Followed wins Audience Choice Award at NFFTY
SAVANNAH, Ga., May. 1, 2011 - JamesWorks Entertainment's Followed, based on the short story from Hugo-award winner Will McIntosh, won the Audience Choice Award for "The Human Condition" films at the 2011 National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY) in Seattle, Washington, presented by Volvo Cars of North America, XBOX 360, Microsoft Bing, and Nike.
"In our debut screening, it is such an honor to recieve this prestigious recognition amongst the hundreds of talented films screened around the world," said Followed director/producer James Kicklighter.
NFFTY is the largest and most influential film festival for young filmmakers (age 22 and under) in the world. NFFTY occurs each spring in Seattle, Washington and includes 200+ film screenings, filmmaking panels, concerts by youth bands, and opportunities for young filmmakers to network with industry professionals and each other. Young filmmakers from around the world submit feature-length and short films in narrative, documentary, animation, music video, experimental, and international categories.
About Followed
Based on the story by 2010 Hugo-winning writer Will McIntosh, Followed is a socially conscious monster movie in which zombies symbolize society's disadvantaged and oppressed. Features the American debut of actor Erryn Arkin ("Home and Away," "CIA: Crime Investigation Australia"), Edith Ivey (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Sylvia Boykin (The Tenant), introducing San Francisco's Abigail de los Reyes.
JamesWorks Entertainment presents, in association with Bright Blu Sky Productions, a Park Bench Pictures/Fat Man production, Followed, directed by James Kicklighter. Based on the short story by Will McIntosh, the screenplay is by Maureen Cooke & Mark Ezra Stokes. The producers are James Kicklighter, Kasey Ray-Stokes, Mark Ezra Stokes, and Elliot Dunwody. The executive producers are Mark Johnson, Alex Johnson, John C. Arnold, R. Lee Arnold, Ylian Alfaro Snyder, A.B. Lancaster, and Jerry Gilliam. The cinematographer is Jason Winn, edited by Greta Sullivan, with sound design from Kurt Pierce. The original score is by composer Bruce Kiesling, featuring "Glory" by Essie Jain.
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