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    “The Biggest Little Farm,” “War Paint” Among AFI Fest Award Winners

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    A scene from "War Paint," which won the AFI Fest's Grand Jury Award for Best Live-Action Short.
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    AFI Fest has unveiled the films that received this year’s Jury and Audience Awards. Included in the mix were director John Chester’s The Biggest Little Farm which won the Feature Audience Award, and director Katrelle Kindred’s War Paint which earned Grand Jury Award distinction as Best Live-Action Short. The latter is an AFI Directing Workshop for Women film.

    Here’s a rundown of AFI Fest Jury and Audience Award winners:

    Audience Award – Feature
    THE BIGGEST LITTLE FARM (DIR John Chester)
    In this poignant and charming documentary, filmmaker John Chester chronicles the eight-year effort of an ambitious, life-changing personal venture: moving out of Los Angeles with his wife, Molly, and building a diverse, sustainable farm.

    Audience Award – Short
    PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE. (DIR Rayka Zehtabchi)
    In an effort to improve feminine hygiene, a machine that creates low-cost biodegradable sanitary pads is installed in a rural village in Northern India.

    Grand Jury Award – Live-Action Short
    WAR PAINT (DIR Katrelle Kindred)
    Jury Statement: “We picked this film for its powerful intersectional narrative which focuses on the difficult aspects of one girl’s coming of age.”
    In WAR PAINT, a young, South LA black girl experiences a series of events that intersect racism and sexism during the Fourth of July holiday. Katrelle Kindred (AFI Directing Workshop for Women, Class of 2018) directed WAR PAINT in 2017 as her AFI DWW short. The film world-premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival.

    Grand Jury Award – Animated Short
    EGG (DIR Martina Scarpelli)
    Jury Statement: “We chose this film for its visceral portrayal of the relationship between a woman and her body.”
    In this film, a woman is locked in her home with an egg. She eats the egg, then repents. She kills it. She lets the egg die of hunger.

    Honorable Mention for Social Impact Short
    MAGIC ALPS (DIR Andrea Brusa, Marco Scotuzzi)
    In MAGIC ALPS, an Afghani refugee arrives in Italy with his goat and seeks political asylum for both of them.

    Honorable Mention for Best Documentary Short
    PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE. (DIR Rayka Zehtabchi)

    Honorable Mention for Acting – Short
    Vedrana Bozinovic, A SIEGE
    In A SIEGE, a lonely woman in war-torn Sarajevo embarks on a journey to find water, and neither her neighbors nor sniper fire can stop her.

    The Shorts jury was comprised of Alison Becker (actor on PARKS AND RECREATION, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM), Chinonye Chukwu (director/writer), Alicia Malone (host on Turner Classic Movies), Michael Mohan (co-creator of the Netflix original series EVERYTHING SUCKS!), Eliza Skinner (comedian and writer on THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN) and Sasheer Zamata (comedian, actress, writer and former SNL cast member).

    Fest menu
    The overall AFI Fest once again brought the best in global cinema to Los Angeles thanks to the support of Audi, now in its 15th consecutive year as presenting sponsor of the festival.

    The complete AFI Fest program included 135 titles (84 features, four episodic, 47 shorts), representing 45 countries, including 65 films directed by women, 29 documentaries and nine animated films. This year’s program includes nine official Best Foreign Language Film Oscar® submissions, and 24 films featuring 52 AFI Conservatory alumni credits, throughout the sections. The breakdown by section is Galas (8), Special Screenings (13), World Cinema (28), New Auteurs (18), American Independents (11), Midnight (4), Cinema’s Legacy (6) and Shorts (47).

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    A Closer Look At Proposed Measures Designed To Curb Google’s Search Monopoly

    Thursday, November 21, 2024

    U.S. regulators are proposing aggressive measures to restore competition to the online search market after a federal judge ruled Google maintained an illegal monopoly for the last decade.

    The sweeping set of recommendations filed late Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Justice could radically alter Google's business, including possibly spinning off the Chrome web browser and syndicating its search data to competitors. Even if the courts adopt the blueprint, Google isn't likely to make any significant changes until 2026 at the earliest, because of the legal system's slow-moving wheels.

    Here's what it all means:

    What is the Justice Department's goal?
    Federal prosecutors are cracking down on Google in a case originally filed during near the end of then-President Donald Trump's first term. Officials say the main goal of these proposals is to get Google to stop leveraging its dominant search engine to illegally squelch competition and stifle innovation.

    "The playing field is not level because of Google's conduct, and Google's quality reflects the ill-gotten gains of an advantage illegally acquired," the Justice Department asserted in its recommendations. "The remedy must close this gap and deprive Google of these advantages."

    Not surprisingly, Google sees things much differently. The Justice Department's "wildly overbroad proposal goes miles beyond the Court's decision," Kent Walker, Google's chief legal officer, asserted in a blog post. "It would break a range of Google products — even beyond search — that people love and find helpful in their everyday lives."

    It's still possible that the Justice Department could ease off on its attempts to break up Google, especially if President-elect Donald Trump... Read More

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