‘Red Herring, ‘Pett Kata Shaw’ Win Top Raindance Film Festival Awards
variety.comNaman Ramachandran Bangladeshi filmmaker Nuhash Humayun’s “Pett Kata Shaw” won best international feature at the 31st Raindance Film Festival‘s jury awards.
British documentary filmmaker Kit Vincent won best U.K. feature for his debut feature “Red Herring.” Some 75% of this year’s features are debuts and debut features swept the board at the jury awards with all eight award-winning films being debuts.
Michael Pitt won best performance for British actor Jack Huston‘s directorial debut “Day of the Fight.” Fisnik Maxville was named best director for his debut feature “The Land Within,” which previously won awards at Tallinn Black Nights, Galway Film Fleadh and PriFest.
Catalan directors Alejandro Rojas and Sebastián Vasquez won the discovery award for their debut feature “Upon Entry.” Chelsea Greene, Rob Grobman and Edivan Guajajara’s “We Are Guardians” won best documentary while David Wyte won best cinematography for “All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and White.” Erika Calmeyer and Johan Fasting won best screenplay for “Storm.” Among the festival’s awards for shorts, following the success of their Oscar-winning short “An Irish Goodbye,” Tom Berkeley and Ross White won the Oscar-qualifying best short of the festival for “The Golden West.” Shalini Adnani’s “White Ant” won best U.K.
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