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    Friday, January 23, 2009
    Slamdance winners
    Mo Perkins' drama "A Quiet Little Marriage," about a husband and wife with different ideas about having a baby, won the Grand Jury Award for narrative features at the 15th Slamdance Film Festival, it was announced Friday night.

    The Grand Jury Prize for documentaries went to Zachary Levy's "Strongman," a profile of a muscleman approaching middle age.

    Other award winners:
    • Special Jury Mention for Best Performance: Larry Fessenden in "I Sell the Dead."
    • Special Jury Mention for Documentaries: "Second Sight," directed by Alison McAlpine.
    • Grand Jury Award for Best Animated Short: "Undone," directed by Hayley Morris.
    • Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Short: "Rare Chicken Rescue," directed by Randall Wood.
    • Grand Jury Award for Best Experimental Short: "Funny Guy," directed by Frank R. Rinaldi.
    • Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Short: "Princess Margaret Blvd.," directed by Kazik Radwanski.
    • Special Jury Mention for Best Narrative Short: "Tony Zoreil," directed by Valentin Potier.
    • Grand Jury Award for Best Music Video: "Don McCloskey 'Mister Novocaine,' " directed by Peter Rhoads.
    • Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature: "Punching the Clown," directed by Gregory Viens.
    • Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature: "Heart of Stone" (formerly "It's Hard to Be an Indian"), directed by Beth Toni Kruvant.
    • Audience Award for Best Anarchy Film: "The Tides," directed by Eva Flodstrom.
    • Spirit of Slamdance Award: "Zombie Girl," directed by Aaron Marshall, Erik Mauck, Justin Johnson; and "Vapid Lovelies," directed by Frank Feldman (tie).
    • Kodak Vision Award for Best Cinematography: Richard Lopez, "I Sell the Dead."
    • Dos Equis "Most Interesting Film" Award: "You Might As Well Live," directed by Simon Ellis.
    • IndieRoad Award: "Punching the Clown," directed by Gregory Viens.
    • Award for Best Screenplay: "Numbered" (Comedy/Thriller), by Neil McGowan.
    • Award for Best Short Screenplay: "Crybaby" (Thriller), by Mark Seidel.

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