10/08/2007
Pariah wins £25,000 Iris Gay and Lesbian Film Fest Prize
Tennessee native Dee Rees, an MFA candidate at NYU, won the Iris Prize, a £25,000 award thought to be the largest of its kind for a gay and lesbian film festival. Rees won for her short film Pariah, about the coming-of-age of a lesbian teen. There was a shortlist of 30 other contenders.
The BBC reports: "Announcing the winner of the prize at the awards show at Cardiff's Cineworld, Frances Hendron, jury chair said: 'This film was impactful. It is a personal story told in a universal manner. The film maker displays excellent film making skills from the direction of the actors, the integral music sound track and a natural control of its subject.'"
The Iris Festival took place this year in Cardiff, Wales.
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Good for her!
Posted by: Giovanni | Oct 8, 2007 3:44:07 PM