There were two documentaries among the eleven entries, and they were both
given Special Jury Prizes.
The Nora Ephron Prize jurors also
gave a Special Jury Mention to writer / director Rachel Israel for her film Keep the Change (without additional comment), although Israel's enjoyable romantic comedy (an unusual story with a male character at its center) captured The Founder's Award for Best Narrative Feature (and $ 20,000 sponsored by AT&T).
For its wit and humor, and for immersing us into the idiosyncratic world of a local radio station, we're pleased to
give a Special Jury Mention to Radio Dreams by Babak Jalali.
Not exact matches
Being in Belgium a
special meeting was set up and within 5 minutes doctors and
jury gave their verdict that their little girl was better off in heaven.
That
special prosecutor, Roger Adler, told the Daily News he expects to convene a grand
jury shortly after Veterans Day as part of his probe into allegations the WFP illegally
gave candidates below - cost campaign - related services in 2009.
An adviser to the United Arab Emirates with ties to current and former aides to Trump is reportedly cooperating with the
special counsel, Robert Mueller, and
gave testimony last week to a grand
jury.
The poll found that by a 58 percent to 33 percent margin, New Yorkers would back
giving Schneiderman the power of
special prosecutor to probe other instances of police brutality after a grand
jury chose to not indict a New York police officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner.
And a
Special Jury Prize was
given to The Dead and the Others, an experimental docudrama on the Kraho people of northeastern Brazil directed by Joao Salaviza and Renee Nader Messora.
A U.S. Dramatic
Special Jury Award for Achievement in Acting was presented to: Benjamin Dickey, for Blaze (Director: Ethan Hawke, Screenwriters: Ethan Hawke, Sybil Rosen, Producers: Jake Seal, John Sloss, Ryan Hawke, Ethan Hawke)-- A reimagining of the life and times of Blaze Foley, the unsung songwriting legend of the Texas Outlaw Music movement; he
gave up paradise for the sake of a song.
Thus, I can only vageuly speculate as to their merits, and report the other four main prize winners: Joseph Madmony's Restoration received the Grand Prix, the
Special Jury Prize was
given to Martin Šulík's Gypsy, David Morse got Best Actor for his work in Collaborator, and Best Actress went to Stine Fischer Christensen for Cracks in the Shell.
Two other apt awards — the Grand Prize for Tsai Ming - liang's Stray Dogs and the
Special Jury Prize for Philip Gröning's The Police Officer's Wife — outraged the middlebrow arbiters of taste for daring to demand something from their viewers instead of simply
giving them what they supposedly want.
«Moonlight» (A24) The Gotham Awards have kicked off awards season by
giving the entire cast of Barry Jenkins» breakthrough indie a
special Gotham
Jury Award for ensemble performance.
A
special jury prize will be
given to a filmmaker from Latin America.
Veteran director John Boorman won the
Special Jury Prize, while actress - writer Emma Thompson was
given the Richard Harris Award.
Taking center stage: Will Gardner's (Josh Charles) judicial bribery investigation, a vendetta spearheaded by the crisply arrogant
special prosecutor Wendy Scott - Carr (the terrific Anika Noni Rose), which is now at the grand
jury stage where, the saying goes, they would even indict a ham sandwich —
giving this episode its title, «Another Ham Sandwich.»
But
given that it won the
Special Jury Prize, and that most onlookers called it a better film than many in Competition, expect the Russian helmer to be back in the main lineup this time around.
A U.S. Documentary
Special Jury Award for Vérité Filmmaking was presented to: The Bad Kids / (Directors: Keith Fulton, Lou Pepe)-- At a remote Mojave Desert high school, extraordinary educators believe that empathy and life skills, more than academics,
give at - risk students command of their own futures.
For its originality, confidence, strong performances, and elegant structure, we're pleased to
give an additional
Special Jury Mention to Moon in the 12th House by Dorit Hakim.
SPECIAL JURY MENTION WAITING FOR HASSANA (Nigeria, 2017), directed by Ifunanya Maduka
JURY STATEMENT: By bringing to light one young girl's traumatic experience, this important documentary
gives a voice to all 276 teenage girls whose lives were violently interrupted by Boko Haram in 2014.
Then we
give four
Special Jury Prizes.
Mudbound was awarded the
Special Jury Prize for Ensemble Performance, the same award Moonlight was
given last year.
The
Jury, in the person of Simon Gerdesmann (Co-Owner, Phantom 8 Studio),
gave Yonder the
Special Indieprize Award, that will grant the developer the possibility to take part in the European edition of Indie Prize showcase, which will take place in London, during Casual Connect Europe 2018 (May 29 - 31 2018).
Jury's Special Mention The Nordic Game Awards 2016 jury also gave EVE Gunjack, developed by CCP Games (Iceland) a special mention for being on the frontline of the VR revolut
Jury's
Special Mention The Nordic Game Awards 2016 jury also gave EVE Gunjack, developed by CCP Games (Iceland) a special mention for being on the frontline of the VR revo
Special Mention The Nordic Game Awards 2016
jury also gave EVE Gunjack, developed by CCP Games (Iceland) a special mention for being on the frontline of the VR revolut
jury also
gave EVE Gunjack, developed by CCP Games (Iceland) a
special mention for being on the frontline of the VR revo
special mention for being on the frontline of the VR revolution.
Terms & Conditions: This
juried exhibition is open to all San Francisco bay area artists who incorporate creative reuse in their work, with
special consideration
given to artists who are affiliated with the Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco in some way (i.e. reside, work, shop, support).
This
juried exhibition is open to all San Francisco bay area artists who incorporate creative reuse in their work, with
special consideration
given to artists who are affiliated with the Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco in some way (i.e. reside, work, shop, support).
The
jury also
gave a
special commendation to London - based Emalin (Stand H9), who made their debut in the Focus section with a solo presentation by Russian artist Evgeny Antufiev.
An independent
jury will evaluate the architectural design and urban planning aspects of the submitted projects with
special attention
given to the use of renewables in sustainable energy supply concepts.
Due to the inherant unreliablity of eyewitness identification, Judges are required to
give special instructions to
juries when they are considering identification evidence.
first, to alert the
jury to the danger of relying on the unsupported evidence of unsavoury witnesses and to explain the reasons for
special scrutiny of their testimony; and second, in appropriate cases, to
give the
jury the tools necessary to identify evidence capable of enhancing the trustworthiness of those witnesses.