Park City, Utah’s funkier cinema convocation, Slamdance Film Festival, has wrapped up its 25th edition, with Nicole Brending’s throat-punch puppet animation Dollhouse: The Eradication of Female Subjectivity from American Popular Culture taking the Narrative Feature Grand Jury Prize. Written, directed, produced by and starring Brending, the flick charts the rise and fall of Junie Spoons — a child star who peaks at 18 only to be relegated to the junk drawer of society. Brending also won the George Starks Spirit of Slamdance Award.
The Animated Shorts Grand Jury Prize was awarded to Shalva (=Tranquility), the first year CalArts film by Israeli-born animator and graphic artist Danna Grace (Dan G.) Windsor. An honorable mention was given to Nienke Deutz’s Bloeistraat 11, which also won the CreativeFuture Innovation Award.
The 2019 Slamdance award winners are:
Narrative Feature Grand Jury Prize
Dollhouse: The Eradication of Female Subjectivity in American Popular Culture | Nicole Brending
Honorable Mention: Cat Sticks | Ronny Sen
Documentary Feature Grand Jury Prize
Kifaru | David Hambridge
Honorable Mention: Markie in Milwaukee | Matt Kliegman
Documentary Short Grand Jury Prize
Tungrus | Rishi Chandna
Honorable Mention: Las Del Diente | Ana Perez Lopez
Narrative Shorts Grand Jury Prize
Woman in Stall | Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli
Honorable Mention: East of the River | Hannah Peterson
Experimental Shorts Grand Jury Prize
Wayward Emulsions | Tina Takemoto
Honorable Mention: Applied Pressure | Kelly Sears
Animated Shorts Grand Jury Prize
Shalva (=Tranquility) | Danna Windsor
Honorable Mention: Bloeistraat 11 | Nienke Deutz
Slamdance Acting Award
Siyabonga Majola (We Are Thankful)
Honorable Mentions: Aya Kitai (Demolition Girl), Lauren McCune (Ready for Love)
George Starks Spirit of Slamdance Award
Nicole Brending (Dollhouse: The Eradication of Female Subjectivity in American Popular Culture)
CreativeFuture Innovation Award
Bloeistraat 11 | Nienke Deutz
The Russo Brothers Fellowship Award
Hannah Peterson (East of the River)
Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature
The Vast of Night | Andrew Patterson
Audience Award for Documentary Feature
Kifaru | David Hambridge
Audience Award for Beyond Feature
Ski Bum: The Warren Miller Story | Patrick Creadon
[Source: Deadline]
