As the last day of the Los Angeles Film Festival arrived Sunday with closing night gala "The Way, Way Back," the festival announced its winners at an awards brunch. The two top juried awards of the Los Angeles Film Festival are the Directv Narrative Award and Directv Documentary Award, each carrying an unrestricted $10,000 cash prize, funded by Directv, for the winning film’s director. The Directv Narrative Award for the finest narrative film in competition at the Festival went to Janis Nords’ "Mother, I Love You," making its U.S. premiere, and The DIRECTVDocumentary Award for the finest documentary film in competition at the Festival went to Ryan McGarry for world premiere "Code Black." Destin Daniel Cretton’s drama "Short Term 12" (Cinedigm, August 23), Grace Lee’s documentary "American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs" and Haifaa Al Mansour’s Saudi Arabian drama "Wadjda" (Sony Pictures...
- 6/23/2013
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
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