Save the Cat<\/em>, directed by Jordan Matthew Horowitz.<\/p>\n\n\tThe Sonoma International Film Festival ran from March 20-24, curated by Artistic Director Carl Spence, with senior programmers Amanda Salazar (Narrative Feature), Ken Jacobson (Narrative Documentary), and shorts programmer Oscar Arce Naranjo. Ginny Krieger is the pageant\u2019s govt director; Dr. Kevin W. McNeely is director emeritus.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\tAmong the pageant highlights was the world premiere of Extremely Unique Dynamic<\/em>, directed by Harrison Xu, Ivan Leung, and Katherine Dudas, and the U.S. Premiere of Thomas Napper\u2019s Widow Clicquot<\/em>, starring Haley Bennett.<\/p>\n\n
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\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tMaya Hawke in \u2018Wildcat\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOscilloscope<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\tThe Centerpiece Film was Ethan Hawke\u2019s Wildcat<\/em> starring his daughter, Maya Hawke, within the position of Southern Gothic author Flannery O\u2019Connor.<\/p>\n\n\tThe Closing Night Film was Luc Besson\u2019s Dogman<\/em>, starring Caleb Landry Jones; a Closing Night Special Presentation of Pablo Berger\u2019s Academy Award-nominated movie Robot Dreams<\/em> was held at Sonoma Academy\u2019s Community Performing Arts Center in Santa Rosa.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n
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\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tBeau Bridges on the 2024 Sonoma International Film Festival.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMiikka Skaffari\/Getty Images<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\tActor Beau Bridges was readily available to obtain the pageant\u2019s Lifetime Achievement Award. Chef Susan Feniger was introduced with the SIFF Culinary Excellence Award at a dinner and screening of a documentary about her, Susan Feniger. Forked<\/em>, directed by Liz Lachman.<\/p>\n\n\tThis is the total checklist of prize winners from the Sonoma International Film Festival:<\/p>\n
\n\tGRAND JURY FILM AWARDS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\tGrand Jury Award | Best Narrative Feature:\n\tSpecial Mention: Hesitation Wound <\/strong>(Selman Nacar\u00a0|\u00a0Turkey)<\/p>\n\n\tNarrative Feature Grand Jury:\u00a0<\/strong>Rosa Bosch (Begin Again Films), Tyler Coates (The Hollywood Reporter), Rebecca Fisher (Magnolia Pictures), Jason Hellerstein (Sideshow), and Julie Huntsinger (Telluride Film Festival).<\/p>\n\n\tNarrative Feature Competition Films:\u00a0<\/strong>Blaga\u2019s Lessons (Stephan Komandarev | Bulgaria), The Blue Star (Javier Macipe | Spain), Dear Jassi (\u00a0Tarsem Singh Dhandwar | India), Goodbye Julia (Mohamed Kordofani | Sudan), Hesitation Wound (Selman Nacar | Turkey), Puan (Maria Alch\u00e9 and Benjam\u00edn Naishtat | Argentina\/Brazil), Rosalie (St\u00e9phanie di Giusto | France)\u00a0and Snow Leopard (Pema Tseden | China).<\/p>\n\n\tGrand Jury Award | Best Documentary Feature:\n\tDocumentary Feature Grand Jury:\u00a0Thelma Adams (movie critic), Matthew Carey (Deadline), Eugene Hernandez (Director of the Sundance Film Festival), Jannette Napoli (ITVS), and Rob Williams (Participant).<\/p>\n
\n\tDocumentary Feature Competition Films included:\u00a0<\/strong>And So It Begins (Ramona S. Diaz | USA), Farming While Black (Mark Decena | USA), Invisible Nation (Vanessa Hope | USA), Let The Canary Sing (Alison Ellwood | USA), The Most Remote Restaurant within the World (Ole Juncker | Denmark), and\u00a0Mourning in Lod (Hilla Medalia | Israel).<\/p>\n\n\tGrand Jury Awards | Best Short Films:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\tBest Live Action Short |\u00a0ILY, Bye<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(Taylor James | USA)<\/p>\n\n\tThe jury wrote, \u201cFor this audacious filmmaking debut, towering central performance, and a script that is funny as fuck (hell), we\u2019d like to grant the award for\u00a0best short film in the Live Action category\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>to\u00a0ILY, Bye\u00a0<\/em>by Taylor James.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\tBest Documentary Short |\u00a0A Part of You Made Me Whole Again\u00a0<\/strong>(Destyn Fuller-Hope and Andrew Wonder | USA)<\/p>\n\n\tThe jury wrote, \u201cFor its effective and economical storytelling in a cinematic expression of love. We\u2019d like to grant the award for\u00a0best short film in the documentary category\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>to\u00a0A Part Of You Made Me Whole Again\u00a0<\/em>by Destyn Fuller-Hope and Andrew Wonder.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\tBest Animated Short | Bug Diner\u00a0<\/strong>(Phoebe Heart | USA)<\/p>\n\n\tThe jury wrote, \u201cFor a shocking and memorable use of puppet porn and humor, we\u2019d like to grant the award for\u00a0best short film in the animation category\u00a0to\u00a0Bug Diner\u00a0<\/em>by Phoebe Heart.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\tShort Film Grand Jury:\u00a0Tabitha Jackson (Former Sundance Director, co-host of The Film That Blew My Mind<\/em>podcast),\u00a0Selin Sevinc\u00a0(Bend Film Festival), and Andy Spletzer (Seattle International Film Festival).<\/p>\n\n\tAUDIENCE FILM AWARDS:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\tThe Stolman Audience Award for Best Feature<\/p>\n
\n\tThe Teacher Who Promised the Sea <\/strong>(Patricia Font | Spain)<\/p>\n\n\t1st Runner-up: Ghostlight (Kelly O\u2019Sullivan, Alex Thompson | USA)<\/p>\n
\n\t2nd Runner-up Ezra (Tony Goldwyn | USA)<\/p>\n
\n\tthird Runner-up Wicked Little Letters (Thea Sharrock | United Kingdom)<\/p>\n
\n\t4th Runner-up, Mr. Blake At Your Service! (Gilles Legardinier | France)<\/p>\n
\n\tThe A3 Audience Award for Best Documentary<\/p>\n
\n\tCall Me Dancer <\/strong>(Leslie Shampaine and Pip Gilmour | India)<\/p>\n\n\t1st Runner-up: Let the Canary Sing (Alison Ellwood | USA)\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\t2nd Runner-up: UnDamaged (Beth Lane | USA)<\/p>\n
\n\tthird Runner-up: Copa 71 (Rachel Ramsay, James Erskine | United Kingdom)<\/p>\n
\n\t4th Runner-up: Merchant Ivory (Stephen Soucy | USA)\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\tThe McNeely Award for Best Short Film<\/p>\n
\n\tSave the Cat <\/strong>(Jordan Matthew Horowitz | USA)<\/p>\n\n\t1st Runner-up: Abundance: The Farmlink Story (Owen Dubeck | USA)\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\t2nd Runner-up: Terminally Ill (Chris Cole | USA)<\/p>\n
\n\tthird Runner-up: Baby Gay\u00a0 (Arielle Frances Bagood | USA)\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\t4th Runner-up: Lunchbox (Anne Hu | USA)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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