AFI DALLAS Daily News: AWARDS

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Monday, April 23, 2007

AFI DALLAS CEO/Creative Director Michael Cain Hosts AFI DALLAS International Film Festival Awards Ceremony

Founding Sponsor Ross Perot Jr and Founder/Chairman Leiner Temerlin Speak at AFI DALLAS Awards Ceremony

TARGET Representative Kim Strong at AFI DALLAS Awards Ceremony

LITTLE FARM Wins Jury Prize for Best Short at AFI DALLAS

A LAWYER WALKS INTO A BAR Wins Best Texas Feature at AFI DALLAS

REDEMPTION MADDIE Wins Jury Prize Best Student Film at AFI DALLAS

SHARKWATER Wins HD NET Best HD Feature Award at AFI DALLAS

ONE RAT SHORT Wins Jury Prize for Best Animation at AFI DALLAS

THE LITTLE GORILLA Wins Audience Award for Best Short at AFI DALLAS

DARIUS GOES WEST Wins Audience Award for Best Documentary at AFI DALLAS

MUSIC WITHIN Wins AFI DALLAS Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature

NEW YEAR BABY Wins Target Filmmaker Award for Best Documentary at AFI DALLAS

SHUT UP AND SHOOT ME Wins Target Filmmaker Best Narrative Feature at AFI DALLAS

Monday, April 2, 2007

Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury

The AFI DALLAS International Film Festival presented its 2007 film awards at a Closing Night ceremony March 31, 2007. Several awards were determined by jury.

NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION JURY: The Narrative Feature Competition set out to discover the best of today's filmmaking, presenting 11 groundbreaking feature films, which will compete for a $25,000 Target Filmmaker Award. Jury members included:

Elvis Mitchell (journalist and film critic)
C. Thomas Howell (actor)
Cynthia Hargrave (producer)

DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION JURY: The Documentary Competition set out to discover the best and brightest of today's creative voices, presenting 10 groundbreaking documentaries, which will compete for a $25,000 Target Filmmaker Award. Jury members included:

L.M. Kit Carson (writer, director and producer)
Christian Gaines (AFI Festivals Director).

TEXAS COMPETITION JURY: The Texas Competition sought to encourage and promote Texas filmmaking by showing both short and feature films produced and shot in Texas. Jury members included:

Tim McCanlies (director and writer)
Robert Loggia (actor)
Tom Huckabee (writer and producer)

ANIMATION COMPETITION JURY: The Animation Competition featured films that explore the many potential avenues and media utilized in film animation today. Jury members included:

Reel FX Studios
Paul Maxwell (artist)

STUDENT COMPETITION JURY: The Student Competition showcased the best from up-and-coming filmmakers across the world, including both short and feature length films created by high school and college students. Jury members included:

Rick Worland (Associate Professor and Chair, Division of Cinema-Television, SMU)
Carolyn Macartney (Assistant Professor, SMU)
Kevin Heffernan (Associate Professor, SMU)
Greg Mansur (Instructor of Radio-TV-Film, TCU)
David Whillock (Professor of Film, TCU)

SHORTS COMPETITION JURY: The Shorts Competition presented the most innovative films from around the world that push the edge of traditional storytelling in 30 minutes or less. Jury members included:

Jeremy Coon (producer)
Lane Kneedler (AFI FEST Programmer).

indieWIRE: Awards at AFI DALLAS

From the April 1, 2007, indieWIRE:

Stephen Agro's "Shut Up And Shoot Me" won the $25,000 Target Filmmaker Award for Best Narrative Feature at the inaugural AFI DALLAS International Film Festival and Socheata Poeuv's "New Year Baby" won the $25,000 Target Filmmaker Award for Best Documentary (with Grace Phan's "Where The Sun Rises" receiving a special mention) as the film festival came to a close in Texas this weekend.

Rob Stewart's documentary "Sharkwater" won the HDNet Award for the best feature shot in HD, including a $10,000 cash prize. Eric Chaikin's "A Lawyer Walks Into A Bar" won the Texas Competition and Alyson Shelton's "Eye of Understanding" won a special jury award, Alex Weil's "One Rat Short" won the animation competition and Calvin Reeder's "Little Farm" won in the shorts category, with a special mention for Lilah Vandenburgh's "Bitch."

The festival concluded on Saturday with the closing night gala screening of Sarah Polley's "Away From Her" and Polley received the Dallas Star Award. [Eugene Hernandez]

Sunday, April 1, 2007

AFI DALLAS Announces Film Award Winners

The AFI DALLAS International Film Festival presented by Target, founding sponsor Victory Park, announces its 2007 award winners.

Target Filmmaker Award ($25,000) in Narrative Feature Competition: SHUT UP AND SHOOT ME (encore April 1, 6:00pm, Magnolia)
Target Filmmaker Award ($25,000) in International Documentary Competition: NEW YEAR BABY (encore April 1, 7:00pm, Angelika)
Best HD Feature presented by HDNet: SHARKWATER

Audience Awards:

Audience Award for Narrative Feature: MUSIC WITHIN (encore April 1, 4:00pm, Magnolia)
Audience Award for Documentary: DARIUS GOES WEST: THE ROLL OF HIS LIFE (encore April 1, 6:30pm, The Magnolia)
Audience Award for Shorts: THE LITTLE GORILLA (encore April 1, 6:15pm, Magnolia)

Jury Awards:

Grand Jury Prize, Texas Competition: A LAWYER WALKS INTO A BAR
Special Jury Prize, Texas Competition: EVE OF UNDERSTANDING
Grand Jury Prize, Animation Competition: ONE RAT SHORT (encore April 1, 6:15pm, Magnolia)
Grand Jury Prize, Student Competition: REDEMPTION MADDIE (encore April 1, 6:15pm, Magnolia)
Grand Jury Prize, Short Competition: LITTLE FARM (encore April 1, 6:15pm, Magnolia)
Honorable Jury Mention, Shorts: BITCH
Special Jury Mention, Documentary: WHERE THE SUN RISES

Download complete AFI DALLAS award press announcement and festival wrap-up [MS Word doc]

AFI DALLAS Schedule: Sunday April 1

Click here for April 1 schedule and tickets to the AFI DALLAS International Film Festival presented by Target, founding sponsor Victory Park.

The Magnolia - 3699 McKinney Ave. [Map]
1:00p El Mechanico Loco
2:00p Kurt Cobain: About a Son
3:00p The Bracelet of Bordeaux
3:30p Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait
4:00p Audience Award Winner - Narrative Feature - Music Within
6:00p Target Award Winnner - Narrative Feature - Shut Up and Shoot Me
6:15p Short Film Winners (Little Farm, The Little Gorilla, Redemption Maddie, One Rat Short)
6:30p Audience Award Winner - Documentary - Darius Goes West: The Roll of His Life

Angelika Film Center - 5321 E. Mockingbird Ln. [Map]
12:00n Family Shorts
1:30p Red Road
2:00p Little Heroes
4:00p Gilles
4:15p Drama/MEX
7:00p Blind Dating
7:00p Target Award Winner - Documentary - New Year Baby
9:00p Beings (preceded by Coming to Town)
9:00p Third Ward, TX (preceded by When They Could Fly)

Victory Plaza - AFI 100... Series - 3090 Olive St. [Map]
12:15p It's a Wonderful Life
3:15p On the Waterfront
6:00p Casablanca
8:30p Citizen Kane

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