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    Rags-to-Riches-to-Rags-to-Riches Story of John Paul DeJoria Wins Best of Fest Award at 23rd Annual Sedona International Film Festival

    February 27, 2017No Comments
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    logo_SIFF“A Plastic Ocean” Adds Audience Choice to Director’s Choice Award

    Sedona AZ (February 27, 2017) – Good Fortune, the rags-to-riches-to-rags-to-riches story of one of the world’s most celebrated entrepreneurs, John Paul DeJoria – founder of Paul Mitchell Professional Hair Products and Patron tequila – won the Best of Fest Award at the 23rd annual Sedona International Film Festival.

    Good Fortune, the Audience Choice Award for both Best of Fest and Best Documentary, tells the story of DeJoria, the son of Greek immigrants and a pioneer of “conscious capitalism” who uses his business to make the world a better place. DeJoria also received the Sedona International Film Festival Global Humanitarian and Philanthropist Award.

    A Plastic Ocean, a full-length documentary exploring the fragile state of our oceans and the alarming truth about plastic pollution, which was named the Director’s Choice for Best Documentary Film, also won the Audience Award for Best Environmental film.

    Blood & Glory, an inspired-by-real-events narrative feature about a South African man whose character exceeds his imagination, and Wild Prairie Rose, the story of a woman who returns to her rural hometown to care for her ailing mother and falls in love with a deaf man, tied for Best Feature Drama.

    Grand Unified Theory, a Canadian narrative feature about a brilliant astrophysicist’s family whose meltdown sets in motion a hilarious series of events that mirror his radical theories of the behavior of the universe, was named Best Feature Comedy.

    Slipaway, a narrative feature that tells the story of an eclectic elder with good intentions but extreme measures, received the Heart of the Festival Award.

    Also during the festival, Cloris Leachman received the Lifetime Achievement Award.

    Other Audience Choice Award winners were:

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    Best Foreign Film: Under the Same Sun
    Animated Film: Wabooz
    Student Short: A Children’s Song
    Short Film, Drama: All The Marbles
    Short Film, Comedy: Rated
    Documentary Short: Edges

    The full list of Director’s Choice and Audience Choice Awards includes:

    2017 AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS

    Best of Fest: Good Fortune
    Best Feature Comedy: Grand Unified Theory
    Best Feature Drama: (TIE) Blood & Glory and Wild Prairie Rose
    Best Foreign Film: Under the Same Sun
    Animated Film: Wabooz
    Student Short: A Children’s Song
    Short Film – Drama: All The Marbles
    Short Film – Comedy: Rated
    Environmental: A Plastic Ocean
    Documentary: Good Fortune
    Documentary Short: Edges
    Heart of the Festival Award: Slipaway

    2017 SPECIAL FESTIVAL AWARDS

    Lifetime Achievement: Cloris Leachman
    Global Humanitarian and Philanthropist: John Paul DeJoria

    2017 DIRECTORS’ CHOICE AWARDS

    Best Animated Film: Curpigeon
    Best Short Film: The Train
    Best Student Short Film: Icarus
    Best Documentary Feature: A Plastic Ocean
    Best Short Documentary: Joshua Tree: Threatened Wonderland
    Best Environmental Film: Death By Design
    Best Foreign Film: Frantz
    Best Feature DRAMA: The Sandbox
    Best Feature COMEDY: Burn Burn Burn
    Best Humanitarian Film (narrative): Under the Same Sun
    Best Humanitarian Film (documentary): No Limits
    Best Independent Spirit (narrative): Halfway to Zen
    Best Independent Spirit (documentary): Perfume War
    Best Independent Spirit (short): Bardo
    Bill Muller Excellence in Screenwriting Award: 29+1
    Marion Herrman Excellence in Filmmaking: SCORE: A Film Music Documentary

    For more information, visit www.sedonafilmfestival.com.

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