Announced this morning at the Tacoma Film Festival awards brunch (hosted by filmmaker Warren Etheredge), here are this year’s festival winners:
Best Feature Film: “White on Rice,” a comedy following a 40-year-old divorcee who bunks with his 10-year-old nephew while looking for a wife.
Best Documentary: “Freeing Silvia Baraldini.” A nice award for The Grand, whose former projectionist Lisa Thomas is the co-director of this profile of a radical activist.
Best Regional Film: “Otis v. Monster.” See my previous post: This three-minute claymation tale of a logger hunting Big Foot is a good ‘un. Screens again 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at The Grand.
Best Short: “Sebastian’s Voodoo”: A student-made 3D animation short about a voodoo doll who saves his friends, this won 45 awards at other festivals. Screens again 9:30 p.m. Tuesday at The Grand.
And if you missed these, here’s the good news: they’ll all screen (along with some others) on Oct. 12 and 13, times tbd. Check www.grandcinema.com
But you can still vote for your personal fave! Votes for the Audience Choice award will be taken at all screenings until the announcement at closing night Oct. 8. For details, see www.tacomafilmfestival.com
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