The Denver Movie Competition has introduced the winners of its annual Viewers Awards and Competition Juried Awards, with movies like “Bob Trevino Likes It” and “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” taking high prizes.
Following the conclusion of the forty seventh version of the competition, which ran from November 1 to November 10, Denver Movie Competition inventive director Matthew Campbell stated through assertion, “This 12 months’s Denver Movie Competition introduced us unbelievable movies, phenomenal visitors, and unforgettable experiences. The movies acknowledged this 12 months inform sturdy tales by highly effective views, offering viewers with the possibility to see themselves on the display whereas additionally seeing one thing fully new. We’re honored to acknowledge so many voices, each new and acquainted, and to convey these tales to audiences proper right here in Denver.”
It’s value noting that, outdoors of the viewers favourite quick movie “Jellyfish and Lobster,” the viewers award winners weren’t eligible for juried prizes. The Denver Movie Competition additionally handed out beforehand introduced particular person awards all through the competition run, together with the John Cassavetes Award to “Lilly” actress Patricia Clarkson, the Profession Achievement Award to “Dìdi” star Joan Chen, and the Excellence in Performing Award to each “Onerous Truths” lead Marianne Jean-Baptiste, and “September 5” actor Ben Chaplin.
See the total record of Denver Movie Competition winners beneath.
Viewers Awards
The next movies had been acknowledged because the Individuals’s Selection Award winners for the forty seventh Denver Movie Competition by a tally of ballots solid by screening attendees.
Narrative Characteristic: “Bob Trevino Likes It”
Director: Tracie Laymon
Nation: United States
Documentary Characteristic: “Champions of the Golden Valley”
Director: Ben Sturgulewski
Nation: United States
Quick Movie: “Jellyfish and Lobster”
Director: Yasmin Afifi
Nation: United Kingdom
Juried Awards
Krzysztof Kieslowski Award for Finest Characteristic Movie
The Krzysztof Kieslowski Award is the Competition’s longest-running juried award and is awarded for greatest function movie.
Finest Characteristic Movie: “The Seed of the Sacred Fig”
Director: Mohammad Rasoulof
Nation: Iran, Germany, France
Finest Characteristic Movie Jury Assertion:
“A portrait of a household disintegrating, ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ is each compelling, enraging, and an act of nice braveness by director Mohammad Rasoulof. Combining deeply felt performances with actual footage of latest protests in Iran, the winner of the Krzysztof Kieślowski award is a surprising take a look at resilience within the face of overwhelming political and private turmoil.”
Particular Point out Characteristic Movie: “All We Think about as Mild”
Director: Payal Kapadia
Nation: France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg
Particular Point out Characteristic Jury Assertion
“Need, love, faith, class, gender, and social constructions all come underneath director Payal Kapadia’s shut and delicate gaze. The ensemble’s tender and unadorned performances additionally deserve Particular Point out.”
Jurors:
Daniel D’Addario, Chief Correspondent, Selection
Briana Rodriguez, Editor-in-Chief, Backstage Journal
Maysles Brothers Award for Finest Documentary
Al Maysles was a long-time supporter and contributor to the Denver Movie Competition. The annual award for Finest Documentary is introduced in his identify.
Finest Documentary: “Mistress Dispeller”
Director: Elizabeth Lo
Nation: China, United States
Finest Documentary Jury Assertion:
“We the jury have chosen to offer the Maysles Brothers’ Award for documentary to the movie ‘Mistress Dispeller’ for its perception into an interesting subculture, and emphasis on the significance of neighborhood.”
Jurors:
Marcus Jones, Awards Editor, IndieWire
Amy Schneider, Author, Public Speaker, “Jeopardy” Match of Champions Winner
Abbey White, Affiliate Editor, The Hollywood Reporter
American Impartial Award
American Impartial Award Winner: Shade Ebook
Director: David Fortune
Nation: United States
American Impartial Award Jury Assertion:
“All of those movies are stunning, private and actually spectacular feats of manufacturing. We’re so grateful that you simply’ve put this work out into the collective conscience. However for its beautiful course, stellar cinematography, out of this world performances, and a story that’s fantastically crafted and filled with coronary heart, the jury awards the 2024 American Impartial Award to ‘Shade Ebook’.”
Jurors:
Joanna Calo, Showrunner, “The Bear”
Taylor John Smith, Actor, “The place the Crawdads Sing”
Carl Ogawa, Producer, Berlanti Productions
Quick Movie Awards
Grand Jury Award: “Tennis, Oranges”
Director: Sean Pecknold
Nation: United States
Grand Jury Award for Finest Quick Movie Jury Assertion:
“Sean Pecknold has created an creative and enormously courageous take a look at the universality of loneliness. On this imaginative cease animation, we expertise the shortage of objective in life from a vacuum cleaner robotic’s viewpoint who meets an previous rabbit. Lonely and dreaming of his youthful days, the rabbit with the assistance of the robotic, rediscovers his physique, and dances for a final time. Deeply poignant, this story helps us to find what’s unknown about our existence, and most significantly, to appreciate that connecting to somebody is what makes life value residing. The Grand Jury Prize for Finest Quick goes to ‘Tennis, Oranges’.”
Finest Pupil Reside Motion Quick: “Bye Bye, Bowser”
Director: Jasmin Baumgartner
Nation: Austria
Finest Pupil Reside Motion Quick Jury Assertion:
“For its endearing ambition and vivid portrait of this era’s youth, the jury awards ‘Bye Bye, Bowser’ because the Reside Motion Pupil Quick Winner.”
Finest Pupil Animation Quick: “Humanity”
Director: Tereza Kovandová
Nation: Czech Republic
Finest Pupil Animation Quick Jury Assertion:
“For its pleasant seek for the irreverent and its darkly humorous depiction of what could make anybody go over the sting, the jury wish to acknowledge ‘Humanity’ because the winner of the Pupil Animated Shorts class.”
Particular Point out for Directing: “Sauna Day”
Director: Anna Hints, Tushar Prakash
Nation: Estonia
Particular Point out Jury Assertion:
“For its refreshing portrayal of male intimacy the jury wish to give a directing particular point out to ‘Sauna Day’.”
Particular Point out for Promising New Filmmaker: “Crow Man”
Director: Yohann Abdelnour
Nation: Lebanon
Particular Point out for Achievement in Performing: “Jellyfish and Lobster”
Director: Yasmin Afifi
Nation: United Kingdom
Particular Point out for Boldness of Imaginative and prescient: “Make Me a Pizza”
Director: Talia Shea Levin
Nation: United States
Particular Point out Jury Assertion:
“For its originality, audacity and actually no holds barred method to outrageous material, the particular point out for Boldness of Imaginative and prescient goes to ‘Make Me A Pizza’.”
Particular Point out for Social Affect: “Dragfox”
Director: Lisa Ott
Nation: United Kingdom
Particular Point out Jury Assertion:
“For its sensitivity, accessibility, and timeliness, with a unbelievable musical quantity as well, the Particular Point out for Social Affect goes to ‘Dragfox’.”
Particular Point out for Generational Imaginative and prescient and Preservation of the Ecosystem: “Drago”
Director: Daniel Zvereff
Nation: United States
Jurors:
Gabriela Ortega, Filmmaker, Huella
Jean-Louis Rodrigue, Performing Coach & Motion Director
Rachel Walker, Programmer, Palm Springs ShortFest
Music on Movie – Movie on Music Documentary Grant Awards (MOFFOM)
Now in its eighth 12 months, the MOFFOM Grant supplies as much as $20,000 yearly in ending funds for documentary productions particularly for music licensing, scoring, and composition.
2024 MOFFOM Grant Recipients
“Los Lobos Native Sons”
Description:
“Los Lobos Native Sons,” is the last word, licensed chronicle of the band Los Lobos. From their formative years experiences in East Los Angeles by their rise as an unlikely workforce of cultural heroes, this function documentary boasts unprecedented, unique entry to the band and their private archives.
MOFFOM Jury Assertion:
We the MOFFOM Jury hereby award the $20,000 prize to “Los Lobos Native Sons,” a movie a few cultural establishment, the delight of East Los Angeles, and, most significantly, kick-ass rock ‘n’ roll. Los Lobos, shaped in 1973, usually are not solely a pioneering drive within the music world but additionally a deeply vital voice inside Latinx tradition. Their distinctive mix of Mexican folks, rock, and blues embodies the essence of the Chicano expertise, bridging generations and communities by music that’s each rooted in custom and progressive in its expression. Over the a long time, the band has change into an emblem of cultural delight, breaking boundaries and defying expectations whereas staying true to their East L.A. roots. Their contributions to Latinx illustration in mainstream music, in addition to their collaboration with artists like Linda Ronstadt and Tom Waits, underscore their lasting affect. We stay up for seeing the filmmakers convey this wealthy, multifaceted story to life.
Jurors:
Jonathan Palmer, Senior Vice President of Artistic Sync, BMG Rights Administration
Daniel Junge, Oscar and Emmy-winning filmmaker
Steve Knopper, Editor at Giant, Billboard
In-Individual Award Winners and Honorees:
John Cassavetes Award
Patricia Clarkson, Actor, “Lilly”
Profession Achievement Award
Joan Chen, Actor, “Dìdi”
Excellence in Performing Award
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Actor, “Onerous Truths”
Ben Chaplin, Actor, “September 5″
5280 Award (Honoring distinctive cinematic work and movie collaboration)
“Saturday Evening”
Jason Reitman, Author/Director
Gil Kenan, Author
Eric Steelberg, Cinematographer
Gabriel LaBelle, Actor
Cory Michael Smith, Actor
CinemaQ LaBahn Ikon Movie Award
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, “All That We Love” and “It’s Okay”
Breakthrough Director Award
Nnamdi Asomugha, Director, “The Knife”
Excellence in Songwriting & Composing
Andrew Wyatt, Composer, “The Final Showgirl”
(unable to attend)
Rising Star Award
Ryan Future, Actor, “The Fireplace Inside”
Excellence in Directing Award
RaMell Ross, Director, “Nickel Boys”
Excellence in Writing Award
Virgil Williams, Author, “The Piano Lesson”
Malcolm Washington, Author, “The Piano Lesson”
Uncommon Pearl Award
“Emilia Pérez”
Director: Jacques Audiard
Nation: USA
Stan Brakhage Imaginative and prescient Award
Cecelia Condit
Maria and Tomasso Maglione Italian Filmmaker Award
Cristiana Dell’Anna, Actor, “Cabrini”
Editors Notice: IndieWire Awards Editor Marcus Jones was a member of the jury for the Maysles Brothers Award for Finest Documentary