'The Maid' cleans up at Sarasota fest

April 05, 2009 Sebastian Silva's "The Maid" was named best narrative film at the 11th Sarasota Film Festival, which handed out awards Saturday night in Sarasota, Fla. Prizes in the narrative categories also went to Tze Chun's "Children of Invention," which took the special jury prize, and to cinematographer Steve Cosens, who received the special jury prize for cinematography for "Nurse, Fighter, Boy," which also scored an audience award for best in world cinema. Audience awards were handed out to Scott Teems' "That Evening Sun," best narrative feature; Michael O. Scott's "Over the Hills and Far Away," best documentary feature; and Bob Giraldi's "Second Guessing Grandma," best short.

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