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Racing Dreams wins at Nashville Film Festival

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Racing Dreams wins at Nashville Film Festival

'For Once on My Life' wins music prize; 'One Too Many Mornings' gets New Directors nod

Valeriy Todorovskiy's colorful 50s-era Russian musical, "Hipsters," and Marshall Curry's documentary portrait of young aspiring racecar drivers,"Racing Dreams," took home the top Nashville Film Festival juried awards for best narrative and documentary feature, respectively, when the awards were announced tonight at the Hard Rock Café in downtown Nashville. "Hipsters" won the Bridgestone Narrative Competition Grand Jury Prize; "Racing Dreams" the Documentary Channel Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary Feature. The Bridgestone Narrative Competition Grand Jury also awarded its best actor award to Anton Shagin of "Hipsters" and Paprika Steen of "Applause."

"It was both the joyful and daunting to discover these films and have to choose a best," said the Bridgestone Narrative Competition Grand Jury in joint statement. "But it was also incredibly rewarding." The jury was made up of Chris Eigemen, writer, actor and director; David Glasser, president of international distribution for The Weinstein Company; and Diego Martinez, producer.

In other major competition categories, director Michael Mohan's black and white meditation on friendship and alcoholism, "One Too Many Mornings" took home the New Directors Competition Grand Jury Prize, while Jim Binham's triumphant profile of Miami's Spirit of Goodwill Band, "For Once in My Life," snagged the Gibson Impact of Music Award. The New Directors Competition Grand Jury also named Anthony Deptula, of "One Too Many Mornings," best actor, and Eileen Nicholas, of "Bomber," best actress.

"Mohan's story of a lovable loser navigating addiction, work and friendship was furthered by a masterful use of the camera, lighting and pacing," said the New Directors Competition jury in a joint statement. "We look forward to his second and third films." The New Director Competition Jury was made up of Brian O'Halloran, actor; Lou Harry, A&E editor of the Indianapolis Business Journal; and Nathaniel Rogers of TheFilmExperience.net.

The Documentary Channel Award for Best Short Documentary: Tim Rauch and Mike Rauch's "Q&A;" Best Live Action Short to Jamie Travis' "the Armoire."

Audience awards will be announced tomorrow, Thursday, April 22, at the NaFF closing night party at the Cannery Ballroom.

The Documentary Channel Competition Jury was comprised of Nancy Gerstman, co-president of Zeitgeist Films; Suzie Lackey, director and critic for cinegeek.com; and Kate Pearson, senior VP of programming for the DOC Channel. The Gibson Music Films/Music City Competition Jury was made up of Nat Dykeman, founder and director of the Lake County Film Festival; Bill Lloyd, songwriter, musician, recording artist and producer; and Rick Sanjeck, music executive.

The 41st Nashville Film Festival closes tomorrow, April 22, with encore screenings of competition award winners, "Cyrus" and the closing night screening of director Adrian Grenier's "Teenage Paparazzo" at the Regal Green Hills Cinemas. The closing night film will be preceded by a short by country music artist Brad Paisley, who is expected to attend. The closing night party at the Cannery Ballroom will follow.

2010 Nashville Film Festival Awards

Features

Bridgestone Narrative Competition Grand Jury Prize: Valeriy Todorovskiy, "Hipsters"

Bridgestone Grand Jury Prize for Best Actor in Narrative Feature: Anton Shagin, "Hipsters"

Bridgestone Grand Jury Prize for Best Actress in Narrative Feature: Paprika Steen, "Applause"

Southwest Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature: TBA

Documentary Channel Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary Feature: Marshall Curry, "Racing Dreams"

Documentary Channel Audience Award for Best Documentary: TBA

New Directors Competition Grand Jury Prize: Michael Mohan, "One Too Many Mornings"

New Directors Competition Grand Jury Prize for Best Actor: Anthony Deptula, "One Too Many Mornings"

New Directors Competition Grand Jury Prize for Best Actress: Eileen Nicholas, "Bomber"

Gibson Impact of Music Award: Jim Bigham, "For Once in My Life"

Naxos Award for Best Music in A Feature Film: Konstantin Meladze, "Hipsters"

Ground Zero Tennessee Spirit Award for Best Feature: Brent Stewart, "The Colonel's Bride"

Bridgestone Narrative Competition Grand Jury Prize - Honorable Mention: Bruce Webb, "The Be All and End All"

Documentary Channel Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary Feature - Honorable Mention: Taggart Siegel: "Queen of the Sun"

New Directors Grand Jury Prize - Honorable Mention: Paul Cotter, "Bomber"

Gibson Impact of Music Award - Honorable Mention: Bruce Bryant: "For the Sake of the Song: The Story of Anderson Fair"

Bridgestone Narrative Competition Grand Jury Prize - Honorable Mention: Bruce Webb, "The Be All and End All"

Shorts

Ground Zero Tennessee Spirit Award for Best Narrative Short: Clay Jeter, "5 Dollars"

Ground Zero Tennessee Spirit Award for Best Documentary Short: Jonathan Epstein, "I Am A Man: from Memphis, A Lesson in Life"

Documentary Channel Award for Best Short Documentary: Tim Rauch and Mike Rauch, "Q&A"

Documentary Channel Award for Best Short Documentary - Honorable Mention: T.G. Herrington, "Mr. Okra"

Vanderbilt Golden Opportunity Award for Best College Student Short: Giacomo Cimini, "The City in the Sky"

Vanderbilt Golden Opportunity Award for Best College Student Short - Honorable Mention: Michael Rochford, "Carpet Kingdom"

Best Animated Short: Chris Landreth, "The Spine"

Best Animated Short - Honorable Mention: Nick Cross, "Yellow Cake"

Best Experimental Short: TBA

Best Live Action Short: Jamie Travis, "The Armoire"

Best Live Action Short - Honorable Mention: Roland Honeycutt Jr., "Dwight David Honeycutt for Conway School Board"

Best Young Filmmaker: Edward Heffernan: "The Letter"

Special

Special Jury Prize for Remarkably Weaving Documentary and Narrative Footage into a Subtly Moving Whole: Davey Frankel and Rasselas Lakew, "The Athlete" (Atletu)

Special Jury Prize for Bravery in Storytelling: Dean Hamer, "Out in the Silence"

Special Jury Prize for Artistic Perseverance through Commercial Adversities: Clark Stiles, "Don't Quit Your Daydream"

NAHCC Award for Best Hispanic Filmmaker: Javier Fuentes-Leon, "Undertow"

Best GLBT Film: Leanne Pooley, "The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls"

Mike Curb Career Achievement Award for Film Music: Carter Burwell

2010 President's Impact Award: Adrian Grenier

Coleman Sinking Creek Award: Steve James

Governor's Award: Watkins College of Art, Design & Film

Nashville Public Television Human Spirit Award: Peter Wiedensmith, "Raw Faith"

Rosetta Miller-Perry Award for Best Black Filmmaker: Mario Van Peebles, "Black, White and Blues"

Best Film by a Woman Director: Jac Schaeffer,"TiMER"

Film Musicians Secondary Market Fund Best Director/Composer Collaboration: Mario Van Peebles/Tree Adams: "Black, White and Blues"