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Professor Alexandre Rockwell’s film Sweet Thing won the Crystal Bear at the Berlin Film Festival in the Generation Kplus category.
The film’s crew was packed with NYU Grad Film current students and alumni. Haley Elizabeth Anderson was a co-producer, Lasse Ulvedal Tolboll was the cinematographer, Alan Wu edited and did location sound, Melanie Akoka was 2nd camera & assistant camera, and Alec Davis was the film’s colorist
Sweet Thing tells a story that revolves around two young siblings and their struggle to find solid ground in the homes of Adam, their alcoholic father, and Eve, their negligent mother. The children ultimately run away and find a temporary life for themselves around the town of New Bedford, MA. What begins as a disturbing family drama becomes a rousing childhood adventure that, though tragic, is a deeply moving and hopeful testament to the poetry of adventure and the imagination of childhood.
Find a full list of winners at Variety.