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PARK CITY, UT – The 21st Slamdance Film Festival tonight announced the feature and short film recipients of this year’s awards in the Audience, Jury, and Sponsored Categories. The award winners were announced at the festival’s annual Awards Ceremony at the Treasure Mountain Inn in Park City, UT.

As in previous years, juries of leading industry experts and esteemed filmmakers determined the Slamdance Jury Awards for Narrative Feature, Documentary Feature, and Short Film categories. The Audience Awards as well as the Spirit of Slamdance, an award given by the filmmakers of Slamdance 2015 to the filmmaker who best embodies the spirit of the Festival, were also bestowed. Additional sponsored awards included the Digital Bolex Fearless Filmmaking Grand Prize and the Kodak Director’s Prize. The feature competition films in the Documentary and Narrative Programs are limited to first-time filmmakers working with production budgets of less than $1 million.

“Congratulations to the winners of Slamdance and indeed to all of the filmmakers this year. The 2015 festival has shown us once again that if you want to see the best of real independent film, Slamdance is the place to be,” stated Peter Baxter, Slamdance President and Co-founder.

“The Slamdance filmmakers and festival goers made the 2015 festival a resounding success,” stated Anna Germanidi, Festival Director. “Congratulations to all of our filmmakers for touching and inspiring audiences and jury members alike with their work.”

AUDIENCE AWARDS

Narrative Feature
ACROSS THE SEA, dir. Nisan Dağ & Esra Saydam

Documentary Feature
SWEET MICKY FOR PRESIDENT, dir. Ben Patterson

JURY AWARDS – NARRATIVE

Narrative Feature
TIRED MOONLIGHT, dir. Britni West

Honorable Mention for Narrative Feature
THEY LOOK LIKE PEOPLE, dir. by Perry Blackshear

Honorable Mention for Narrative Feature
ACROSS THE SEA, dir. Nisan Dağ & Esra Saydam

JURY AWARDS – DOCUMENTARY

Documentary Feature
SWEET MICKY FOR PRESIDENT, dir. by Ben Patterson

Honorable Mention for Documentary Feature
20 YEARS OF MADNESS, dir. by Jeremy Royce

Documentary Short
THE SOLITUDE OF MEMORY, dir. by Juan Pablo González

Honorable Mention for Documentary Short
DOLPHIN LOVER, dir. by Kareem Tabsch

For descriptions of award winning films and Juried Short Film & Special Awards please click here