IFFBoston awards announced
posted by AdamThe 2008 Independent Film Festival of Boston held its Awards ceremony last night at Mantra in Downtown Boston, preceded by mindblowing performances by MC Frontalot and Prince Paul. Here are the winners:
Grand Jury Prize Narrative: BALLAST directed by Lance Hammer
Special Jury Prize: MOMMA’S MAN directed by Azazel Jacobs
Grand Jury Prize Documentary: SONG SUNG BLUE directed by Greg Kohs
Special Jury Prize Documentary: SECRECY directed by Robb Moss and Peter Galison
Grand Jury Prize Short Film: MAN directed by Myna Joseph
Special Jury Prize Short Film: GLORY AT SEA! directed by Ben Zeitlin
Programmer’s Choice Award: GOLIATH directed by David & Nathan Zellner
The Audience Awards and Best Marketing Awards will be announced later this week. Congratulations to all of the winners.
April 28th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
Best Marketing Award? We thought you just made that one up for our film! Glad to hear you’re keeping it going!
April 28th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
Dude, with all the films I watched, how did I manage to miss EVERY SINGLE ONE of these?! It’s okay though, I still loved what I saw.
April 29th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Larry the actor was robbed. It was a much better short then ‘Glory at Sea”
April 30th, 2008 at 3:28 am
I’ve got to agree with Bill. Glory at Sea was an interesting attempt but just didn’t do it for me. Larry was great.
April 30th, 2008 at 4:22 am
I’m surprised Crawford didn’t win. Was a great doc.
April 30th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
I loved “Larry, (The Actor)” and its strength, and the focused message. At this point in life I’m very aware of choices, and taking responsibility for oneself instead of waiting for things to happen. Frankly, the writing, directing and editing were terrific and were essential for communicating this extremely human story.
April 30th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
I thought the Werner Herzog film was amaaaazing and a great closing night choice by the programmers. As usual, the programmers did a wonderful job with their selections and scheduling. Yay, IFFBoston!
May 1st, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Crawford was incredible. This is the way a doc should be presented. David Modigliani is a master at capturing the true feelings of Crawford. Wonderful film.
May 5th, 2008 at 12:57 am
I’m am so happy that Glory at Sea won a special jury prize! It was an incredibly well done film with a lot of heart. I was uncontrollably smiling at the end. The director deserved this award, after the time it spent to make the film.