Patricia Riggen and her film UNDER THE SAME MOON won two festival awards and Jason Reitman's JUNO won an award as well! We're mighty proud of our winners... read on for more info!

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Congratulations to UNDER THE SAME MOON for winning the Denver Film Festival Starz People’s Choice Award for Narrative Film. The festival took place from November 8th-18th; you can visit their official Web site here.

Congrats also to UNDER THE SAME MOON director Patricia Riggen for her winning "Best Director" at The 2007 Cancun International Film Festival. The awards were announced at the Royal Resort in Cancun, Mexico last Saturday night. Visit the film festival's official site here.

CIFF 2007 ran consecutively over 5 days from November 14th through November 18th, 2007. Dedicated to the discovery and development of Mexican, Latin American and International film, filmmakers and audiences, the Cancun International Film Festival was truly a “Film Festival for the Americas.”

And last but not least, a big congratulations to JUNO on winning the St. Louis International Film Festival Audience Choice Award for Best Feature. Visit the film festival's Web site here.

 

Visit the official Web pages here on FoxSearchlight.com for JUNO and UNDER THE SAME MOON.

UNDER THE SAME MOON is a brave film that proudly puts a face to an issue that has polarized America.
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By Harvey Karten (AZR) - It's not difficult to see why an audience at Sundance gave this picture a standing ovation. Accustomed as we are to cynicism and vulgarity at the local theater, with the U.S. answer being typically a faux romantic story like the abysmal "Fool's Good," "Under the Same Moon" is being embraced by all who want to believe that persistence will yield real treasure. In this case, the treasure is not something buried under a mountain in South Dakota or a chest hidden by Spain centuries ago in the Caribbean, but a human one: the priceless gift of a mother's love for her son which is fully reciprocated by a nine-year-old boy who relentlessly casts all aside in the hope of locating her.

"La Misma Luna," as the film is known in its native Mexico where it has been directed by Patricia Riggen from Ligiah Villalobos's script, is torn from today's headlines, as our own country seeks to find a compromise solution to the issue of illegal immigration. While some Americans believe that undocumented aliens, particularly those who cross the border from Mexico, are a financial burden, Riggen and Villalobos illustrate the opposite side of the coin. Most of these people come from poor countries in the hope of finding a better life, and are willing to work hard and long, often at jobs reluctantly taken by Americans if at all.Full movies online, Behind The Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, Bourne Ultimatum, The, I Am Not There, Wild Hogs, Balls of Fury, A Scanner Darkly, Beerfest, Dreamer, Year of the Dog, Duets, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, A Dirty Shame, Cold Mountain, Cloverfield

Governor of the Quintana Roo was so impressed with "Under the Same Moon" that he and Mayor of Cancun invited Mrs. Riggen and the cast to the breakfast to his mansion!!!

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