NEW YORK -- Byambasuren Davaa's The Cave of the Yellow Dog swept several top honors at the 13th annual Hamptons International Film Festival's Golden Starfish Awards on Saturday night, taking home awards for best narrative feature, best original movie score and best cinematography. In East Hampton's Guild Hall, HIFF executive director Denise Kasell, board chairman Stuart Match Suna, programr Rajendra Roy and emcee Bob Balaban presided over the ceremony, which presented more than $150,000 in goods and services to the top prize winner, Cave, while Daniel Schoenauer's cinematography and Dagvan Ganpurev's score earned $6,000 and $5,000, respectively, in further goods and services. Their awards were presented by Kodak's Mary Manard Reed and Artemis Records' Daniel Glass. Davaa garnered a documentary Oscar nom this year for co-directing The Story of the Weeping Camel, another film shot in Mongolia using nonactors. Cave is about a girl who finds a puppy and how it affects her nomadic family.
- 10/23/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Actor-director Marty Sader's Most High took home the prize for best narrative film at the 12th annual Hamptons International Film Festival. The award -- dubbed the Golden Starfish Award for best narrative and worth $180,000 in goods and services -- was presented at closing ceremonies Sunday. Awards were presented by the fest's executive director Denise Kasell, board chairman Stuart Match Suna, programmer Rajendra Roy and emcee Bob Balaban, among others. The Golden Starfish short film award, plus $5,000 in cash, was presented to Gary Lundgren for Wow and Flutter. The Spike TV best documentary award, with a prize of $5,000 in cash and postproduction services, was awarded to Leslie Sullivan's A Touch of Greatness. Honorable mention was given to Ralph Arlyck's Following Sean. The Golden Starfish Award for international film, with a prize of cash and airline tickets worth $10,000, was presented to Reza Bagher's Capricciosa, a Swedish entry.
- 10/26/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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