``The Rising Place'' Wins $50,000 Grand Prize At the Heartland Film Festival.Entertainment Editors INDIANAPOLIS--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Oct. 22, 2000 The Heartland Film Festival has awarded $50,000 and the Grand Prize for Best Dramatic Feature to "The Rising Place," starring Frances Fisher Frances Fisher (born 11 May, 1952) is an English/American actress. Biography Personal life Fisher was born in Milford on Sea, Hampshire, England, daughter of Olga (née Moen), a homemaker, and William I. "Bill" Fisher, Sr. ("Titanic Titanic (tītăn`ĭk), British liner that sank on the night of Apr. 14–15, 1912, after crashing into an iceberg in the N Atlantic S of Newfoundland. More than 1,500 lives were lost. ," "Gone in Sixty Seconds"), Gary Cole This article is about the actor. For the footballer, see Gary Cole (footballer). Gary M. Cole (born September 20, 1956) is an American actor, known for numerous roles, including the television series Fatal Vision, The West Wing, ("Office Space," "A Simple Plan") and Laurel Holloman Laurel Holloman (born May 23, 1971 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina) is an American actress, currently best known for her roles as Justine on Angel and Tina on the Showtime series The L Word. ("Committed," "Tumbleweeds"). The award was presented on Saturday, Oct. 21 at the Crystal Heart Gala by Paige Thompson, Senior Vice President General Cinema Corporation, in Indianapolis. "The Rising Place" was selected as the Grand Prize-winner based on its adherence to the Heartland Film Festival's statement of purpose: "To recognize and honor filmmakers whose work explores the human journey by artistically expressing hope and respect for the positive values of life." "The Rising Place" is a look backwards Verb 1. look backward - look towards one's back; "don't look back while you walk" look back look - perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards; "She looked over the expanse of land"; "Look at your child!"; "Look--a deer in the backyard!" . When Virginia Wilde (Fisher) discovers a series of letters, over half a century old and written by a young woman named Emily Hodge (Holloman), the audience travels back to the picturesque picturesque, term used in 18th-century England to refer to a landscape that looked as if it had come out of an academic painting. Used as derogatory criticism of such painting, the picturesque was considered pretty rather than beautiful. landscape of the South in the 1940s. In a time when a woman's place was in the kitchen, Emily ventures out and falls in love with a pilot of partial color, eventually carrying his baby out of wedlock wed·lock n. The state of being married; matrimony. Idiom: out of wedlock Of parents not legally married to each other: born out of wedlock. . Despite the disapproval of society and her gentile Southern father (Cole), Emily stands by her convictions and follows her heart to overcome the prejudice and injustice of her time. The Rising Place is written and directed by Tom Rice. The producers are Tracy Ford, Marshall Peck and Tom Rice. The Heartland Film Festival distributes $100,000 in prize money, including the $50,000 Grand Prize awarded to the winning dramatic feature, with the remaining $50,000 spread among the other Crystal Heart Award-winners. The 9th annual Heartland Film Festival runs Oct. 18-26. For further information go to the Heartland Film Festival Web site at www.heartlandfilmfest.org. |
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