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We salute the award recipients of the second annual Talking Pictures Festival: 


DOCUMENTARY


  1. Best Documentary

  2. Awarded through the generous sponsorship of The ONION & A.V. Club Chicago

  3. UNDER OUR SKIN 

  4. USA | 104 min. I Director: Andy Abrahams Wilson


  6. Documentary – Honorable Mention

  7. THE RECKONING: THE BATTLE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

  8. USA I 93 min I Director: Pamela Yates


  10. Documentary – Honorable Mention

  11. WINDFALL

  12. USA | 80 min. I Director: Laura Israel


FICTION


  1. Best Feature Film

  2. Awarded through the generous sponsorship of ROSCOR Media & Information Technologies

  3. HAPPY ENDING

  4. Japan | 90 min I Director: Atsuhiro Yamada


SHORT FILM


  1. Best Short Film

  2. Awarded through the generous sponsorship of Hotel Orrington

  3. LEERFAHRT

  4. Germany I 20 min I Director: Matis Burkhardt


  6. Short Film – Honorable Mention

  7. MEESKEIT

  8. USA I 8 min I Director: Neil Needleman


  10. Short Film – Honorable Mention

  11. SPEED GRIEVING

  12. USA I 12 min I Director: Jessica Daniels I Producer: Alysia Reiner


ANIMATION


  1. Best Animation

  2. Awarded through the generous sponsorship of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois

  3. PRAYERS FOR PEACE

  4. USA I 7.5 min I Director: Dustin Grella


  6. Animation – Honorable Mention

  7. GHOST CONVERSATIONS

  8. USA I 8.5 min I Director: Jeremy Bessoff


  10. Animation – Honorable Mention

  11. JELLY FISHERS

  12. USA I 6 min I Director: Steven Subotnick

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2010 FESTIVAL JUDGES


Evanston documentarians Bill Glader (Inside Streetwise) and Bob Hercules (Forgiving Dr. Mengele; Senator Obama Goes to Africa; Radical Disciple: The Story of Father Pfleger) served as the judges for films competing in the documentary category.  


Joe Steiff, an independent filmmaker and Associate Chair of Columbia College Chicago’s Film & Video Department, served as the festival judge for films in the fiction and short film categories. 


Christopher Sullivan, animator and Professor, Department of Film, Video, and New Media at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, was the festival judge for films in the animation category. 


We are very grateful to our festival judges for their commitment and expertise!



THE 2010 COMPETITION


The 2010 Talking Pictures Festival received over 250 entries this year, ranging from US productions to films from Israel, the UK, India, Australia, Estonia, Hong Kong, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, and other countries. 


Festival Co-Directors Kathy Berger and Ines Sommer, Festival Committee members, and pre-screening panels reviewed these many worthy entries.  The selected films were shown during the festival and competed for awards.  


In addition to the films in competition, the festival also sought out outstanding new film titles that were already in distribution. Those titles did not compete for awards.

 

2010 TALKING PICTURES FESTIVAL AWARDS