Kiwi short film The Six Dollar Fifty Man has won Best Drama at Aspen Shortsfest, USA.
The win marks the short film’s fourth Oscar-qualifying film festival award to date - further qualifying it for consideration for an Academy Award nomination in 2011.
Since its world premiere and Special Distinction at Cannes last year, The Six Dollar Fifty Man has won the Jury Prize in International Short Film making at Sundance, Best Narrative Short at Cinequest Film Festival, USA and the Cooper Award for Best Short Film at Australasia’s only Academy-qualifying film festival, Flickerfest.
Written and directed by Wellingtonians Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland and produced by Wendy Cuthbert, The Six Dollar Fifty Man tells the story of a gutsy 8-year-old boy who retreats into a make believe world to deal with playground bullying.
In announcing the winners, the judges, including actor Meg Ryan, said The Six Dollar Fifty Man was "funny, fresh, fully realised all cinematic elements from music to camera angles and superb cast including the mind boggling, awesome performance of the very young lead (Oscar Vandy-Connor)."
Another New Zealand short film at Aspen Shortsfest, Jason Stutter’s Careful with that Powertool, received Special Jury Recognition.
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