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Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film Presents The 10th Annual Chlotrudis Awards Part 2
By Daniel Berman, TheWorldJournal.com

MARCH 28, 2004. In one glorious evening the 10th Annual Chlotrudis Awards selections are now part of cinematic history. The overall theme of the event called "Buried Treasure" where Chlotrudis Society takes another hard look at some of those films that deserve another view.

The awards night started off with the official winning picks began with the first awards category for Best Cast. The final winner in this category was the award winning film The Station Agent. Patricia Clarkson and Bobby Cannavale brought home their statuettes for Best Supporting Actress, and Best Supporting Actor wins. Other nominated cinematic features The Triplets of Belleville, Spellbound, and The Dancer Upstairs all got nominations in various categories.

During the four hour presentation we had a glimpse at a couple of nominated film clips from filmmaking treasures like Dracula: Pages from a Virgins Diary, Love & Diane, Melvin Goes to Dinner, Ten, and the talk of the evening Marion Bridge. The film came away with one of the highest honors of the evening and earned the prestigious Buried Treasure award. Marion Bridge is one of the finest pieces of independent entertainment and certainly deserves this honor.

Entertainment Reporter Sarah Edwards did a one-on-one commentary with actor Philip Seymour Hoffman as he was inducted to the Chlotrudis Hall of Fame. He also earned a statuette for his work in the film Owning Mahowny. Mr. Hoffman is no stranger to the Chlotrudis awards in 1998 he won the Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in Happiness and again in 1999 for Magnolia. He also earned the Breakthrough Award in 1998.

In the category of Best Short Film the win went to Katie Fleischer for her magnificent cinematic piece Bun-Bun.

The Envelope please...the winners are:

Best Short Film:

Beat Box Philly by Warren Bass and Liz Goldberg
Blue Snow by Zion Rubin
*Bun-Bun by Katie Fleischer
Career Suicide by Dan Huber and Alex Kang
Dental Farmer by Ellen Brodsky and Dunya Alwan
In-Sight by Asitha Ameresekere
Robot Rumpus by Jason Dunn
The Show by Cruz Angeles
Tomato Love by Joey Kan
Two by Two by Emily Susanne Dodge
Unearthed by Christina Spangler
Wet Dreams and False Images by Jesse Epstein
Woman by Signe Baumane

My Top Three Selections for Best Short Film are:

1. Blue Snow
2. The Show
3. Dental Farmer

Best Movie:

28 Days Later
American Splendor
Lija 4-Ever
*Lost In Translation
Spellbound
The Station Agent
The Triplets of Belleville

Chlotrudis Pick: *Lost In Translation
Dan's Pick: American Splendor

Best Director:

Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini for American Splendor
Danny Doyle for 28 Days Later
*Sophia Coppola for Lost In Translation
Claire Denis for Friday Night
David Gordon Green for All The Real Girls
Lukas Moodysson for Lija 4-Ever
Lynne Ramsay for Morvern Callar

Choltrudis Pick: Claire Denis for Friday Night
Dan's Pick: *Sophia Coppola for Lost In Translation

Best Actress:

Oksana Okinshina for Lija 4-Ever
Keisha Castle-Hughes for Whale Rider
Zooey Deschanel for All the Real Girls
Scarlett Johansson for Lost In Translation
Frances McDormand for Laurel Canyon
Samantha Morton for Morvern Callar
*Sarah Polley for My Life Without Me
Charlotte Rampling for Swimming Pool

Choltrudis Pick: Keisha Castle-Hughes for Whale Rider
Dan's Pick: Scarlett Johansson for Lost In Translation

Best Actor:

Javier Bardem for The Dancer Upstairs
Bruce Campbell for Bubba Ho-Tep
Peter Dinklage for The Station Agent
Paul Giamatti for American Splendor
*Phillip Seymour Hoffman for Owning Mahowny
Bill Murray for Lost In Translation
Campbell Scott for Secret Lives of Dentists

Chlotrudis Pick: Paul Giamatti for American Splendor
Dan's Pick: Peter Dinklage for The Station Agent

Best Supporting Actress:

Patricia Clarkson for Pieces of April
*Patricia Clarkson for The Station Agent
Hope Davis for American Splendor
Olympia Dukakis for The Event
Anna Kendrick for Camp
Miranda Richardson for Spider
Ludivine Sagnier for Swimming Pool
Paprika Steen for Open Hearts

Chlotrudis Pick: Patricia Clarkson for Pieces of April
Dan's Pick: *Patricia Clarkson for The Station Agent

Best Supporting Actor:
The win ended in a tie

Artyom Bogucharsky for Lilja 4-Ever
*Bobby Cannavale for The Station Agent
Ossie Davis for Bubba Ho-Tep
Seth Green for Party Monster
*Jack Kehler for Love Liza
Mark Ruffalo for My Life Without Me
Peter Sarsgaard for Shattered Glass

Chlotrudis Pick: Peter Sarsgaard for Shattered Glass
Dan's Pick: *Bobby Cannavale for The Station Agent

Best Original Screenplay:

28 Days Later
All The Real Girls
*Lost In Translation
Love Liza
The Man Without a Past
The Station Agent

Chlotrudis Pick: 28 Days Later
Dan's Pick: The Station Agent

Best Adapted Screenplay:

*American Splendor
Bubba Ho-Tep
Marion Bridge
Movern Callar
Safety of Objects
The Secret Lives of Dentists
Shattered Glass
Whale Rider

Chlotrudis Pick: *American Splendor
Dan's Pick: The Secret Lives of Dentists

Best Cinematography:

21 Grams
28 Days Later
All The Real Girls
*Friday Night
Lost In Translation
Northfork
Russian Ark
Winged Migration

Chlotrudis Pick: 21 Grams
Dan's Pick: Winged Migration

Best Cast:

The Event
Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: All Out Monster Attack!
The Lawless Heart
Marion Bridge
Open Hearts
*The Station Agent
Take Care of My Cat

Chlotrudis Pick: Open Hearts
Dan's Pick: *The Station Agent

Best Documentary:

*Capturing The Friedmans
Lost in La Mancha
O.T. Our Town
Spellbound
Winged Migration

Chlotrudis Pick: Winged Migration
Dan's Pick: *Capturing The Friedmans

Buried Treasure:

Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary
Love & Diane
*Marion Bridge
Melvin Goes to Dinner
Ten

Chlotrudis Pick: Love & Diane
Dan's Pick: Melvin Goes to Dinner

Special Individual Achievement Statuettes:

Excellence in Direction, Thom Fitzgerald (The Hanging Garden)
Visionary Award, Agnes Godard (Beau Travail)
Chlotrudis Hall of Fame inductee, Philip Seymour Hoffman (Owning Mohowny)
Body of Work Award, Daniel Macivor (Marion Bridge)
Maverick Award, Larry Meistrich
Someone to Watch Award, Wiebke Von Carolsfeld (The Five Senses)
Breakthrough Award, Kerry Washington (Lift)

Tribute to Spaulding Gray (1941-2004)
Swimming to Cambodia

A Conversation with Phillip Seymour Hoffman
With Sarah Edwards

The Nominees (click below):
Chlotrudis Awards Official Site
http://www.chlotrudis.org/awards/current/index.html

Chlotrudis 4th Annual Short Film Festival Part 1
http://www.theworldjournal.com/2004/chlotrudis.htm

© March 30, 2004