2010 Dallas International Film Festival Winners

©2010, Dallas International Film Festival

(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)

©2010, Dallas International Film Festival
(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