Three films produced by local filmmakers and one from a director with Chicago ties took the Audience Choice Awards at the just concluded 46th annual Chicago International Film Festival.
“Louder than a Bomb,” the documentary from local filmmakers Greg Jacobs and Jon Siskel and the feature, “Trust,” the feature directed by Lookinglass Theatre founder David Schwimmer, were acclaimed the top winners by festival audiences.
The Special Jury Prize also went to Jacobs and Siskel’s doc about four talented teams of Chicago high school students as they prepare to compete in the world’s largest youth poetry slam in Chicago.
Schwimmer’s drama, “Trust,” stars Clive Owen and Catherine Keener who help their carefree teenager Anna pick up the pieces after her life has been shattered by an online sexual predator.
The Audience Choice Award in CIFF’s 60-second The Human Condition competition was won by “Boil,” a comedy about the importance of taking action. It was directed by Chicagoan Darren Davidson.
The Audience Choice Awards, presented by Buick Regal, are decided by audiences who received ballots at every public screening during the festival’s two-week run. They were asked to rank films on a five-point scale. Votes were tallied and weighted based on attendance so each film has an equal opportunity to win the award.
