Top brass at the 57th San Francisco International Film Festival (Sfiff) have announced the films in competition for the New Directors Prize and the Golden Gate Award contenders in the documentary category.
The festival will award close to $40,000 in total cash prizes this year.
The New Directors Prize of $10,000 will go to a narrative first feature that exhibits “a unique artistic sensibility and deserves to be seen by as wide an audience as possible.”
The Gga documentary winner will receive $10,000 and the Gga Bay Area documentary feature winner will receive $5,000.
The Sfiff is scheduled to run from April 24-May 8.
The 2014 New Directors Prize (Narrative Feature) Competition entries are:
The Amazing Catfish (pictured, Mexico), dir Claudia Sainte-Luce
The Blue Wave (Turkey-Germany-Netherlands-Greece), dir Zeynep Dadak and Merve Kayan
Difret (Ethiopia), dir Zeresenay Berhane Mehari
The Dune (France-Israel), dir Yossi Aviram
History Of Fear (Argentina-France-Germany-Uruguay-Qatar), dir Benjamin Naishtat
Manos Sucias (Us-Colombia), dir Josef Wladyka
Of Horses And Men (Iceland-Germany), dir Benedikt Erlingsson...
The festival will award close to $40,000 in total cash prizes this year.
The New Directors Prize of $10,000 will go to a narrative first feature that exhibits “a unique artistic sensibility and deserves to be seen by as wide an audience as possible.”
The Gga documentary winner will receive $10,000 and the Gga Bay Area documentary feature winner will receive $5,000.
The Sfiff is scheduled to run from April 24-May 8.
The 2014 New Directors Prize (Narrative Feature) Competition entries are:
The Amazing Catfish (pictured, Mexico), dir Claudia Sainte-Luce
The Blue Wave (Turkey-Germany-Netherlands-Greece), dir Zeynep Dadak and Merve Kayan
Difret (Ethiopia), dir Zeresenay Berhane Mehari
The Dune (France-Israel), dir Yossi Aviram
History Of Fear (Argentina-France-Germany-Uruguay-Qatar), dir Benjamin Naishtat
Manos Sucias (Us-Colombia), dir Josef Wladyka
Of Horses And Men (Iceland-Germany), dir Benedikt Erlingsson...
- 3/6/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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Tyra Sanchez was clearly a favorite of the judges, especially RuPaul, who allowed her to go through the entire season without ever having to lip-synch for her life.
Still, while Tyra’s victory wasn’t a real surprise, it has riled more than a few fans, on the show’s Facebook page and elsewhere. A lot of the uproar surrounds some prima donna behavior Tyra seemed to exhibit early in the season, especially in the “Here Comes the Bride” episode.
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Tyra Sanchez was clearly a favorite of the judges, especially RuPaul, who allowed her to go through the entire season without ever having to lip-synch for her life.
Still, while Tyra’s victory wasn’t a real surprise, it has riled more than a few fans, on the show’s Facebook page and elsewhere. A lot of the uproar surrounds some prima donna behavior Tyra seemed to exhibit early in the season, especially in the “Here Comes the Bride” episode.
But even more interesting than the controversy surrounding Tyra’s victory may be the story of her creator, 21-year-old James Moss. Intriguing details have leaked out all season long: how he has a son who is extremely important to him, how...
- 4/27/2010
- by Brent Hartinger
- The Backlot
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