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Kristian Knutsen
Wednesday 04/16/2008
The Wisconsin Film Festival has announced the winners of its two Audience Awards, selected by filmgoers over the course of the four-day celebration of cinema held over the first weekend of April. The Polish drama Time to Die won the award for Best Narrative Film, while the familial quest covered in New Year Baby won the award for Best Documentary Film.
Time to Die, titled Pora Umierać in Poland and directed by Dorota Kedzierzawska, screened early in the afternoon on Saturday, April 5 at the Majestic Theatre. Shot in black-and-white, the film follows the day-to-day experience of Aniela (played by the then 91-year-old Polish actress Danuta Szaflarska) during the sunset of her life. “Having seen the film, however, I can honestly say don't let the title fool you -- Pora umierać wasn't quite the terminal experience that it lets on,” writes John Benninghouse in his review of the film as seen at the festival. “While the title gives away the ending, we see Aniela pass away as happy as one can.”
The documentary New Year Baby, directed by Socheata Poeuv, screened twice at the festival, on Saturday and Sunday afternoon at the smaller auditorium in the Chazen Museum of Art. Poeuv tells the story of her family’s escape from the Khmer Rouge and subsequent life in Texas, culminating in a return to Cambodia. It will be screening again in Wisconsin on Tuesday, May 13 at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan in a Community Cinema event hosted by Independent Lens on PBS in advance of its national television broadcast on Tuesday, May 27.
Both Audience Awards at theWisconsin Film Festival are sponsored by Steep & Brew Coffee, a Madison roaster with cafes on State Street and the west side. These two films received the highest average scores in their respective categories as voted upon by filmgoers, who submitted ballots ranking the title on a one-to-five scale at the end of eligible screenings.
The “Wisconsin’s Own” and “Wisconsin Student Shorts” winners were announced in advance of the festival. This year, the prizes were presented as “jury awards” rather than as individual awards (like “documentary” or “narrative”) as in previous years. These films were supported in the festival by Case IH Agriculture based in Racine.
Kristian Knutsen
Wednesday 04/16/2008
The Wisconsin Film Festival has announced the winners of its two Audience Awards, selected by filmgoers over the course of the four-day celebration of cinema held over the first weekend of April. The Polish drama Time to Die won the award for Best Narrative Film, while the familial quest covered in New Year Baby won the award for Best Documentary Film.
Time to Die, titled Pora Umierać in Poland and directed by Dorota Kedzierzawska, screened early in the afternoon on Saturday, April 5 at the Majestic Theatre. Shot in black-and-white, the film follows the day-to-day experience of Aniela (played by the then 91-year-old Polish actress Danuta Szaflarska) during the sunset of her life. “Having seen the film, however, I can honestly say don't let the title fool you -- Pora umierać wasn't quite the terminal experience that it lets on,” writes John Benninghouse in his review of the film as seen at the festival. “While the title gives away the ending, we see Aniela pass away as happy as one can.”
The documentary New Year Baby, directed by Socheata Poeuv, screened twice at the festival, on Saturday and Sunday afternoon at the smaller auditorium in the Chazen Museum of Art. Poeuv tells the story of her family’s escape from the Khmer Rouge and subsequent life in Texas, culminating in a return to Cambodia. It will be screening again in Wisconsin on Tuesday, May 13 at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan in a Community Cinema event hosted by Independent Lens on PBS in advance of its national television broadcast on Tuesday, May 27.
Both Audience Awards at theWisconsin Film Festival are sponsored by Steep & Brew Coffee, a Madison roaster with cafes on State Street and the west side. These two films received the highest average scores in their respective categories as voted upon by filmgoers, who submitted ballots ranking the title on a one-to-five scale at the end of eligible screenings.
The “Wisconsin’s Own” and “Wisconsin Student Shorts” winners were announced in advance of the festival. This year, the prizes were presented as “jury awards” rather than as individual awards (like “documentary” or “narrative”) as in previous years. These films were supported in the festival by Case IH Agriculture based in Racine.
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