The moment when Streetsweeper won Best Film (Jury Prize) at Anchorage International Film festival, USA 2008: I was in Alaska to accept the prize, the Golden Oosik–which is a beautiful trophy fashioned from a walrus penis bone, of course!–and somewhere between my chair & the stage I found this fetching hat. No wonder Festival Founder & Director Tony Shepherd is looking like he’s having second thoughts. Best film, worst hat: now everyone should take me seriously as a filmmaker.

A very cool trophy from some very warm people.

No, I am not signing autographs or giving out my hotel room number, I am actually writing out a list of Australian films these smart young Alaskan filmmakers might like to watch: e.g. Summersault, The Caterpillar Wish & the Year My Voice Broke. (Well, at least that’s what I told their mum!) NM

[All these photos copyrighted to Hal Gage AIFF 2008]

* Or “How I got shafted in Anchorage.”

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