Thanks to all of our supporters, staff, and volunteers for another great festival. We are already looking forward to the 19th Annual Florida Film Festival.
See you next year!
(psst…be on the lookout for Enzian’s tumblr, coming soon!)
The jury and audience award-winners of the 2009 Florida Film Festival in the American Independent Feature Film, Documentary, and Short Film categories, along with the International Audience Awards, are as follows:
FEATURE FILMS
Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature
PRINCE OF BROADWAY, directed by Sean Baker
Special Jury Award for Original Screenplay
POUNDCAKE, written by Troy Hall and Kevin Logie
Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature
POUNDCAKE, directed by Rafael Monserrate
DOCUMENTARIES
Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature
THE GARDEN, directed by Scott Hamilton Kennedy
Special Jury Award for Fearless Filmmaking
PRODIGAL SONS, directed by Kimberly Reed
Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature
THE GARDEN, directed by Scott Hamilton Kennedy
Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Short
PICKIN’ & TRIMMIN’, directed by Matt Morris
SHORT FILMS
Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Short
GLORY AT SEA, directed by Benh Zeitlin
Grand Jury Award for Best Animated Short
I AM SO PROUD OF YOU, directed by Don Hertzfeldt
Special Jury Award for Outstanding Performance
Jasmine Jessica Anthony in WATER PILLS, directed by Blake Sennett
Audience Award for Best Short Film
TALES OF MERE EXISTENCE, directed by Lev Yilmaz
INTERNATIONAL FILMS
Audience Award for Best International Feature
NEIL YOUNG: DON’T BE DENIED, directed by Ben Whalley (UK)
Audience Award for Best International Short
INSTEAD OF ABRACADABRA, directed by Patrik Eklund (Sweden)
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Check it out! This has been a whirlwind festival season in the Sunshine State!
Opening Night Movie (from the booth).
” [This] film rises above mere cinematic rubbernecking to tell an amazing story about optimism, limits and the underside of the rock ’n’ roll dream”
Verdict: The lyrics to AC/DC’s Long Way To The Top were never more appropriate. Anvil! is exactly what’s needed to slap the recent rash of doomsayer documentaries in the face — preferably with a studded, fingerless leather glove.
Read the rest of the review here.
Anvil! Is playing at the 2009 Florida Film Festival on Thursday, April 2nd and Sunday, April 5. Don’t miss out! Buy your tickets now!
ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL
Toronto teenagers Steve “Lips” Kudlow and Robb Reiner made a pact to rock together forever. Their band, Anvil, released 1982’s genre-classic Metal on Metal, influencing a generation of thrash metal pioneers including Metallica, Slayer, and Anthrax, all of whom went on to sell millions of records. Anvil’s career took a different path—straight to obscurity.As heart-warming as it is absurd, ANVIL! is simply one of the best rock movies ever made. Don’t miss it.
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