Nominees announced for Raindance Film Festival Awards

The Raindance Film Festival has announced the nominees for this year’s festival awards.
The prizes will be handed out ahead of the screening of the closing night film, Steven Soderbergh’s The Girlfriend Experience.
BEST UK FEATURE
Down Terrance: Ben Wheatley, UK
Desire: Gareth Jones, UK
Exam: Stuart Hazeldine, UK
Crying with Laughter: Justin Molotnikov, UK
Resurrecting the Street Walker: Ozgur Uyanik, UK
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
25 Kilates: Patxi Amezcua, Spain
My Suicide: David Lee Miller, USA
You Won’t Miss Me: Ry Russo-Young, USA
No One’s Son: Arsen Anton Ostojic, Croatia
Vacation: Hajime Kadoi, Japan
BEST DEBUT FEATURE
Mime-Mime:Yukiko Sode, Japan
Belgrade Phantom: Jovan Todorovic, Serbia
Redland: Asiel Norton, USA
The Longest Night: TIll Kleinert, Germany
The Dinner Party: Scott Murden, Australia
A Necessary Death: Daniel Stamm, USA
BEST MICRO BUDGET FEATURE – DOCUMENTARY OR FICTION
Colin: Marc Price, UK
Son of the Sunshine: Ryan Ward, Canada
Bomber: Paul Cotter, UK
All the Years of Trying:Dom Shaw, UK
Memory and Desire – 30 Years in the Wilderness with Stephen Duffy and the Lilac Time: Douglas Arrowsmith, Canada/UK
Locked Out: Yasunobu Takahashi, Japan
BEST DOCUMENTARY
A Normal Life Please: Tokachi Tsuchiya, Japan
Special When Lit: Brett Sullivan, UK
The Philosopher Kings: Patrick Shen, USA
It Came from Kuchar: Jennifer M. Kroot, USA
My Big Break: Tony Zierra, USA
The jury includes the actor Riz Ahmed, writer/director Armando Iannucci, film critic Peter Bradshaw, actress Kerry Fox, BBC Films executive Christine Langan, documentary filmmaker Jon Ronson and musician/actor Tom Waits.
The Festival runs between 30th September and 11th October.

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