee)
FIPRESCI Prize - Special Mention
Room 407 of Motel Cactus is home to all of the action in this moody, dark depiction of disconnection by first-time Korean director Ki-Yong Park. In four loosely-connected vignettes, the characters' unhappiness is expressed in a myriad of ways, with cinematographer Christopher&hellip…
Itinerant - International CINDY Competition
Gold CINDY Award(Category: Guidance / Values / Career Information)
High school students Mark and Terese are involved in a dangerous relationship. Mark is becoming more possessive and abusive. Terese thinks it's probably her fault but is convinced she can handle it...until Mark physically attacks her in front of a group of friends&hellip…
London Film Festival
Audience Award
Rose Troche's (GO FISH) second film delivers a sly, sophisticated examination of love amongst young urbanites--in all of its unexpected forms and permutations. At the center of this comedic affair are roommates Leo (McKidd) and Darren (Hollander), two young Londoners struggling to find Mr. Right. While Darren becomes&hellip…
Mar del Plata International Film Festival
A trio of stories adapted by Irvine Welsh (TRAINSPOTTING) from his collection of stories of the same name, THE ACID HOUSE is an absurd and brutal look at life through the eyes of one of the most prominent Scottish authors of the 1990s. The film begins with "The Granton Star Cause," which stars Stephen McCole as Boab, a listless loser&hellip&hellip…
Japanese director Akira Kurosawa's adaptation of novelist Vladimir Arsenyev's novel about survival, set against the stark wilderness of Siberia. When Mongol guide, Dersu, is hired by a Russian crew of mapping surveyors, they soon realize their original negative opinion of him as an inexperienced, naive eccentric, is woefully inaccurate&hellip&hellip…
Montreal World Film Festival
Best Artistic Contribution
Grand Prix des Amériques
A mysterious fugitive, known only as The Man, wanders through rural South Africa, until he is taken in by a small town minister. However, when the minister makes it clear his motives for taking in The Man are not completely altruistic, it results in a confrontation that&hellip…
Grand Prix des Amériques(Nominee)
Rakhshan Bani-Etemad's poignant drama focuses on the life of an Iranian woman who is struggling to come to terms with the divisive responsibilities of motherhood. A divorced mother of a troubled teenage son, Forough Kia is working on a television documentary about particularly successful mothers&hellip…
National Educational Media Network
Gold Apple
Set in the precarious surrounding of South Central, Los Angeles, COLORS STRAIGHT UP is a documentary that explores the lives of children who have managed to escape slipping into a life of crime via their commitments to various artistic endeavors. An organization called Colors United helps foster these burgeoning talents&hellip…
National Film Preservation Board
National Film Registry(Selection)
A raucous and intimate road movie of Bob Dylan's 1965 tour of England, DON'T LOOK BACK may be perhaps the most influential rock star documentary of all time. D.A. Pennebaker's trademark cinema verit approach, with its comprehensive perspective, captures the paradoxical Dylan in alternating moments&hellip…
New York Underground Film Festival
A trio of stories adapted by Irvine Welsh (TRAINSPOTTING) from his collection of stories of the same name, THE ACID HOUSE is an absurd and brutal look at life through the eyes of one of the most prominent Scottish authors of the 1990s. The film begins with "The Granton Star Cause," which stars Stephen McCole as Boab, a listless loser&hellip&hellip…
NewFest: The New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival
China's rebellious and incessantly audacious Yuan Zhang delves into the secret world of illicit homosexuality in his devastatingly erotic and politically astute film, EAST PALACE, WEST PALACE. Immediately banned by the Chinese government, the film follows the young gay writer, A-Lan, as he drifts in and out of China's hidden homosexual&hellip&hellip…
Newport Beach Film Festival
Grand Jury Prize
In these four love-themed stories, Polish actor Jerzy Stuhr (THE DECALOGUE) writes, directs, and stars as a priest who learns he has a daughter, a university professor who discovers a student's infatuation, a thief who is blackmailed by his lover, and an army officer who attempts to reunite with an old flame&hellip…
Newport International Film Festival
Special Jury Award, Documentary Competition
In 1936, vaudeville performer Dave Chasen opened a modest restaurant on the edge of West Hollywood, serving up a specialty chili which, according to legend, he originally concocted in the kitchen of director Frank Capra. Over the next 60 years, Chasen's restaurant rose to culinary and&hellip…
Seattle International Film Festival
Golden Space Needle Award, Best Actress
An electric directorial debut (seven years in the making) by New York artist/musician/model/actor Vincent Gallo, BUFFALO '66 combines the experimental techniques of the French New Wave and the realistic grit of seventies filmmakers such as John Cassavetes, resulting in something inventive&hellip…
Singapore International Film Festival
China's rebellious and incessantly audacious Yuan Zhang delves into the secret world of illicit homosexuality in his devastatingly erotic and politically astute film, EAST PALACE, WEST PALACE. Immediately banned by the Chinese government, the film follows the young gay writer, A-Lan, as he drifts in and out of China's hidden homosexual&hellip&hellip…
Modern sensibilities clash with ancient customs in this poetic, emotional film from acclaimed Iranian director Dariush Mehrjui. Newlyweds Reza and Leila--wealthy, young, deeply in love--face a crisis when Leila is diagnosed as infertile. The couple agrees that they don't need children, but Leila is still burdened with feelings of inadequacy&hellip&hellip…
Room 407 of Motel Cactus is home to all of the action in this moody, dark depiction of disconnection by first-time Korean director Ki-Yong Park. In four loosely-connected vignettes, the characters' unhappiness is expressed in a myriad of ways, with cinematographer Christopher Doyle (HERO, IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE) creating a palpably oppressive&hellip&hellip…
Stockholm International Film Festival
Bronze Horse(Nominee)
FIPRESCI Prize, Competition
A trio of stories adapted by Irvine Welsh (TRAINSPOTTING) from his collection of stories of the same name, THE ACID HOUSE is an absurd and brutal look at life through the eyes of one of the most prominent Scottish authors of the 1990s. The film begins with "The Granton Star&hellip…
Bronze Horse(Nominee)
An electric directorial debut (seven years in the making) by New York artist/musician/model/actor Vincent Gallo, BUFFALO '66 combines the experimental techniques of the French New Wave and the realistic grit of seventies filmmakers such as John Cassavetes, resulting in something inventive and original. Gallo&hellip…
Sundance Film Festival
Grand Jury Prize, Dramatic(Nominee)
An electric directorial debut (seven years in the making) by New York artist/musician/model/actor Vincent Gallo, BUFFALO '66 combines the experimental techniques of the French New Wave and the realistic grit of seventies filmmakers such as John Cassavetes, resulting in something inventive and&hellip…
SXSAlternative Festival
Best Feature
This ensemble dramedy follows a weekend reunion between a group of nine friends. From a news reporter to a sexy model to a stockbroker, each individual has their own inner demons to contend with. As the weekend unravels, so too do the friends, unleashing a flurry of hilariously dark episodes&hellip…
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
Special Jury Award
The Taiwanese romantic comedy THE PERSONALS follows the often hilarious, sometimes sad meetings that a pretty young woman has with the men who respond to the ad that she placed in the personals section of the newspaper. Du Jiazhen (Rene Liu), the woman, is a young eye doctor on a mission to find a husband. After&hellip…
Taipei International Film Festival
Best Actress
The Taiwanese romantic comedy THE PERSONALS follows the often hilarious, sometimes sad meetings that a pretty young woman has with the men who respond to the ad that she placed in the personals section of the newspaper. Du Jiazhen (Rene Liu), the woman, is a young eye doctor on a mission to find a husband. After spontaneously&hellip…
Tampa International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
China's rebellious and incessantly audacious Yuan Zhang delves into the secret world of illicit homosexuality in his devastatingly erotic and politically astute film, EAST PALACE, WEST PALACE. Immediately banned by the Chinese government, the film follows the young gay writer, A-Lan, as he drifts in and out of China's hidden homosexual&hellip&hellip…
Temecula Valley International Film Festival
Viewer's Choice Award, Best Feature Film(2nd Place)
This ensemble dramedy follows a weekend reunion between a group of nine friends. From a news reporter to a sexy model to a stockbroker, each individual has their own inner demons to contend with. As the weekend unravels, so too do the friends, unleashing a flurry of hilariously&hellip…
Toronto International Film Festival
Over the course of 40 years, avant-garde film legend Stan Brakhage made nearly 400 films. Using experimental techniques of his own creation and no sound, he changed the both way we think about film and what we expect from light passing through celluloid. From "Window Water Baby Moving" (1958) to later works, such as "Dante's Quartet"&hellip&hellip…
A trio of stories adapted by Irvine Welsh (TRAINSPOTTING) from his collection of stories of the same name, THE ACID HOUSE is an absurd and brutal look at life through the eyes of one of the most prominent Scottish authors of the 1990s. The film begins with "The Granton Star Cause," which stars Stephen McCole as Boab, a listless loser&hellip&hellip…
A struggling rock band looks to break out of the local Madrid scene and gain real popularity. The members of the band are at odds with one another when their dreams begin to come into view. Some of the members disapprove of the urban poet label the local critics have given them. Other bandmates prefer to concentrate on bedding groupies&hellip&hellip…
An intriguing biographical look at British painter Francis Bacon focusing on his turbulent and tragic relationship with lover George Dyer, a former boxer and small time thief. I, CLAUDIUS veteran Jacobi gives a fiery performance as the mischievous and emotionally chilly artist who is awakened one night in his ill-kempt studio by Dyer&hellip&hellip…
While dancing at a nightclub under the influence of a bad hit of ecstasy, eighteen year-old Teresa (Bouchez, THE DREAMLIFE OF ANGELS) falls to the dancefloor and dies. At the morgue, death-worker Ben (Barr, ZENTROPA) becomes entranced by her nude body and has sex with her corpse. To his surprise, she awakens. Ben is caught by hospital&hellip&hellip…
Rose Troche's (GO FISH) second film delivers a sly, sophisticated examination of love amongst young urbanites--in all of its unexpected forms and permutations. At the center of this comedic affair are roommates Leo (McKidd) and Darren (Hollander), two young Londoners struggling to find Mr. Right. While Darren becomes involved with a libidinous&hellip&hellip…
Worldfest Flagstaff International Film Festival
Silver Award, First Feature
This ensemble dramedy follows a weekend reunion between a group of nine friends. From a news reporter to a sexy model to a stockbroker, each individual has their own inner demons to contend with. As the weekend unravels, so too do the friends, unleashing a flurry of hilariously dark episodes&hellip…