Trucker in Film Festival Awards
Twelve narrative and 12 docu competition features competing for $100,000 in cash prizes were announced Tuesday, along with 21 Encounters features. More hefty lineup announcements are forthcoming. The 122-feature slate has a bit of star power, with films ranging from docus featuring Madonna, Richard Gere and Meryl Streep to fictional features with Sissy Spacek, Dave Matthews and Michelle Monaghan in competition and Spotlight sections
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Up-and-coming producers Plum Pictures scored three fest entries: James Mottern’s dramatic competition entry “Trucker” starring Monaghan, Benjamin Bratt and Joey Lauren Adams and two spotlight entries: Brian Heckler’s comedy “Bart Got a Room” starring Cheryl Hines and William H. Macy and Tracey Hecht’s drama “Life in Flight” starring Patrick Wilson and Amy Smart.
The awards will be for best narrative feature, best new narrative filmmaker (for first- or second-time feature directors), best actress and actor in a narrative film, best documentary feature and best new documentary filmmaker (for first- or second-time feature directors).
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