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Contacts: David Andrusia Recent Press Releases: May 12, 2007 - 7th Annual Silver Lake Film Festival Closes With Screening of “X: The Unheard Music”- download as PDF 7th Annual Silver Lake Film Festival Closes With Screening of “X: The Unheard Music” John Doe Honored With 2007 Spirit of Silver Lake Award; Top festival awards go to “THE DEATH OF MICHAEL SMITH,” “STATISTICS,” “AMERICAN DRUG WAR,” “DANTE’S INFERNO,” “THE KING OF KONG” LOS ANGELES – Saturday, May 12th - The 7th Annual Silver Lake Film Festival presented its Closing Night program with a screening of “X: The Unheard Music,” the documentary feature by director Bill Morgan about the seminal Los Angeles punk band. The band’s co-founder and frontman, John Doe, today a respected actor with more than 40 feature films to his credits, was honored with the festival Spirit of Silver Lake Award for expanding the boundaries of independent film and music. Doe was one of six recipients of the Spirit of Silver Lake Award at this year’s festival. The other honorees were Hal Hartley and Parker Posey, who received their awards in during the Opening Night presentation of the Los Angeles premiere of “Fay Grim”; Keith Morris, founder of the Circle Jerks, who played during the first night of the film festival’s parallel MusicFest; punk Latina Alice Bag, who was honored during a Cinco de Mayo showcase of alt Latino bands, and Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, co-directors of “Little Miss Sunshine,” who received their awards during a showcase of their music videos. The Closing Night program included the presentation of the 2007 Silver Lake Film Festival awards. Nine narrative features and nine documentary features competed for prizes with top honors going to “The Death of Michael Smith”, “American Drug War: The Last White Hope”, “Dante’s Inferno”, “The King of Kong” and “Statistics.” Eleven short films were honored as well. A complete list of winners follows: 2007 Silver Lake Film Festival Awards Best Feature Narrative Best Feature Documentary Best Director - Narrative Feature Best Director - Documentary Feature Best Experimental Feature Best Performances in a Feature Film
Spirit of Silver Lake Award for Best Local Film
Audience Favorite Award
Best Foreign Film Festival Directors’ Awards
Best Short Films
Best Experimental Short Films
The 2007 Silver Lake Film Festival was under the direction of Kate Marciniak, Greg Ptacek and Saskia Wilson-Brown and produced by the passion, talent and energy of an extraordinary group of volunteers. This year’s festival was made possible by the generous contributions of our sponsors, including ASCAP, CBS Outdoor, Time Warner Cable, Charter Communications,Crushed Planet, First Independent Pictures, Five Star Theatres The Echo and EchoPlex, Karl Strauss Beer, Kodak, Magnolia Pictures, MusicPlus TV, Mr. T. J. Singh and Trailer Park. Artwork and photos are available for download at: For more information on the 7th Annual Silver Lake Film Festival, please visit: www.silverlakefilmfestival.org. Press Contact |
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