The Bentonville Film Foundation, in cooperation with the founding partner, Walmart, and the sponsor, Coca-Cola, announced the eleventh annual winners Bentonville Film Festival on saturday.
“Rosemed“Championship Lucy LiuHe won the first prize, and won the award for Best Sardines for a Film Film. In addition, LIU was presented with the RISING to The Challenge Award, granted to artists who support independent films and “put their talents, passion and experience on the line in the service of enabling the stories that were disputed.” Directed by Eric Lin, “Rosemead” was first shown earlier this month at the Tribeca Film Festival and Mother’s centers facing an impossible option. The film received excellent reviews, especially for Liu transformational performance. In a statement, the jury, which voted on the award, noted: “Director Eric Lin Sparks is talking in the real world about the society in which we live through an intimate film that is underestimated on the basis of real events in the Saint Gabriel Valley. The essence of what great cinema can do.”
Other narrative awards presented included the mention of a special jury for representatives of the “Adult Children” band, which held the first international show on Thursday evening at the festival. Written by Annika Marx and directed by Rich Newy, comedy drama focuses on three adult brothers (Petsey Brandt, Thomas Sadosky and Aia Cash) and their teenage sister (Ella Robin) who move together to monitor their brother Josh (Sadosky), a addict. The film also plays the starring role in Mimi Rogers as their mother and Olimic Togas (in his first movie) as a young neighbors. Marx and Niwi had previously collaborated in the movie “Killing Eleanor”, which won the Best Award at the Scad Savannah Film Festival 2020. This film also balanced with some dangerous topics with the dark and human humor shown in “Adult Children”.
A special jury of the guidance vision was presented to the “Book of Colors”, the story of the writer David Fortune to a modern widow father trying to transfer his son to the baseball game. The jury statement praised, “The film discovers deep topics around the world in which we live with consistent leadership of pictures, beautiful shows and storytelling. Variety was also impressed, and the film gave the critic selection after the first show of the Palm Springs Film Festival in January.
On the documentary side, “library secretaries”, directed by Kim A. Snyder for the best documentary award. Snyder, the Oscar candidate for the short “Death by Numbers”, is a true, convincing story for the banning and heroic trustees who reveal the truth. A special jury has been granted to “increasing scrutiny” from producer Sam Vader, who focuses on civil rights lawyer Chis Strangio, who defends transit rights.
This year, the festival presented a new category, Best -HOMEGROWN, which is granted to the films made in the Arkansas region. The award for the best local feature was presented to “Sovereignty” from the writer and director Christian Swegall. Film stars Nick Offman, Dennis Kowid, Martha Blamepton and Jacob Trumpy. The father and son followed in an extremist group facing the police. A special jury was given (Homegrow) to “Beyond the ASHES: A Adaptive Trail Story” from producers of Producers Brooke Wagner and Tim Johnson, a documentary on Trailblazer, an organization to develop corridors.
Other prizes included the best in the “Born 2 Loss” show, a pilot from director Carlos Cardona about the 16 -year -old Latini music. The Best Short Film Award was awarded for “Love” Her, which depicts the women’s lives struggles. The Special jury also mentioned the “Earth Offer” animation from the directors Megan Griffiths, Mindie Lind, and “Ideas of Giving” in the modern era from the director Anndi Jinelle Liggett.
The Bentonville Film Festival started on June 16, and participated in 28 films of the competition, including the first screening of the world. It was presented by BFFOUNDATION, a non -profit organization that focuses on enhancing the short stories that have been imperfect. The Gina Davis Institute on Sex in the media and Davis itself is a continuous presence throughout the festival.
