Traverse City Record-Eagle

August 4, 2009

Film festival awards announced

Audience chooses 'Food, Inc.' as best documentary


TRAVERSE CITY -- The full list of awards for the movies in the Traverse City Film Festival, announced late Sunday, includes:

Founders Prize for Funniest Fiction Film:

"In the Loop"

Founders Prize for Best Foreign Fiction Film:

"Eden is West"

Founders Prize for a First Time Filmmaker:

"Salt of This Sea"

Founders Prize for Best Overall Documentary:

"Rachel"

Founders Prize for Best Comedy Documentary:

"Winnebago Man"

Stanley Kubrick Award for Bold and Innovative Filmmaking, Fiction Film:

Bob Byington for "Harmony and Me" and "Registered Sex Offender"

Stanley Kubrick Award for Bold and Innovative Filmmaking, Documentary:

"Defamation"

Best Fiction Film, Audience Award:

"Departures"

Best Fiction Film U.S., Jury Award:

"The Greatest"

Best Fiction Film Foreign, Jury Award:

"Mary & Max"

Special Jury Prize, First Narrative Feature Film:

Gloria La Morte and Paola Mendoza for "Entre nos"

Special Jury Prize, Human Spirit:

"Everlasting Moments"

Special Jury Prize for

Original Storytelling:

"O'Horten"

Best Documentary, Audience Award:

"Food, Inc."

Best Documentary, Jury Award:

"The Cove"

Best Foreign Documentary, Jury Award:

"The End of the Line"

Special Jury Prize for Human Rights:

"Which Way Home"

Special Jury Prize for Environmental Documentary:

"Crude"

Special Jury Prize for a New Film Maker:

Emily & Sarah Kunstler for "William Kunstler: Disturbing The Universe"

Firefighter's Award for Best Comedy Film:

"A Matter of Size"

Michigan Prize:

"Learning Gravity"