2010 Woodstock Film Festival Maverick Awards

HONORARY MAVERICK AWARD

Writer/director Bruce Beresford
(Breaker Morant, Tender Mercies, Driving Miss Daisy, Mao’s Last Dancer, Peace, Love & Misunderstanding)

Presented by Tess Harper.

Bruce Beresford smiling at a table during the 2010 Honorary Maverick Award event, with a sign displaying his name and a microphone in front of him, and a banner with sponsor logos behind.

HONORARY TRAILBLAZER AWARD

Marketing and Distribution guru Bob Berney
(There Will Be Blood, Monster, La Vie En Rose, The Passion of the Christ, Whale Rider, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Pan's Labyrinth, Mongol)

Presented by industry legend Bingham Ray with additional taped tribute by director Guillermo del Toro .

HONORARY EXCELLENCE IN ACTING AWARD

Keanu Reeves
(The Matrix, The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee, Walk In The Clouds, Something’s Gotta Give)

Presented by actor / director Vera Farmiga.

Keanu Reeves at an award ceremony in 2010, with a woman on his left, standing in front of a backdrop with logos, smiling for the photo, with an additional image of him speaking at a podium.

THE LEE MARVIN AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE NARRATIVE

Sponsored by Pamela Marvin and the Lee Marvin Estate

STRANGER THINGS
Directed by Eleanor Burke and Ron Eyal

A young woman with short blond hair wearing a gray sweater and a brown furry coat, standing outdoors among green foliage and shrubbery, holding onto a metal garden gate.

Jury: John Anderson, Amy Dotson, Griffin Dunne

Honorable Mention:

3 BACKYARDS
Directed by Eric Mendelsohn

BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

Sponsored by Lowel Light

MARWENCOL
Directed by Jeff Malmberg

Colorful movie poster for 'Marwencol' featuring scenes from the documentary including a soldier in a Red Cross helmet, a wedding scene with a bride and groom, a person holding a child's hand, and a scene with children and a soldier figure, with quotes and accolades at the top.

Jury: Barbara Kopple, Molly Thompson, Leon Gast

DIANE SELIGMAN AWARD FOR BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY

Sponsored by Lowel Light

ROSCOE HOLCOMB: FROM DAISY KENTUCKY
Directed by John Cohen

A man wearing a hat, glasses, and a suit with a tie, playing a banjo, with a cigarette in his mouth.

Jury: Ron Mann, Heidi Ewing, Petra Epperlein

DIANE SELIGMAN AWARD FOR BEST SHORT NARRATIVE

Sponsored by Lowel Light

HIROSAKI PLAYERS
directed by Jeff Sousa

A man smoking a cigarette with smoke rising around him, looking over his shoulder.

Jury: Jonathan Gray, Ryan Piers Williams, Joshua Zeman, Carly Hugo

Honorable Mention:

JUNKO SHAMISEN
directed by Solomon Friedman

DIANE SELIGMAN AWARD FOR BEST STUDENT SHORT

Sponsored by Lowel Light

GOD OF LOVE
Directed by Luke Matheny

Three musicians performing on stage, with one woman singing and playing guitar, a man playing guitar, and a person in a robot costume.

Jury: Amy Devra Gossels, Isil Bagdadi, Amos Poe

Honorable Mention:

SOME BOYS DON'T LEAVE
directed by Maggie Kiley

HASKELL WEXLER AWARD FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

INUK
Cinematography by Xavier Liberman and Franck Rabel

Movie poster for 'Inuk' featuring two people in fur-lined hoods, a man with a fishing rod and a team of sled dogs in icy Arctic landscape with glaciers, along with various film festival awards logos.

Jury Member: Haskell Wexler, A.S.C.

The award was presented by Wolfgang Held.

“The film did a miraculous thing, to involve us in a story and never once be aware that there’s anything like cameras, crews, or dollies within a thousand miles. Even for film-wise people like myself, the way the photography tells the story with extreme close ups, dolly shots, and parallel actions, it never called attention to itself or made me look for secondary snow tracks for the snowmobile I know they must have had. Fortunately, in praising the photography I would like to compliment the director, the editor and the actors out there at the top of the world telling us a great human story”

— Haskell Wexler