Some stellar people (who just happen to be talented filmmakers) also picked up laurels over at Slamdance HQ this past weekend, where friends David Wilson of True/False, Indiepix filmmaker Leah Meyerhoff (who appears on the Brooklyn Independent Cinema Series Compilation), and Laurie Koe from Film Arts Magazine were part of the illustrious jury.

My friend Cynthia Lester’s film My Mother’s Garden, which is co-edited by Jeremy Stulberg of Off the Grid) won the Special Jury Honorable Mention for Documentary Feature.. The film, as I wrote in my piece for The L Magazine is “a personal exploration of the director’s mother, a Polish immigrant with an extreme case of hoarding disorder.” It is also the subject of this Indiewire feature.

And, Daniel Mulloy, whose career Jordan has been enthusiastically following since he saw his short film Dad over a year ago (and who we got to hang out with at last year’s Sundance), won the Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Short. Finally, Christina Voros’ The Ladies, a lovely film about two elderly Hungarian woman recounting their pasts during their twilight years, won the Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Short.. This past October, when on the Documentary Shorts Jury at the Woodstock Film Festival, myself, A&E Indie’s Ryan Harrington and Oswald’s Ghost director Robert Stone had awarded the film an Honorable Mention. Congrats to all; I feel honored to get to hang out with such talented artists! And expect your contracts in the mail.