Slog - Comments on SIFF 2008: Award Winners http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_award_winners The press release: SIFF 2008 New American Cinema Competition Grand Jury Prize: Em, directed by Tony Barbieri (USA) Jury Statement: "In Em, writer-director Tony Barbieri tackles the timely and original subject of love and mental illness, with the help of his two excellent leads, Stef Willen and Nathan Wetherington. It's a sweet, sad, scary movie that feels completely contemporary." Special Jury Prize: Jury Statement: "The Special Jury Prize is awarded to The Bluetooth Virgin and writer-director Russell Brown for his fresh and squirmy script." The New American Cinema jury was comprised of: Rajendra Roy, Chief Curator, Film Department at MoMA;... Copyright 2008 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:36:28 -0800 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:48:32 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by PC Please - stop spreading SIFF lists.

]]> PC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_award_winners#c1051338 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_award_winners#c1051338 SIFF Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:19:41 -0800 Comment by The Incredible Sulk Kelly O and Ari Spool give Bruce Banner can of Rize, Bruce Banner drink Rize, freak out, Hulk out, BRUCE BANNER BECOME HULK!

And no, I'm not letting it go.

]]> The Incredible Sulk http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_award_winners#c1051351 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_award_winners#c1051351 SIFF Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:04:14 -0800 Comment by j4zz3rgrl Does this mean SIFF is over? For reals? 'Cause I'm all SIFFed out...enough.

]]> j4zz3rgrl http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_award_winners#c1051372 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_award_winners#c1051372 SIFF Sun, 15 Jun 2008 18:41:51 -0800 Comment by Grant Cogswell Haifsia Herzi is the French-Arab Ellen Page, completely in the opposite direction. What a total, instant star, a goddess, a superhero. 'The Secret of the Grain' is love-it or hate-it, but I am pretty certain that if it were just the love-its it would have won multiple categories. Brilliant, and the best ending I have seen in years.

]]> Grant Cogswell http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_award_winners#c1051374 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_award_winners#c1051374 SIFF Sun, 15 Jun 2008 18:59:18 -0800 Comment by Bob Not one single visitor to this site will read even 15% of that list. Seriously. It's just gratuitous listing. It's not needed.

]]> Bob http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_award_winners#c1051377 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_award_winners#c1051377 SIFF Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:39:11 -0800 Comment by stinkbug I successfully went from being a full series passholder in past seasons to not seeing any siff films this year. Sure, I missed some good stuff, but I was able to save $450+. Woo!

]]> stinkbug http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_award_winners#c1051378 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_award_winners#c1051378 SIFF Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:41:45 -0800 Comment by Bob Since there's no open threading on the Slog, I must step off the topic briefly to comment on how interesting it is to me that there are ZERO posts or serious references (or any I could find) to Father's Day for the last three days whereas on Mother's Day you all had at least FOUR.

Now I believe most male homosexuality is probably biologically determined and not the result of Freudian notions of overinvolved controlling yet emotionally cold and cruel mothers with weak, distanced and ineffectual fathers.

But hmmm. And the problem with Freud remains nobody's ever disproved any of him.

]]> Bob http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_award_winners#c1051379 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_award_winners#c1051379 SIFF Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:55:17 -0800 Comment by t @7
When Frued stated that, "sometimes a cigar is just a cigar," he sort of covered all of his bases.

]]> t http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_award_winners#c1051384 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_award_winners#c1051384 SIFF Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:25:00 -0800 Comment by traeden i, for one, appreciate you posting these winners. it's funny how people complain about what you guys post, as if they're the ones paying for the bandwidth or setting the editorial direction. would you guys have rather she posted an incomplete, meandering essay or something? reposting the press release was a fine thing to do.

]]> traeden http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_award_winners#c1051393 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_award_winners#c1051393 SIFF Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:11:57 -0800 Comment by Bob I would have rather read a lovely posting about Fathers and how completely bitchin they are to the world and how NONE of us would even be alive if we didn't have a father and how even though mothers can make us wince and whimper like little babies at the mere hint of disapproval in their voices over really just about anything, it's bad dads that gave us the brilliant tortured poetic angst of Kurt Cobain and good dads that gave us Tim Russert!

Fuck stupid movie lists on Father's Day, how about a little love for the old man?

]]> Bob http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_award_winners#c1051395 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_award_winners#c1051395 SIFF Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:16:59 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle @6 - I went from only watching 17 films last year to seeing around 60 this year - from an initial list of 122 Must See films.

The award winners well deserved it - especially Cherry Blossoms - Hanami, Captain Abu Raed, and Sita Sings The Blues.

Sorry I didn't post earlier today - having spent it watching some fine ending day films.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_award_winners#c1051398 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_award_winners#c1051398 SIFF Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:44:55 -0800 Comment by josh I saw the winners of the new american cinema and new directors showcase awards and it seems like the juries made some pretty good choices. The SIFF blurb for Em really didn't do the film justice; I was glad that I checked it out after hearing that it won the prize.

]]> josh http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_award_winners#c1051400 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_award_winners#c1051400 SIFF Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:46:51 -0800 Comment by K Unfortunately not one of the 5 I saw, including 3 I thought were rather good, made any of these lists... no Towelhead? No Visioneers?

]]> K http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_award_winners#c1053586 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_award_winners#c1053586 SIFF Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:48:32 -0800