2011 Flickers North Country Film Festival Award Winners Announced

A two-day mini-festival from the Flickers North Country Film Festival, inspired by the vision of Brattleboro Retreat founder Anna Marsh

Winners were announced on Saturday, October 1st for this year's Festival at an SRO presentation at The Hooker-Dunham Theatre, 139 Main Street- Brattleboro, VT.

BEST FEATURE

"HAPPY NEW YEAR"
Directed by K. Lorrel Manning

 

BEST GLBT

"THE GREEN"

Directed by Steven Williford

 

BEST DOCUMENTARY

"FAMILY BAND: THE COWSILLS STORY"

Directed by Louise Palanker and Ian Broyles

 

BEST ACTOR

Ciarán Hinds

"THE SHORE"

Directed by Terry George

 

BEST ACTRESS

Melissa Leo,

"THE SEA IS ALL I KNOW "

Directed by Jordan Bayne

The Flickers North Country Film Festival is a non-profit festival that aims to promote New England's Great North Woods as a regional center for the arts, and also benefits The Brattleboro Retreat, a mental health and addiction treatment center that provides a wide array of services for children and adults.

This year the event took place at The Hooker-Dunham Theatre, 139 Main Street- Brattleboro, VT 05301 (802) 254-9276 | www.hookerdunham.org Brattleboro, VT.

Thanks to the support and generosity of our audiences and sponsors, The Festival will be donating $1000 to the United Way of Windham County Irene Flood Relief Fund to help those impacted by Hurricane Irene.

This event was sponsored by MVP Healthcare. The Awards ceremony and reception was sponsored by Dominion Diagnostics.

"Happy New Year" star, Michael Cuomo (left) film director, K. Lorrel Manning (middle) accept the Grand Prize for Best Feature Film at this year's Festival presented by Rob Simpson, Executive Director/CEO of the Brattleboro Retreat in Brattleboro, VT. In the rollover picture, Peggy Leo,

mother of actress, Melissa Leo, holds the award that was presented to her daughter as

Best Actress in the short film "The Sea Is All I Know," directed by Jordan Bayne.

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See Photos from the 2010 weekend: click here • Award winners: click here

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THE FLICKERS’ BACKSTORY & MISSION:

The mission of the Flickers, the Newport Film Society & Arts Collaborative - now in its 30th year - has been to serve as a creative partner in the arts by uniting various media and arts disciplines that nurture the artistic process and support a vital part of our community. This includes multi-disciplinary art presentations; artistic and cultural activities; performance festivals; video and television productions; audio recordings and broadcasts; educational outreach programs; and the FLICKERS: Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF).

ABOUT RHODE ISLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL:

The FLICKERS: Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF), has secured its place in the global community as the portal for the best in international independent cinema, earning the respect of domestic and foreign filmmakers, filmgoers and trend watchers. This confluence of art and commerce brought together world-class celebrities, award-winning filmmakers, new talent and audience members in record numbers last year. Ranked as one of the top 12 Festivals in the United States, RIIFF is also a qualifying festival for the Short Film Academy Award through its affiliation with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. There are 65 film festivals worldwide which share this distinction and RIIFF is the only festival in New England.

The next Festival will take place Late September 2012.