YEAR IN REVIEW 1996: PERFORMING-ARTS: MOTION PICTURES


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MOTION PICTURES: Nontheatrical Films. In 1995 tens of thousands of nontheatrical films and videos were made worldwide, and three-fourths were sponsored by industry. A Swedish film took the grand prize on two continents--at the International Industrial Film and Video Congress (Europe's largest festival) and at the U.S. International Film and Video Festival in Chicago. Everywhere I Go was a Volvo promotional film that superimposed various scenes on the shiny body of a speeding car traveling through the countryside. A film sponsored by the Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children in the U.S. was a CINE Golden Eagle selection, won the City of Torino (Italy) prize, and took a Gold Medal at the New York Film Festival. Dreams of Gold told the remarkable story of Tony Volpentest, a boy born without hands or feet who grew up to set a world record in track. Bui doi: Life like Dust, a documentary about a Vietnamese refugee, took the grand prize at the USA Film Festival, Dallas, Texas, was chosen best documentary at the Santa Barbara (Calif.) International Documentary Festival, and was chosen a CINE Golden Eagle selection. A Belgium film titled Mrs. Foucault's Pendulum was awarded 13 top honours. The film focused on a couple whose orderly life is tragically interrupted by an intruder. Three U.S. student films won awards in 1995. Heat Spell and Chaos in Congerville, by undergraduate students at Florida State University, and Sportster, by a University of Southern California graduate student, were awarded prizes at international film festivals. (THOMAS W. HOPE) See also Art, Antiques, and Collections: Photography; Media and Publishing: Radio; Television. This updates the article motion picture.

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