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2011 Independent Film Festival Boston Award Winners Announced

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Rintaro Sawamoto and Atsuko Sakamoto in director Mike Ott's 'Littlerock.'

A press release from The Independent Film Festival Boston…

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The 2011 Independent Film Festival of Boston (IFFBoston) came to a close on Wednesday night with a sold-out screening of Rodman Flender’s CONAN O’BRIEN CAN’T STOP. Roughly 100 guest filmmakers and celebrities were in attendance at the festival including Miranda July, Kevin Clash with Elmo, Azazel Jacobs, Annie Sundberg, Garret Dillahunt, Andre Ovredal, Sebastien Pilote, Wayne Duvall, Bill Ingersoll, Mike Cahill, Jim Mickle, and numerous others. Films were shown in Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, and Somerville over a total of 8 screens.

The jury and audience award prizes have been announced and are as follows:

Narrative Feature:
Grand Jury Prize Winner: LITTLEROCK directed by Mike Ott
Special Jury Prize Winner: GREEN directed by Sophia Takal
Audience Award Winner: 13 ASSASSINS directed by Takashi Miike

Documentary Feature:
Grand Jury Prize Winner: LAST DAYS HERE directed by Don Argott & Demian Fenton
Special Jury Prize Winner: CONVENTO directed by Jarred Alterman
Audience Award Winner: RAISING RENEE directed by Steven Ascher & Jeanne Jordan
Karen Schmeer Award for Excellence in Documentary Editing: HOW TO DIE IN OREGON directed by Peter Richardson

Short Film:
Grand Jury Prize Winner: ICH BIN’S HELMUT directed by Nicolas Steiner
Special Jury Prize Winner: THE STRANGE ONES directed by Christopher Radcliff & Lauren Wolkstein
Audience Award Winner: FLYING ANNE directed by Catherine Van Campen

The Narrative Feature Jury was comprised of actor Stephen Toblowsky, Rooftop Films’ Dan Nuxoll, and filmmaker Bryan Poyser. The Documentary Feature Jury was comprised of Ashley Sabin (Invisible Girlfriend), Jason Springarn-Koff (Life 2.0), and Chico Colvard (Family Affair). The Short Film Jury was comprised of filmmaker Lena Dunham (Tiny Furniture), filmmaker Barry Jenkins (Medicine For Melancholy), and film critic Alison Willmore (IFC).

Prizes included a $60,000 Panavision camera package rental towards the filmmaker’s next film (presented to LITTLEROCK), 6 free domestic Jetblue flights anywhere that Jetblue flies in the United States (presented to both LAST DAYS HERE and GREEN), and a copy of Avid Media Composer 5 (valued at $2500) presented to HOW TO DIE IN OREGON.

More information on the festival will be available shortly on the festival website at http://www.iffboston.org.

IFFBoston 2011 – Ep. #8 – ‘Buck,’ ‘Littlerock,’ ‘El Bulli,’ ‘Make Believe,’ ’13 Assassins’ and More

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Winner of IFFBoston 2011's Audience Award, director Takashi Miike's '13 Assassins.'

From good ol’ Panera Bread, across the street from Coolidge Corner Theater in Brookline, John and I discuss a number of films from the final two days of the Independent Film Festival Boston, among them: the wonderful (we agree) documentary Buck; the young magicians documentary Make Believe; the foodie flick El Bulli: Cooking in Progress; the Short Film Special Jury Prize winner The Strange Ones; the Garret Dillahunt, Donal Logue drama Oliver Sherman; the John C. Reilly dramedy Terri; the Narrative Feature Grand Jury Prize winner, and my favorite flick of the fest, Littlerock; and the Narrative Feature Audience Award winner, and John’s favorite flick of the fest, director Takashi Miike’s 13 Assassins.

This episode runs approximately 38 minutes.

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IFFBoston 2011 – Ep. #1 – ‘Stake Land,’ ‘Being Elmo’ and ‘Color Me Obsessed’

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The man known as 'Mister' (Nick Damici) leads survivors of a vampire apocalypse to Canada in director Jim Mickle's 'Stake Land.'

Reporting from the Somerville Theater, John and I discuss three films from the first two days of the Independent Film Festival Boston: the documentary Being Elmo (the opening night film), the apocalyptic vampire actioner Stake Land, and the rock doc Color Me Obsessed: An Oral History of The Replacements.

Joining us in our discussion of Color Me Obsessed: An Oral History of the Replacements is my girlfriend, Sarah Pearlstein.

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#69 – Preview of the Independent Film Festival Boston 2011

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Miranda July listens for the yell of her illicit, cross-town lover in 'The Future.'

Joining John and me this week is Brian Tamm, Managing Director of The Independent Film Festival Boston. The 9th annual festival runs April 27th through May 4th, with films playing at The Somerville Theater, The Brattle Theater, The Stuart Street Theater and Coolidge Corner.

In this episode, we preview a number of films including Troll Hunter, The Future, 13 Assassins, Bellflower, The Catechism Cataclysm, Trigger, The City Dark, Being Elmo: A Puppeteers’ Journey, Cure for Pain: The Mark Sandman Story, Tatooine, Superheroes, Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop (which closes the festival on May 4th at the Coolidge) and many more.

Please visit IFFBoston.org for a complete list of films, events and to purchase tickets.

We recorded this episode at Panera Bread in Brookline, Ma, across the street from the Coolidge. Our apologies for any obtrusive background noise.

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