The 21st Chicago Underground Film Festival came to an end on Sunday April 6 with an award ceremony held at the Hairpin Arts Center in Chicago.
The jury was composed of Allison Cuddy (WBEZ Radio), Brian Chankin (Odd Obsession Video) and Mike Everleth (Undergroundfilmjournal.com). As inother recent years the jury were instructed to select 6 awards to be given in whatever categories/criteria they saw fit. Additionally a "Made in Chicago" award was selected from all films made by local filmmakers and an "Audience Choice" award. The jury also were able to name as many honorable mentions as they chose. Filmmakers were awarded handmade dolls in the likenesses of classic underground filmmakers designed by Theresa Vishnevetskya <http://cuff.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/10003328_10152357606454271_1371411783_n.jpg> Jorge Torres-Torres, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Jeremy Besoff holding Shirley Clark, Marie Menken and Gorge Kuchar The Chicago Underground Film Festival is proud to announce the award winners for CUFF 2014: *Jury Awards* * "What thrilled us the most about our award selections this year is the uneasy and near impossible categorization of the films we've chosen. This was a puzzling -- in every good sense of that word -- edition of the festival." - Jury statement read by Mike Everleth* *Best Picture* Dream Town - Adrian Briscoe *Best Animation *Another Song About the Sea - Jeremy Besoff *Best Experimental* Reckoning 3 - Kent Lambert *Best Short* A Million Miles Away - Jennifer Reeder *Best Looking Film *Red Luck - Mike Olenick *Best Rom Com *Home Near Water - Christopher Lange *Made in Chicago *Elle Lumme - Ignatiy Vishnevetsky *Best Documentary(-ish) *Shadow Zombie - Jorge Torres-Torres *Honorable Mentions *Salad Zone - Sarah Abu Abdallah Historia Calamitatum (The Story of My Misfortunes), Part II: The Crying Game - Roger Beebe When My Sorrow Died: The Legend of Armen Ra & the Theremin - Robert Nazar Arjoyan Who Took Johnny - Michael Galinsky, Suki Hawley and David Beilinson What I Love About Concrete - Katherine Dohan, Alanna Stewart Secret Film - Mystery Director Do Voices - Jesse Malmed Burrow Cams - Sam Easterman East of Hell - Matthieu Canaguier Migraine and Michael: A Love Story - Adrian Goodman American Arab - Usama Alshaibi *Audience Award* Master-Wind - Simon Quéheillard Thanks to the jury, the filmmakers, GlitterGuts mobile photobooth, and everyone else who was a part of the 21st Annual Chicago Underground Film Festival! Bryan Wendorf Programmer and Artistic Director Chicago Underground Film Festival http://www.cuff.org
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