"Any Day Now" wins top prize at Seattle International Film Fest June 11, 2012 - 14:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "Any Day Now" captured the Golden Space Needle audience award for best feature and its star Alan Cumming was named best actor Sunday, June 10 at the Seattle International Film Festival, TheWrap reported. "Any Day Now," directed by Travis Fine, is set in the late 1970s. When a mentally handicapped teenager is abandoned, a gay couple takes him in and becomes the family he's never had. Jamie Chung of best feature runnerup "Eden" was named best actress. Benh Zeitlin took home the best director honors for "Beasts of the Southern Wild." There were three competition awards. Nicolas Provost took the grand jury prize for "The Invader." The documentary award went "Five Star Existence" from Finland's Sonja Linden. Keith Miller's "Welcome to Pine Hill" was the winner of the FIPRESCI for best new American film. "CatCam," directed by Seth Keal, was named best short film. Seattle director Megan Griffiths' "Eden" was named winner of the Reel NW award, for best film with a Pacific Northwest connection. The 25-day festival, which began May 17, featured over 460 films from more than 70 countries, including 65 premieres and over 700 screenings. Festival highlights included career honors for Oscar-winning actress Sissy Spacek and director William Friedkin during SIFF’s annual Tribute Awards.   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals  Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation.Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan.Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush.Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |
