The seventh annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, which ran on Feb. 12-21 in Missoula, Montana, has given out awards to a dozen films. There are four main awards: Best Feature, the Big Sky Award, Best Short Film and Mini Doc, which were each judged by a different panel of jurors.
In addition, each panel also awarded an Artistic Vision or Artistic Excellence award to another deserving film in each category. Plus, there were four Programmers Choice awards given out for cinematography, editing and in “natural facts.” The full list of winning films is below.
Best Feature:
Last Train Home, dir. Lixin Fan
Artistic Vision:
GasLand, dir. Josh Fox
(Jurors: Doug Pray, Jeanie Finlay and Cliff Froehlich)
Big Sky Award:
Next Year Country, dir. Joseph Aguirres
Artistic Excellence:
Sweetgrass, dir. Lucien Castaing Talors and Ilisa Barbashs
(Jurors: Shirley Sneve, Thomas Phillipson and Tim Huffman)
Best Short Film:
Danza Del Viejo Inmigrante...
In addition, each panel also awarded an Artistic Vision or Artistic Excellence award to another deserving film in each category. Plus, there were four Programmers Choice awards given out for cinematography, editing and in “natural facts.” The full list of winning films is below.
Best Feature:
Last Train Home, dir. Lixin Fan
Artistic Vision:
GasLand, dir. Josh Fox
(Jurors: Doug Pray, Jeanie Finlay and Cliff Froehlich)
Big Sky Award:
Next Year Country, dir. Joseph Aguirres
Artistic Excellence:
Sweetgrass, dir. Lucien Castaing Talors and Ilisa Barbashs
(Jurors: Shirley Sneve, Thomas Phillipson and Tim Huffman)
Best Short Film:
Danza Del Viejo Inmigrante...
- 2/20/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
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