{"id":88646,"date":"2020-06-06T21:01:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-07T02:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=88646"},"modified":"2020-06-08T12:45:20","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T17:45:20","slug":"oxford-film-festival-announces-2020-hoka-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/oxford-film-festival-announces-2020-hoka-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxford Film Festival Announces 2020 Hoka Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After having local musician Silas Reed<\/strong> entertain participants virtually, Oxford Film Festival<\/strong> held their 17th annual awards ceremony mid-virtual festival to honor and amplify the great films selected by the jury. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

New board president Steven Case<\/strong> was surprised by a Donna Ruth Volunteer of the Year<\/strong> award for his previous volunteerism before taking on the new leadership role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associate Director Matt Wymer <\/strong>hosted the ceremonies with programmers Brian Whisenant <\/strong>and Meaghin Burke<\/strong> joining alongside Executive Director Melanie Addington<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Programmer Awards<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Best Foreign Language Film<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honorable Mention: Cuban Heel Shoes<\/strong><\/em>
For the Hoka and $250 Prize sponsored by the Department of Modern Languages

Winner: <\/strong>I Am Not Alone<\/strong><\/em>
Director: Garin Hovannisian<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Short screenplay competition winner:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phelandra<\/em><\/strong> by Jonathan Mirabill <\/strong>
Receives $1000, Final Draft software and mentorship by producer John Norris<\/strong> to help get the film made. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Angie Thomas Zeitgeist Award<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New this year is the Angie Thomas Zeitgeist Award<\/strong>, given to a film artist from a diverse background who has exhibited a unique and clear voice through their work. Black Filmmakers in the state chose the winning film as a committee.

Winner: Coffee Shop Names<\/em><\/strong>
Director: Deepak Sethi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lisa Blount Award<\/span> given in memory of the incredible character actress and friend to the festival. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For her powerful and unflinching portrayal of a mother pushed to her limits, the jury gives the Lisa Blount Memorial Acting Award to Danielle Deadwyler<\/strong> for her portrayal of Lemon Cassidy in Ruckus & Lane Skye\u2019s Reckoning<\/em><\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Juried Awards<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Animation<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winner: Umbilical<\/em>
Director: Danski Tang<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Experimental<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winner: Joints<\/em>
Directors: Ricardo Werdesheim, Moran Somer and Osi Wald<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Music Video<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honorable Mention: Self Portrait x1000 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winner: Pain – Bandrunna Gwaup<\/em><\/strong>
One-year membership and free equipment rentals from OxFilm Society and three days of recording time from Nathan Robbins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Student<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honorable Mention: She Who Wasn\u2019t Tamed<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And winner is, with a Cash Prize of $250 sponsored by Michael Johannson

Winner: Elephant in the Room<\/em>
Chanelle Eidenbenz<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

LGBTQIA+ Awards<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

LGBTQ Short<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honorable Mention: Go, Go Boy<\/strong><\/em>

Winner: Unspoken<\/em>
Patrick G. Lee<\/strong>
Cash Prize of $250 sponsored by Robbie Fisher Productions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LGBTQIA<\/strong> Feature<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honorable Mention: The Long Shadow<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winner: From Baghdad to the Bay<\/em>
Erin Palmquist<\/strong>
Cash Prize of $250 sponsored by Damon Burks<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shorts Awards<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Narrative Short<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honorable Mention: Street Flame and Rehearsal<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winner: My Time<\/em>
Giulia Gandini<\/strong>
$250 Cash prize sponsored by Steven and Gay Case & Three days of audio post production from Taproot Design in Oxford<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Documentary Short<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honorable Mention: Tungrus and Tears Teacher<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winner: The Loop<\/em>
Johanis Lyons-Reid and Lorcan Hopper<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Music Documentary Short<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winner: All I have to Offer You Is Me<\/em>
Dillon M. Hayes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mississippi Films<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Mississippi Narrative<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honorable Mention: All That You Love Will Be Carried Away<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winner: The Brothers Brothers<\/em>
Kyle Taubken<\/strong>
Cash prize through the Casey Spradling Memorial Award & one-year membership and free equipment rentals from OxFilm Society<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mississippi Documentary<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honorable Mention(s): Singing Out<\/strong> <\/em>and The Blacksmith of Oxford<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winner: Getting to the Root<\/em>
Je’Monda Roy<\/strong>
Cash prize through the Casey Spradling Memorial Award & One-year membership and free equipment rentals from OxFilm Society<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Documentary Features<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Documentary Film<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honorable Mention: You Asked for the Facts<\/strong><\/em>
Best Editing: I Am Not Alone<\/strong><\/em>

Winner: Hope Frozen<\/em><\/strong>
Winner: Receives $15,000 camera rental package from Panavision & Documentary editing feedback from Joe Shapiro<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Music Documentary Film<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winner: Rockabul<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Narrative Feature<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jury Special Recognition: The In-Between<\/strong> <\/em>(Disability Representation)
For its courageous and deeply human portrayal of two women working to live a full life while coping with emotional and physical disabilities, the jury would like to give a Special Recognition to Mindy Bledsoe\u2019s The In-Between<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winner: The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain<\/em>
Director: David Midell<\/strong>
$15,000 Camera Rental Package from Panavision
For its raw, honest and inventive recreation of the 2011 police killing of an unarmed Black man in White Plains, New York, the jury has chosen David Midell’s The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain<\/em><\/strong> as the 2020 Oxford Film Festival\u2019s Best Narrative Feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mississippi Features<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Special Recognition: Nothin No Better<\/strong><\/em> (Unique Style)
For its wholly original approach to documentary filmmaking, the jury awards a Special Recognition to Ben Powell\u2019s Nothin No Better<\/strong><\/em><\/em>

Special Recognition You Asked for the Facts<\/strong> <\/em>(Documenting Important Story)
For revealing a little known and critically important pat of an otherwise well-known chapter in the struggle for Civil Rights in America, the jury recognnizes Mary Blessey\u2019s You Asked for the Facts<\/strong><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winner: <\/strong>Far East Deep South<\/strong><\/em>
Larissa Lam<\/strong>
A deeply human and life-affirming film that shows that the history of the American South was not written only in Black and White but in many shades of the rainbow and is deeply representative of many part of the United States, the jury has chosen Larissa Lam\u2019s Far East Deep South<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em> <\/em>as the 2020 Oxford Film Festival\u2019s Best Mississippi Film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next is the Alice Guy-Blach\u00e9 Filmmaker Award<\/span> decided by past winners and advisory committee members and staff as well as the jury. <\/strong>
$1,000 Prize from Louis M Rabinowitz Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winner: Once Upon A River<\/em>
Director: Haroula Rose<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artist Vodka Best Short Contest<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

$15,000 Prize – voting ended after one week by public:
Over 400 voted to decide the winner for 50% of the count and special Artist Vodka jury 50% of the count and we have a top 5 to count down: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ranked #5 – Life After Death<\/em><\/strong>
Ranked #4 The Indignation of Michael Busby<\/em><\/strong>
Ranked #3 In the Blood<\/em><\/strong>
Ranked #2 Mother\u2019s Day<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And our big winner of the Artist Vodka prize is the team behind: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wonder<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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