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| Seattle fest bows to French Spies | |
Michael Hazanavius' "OSS 117: Nest of Spies," a French spy spoof, earned the Golden Space Needle Audience Award as best film at the 32nd annual Seattle International Film Festival, which concluded its 25-day run Sunday. Runners-up were Goran Dukic's "Wrist Cutters: A Love Story," Marcos Carnevale's "Elsa & Fred," Wash Westmoreland and Richard Glatzer's "Quinceanera" and Charles Sturridge's "Lassie." Dukic also took the prize for best director. "The Trials of Darryl Hunt," an account of a man wrongly imprisoned in a rape/murder case, won the best documentary award for its directors Rickie Stern and Annie Sundberg.Fiona Gordon, who stars in "The Iceberg," from Belgium, was named best actress, while Ryan Gosling of "Half Nelson" was named best actor.Douglas Horn's "Full Disclosure" was awarded the Golden Needle for best short.The fest's closing-night attraction was Michel Gondry's "Science of Sleep," starring Gael Garcia Bernal.
Among special awards issued, Freida Lee Mock's "Wrestling With Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner" earned the Women in Cinema Lena Sharpe Award; Karen Lum's "Slip of the Tongue" won the Wavemaker Award for Excellence in Youth Filmmaking; and "The Drive Thru," produced by Stacey Rozich, Matt Lewis, Jesse Lomax and Ashley Russell, took the FutureWave Audience Award. |
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