2010 Dallas International Film Festival Winners
(left to right) Aubin Peterson, Mike Peterson, Jason Crawford (BROTHERHOOD), Rachel Hicks (AMERICAN: THE BILL HICKS STORY), Andre Jones (MR. OKRA), Mark Landsman (THUNDER SOUL), Amy Grappell (QUADRANGLE), Ryan O'Nan (THE DRY LAND), Emilia Mello (WASTE LAND), Jason Berman (THE DRY LAND), Michael Nash (CLIMATE REFUGEES)
DALLAS – APRIL 16, 2010 — The Dallas Film Society Honors presented Ryan Piers Williams’ The Dry Land with the Jury award for Narrative Feature, sponsored by Target Corporation, accompanied with a $25,000 cash prize.
Lucy Walker’s Waste Land won the Target Documentary Feature award, with a Special Jury Prize awarded to Michael Pertnoy and Michael Kleiman’s The Last Survivor. Mark Landsman’s documentary of Houston’s Kashmere Stage Band, Thunder Soul, received a Special Mention for editing.
American: The Bill Hicks Story, directed by Matt Harlock and Paul Thomas, took home the MPS Studios Texas Film Maker Award, with Robert Byington’s Harmony and Me winning a Special Jury Prize.
Rounding out the list of films awarded for their achievement:
Environmental Visions Film Maker Award:
Climate Refugees – dir. Michael Nash
Short:
Quadrangle – dir. Amy Grappell
Special Jury Prize:
B.U.S.T. – dir. David Call
Monkeywrench – dir. Chris Teague
Voice on the Line – dir. Kelly Sears
Special Mention – Acting: Jade (for Aisling Loftus) – dir. Daniel Elliot
Student Short:
Procession – dir. Beth Spitalny
Special Mention: Young Love – Ariel Kleiman
Animated Short:
Runaway – dir. Cordell Barker
Audience Awards:
Narrative: Brotherhood – dir. Will Canon
Documentary: Thunder Soul – dir. Mark Landsman
Short: Mr. Okra – dir. T.G. Herrington