Lynn Shelton's We Go Way Back took the grand jury award for best narrative feature at the Slamdance Film Festival's Sparky Awards Ceremony at the club Suede in Park City. The prize included a Panavision Camera Rental Package valued at $60,000. Also at the ceremony, held Friday and overseen by festival director Peter Baxter, special jury recognition was awarded to Todd Rohal's The Guatemalan Handshake. The grand jury award for best documentary feature went to Philippe Diaz's Empire in Africa, with Bob Hercules and Cheri Pugh's Forgiving Dr. Mengele receiving special jury recognition.
- 1/30/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lynn Shelton's We Go Way Back took the grand jury award for best narrative feature at the Slamdance Film Festival's Sparky Awards Ceremony at the club Suede in Park City. The prize included a Panavision Camera Rental Package valued at $60,000. Also at the ceremony, held Friday and overseen by festival director Peter Baxter, special jury recognition was awarded to Todd Rohal's The Guatemalan Handshake. The grand jury award for best documentary feature went to Philippe Diaz's Empire in Africa, with Bob Hercules and Cheri Pugh's Forgiving Dr. Mengele receiving special jury recognition.
- 1/29/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
First Run Features has acquired all North American rights to two politically charged documentaries, Forgiving Dr. Mengele and Aristide and the Endless Revolution. Bob Hercules and Cheri Pugh's Mengele follows twin sisters who survived genetic experiments at the hands of notorious Nazi doctor Josef Mengele in their quest to reconcile with perpetrators of similar crimes. Nicolas Rossier's Aristide features an extensive interview with the exiled Haitian president, along with commentary from his supporters and critics. First Run plans a spring theatrical release for Mengele and a DVD release in fall 2006. Aristide opens Thursday in New York, with tentative plans for releases in other cities before an anticipated summer home video bow.
- 11/15/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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