Henry Spritz, author and director of “Sunner” accepted the Tourmaline Prize within the feature-length movie class. John T. Meader picture
WATERVILLE — The Maine Movie Middle just lately introduced the winners of the Tourmaline and Viewers Favourite Prizes from the twenty fifth annual Maine Worldwide Movie Competition.
This 12 months’s pageant featured almost 100 movies, 22 of which had been made in Maine.
The Tourmaline Prizes, awarded for the primary time this 12 months and named for Maine’s state gem, are juried awards recognizing one of the best Maine-made movies of the pageant. These prizes got in two classes: feature-length movie and brief movie.
Winner of the Tourmaline Prize within the feature-length movie class, in addition to a money prize of $5,000, is “Sunner,” the story of two younger artists who try to create a memorial for his or her hometown and their technology’s expertise earlier than there’s nobody left who remembers.
Written and directed by Henry Spritz, “Sunner” was filmed in Belfast, Sanford, Portland and Westbrook utilizing native expertise.
Winner within the brief movie class, in addition to a money prize of $2,500, is “Le Carrefour (The Intersection).” Daniel Quintanilla, who directed the movie with Jessamine Irwin, accepted the Tourmaline Prize throughout the Maine Worldwide Movie Competition. John T. Meader picture
The winner within the brief movie class, in addition to a money prize of $2,500, was “Le Carrefour (The Intersection).” Directed by Daniel Quintanilla and Jessamine Irwin, the movie tells the story of the friendship between Cecile, a French-Canadian, and Trésor, a Franco-African immigrant in search of asylum in Lewiston.
Their interwoven tales replicate the repeating historical past of discrimination and oppression that French-speaking Mainers have confronted and proceed to endure.
“It’s so vital to acknowledge and rejoice Maine’s filmmakers, who every year create such unique works that spotlight the folks and tales of our state,” says Mike Perreault, pageant director, in accordance with a information launch from Waterville Creates Communications Coordinator Mary Ellms. “It’s an incredible achievement to create impartial movie right here, and we’re proud that these inaugural Tourmaline Prizes will assist allow these proficient filmmakers to proceed their work.”
All through the pageant, audiences voted for his or her favourite characteristic movies, and the winner of this 12 months’s Viewers Favourite Award is “Hopeful: The Story of MaineWorks,” directed by Ian McCrudden.
One other Maine-made movie, “Hopeful” is the story of Margo Walsh, who constructed a enterprise from her kitchen desk as a single mom. Her firm, MaineWorks, solely employs ex-cons and folks in restoration, is absolutely operational in Maine, and is increasing to 5 different states.
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