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Tuesday, January 06, 2009
 
Welcome to the NYC PictureStart Awards! 12th Festival, coming June 2 and 3 2008.
Entries Closed!

Founded in 2002 as the NYC Home Film Festival, the NYC PictureStart Awards showcases outstanding short films from around the world.

Entries, film and script, are now open for the next festival!

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WINNERS ARE IN:
12th NYC PictureStart Winners and Entries

WINNERS ARE IN:


Jury:


Best Film: Carissa, dir. David Sauvage


2nd Place – Cupcake, Dir. Sean McPhillips (Special Jury Prize)


3rd Place: La Combinaison, Dir. Serge Adam



Best Actor: Benoît Thévenoz, La Combinaison


2nd Place: Ezra Miller, Busted Walk


3rd Place: Mike Consolmagno, Cupcake



Best Actress: Sara Jaye, Leave You in Me


2nd Place: Kinna McInroe, Cupcake


3rd Place: Agnieszka Pekala, Alicja Wonderland



Best Cinematography: La Combinaison




Audience:



Best Film: Busted Walk, dir. Steven Tanenbaum


2nd Place: Carissa, dir. Sean McPhillips


3rd Place: The Maple Leaf, dir. Real Sprague



Best Actor: Ezra Miller, Busted Walk


2nd Place: Markie C., The Maple Leaf


3rd Place: Joe Lisi, Joe Mover



Best Actress: Christina Broccolini, And The Winner Is…


2nd Place: Kinna McInroe, Cupcake


3rd Place: Melissa Wolfklain, Saturday Night At Norms



Best Short Screenplay


Knocksville, Written by Josef Lemoine



JURY CHAIRMAN: GUY JACOBSON, Writer/Producer, HOLLY; President, Priority Films



TERRY LEONARD, Producer, STEPHANIE DALEY (st. Amber Tamblyn); BACKSEAT; HOUNDDOG (st. Dakota Fanning, Robin Wright Penn)



JAYCE BARTOK, Actor/Writer/Producer, THE CAKE EATERS (dir. Mary Stuart Masterson, st. Kristen Stewart); THE STATION AGENT (actor); SPIDERMAN (actor); SUBURBIA (actor)




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OFFICIAL SELECTIONS:

(Screening times randomized for fairness in audience voting)


Day One


Night #1


Joe Mover, (16m), Drama, dir. Lev Gorn, Gabe Fazio


Murdering Mama's Boy (17m) Drama, dir. Katherine Cunningham-Eves


Whirleybird (12m) Experimental, dir. Danielle Corches


October 19, 2007 - October 22, 2007 (17m), Drama, dir. Sebastian Pardo


Cupcake (7m), Comedy, dir. Sean McPhillips


Leave You In Me (19m), Drama, dir. Dutch Doscher


27,000 Days (10m), Experimental, dir. Naveen Singh


Busted Walk (13m), Drama, dir. Steven Tanenbaum


Getting Out (5m), Animation/Horror, dir. Ian Topple



Night #2


And the Wnner Is... (5m), Comedy, dir. John Andrew Gallagher


La Combinaison (12m), Thriller, dir. Serge Adam


Saturday Night At Norms (25m), Musical, Dir. Kellen Blair


The Maple Leaf (17m), Drama/Thriller, Dir. Real Sprague


Carissa (22m), Documentary, Dir. David Sauvage


Alicja Wonderland (20m), Thriller, Dir. Martin Gauvreau




And an encore showing of the Grand Jury Prize Winner, Best Short Film, from the 11th NYC PictureStart Film Festival


Son (17:30) drama, dir. Daniel Mulloy, drama



SCRIPT FINALISTS

(Announcement of Winner Only):


The Invisible Detective in Pain Au Chocolat , Adam Wright


The Masked Man, Dan Smith


Knocksville, Josef Lemoine


Procession, Beth Spitalny


Stranger, Jennifer Razon



EVENT PRODUCER: JOHN SAWYER


EVENT CO-PRODUCERS: DAVID NEWMAN, EMILY TURNER AND NICK CHAKWIN

PLEASE CLICK FESTIVAL INFO/FILMS ABOVE TO SEE THE FULL LINEUP OF THE 12th NYC PICTURESTART FILM FESTIVAL.


 
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