The 2013 Brooklyn Film Festival (Bff) wrapped on Sunday and the winners have been announced. The awards were spread across a wide pool of winners, but Cary McClelland was a big winner, taking home both the Grand Chameleon Award and Best Documentary for "Without Shepherds." Jeremy O'Keefe's "Somewhere Slow" won Best Narrative Feature. Best New Director went to Nicole Gomez Fisher for "Sleeping With The Fishes." Lastly, the Audience Award went to Amy Finkel's "Furever" and Dan Eberle's "Cut to Black." The festival presented 106 films from 24 different countries including 33 World Premieres, 26 USA Premieres, 20 East Coast Premieres and 22 New York Premieres. The films were selected from over 2,000 submissions coming from 111 countries.Grand Chameleon Award Cary McClelland ("Without Shepherds") Best In CATEGORYNarrative Feature -- Jeremy O'Keefe ("Somewhere Slow")Documentary -- Cary McClelland ("Without Shepherds")Short Subject -- David Figueroa García ("Scoundrels...
- 6/11/2013
- by Madeline Raynor
- Indiewire
When Amy Finkel's post-mortem pet preservation documentary was first put Kickstarter two years ago, it managed to more than double its $5,000 donation goal and inspire quite a bit of interest in its covering of how we handle animal deaths in varying capacities. Now with the film complete and screenings at Toronto documentary film festival Hot Docs scheduled, Finkel's film has released a new trailer for the film (exclusive to Indiewire), reveling in the insane lengths we will go to to preserve a memory. Citing our increasing emotional devotion to the animals in our lives, "Furever" follows various individuals attempt to grapple with the deaths of their lifelong pets, ranging from the tragic grieving process, to more "creative" methods, whether it be retaining their image in plaques, mummifying their remains, or resorting to taxidermy, with some treating it as if they never left. The film is now on the festival...
- 4/12/2013
- by Cameron Sinz
- Indiewire
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