AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AFF announces its 2018 Hiscox Audience and Courage Award Winners.
The Hiscox Audience Award winners are:
Narrative Feature: Above the Clouds, written by Simon Lord
Documentary
Feature: Care to Laugh, directed by Julie Getz
Dark
Matters Feature: Alive., written by Jules Vincent and Chuck
McCue
Comedy Vanguard Feature: In Reality, written by
Ann Lupo, Esteban Pedraza, and Aaron Pryka
Texas Independent
Feature: The Iron Orchard, written by Gerry De Leon and Ty
Roberts
Narrative Short: Everything Mattress, written
by Chase Joliet
Documentary Short: Father K, directed
by Judd Ehrlich
Animated Short: Lost & Found,
written by Bradley Slabe
Narrative Student Short: Tiny
Warriors, written by Jono Chanin
Scripted Digital Series:
The Gary Gold Story, created by Greg Ash
Marquee Feature:
Green Book, written by Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie, and
Peter Farrelly
Voted on by the audience, the Hiscox Courage Award is presented to the film that best embodies the virtue of courage and to the filmmaker who best embraced the risk to share the story. The 2018 Hiscox Courage Award was awarded to The Interpreters, directed by Andres Caballero and Sofian Khan.
ABOUT AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL:
Austin Film Festival (AFF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to furthering the art, craft and business of writers and filmmakers and recognizing their contributions to film, television and new media. AFF is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department and the Texas Commission on the Arts.
About Hiscox
Hiscox is a global specialist insurer, headquartered in Bermuda and listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE:HSX). Our ambition is to be a respected specialist insurer with a diverse portfolio by product and geography. We believe that building balance between catastrophe-exposed business and less volatile local specialty business gives us opportunities for profitable growth throughout the insurance cycle. It’s a long-standing strategy which in 2017 saw the business deliver a profit before tax (excluding foreign exchange) of £93.6 million despite reserving net $225 million for claims in the most costly year ever for natural catastrophes.
The Hiscox Group employs over 2,700 people in 14 countries, and has customers worldwide. Through the retail businesses in the UK, Europe, Asia and the US, we offer a range of specialist insurance for professionals and business customers as well as homeowners. Internationally traded, bigger ticket business and reinsurance is underwritten through Hiscox London Market and Hiscox Re & ILS.
Our values define our business, with a focus on people, quality, courage and excellence in execution. We pride ourselves on being true to our word and our award-winning claims service is testament to that. This information is neither intended nor should be construed to be a solicitation for the purchase of insurance by any US person or entity. For further information visit www.hiscox.com.
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