Fashionable Garners Top Award at Crossroads Film Festival

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Big Piano Sound gets big award in Jackson, MS.

Jackson, MS (04.06.08) - New Valiant Productions is proud to announce that “Fashionable - A Music Video For Quiet Company” has been awarded “Best Music Video” at the 2008 Crossroads Film Festival in Jackson, MS.

Producer Michael Creason, and Director Cameron McCasland were on hand to screen the video at the Regal UA Parkway Place Theater and fielded questions afterwards. “Fashionable” screened in the 5:00 p.m. block alongside “Lloyd Neck”, and “Of All The Things” which brought home the “Director’s Choice Award”.

Later in the evening Festival Director Herman Snell presented McCasland with the award for “Best Music Video” on behalf of the Crossroads Film Society, and Mississippi Film Commission, at an awards ceremony at Hal & Mals Restaurant & Brewery. After the ceremony, McCasland stated “Michael Creason and I are honored that the people of Mississippi have given us this award, and shown us such incredible hospitality this week. We would like to thank Herman Snell, and the Crossroads Film Society, Mississippi Film Commission, as well as Governor Haley Barbour for welcoming us to their great state. We would also like to thank Quiet Company for creating a wonderful song and album, and supporting us in our adventures together. Most of all, we want to send love and gratitude to our families who give us inspiration daily.”

The physical award was designed by Rob Cooper and constructed from multiple layers of glass that are cast in a handmade mold and are later sand carved for text. Rob’s work can be viewed at the Attic Gallery in Vicksburg, MS as well as the annual art shows at Pearl River Glass Studio.

Other award winners Included:

Best Experimental Film: Doxology - Directed by Michael Langan
Best Animated Film: The Hunger Artist - Directed by Tom Gibbons
Best Student Film: Last Day of December - Directed by Bogdan George Apetri
Best Narrative Short: Spider - Directed by Nash Edgerton
Best Documentary Short: Hero, Wings are Not Necessary to Fly - Directed by Angel Loza
Best Documentary Feature - Beyond the Call - Directed by Adrian Belic
Best Narrative Feature: Disappearances - Directed by Jay Craven
Director’s Choice Award: Of All the Things - Directed by Jody Lambert
RUMA Award For Best Mississippi Film: Another Word for Family - Directed by April Grayson
Youth Award : What’s Up - Directed by Curtis Everitt

For more information on The Crossroads Film Festival, visit www.crossroadsfilmfest.com. For more information on Quiet Company visit www.myspace.com/quietcompany.

New Valiant Productions is based in Nashville, TN and is owned and operated by Michael Creason & Cameron McCasland. For more information go to www.newvaliant.com