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NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2013 AWARD WINNERS
Newport Beach, CA – May 2, 2013 – The Newport Beach Film Festival announced today the winners of the 2013 Festival. The Festival wrapped up its official competition with a screening of THE WAY, WAY BACK starring Toni Collette and Steve Carrell at the Regency Lido Theater (3459 Via Lido) with the post party in the Via Lido Courtyard.
The Festival’s selection committee reviewed more than 2,000 films. The films selected to run in the Festival were in competition for jury, Festival and audience awards. This year's jury panel was especially strong, consisting of Professor Hal Ackerman, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, Karen Merced Willner, Instructor of Film as Literature, and co-instructor of Post-modern Art & Film at Saddleback College, John A Kuri, Founder and CEO of Elixir Entertainment, Deborah LaVine, Co-Program Director of the Film Directing Program at California Institute of the Arts, television and feature film executive, H. Daniel Gross, film journalist Jim Brunzell III and photojournalist and documentary filmmaker, Robert Grasmere This year's Festival included over 350 films, representing 50 countries.
JURY AWARDS
BEST FEATURE FILM - FLY ME TO THE MOON BEST ACTOR- Sam Rockwell - A SINGLE SHOT BEST ACTRESS - Diane Kruger - FLY ME TO THE MOON BEST DIRECTOR - Pascal Chaumeil - FLY ME TO THE MOON BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER- Mihai Malaimaire, Jr. - THE TIME BEING BEST SCREENPLAY- Laurent Zeitoun and Youann Gromb - FLY ME TO THE MOON BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILM - TERMS AND CONDITIONS MAY APPLY BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM- OPEN HEART BEST SHORT ANIMATED FILM - FLAMINGO PRIDE BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM - EMILY 2013 AUDIENCE AWARDS:
AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER FEATURE (US) – THE WAY, WAY BACK AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER FEATURE (FOREIGN) - CINCO DE MAYO: THE BATTLE AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER DOCUMENTARY – HOW TO MAKE MONEY SELLING DRUGS AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER FEATURE (FAMILY) - WIENER DOG NATIONALS AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER ACTION SPORTS FEATURE – DISCOVERING MAVERICKS AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER (ART, ARCHETECTURE AND DESIGN) - 16 ACRES
2013 NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL HONORS:
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING – BROADWAY IDIOT OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMAKING – THE O’BRIENS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMAKING – DRIFT OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMAKING – THE GOLDEN SCALLOP OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMAKING (COMEDY) – IN SECURITY OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING (ENSEMBLE CAST) – WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT (DIRECTING)– I AM I - Jocelyn Towne OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT (ACTING)– Michael Shannon - THE ICEMAN OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT (ACTING)– Onata Aprile - WHAT MAISIE KNEW OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT (ACTING)- Jericho Rosales - BREAKAWAY (ALAGWA) OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMAKING (FAMILY FILM)- WIENER DOG NATIONALS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMAKING (ACTION SPORTS) - BIRDMEN: THE ORIGINAL DREAM OF FLIGHT OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMAKING (ACTION SPORTS)- THE SIGNAL HILL SPEED RUN OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMAKING (ENVIONRMENTAL) - CRITICAL MASS
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING – LET’S ROLL OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING – WALKING THE CAMINO: SIX WAYS TO SANTIAGO OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING (MUSIC) – B-SIDE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING (SHORT) – JOSEPHINE AND THE ROACH OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING (SHORT) - STRINGS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING (ART, ARCHERTICUTE AND DESIGN)—IF YOU BUILD IT OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING (EDITING) – LOVE, MARILYN OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING (SHORT) – JOSEPHINE AND THE ROACH OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING (SHORT) – SILK OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING (SHORT) - STRINGS Attendance at the 2013 Newport Beach Film Festival was on par with last year’s attendance of over 53,000 patrons.
The Newport Beach Film Festival is sponsored in part by Absolut Vodka, Fashion Island, Stella Artois and Los Angeles Times.
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