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PARK CITY, UT – The 22nd Slamdance Film Festival announced the feature and short film recipients of this year’s Sparky 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 2016 to the filmmaker who best embodies the spirit of the Festival, were also bestowed. Additional sponsored awards included this year’s Digital Bolex Fearless Filmmaking Grand 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 all of the filmmakers this year. Outside of winning a Sparky, as a collective they showed us the power of real independent film and how much it enriches our lives,” stated Peter Baxter, Slamdance President and Co-founder.

AUDIENCE AWARDS

Narrative Feature: HONEY BUDDIES, dir. by Alex Simmons
Documentary Feature: THE MILLION DOLLAR DUCK

JURY AWARDS- NARRATIVE

This year’s Slamdance Narrative Jury Prizes were selected by the esteemed panel of industry members Julie La’Bassiere, Erik Jambor, & Damon Russell.

Narrative Feature: DRIFTWOOD, dir. by Paul Taylor
Honorable Mention for Acting – HUNKY DORY, dir. by Michael Curtis Johnson, starring Tomas Pais and Edouard Holdener

JURY AWARDS – DOCUMENTARY

This year’s Slamdance Documentary Jury Prizes were selected by the esteemed panel of industry members Skizz Cyzyk, Vanessa Hope, & Steve Yu.

Documentary Feature: THE MILLION DOLLAR DUCK, dir. by Brian Golden Davis
Honorable Mention: ART OF THE PRANK, dir. by Andrea Marini
Documentary Short: IF MAMA AIN’T HAPPY, NOBODY’S HAPPY, dir. by Mea de Jong
The award winner qualifies for the Annual Academy Awards®.

Honorable Mention for Cinematography – Documentary Short: THE BULLET, dir. by Jordan Bahat, cinematography by Mike Gioulakis

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JURY AWARDS – SHORT FILMS

The below Short Film Jury Prizes were selected by the esteemed panel of industry members Steve Montal, Ina Pira, and Mark Shapiro.

Narrative Short: WINTER HYMNS, dir. by Dusty Mancinelli
The award winner qualifies for the Annual Academy Awards®.

Honorable Mention for Narrative Short: THE BEAST, dir. by Daina Oniunas Pusic
Animation Short: MY DAD, dir. by Marcus Armitage
The award winner qualifies for the Annual Academy Awards®.

Honorable Mention for Animation Short: FLAWS, dir. by Josh Shaffner

The below Short Film Jury Prizes were selected by esteemed industry members Wally Chung, Dekker Dreyer, & Jack Sargeant.

Experimental Short: INFRASTRUCTURES, dir. by Aurèle Ferrier
Honorable Mention for Experimental Short: CUP OF STARS, dir. by Ryan Betschart, Tyler Betschart
Anarchy Short: DISCO INFERNO, dir. by Alice Waddington
Honorable Mention for Anarchy Short: GWILLIAM, dir. by Brian Lonano
Honorable Mention for Anarchy Short: HI HOW ARE YOU DANIEL JOHNSTON? dir. by Gabriel Sunday

SPECIAL AWARDS

Spirit of Slamdance Award: Cast and crew of FURSONAS, dir. by Dominic Rodriguez

The Digital Bolex Fearless Filmmaking awards were selected by the esteemed panel of industry members Jeremy Osbern, Misti Boland, Lindsey Haun, Michael Dunaway, Ben Kasulke, Leah Shore & Tina Mabry.

Grand Prize: SMALL TALK dir. by Hilary Campbell
Honorable Mention: YOU WILL FIND A WAY dir. by A.J. Molle
Honorable Mention: EYES OF THE CITY, dir. by Luke Randall

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