The winners of the 2005 RiverRun International Film Festival audience awards and narrative and documentary juried competitions were announced yesterday at the festival’s closing award ceremony at the North Carolina School of the Arts. The best narrative feature award was given to "Innocent Voices" (Mexico), directed by Luis Mandoki. The award for best documentary feature was presented to "Parallel Lines" (USA), directed by Nina Davenport.
The best narrative feature audience award was presented to "How the Garcia Girls Spent their Summer" (USA), directed by Georgina Garcia Riedel, and the best documentary feature audience award was presented to "Barbecue is a Noun" (USA), directed by Hawes Bostic and Austin McKenna. For more information and a complete list of winners, visit the festival's website.
Konrad Niewolski won the best director jury award for "Symmetry" (Poland) and Evan Estern won the best cinematography jury award for "A Letter to True" (USA), the documentary feature directed by Bruce Weber. Luis Mandoki and Oscar Torres received the best screenplay award for "Innocent Voices" (Mexico). The film also won the jury award for best foreign feature.
