2009 Hollywood Film Festival Winners
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on October 27, 2009 under Hollywood Film Festival | 
"CROSSING" by Kim Tae-kyun -- Best Feature Film
The 13th Annual Hollywood Film Festival’s “Hollywood Awards(r)” ceremony was held last night.
The winners of the festival’s film competition are: “CROSSING” by Kim Tae-kyun — Best Feature Film; “GARBAGE DREAMS” by Mai Iskander — Best Documentary; “SCENESTERS” by Todd Berger — Best Comedy; “STORIES FROM THE PERCH” by Andrew Zimbelman — Best Animation, “LAMBS” by Stephen Huff — Best Short Subject, “AS I LAY DYING - THE SOUND OF TRUTH” by Brian Thompson — Best Music Video.
J.J. Abrams’ “Star Trek” was announced as this year’s winner of the “Hollywood Movie Award.” The nominees for the “Hollywood Movie Award” were: “500 Days of Summer,” “District 9,” “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra,” “The Hangover,” “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” “The Hurt Locker,” “Inglourious Basterds,” “Star Trek,” “Tranformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” and “UP.”
The festival also announced this year’s winner of the “Hollywood World Award” — “The White Ribbon” (Germany/Austria) directed by Michael Haneke. The nominees for the “Hollywood World Award” were: “Bright Star” (UK/Australia) directed by Jane Campion, “I Am Love” (Italy) directed by Luca Guadagnino, “Lourdes” (France/Austria) directed by Jessica Hausner, “A Prophet” (France) directed by Jacques Audiard, and “The White Ribbon” (Germany/Austria) directed by Michael Haneke.
Special honors went to Robert De Niro, Hilary Swank, Christoph Waltz, Julianne Moore, Jeremy Renner, Carey Mulligan, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Melanie Lynskey, Zachary Quinto, Paul Schneider, and Gabourey ‘Gabby’ Sidibe for acting, Bradley Cooper for comedy, Kathryn Bigelow and Lee Daniels for directing; Ryan Kavanaugh for producing; Nora Ephron, Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber for screenwriting; “UP,” directed by Pete Docter, for animation; Alexandre Desplat for film composing; Roger Deakins for cinematography; Dana Glauberman for editing; Scott Farrar (”Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”) for visual effects; Rick Carter for production design; and Colleen Atwood for costume design.
In addition, the Hollywood Humanitarian Award was presented to Father Rick Frechette for his devotion to the medical needs of children in the Caribbean and around the world.
