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NEW YORK -- Indie film organization IFP distributed more than $100,000 to emerging filmmakers at its annual awards luncheon Thursday afternoon.
At the Chinatown Brasserie ceremony hosted by actress Melonie Diaz ("Raising Victor Vargas") and sponsored by the Hollywood Reporter, directors from IFP's Independent Film Lab and artists in Filmmaker Magazine's "25 New Faces of Independent Film" were also introdiced to the industry-filled crowd.
The Adrienne Shelly Director's Grant of $10,000 went to Eunhee Cho for her film "Inner Circle Line". The award, given to a female director award in honor of the slain actress/helmer, was chosen by a jury that included Hal Hartley, Bennett Miller, Paul Rudd, Keri Russell and Andy Ostroy.
The $5,000 Emerging Narrative Screenplay Award, bestowed by jurors Diaz, David Strathairn, Chris Eyre, Mark Duplass and Catherine Hardwicke, went to Avi Weider for "Zeros and Ones". Nir Paniry received the Rising Star Award for an Emerging Narrative Screenplay for "Kamikaze Dolls" and a product grant valued at $6,000 from Eastman Kodak.
At the Chinatown Brasserie ceremony hosted by actress Melonie Diaz ("Raising Victor Vargas") and sponsored by the Hollywood Reporter, directors from IFP's Independent Film Lab and artists in Filmmaker Magazine's "25 New Faces of Independent Film" were also introdiced to the industry-filled crowd.
The Adrienne Shelly Director's Grant of $10,000 went to Eunhee Cho for her film "Inner Circle Line". The award, given to a female director award in honor of the slain actress/helmer, was chosen by a jury that included Hal Hartley, Bennett Miller, Paul Rudd, Keri Russell and Andy Ostroy.
The $5,000 Emerging Narrative Screenplay Award, bestowed by jurors Diaz, David Strathairn, Chris Eyre, Mark Duplass and Catherine Hardwicke, went to Avi Weider for "Zeros and Ones". Nir Paniry received the Rising Star Award for an Emerging Narrative Screenplay for "Kamikaze Dolls" and a product grant valued at $6,000 from Eastman Kodak.
- 9/21/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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