Gorman Resident's Film Accepted in International Film Fest
By: Press Release
Updated: March 19, 2013
The festival chose only 50-60 of the best films (including features, shorts and documentaries) out of the thousands that were submitted to them. This is the fourth festival to accept the film and they have decided to honor the film further by nominating "Trial by Self" for no less than seven of their distinguished awards.
The categories that the film has been nominated in are as follows:
- Best Film of the Festival (There are only 5 films nominated in this category out of
over 55 films. This category includes feature films, shorts and documentaries.
It is the festival's most distinguished award.)
- Best Feature Film (This category includes only the best feature films that were accepted to the festival.)
- Best Lead Actor (James Byron Houser)
- Best Lead Actress (Cat Angle)
- Best Supporting Actress (Jessica Guess)
- Best Cinematography (Brandon Allen Powell)
- Best Editing (Brandon Allen Powell)
Powell's film has experienced other success as well.
It won the "Best Actor in a Female Role" award at the Sunset International Film Festival in Los Angeles for Cisco resident, Amanda Branham's performance.
It was also nominated for four awards at the World Music and Independent Film Festival in Washington DC. These awards include Best Direction on a Feature Film (Brandon Allen Powell), Best Screenplay for a Feature Film (Brandon Allen Powell), Best Actor in a Feature Film (James Byron Houser), and Best Supporting Actress in a Feature Film (Amanda Branham).
The film was also accepted into the Gen Con Indy Film Festival in Indianapolis.
The St Tropez International Film Festival will be held in May. In the meantime, Powell has been submitting to different distributors.
The movie was shot in Gorman, Texas with area residents as actors (with the exception of a few actors from California, Utah and South Carolina).
