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A select group of industry luminaries chosen by the New Hampshire Film Festival
chooses the Grand Jury Award winner from a six-film pool determined by the Screening
Committee. These six selections include two documentaries, two features and two
short films. The Grand Jury Award winner receives New Hampshire Film Festival’s
most lavish prize package as well as a Granny.
Grand Jurors include:
GINA CARBONE is the features editor for Seacoast Media Group in
Portsmouth. She writes weekly film reviews for Spotlight, SMG’s arts and entertainment
magazine, and is a regular contributor to RottenTomatoes.com.
AARON WIEDERSPAHN writer director “The Sensation of Sight”, starring academy award
nominated actor, David Strathairn and winner of last year’s NH Film Festival best Feature.
The Sensation of Sight traveled to many prestigious film festivals and ultimately
obtained theatrical distribution.
DAVE MCLAUGHLIN Dave McLaughlin wrote & directed the independent feature film "On
Broadway," which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2007 New Hampshire Film Festival,
as well as additional honors at several other festivals. He co-wrote the movie "Southie,"
which won the Jury Prize for Best American Independent Film at the 1998 Seattle Film
Festival. He serves as Executive Director of Boston World Partnerships, a non-profit established
by Mayor Thomas M. Menino to promote Boston as one of the world's most advantageous business locations.
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