‘Sweetwater’ Tops Boston Film Festival Honors

The 40th Boston Film Festival announced the awards today for its live event program.

The festival highlights the best in feature, documentary, short and animated film, as well as a new college day by Warner Bros. Television at Emerson College and Boston University. The Humanitarian Impact of Change Award was presented to Chuck Cooper III for his work through the Chuck Cooper Foundation, honoring his father, former Boston Celtics player Chuck Cooper II.

M.I.T. basketball coach Larry Anderson made the presentation as part of the Sweetwater film premiere.
Special screenings were hosted at theaters throughout Boston, with feature film Sweetwater winning six
awards, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Story, Best Music, and Best Ensemble Cast.

FULL LIST OF AWARD WINNERS:
 Best Film Sweetwater – Martin Guigui, Director
 Audience Favorite Feature Any Day Now – Eric Aronson, Director
 Best Director Martin Guigui – Sweetwater
 Best Actor Everett Osborne – Sweetwater
 Best Actress Virginia Madsen – SHEEPDOG
 Best Supporting Actor Vondie Curtis-Hall – SHEEPDOG
 Best Supporting Actress Lindsay Dresbach – Max Dagan
 Best Screenplay SHEEPDOG – Steven Grayhm, Matt Dallas, Writer
 Best Cinematography Phillip Dutton: Leap of Faith – David Layton, Cinematographer
 Best Story Sweetwater – Martin Guigui, Director
 Best Editing Capturing Kennedy, Peter Deak, Steele Burrow
 Best Ensemble Cast Sweetwater – Everett Osborne, Jeremy Piven, Cary Elwes, Kevin Pollock, Jim Caviezel, Richard Dreyfus
 Best Music Sweetwater, Jeff Cardoni, Martin Guigui
 Emerging Filmmaker Steele Burrow – Capturing Kennedy

 Best Documentary Democracy Noir – Connie Field, Director
 Mass Impact Award Democracy Noir – Connie Field, Director
 EcoFilm The Piping Plovers of Moonlight Bay – Kim Smith, Director
 Best Short Film Just Sally – Kyle Misak, Director
 Best Comedy Short Jane Austen’s Period Drama – Julia Aks, Steve Pinder, Director
 Best Animated Short Common Fly – Ian Alexander Castracane, Director
 Best Short Documentary Nine Lives – Jessie Davidson, Director
 Best Actor in a Short Josh Brener – Caller 102: A Ballad of Cyberspace
 Best Actress in a Short Jesse LaTourette – “RAPT”
 Best Student Short Stay Here – Marley Rankin, Director