“The Million Dollar Duck” wins Slamdance doc, audience awards January 29, 2016 - 12:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Brian Golden Davis' The Million Dollar Duck, a documentary about the federal duck stamp contest, won both the audience and jury awards for best documentary feature at the Slamdance Film Festival, which announced its winners tonight at an awards ceremony at the Treasure Mountain Inn in Park City, Utah, The Hollywood Reporter reveals. The film, which focuses on the only juried art competition run by the U.S. government, was acquired by Lionsgate, which plans a limited theatrical release, and Discovery Communications' Animal Planet. The audience award for best narrative feature went to Alex Simmons' Honey Buddies, while Paul Taylor's Driftwood claimed the jury award for narrative feature. AUDIENCE AWARDS Audience Award for Narrative Feature: Honey Buddies, dir. by Alex Simmons Audience Award for Documentary Feature: The Million Dollar Duck, dir. by Brian Golden Davis JURY AWARDS Jury Award for Narrative Feature: Driftwood, dir. by Paul Taylor Jury Honorable Mention for Acting – Narrative Feature: Hunky Dory, dir. by Michael Curtis Johnson, starring Tomas Pais and Edouard Holdener Jury Award for Documentary Feature: The Million Dollar Duck,dir. by Brian Golden Davis Jury Honorable Mention for Documentary Feature: Art of the Prank,dir. by Andrea Marini Jury Award for Documentary Short: If Mama Ain’t Happy, Nobody’s Happy, dir. by Mea de Jong Jury Honorable Mention for Cinematography -Documentary Short: The Bullet, dir. by Jordan Bahat, cinematography by Mike Gioulakis Jury Award for Narrative Short: Winter Hymns, dir. by Dusty Mancinelli Jury Honorable Mention for Narrative Short: The Beast, dir. by Daina Oniunas Pusic Jury Award for Animation Short: My Dad, dir. by Marcus Armitage Jury Honorable Mention for Animation Short: Flaws, dir. by Josh Shaffner Jury Award for Experimental Short: Infrastructures, dir. by Aurèle Ferrier Jury Honorable Mention for Experimental Short: Cup of Stars, dir. by Ryan Betschart, Tyler Betschart Jury Award for Anarchy Short: Disco Inferno, dir. by Alice Waddington Jury Honorable Mention for Anarchy Short: Gwilliam, dir. by Brian Lonano Jury Honorable Mention for Anarchy Short: Hi How Are You Daniel Johnston?, dir. by Gabriel Sunday SPECIAL AWARDS Spirit of Slamdance Award: Cast and crew of Fursonas, dir. by Dominic Rodriguez Digital Bolex Fearless Filmmaking Grand Prize: Small Talk, dir. by Hilary Campbell Digital Bolex Fearless Filmmaking Honorable Mention: You Will Find a Way, dir. by A.J. Molle Digital Bolex Fearless Filmmaking Honorable Mention: Eyes of the City, dir. by Luke Randall Photo: DocRiot Films   Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. 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”.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
