The Lone Star International Film Festival Winners.

The 2nd annual Lone Star International Film Festival (LSIFF) and the winners have been announced.

Igor Volshin’s Nirvana, a stark and surreal drama about a nurse who moves from Moscow to St. Petersburg, where she falls in with two junkies, took the trophy for Best Narrative Feature, while a Special Jury Prize was awarded to Tom Quinn’s The New Year Parade.

The Shorts Jury Prize went to Clay Liford, for his My Mom Smokes Weed, with a Special Jury Prize going to Alex Beh for Sugar.

The Lone Star Commitment to Texas Award was presented to Tom Copeland, who was recognized by festival director Dennis Bishop for – among other things – his 20+ years working with the Texas Film Commission (including ten years as its director).

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