NANTUCKET FILM FESTIVAL SUCCESS STORIES

1997
"The Full Monty"
Nominee Best Picture
Nominee Best Director:
Peter Cattaneo
Nominee Best Screenplay
(written directly for the screen):
Simon Beaufoy
Winner Best Original Music
or Comedy Score: Anne Dudley
1998
"Culture"
Nominee Best Live Action Short
Film: Will Speck & Josh
Gordon, producers; False Alarm
Pictures Production
1999
"Killing Joe"
Nominee Best Live Action Short
Film: Mehdi Norowizian and
Steve Wax
2001
"Copy Shop"
Nominee Best Live Action Short
Film: Virgil Widrich
2003
"Whale Rider"
Nominee Best Actress in a Leading
Role: Keisha Castle-Hughes
"Thirteen"
Nominee Best Actress in a
Supporting Role: Holly Hunter

"American Splendor"
Nominee Best Screenplay Based on
Material Previously Produced or
Published: Robert Pulcini and
Shari Springer Berman
2004
"Maria Full of Grace"
Nominee Best Actress in a Leading
Role: Catalina Sandino Morena
"Eternal Sunshine of
the Spotless Mind"
Nominee Best Actress in a Leading
Role: Kate Winslet
Winner Best Screenplay Written
Directly for the Screen:
Charlie Kaufman
2005
"Hustle and Flow"
Nominee Best Actor in a Leading
Role: Terrence Howard
"Hustle and Flow"
Winner Best Song: "It's Hard Out
Here for a Pimp" Jordan Houston,
Cedric Coleman and Paul
Beauregard
"Murderball"
Nominee Best Documentary
(Feature): Henry Alex Rubin and
Dana Adam Shapiro
2006
"Half Nelson"
Nominee Best Actor in a
Leading Role: Ryan Gosling
"The Illusionist"
Nominee Best Cinematography:
Dick Pope