Exclusive: The Bentonville Film Festival has announced the winners of its jury prizes, awarding Best Documentary to Kili Big and Best Narrative Feature to 7 Days.
Two other jury awards were given out, along with three special recognition prizes.
The festival led by Academy Award-winning actor and Festival Chair Geena Davis is dedicated to championing underrepresented voices. It took place this year between August 3-8.
Narrative judges included Marginal Mediaworks Founder & CEO, Sanjay Sharma, and Michelle Sugihara, who serves as Executive Director of Cape. Marginal MediaWorks’s Head of Film Milan Chakraborty judged documentaries alongside Head of Whistle Studios, Melanie Johnson, with Tom Hoehn and Alexander Shekarchian overseeing episodic and short categories.
Kili Big follows a group of plus-sized women from around the world, who attempt to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. The doc from director Ida Joglar made its world premiere at the festival.
Two other jury awards were given out, along with three special recognition prizes.
The festival led by Academy Award-winning actor and Festival Chair Geena Davis is dedicated to championing underrepresented voices. It took place this year between August 3-8.
Narrative judges included Marginal Mediaworks Founder & CEO, Sanjay Sharma, and Michelle Sugihara, who serves as Executive Director of Cape. Marginal MediaWorks’s Head of Film Milan Chakraborty judged documentaries alongside Head of Whistle Studios, Melanie Johnson, with Tom Hoehn and Alexander Shekarchian overseeing episodic and short categories.
Kili Big follows a group of plus-sized women from around the world, who attempt to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. The doc from director Ida Joglar made its world premiere at the festival.
- 8/8/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Renowned talent agency Wme has added to its growing digital roster by welcoming Jake Paul into the fold. The 20-year-old, who rose to fame on now-defunct Vine and who is the younger brother of fellow influencer and frequent collaborator Logan Paul -- who is repped by CAA -- also stars on the Disney Channel series Bizaardvark.
Paul also appeared in the YouTube Red feature film Dance Camp and counts 20 million social followers across all of his channels, according to The Hollywood Reporter, which was first to report the signing. Paul’s YouTube channel averages 80 million viewers and adds 1 million new subscribers every month. He will continue to be managed by Alexander Shekarchian at ASManagement and represented by attorney Phil Daniels at Ginsburg Daniels.
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Paul also appeared in the YouTube Red feature film Dance Camp and counts 20 million social followers across all of his channels, according to The Hollywood Reporter, which was first to report the signing. Paul’s YouTube channel averages 80 million viewers and adds 1 million new subscribers every month. He will continue to be managed by Alexander Shekarchian at ASManagement and represented by attorney Phil Daniels at Ginsburg Daniels.
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- 4/13/2017
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
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