Hamptons International Film Festival Announces Golden Starfish Award Winners

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The Hamptons International Film Festival announced their jury and special prizes at a ceremony in East Hampton.

“Gett: The Trial Of Viviane Amsalem”, directed by Ronit Elkabetz and Shlomi Elkabetz won The Golden Starfish Narrative Feature Award presented by The Wall Street Journal.

The Golden Starfish Award for Best Documentary presented by A&E Indie Films was awarded to “The Special Need” directed by Carlo Zoratti.

The best documentary Short Film goes to “The Queen (La Reina)“, directed by Manuel Abramovich. The Narrative Jury awarded a special jury prize for Outstanding Performance by an actress in a film to Ronit Elkabetz in “Gett: The Trial Of Viviane Amsalem”.

The jury also gave a Most Promising Performance By A Newcomer to Jacob Lofland in ”Little Accidents and Evocative Cinematography to Arnaud Potier for “Breathe”.

The jury has awarded the short film “Tzniut”, directed by David Formentin, an award for raising awareness of a socially relevant issue.

The documentary jury awarded a special prize to Tamara Erde for her achievement in Visionary Filmmaking for “This Is My Land”. The jury has also awarded a Special Mention For Artistic Merit to Pavol Pekarčík, Ivan Ostrochovský and Peter Kerekes for their film “Velvet Terrorists”. The short film “Once Upon A Tree” was given an award for Artistic Merit for director Marleen van de Werf.

Joel Schumacher was in attendance joined by actor Keifer Sutherland and People Magazine’s Editorial Director Jess Cagle and presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award in Directing. Hilary Swank was presented with Variety’s Creative Impact in Acting Award Presented by Montblanc.

The Tangerine Entertainment Juice Award has been awarded to “Little Accidents” directed by Sara Colangelo. This award honors an outstanding female narrative filmmaker.