“The Dark Horse” named best film at Seattle Int’l Film FestJune 9, 2015 - 15:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - James Napier Robertson’s “The Dark Horse”, an inspirational fact-based New Zealand drama starring Cliff Curtis as chess champion Genesis Potini, has been named the best film of the 2015 Seattle International Film Festival, SIFF organizers announced on Sunday, June 7, according to TheWrap. The 25-day festival screened 450 films, with more than 90,000 votes submitted by audience members. It is the largest and most well-attended film festival in North America. Runner-up films included Pixar’s “Inside Out” and the Sundance sensation “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.” The audience award for best documentary went to Jason Zeldes’ “Romeo Is Bleeding,” while the directing award went to Alfonso Gomez-Rejon for “Me and Earl” and acting honors went to Nina Hoss for “Phoenix” and Curtis for “The Dark Horse.” “The Dark Horse” will be distributed in the United States by Broad Green Pictures. In separate jury awards, the winners included Károly Ujj-Mészáros’ “Liza, the Fox Fairy,” Greg Kohs’ “The Great Alone” and Pablo Valencia’s “Chatty Catties.” Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | India wants Armenia’s proposals on use of Chabahar port India is expecting proposals from Armenia regarding the use of Chabahar port in Iran, Indian ambassador says. EU welcomes Armenia-Azerbaijan “progress” The EU has welcomed “progress” made in the framework of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border delimitation process. Belarus opposition leader slams Lukashenko for Karabakh trip Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has harshly criticized the visit of Lukashenko to Karabakh. Mkhitaryan raises arrest of former Karabakh leaders in Azerbaijan Inter Milan star Henrikh Mkhitaryan has shared a news story about the extension of the arrest of former Karabakh leaders. |