Not to mix metaphors, but with the curtain raised on the 12th annual Full Frame Documentary Festival, the lid is off this year’s nominees for the festival’s major awards. Below is a list of nominees for the coveted Grand Jury Prize, Charles Guggenheim Emerging Artist Award, and HBO Emerging Filmmaker Award:
2009 Full Frame Grand Jury Competition Films
BURMA VJ
CARMEN MEETS BORAT
FORGETTING DAD
HAIR INDIA
OBLIVION
PINUCCIO LOVERO. A MIDSUMMER DEATH’S DREAM
THE QUEEN AND I
REPORTER
ROUGH AUNTIES
SHOUTING FIRE
SWEET CRUDE
UNIT 25
UNMISTAKEN CHILD
THE WAY WE GET BY
WE LIVE IN PUBLIC
2009 Full Frame Charles Guggenheim Emerging Artist Award Competition Films
45365
BEETLE QUEEN CONQUERS TOKYO
CALIFORNIA COMPANY TOWN
I BRING WHAT I LOVE: YOUSSOU NDOUR
LUBER ALOFT
OWNING THE WEATHER
PINUCCIO LOVERO. A MIDSUMMER DEATH’S DREAM
SAINT MISBEHAVIN’: THE WAVY GRAVY MOVIE
SAY MY NAME
SMILE ‘TIL IT HURTS: THE UP WITH PEOPLE STORY
SUPERMEN OF MALEGAON
SWEET CRUDE
UNMISTAKEN CHILD
THE VISITORS
VOICES FROM EL-SAYED
THE WAY WE GET BY
WILLIAM KUNSTLER: DISTURBING THE UNIVERSE
2009 Full Frame HBO Emerging Filmmaker Award Competition Films
45365
BEETLE QUEEN CONQUERS TOKYO
HAIR INDIA
I BRING WHAT I LOVE: YOUSSOU NDOUR
LOVE ON DELIVERY
LUBER ALOFT
OWNING THE WEATHER
PINUCCIO LOVERO. A MIDSUMMER DEATH’S DREAM
SAINT MISBEHAVIN’: THE WAVY GRAVY MOVIE
SAY MY NAME
SMILE ‘TIL IT HURTS: THE UP WITH PEOPLE STORY
SUPERMEN OF MALEGAON
SWEET CRUDE
THE VISITORS
VOICES FROM EL-SAYED
WAR AGAINST THE WEAK
Awards in these and other categories will be announced at the festival’s awards BBQ this Sunday.
