‘Slingshot,’ ‘Maman(s)’ and ‘Thunder Road’ Take Prizes at TheWrap’s ShortList Film Festival

“Slingshot” takes Audience Prize, “Maman(s)” wins IMAX Industry Prize and “Thunder Road” awarded PepsiCo’s Creators League Prize

Maïmouna Doucouré’s “Maman(s),” the story of an 8-year-old girl in Paris whose father returns home from Senegal to his family with a second wife, won the IMAX Industry Prize at TheWrap’s fifth annual ShortList Film Festival on Wednesday.

[...] David Hansen’s “Slingshot” picked up the Audience Award by receiving the most votes from viewers visiting the ShortList website since nominations were announced on August 9.

In presenting IMAX Industry Prize, the ShortList jury stated: We responded to the filmmaker’s ability to create an intimate experience while expressing universal human emotions.

[...] Creators League Prize winner “Thunder Road” stars writer-director Jim Cummings as a police officer who offers an emotional and unconventional eulogy at this mother’s funeral inspired by Bruce Springsteen.

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The awards were preceded by a panel discussion about the future of independent film that featured the festival’s jury members and moderated by TheWrap’s CEO and editor-in-chief Sharon Waxman.