NODANCING IN PARK CITY

The independent Nodance Film & Multimedia Festival, held in Park City, Utah, in late January, enjoyed its biggest and most successful turnout this year. Competition features and shorts were DVD-projected, and the festival debuted the Artisan Entertainment high-definition feature Skeletons in the Closet (see Production Slate, AC Dec. '00).

The pinnacle of the festival was the awards ceremony, during which the following winners were announced: Zuma Digital presented the Grand Jury Award for Best Feature to Barstow 2008, directed by Bob Morrow, and the Grand Jury Award for Best Short Film to Urban Chaos Theory, directed by Daniel Harris; Fotokem presented the Audience Award for Best Feature to Pornstar: The Legend of Ron Jeremy, directed by Scott Gill, and the Audience Award for Best Short Film to Undone, directed by Kandeyce Jorden; Movie Magic Software presented the Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary to Starwoids, directed by Dennis Pryzwara; The Film Festival Reporter presented the Audience Award for Best Documentary to Pornstar: The Legend of Ron Jeremy; 6161.com presented the Best Director and Best Cinematography awards to Gabriela Tagliavini and Scott Kevan, respectively, for The Woman Every Man Wants; and the Best Screenplay Award to Jeremy Lerman for Nebraska Supersonic.

New to Nodance this year were panel presentations that included such speakers as Chris Gore (founder and editor of filmthreat.com), Gill Holland (founder and CEO of cineblast.com), David Veloz (writer/director of Permanent Midnight), Steven Puri (Centropolis Effects and producer of the TV series The Watcher), Art Alexakis of the musical group Everclear, and director Kevin Kerslake. For more information, visit the Nodance web site at www.nodance.com.

Golden Orbs:
NEBRASKA SUPERSONIC
LOOP DREAMS
ONE BIG TRIP

Grand Jury - Best Feature
BARSTOW 2008

Audience Award - Best Feature
THE LEGEND OF RON JEREMY

Grand Jury - Best Short
URBAN CHAOS THEORY

Audience Award - Best Short
UNDONE

Grand Jury - Best Doc
STAR WOIDS

Audience Award - Best Doc
THE LEGEND OF RON JEREMY

Best Director
Gabriella Tagaliavini
THE WOMAN EVERY MAN WANTS

Best Screenplay
Jeremy Lerman
NEBRASKA SUPERSONIC