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Blue Marks by German filmmaker Sarah Miro Fischer and Argentinian director Francisco Lezama’s The Two Landscapes have both landed two prizes in San Sebastian’s industry competition sidebar.

The industry competition winners were announced this evening in San Sebastian.

Blue Marks landed the Wip Europa Industry Award and the Wip Europa Award. The film’s synopsis reads: After going through a breakup, Rose moves in with her older brother Sam to his tiny flat in Berlin. The siblings share a close bond. One day, Rose learns of rape allegations against Sam. At first, she is unable to see her brother as a possible perpetrator. When she finally understands that the accusations are true, she is caught in a loyalty conflict, torn between her role as a sister and her identity as a woman. In the end, she must find a way to deal with Sam’s guilt and its consequences.

Alberto (Néstor Guzzini), a schlubby divocé takes his two unenthused children, Lucia (Málu Chouza) and Federico (Joaquín Castiglioni) on a road trip from Montevideo to a famed hot spring. The problem is, when they get there, the pool is closed because of an electric storm. Then the kids are surprised to find out that the motel room they are staying at doesn't even have a TV. But dad is determined to have some quality time with the kids. Not even torrential downpour won't stop his plans. But much to Al's annoyance, kids only want to eat what their mom packed for them and play with kids their own age. Al's idea of easy-peasy-lemon-squeazy vacation becomes difficult-difficult-lemon-difficult.As the focus of the film moves from Al to...

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The Case Against 8 won the top jury and audience documentary awards, while Ida prevailed in the narrative feature, screenplay and actress honours as the 16th annual RiverRun International Film Festival came to a close (13) in North Carolina.

“Films showcased at our festival this year reflected diverse stories from around the world, immense talent from directors and a host of passionate projects that are jewels of the independent filmmaking community,” said RiverRun executive director Andrew Rodgers.

All in all the festival screened 144 films from 33 countries and ran from April 4-13.

The winners are as follows:

Audience Awards

The Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton Llp Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature: Philippe Muyl’s Nightingale (China-France).

The Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton Llp Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature: Ryan White, Ben Cotner’s The Case Against 8 (Us).

Altered States Award for Best Indie: James E Duff’s Hank And Asha (Us-Czech Republic).

Jury Awards – Narrative Competition

The Best Narrative Feature...