March 31, 2008
And the Trudy Goes To...
A more formal announcement will follow, but here is the complete list of Chlotrudis Awards Recipients announced at last night's ceremony:
Movie - ONCE
Buried Treasure - 12:08 EAST OF BUCHAREST
Documentary - PROTAGONIST
Director - Paul Thomas Anderson for THERE WILL BE BLOOD
Actress - Kate Dickie for RED ROAD
Actor - Daniel Day-Lewis for THERE WILL BE BLOOD
Supporting Actress - Cate Blanchett for I'M NOT THERE
Supporting Actor - Paul Dano for THERE WILL BE BLOOD
Original Screenplay - THE LIVES OF OTHERS, screenplay by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Adapted Screenplay - AWAY FROM HER, screenplay by Sarah Polley
Visual Design - (TIE) PAN'S LABYRINTH and PAPRIKA
Ensemble Cast - WAITRESS
Short Film Chlotrudis Award - GIRL'S ROOM by Maria Gigante
Short Film Audience Award - FISH, BUT NO CIGAR by Tara White and Lyn Eliot
March 06, 2008
ACTRESS ALBERTA WATSON to be honored at CHLOTRUDIS AWARDS indie film night
For over a decade, the Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film has highlighted its commitment to independent and foreign film in style by holding its own black-tie CHLOTRUDIS AWARDS ceremony in early spring. The 14th edition will be held Sunday March 30th at Harvard Square’s Brattle Theatre, and the public is invited to join Chlotrudis members, nominees and special guests in the celebration. A highlight of this year’s ceremony will be the opportunity for the Chlotrudis Society to honor the work of longtime Canadian actress Alberta Watson with its Career So Far award.
Ms. Watson, who will be in attendance, has had a prolific career in film, US and Canadian television. She is perhaps most widely known from ‘24’, for firing (and then of course re-hiring) Jack Bauer during the TV show’s fourth ‘day’ or season. However it is David O. Russell’s debut feature film, SPANKING THE MONKEY, in which she played alluring mother to Jeremy Davies’ increasingly-rattled son, that is no doubt her most memorable (and not a little disturbing!) turn. In another stand-out role she donned wig and East German accent as Hansel’s eccentric mother in the exuberant rock cabaret HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH. Independent film buffs will no doubt recall her dramatic turn as Risa, the bereaved hotel owner who lost her son in a tragic buss accident in Atom Egoyan's THE SWEET HEREAFTER.
Most recently, in 2007, Ms. Watson appeared in two independent films releases: AWAY FROM HER, Sarah Polley’s directorial debut in which she played the director at Julie Christie’s hospital, and THE LOOKOUT, both of which have garnered much critical praise. Among her other recent Canadian films not yet released here are CITIZEN DUANE, a megalomaniacal take on a coming of age story, and A LOBSTER’S TALE, in which she costars with Colm Meaney and Graham Greene. She can presently been seen as a recurring character in the Canadian television series, THE BORDER.
The Chlotrudis Awards ceremony begins at 5 pm, and tickets are $20 ($15 for members). Visit the group’s website, http://www.chlotrudis.org for more information on this year’s list of Chlotrudis Award nominees. For the competitive award categories, 41 films were nominated, with THERE WILL BE BLOOD and NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN tied for the lead, each coming away with 5 nods. Among the others are nominations representing two dozen countries’ films, across four continents. Women overall are well-represented, with 8 films helmed by female directors making the list, including first timers Sarah Polley (AWAY FROM HER), Marjane Satrapi (PERSEPOLIS) and Julia Loktev (DAY NIGHT DAY NIGHT).
Another highlight of the night is the Buried Treasure category, in which attention is bestowed upon those films which earned less than $250,000 in the U.S., and which Chlotrudis members feel deserve a second look. Singled out this year are the award winning Romanian drama 12:08 EAST OF BUCHAREST; THE LIVE-IN MAID, set in Argentina during economic upset; the documentary ROMANTICO that follows a troubadour emigrating back to Mexico; from Thailand, the comic TEARS OF THE BLACK TIGER; and the strange story of one man’s afterlife, WRISTCUTTERS: A LOVE STORY.