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This week's new releases include a Latin American double bill on the nature of the fame game, a British one-two centered on the macabre and a global smattering of meditations on love young and old.

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"Beeswax"

Following on the heels of well-received festival performers "Funny Ha Ha" and "Mutual Appreciation," mumblecore alum Andrew Bujalski delivers another characteristically lo-fi tale of post-grads trying to build lives for themselves. Complete with a who's who of Austin indie film players (including SXSW film fest head Janet Pierson), this Texas-set ramble centers on the unfulfilled lives of twin sisters Lauren and Jeannie (non-pros Maggie and Tilly Hatcher), the former a carefree drifting spirit, the latter a headstrong business owner.

Opens in New York.

"Bliss"

Progressive and traditionalist values clash against the barren backdrop of Eastern Turkey with the...

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Fox Searchlight's "(500) Days of Summer" took the audience prize for dramatic feature and its director Marc Webb claimed the audience prize for best director at the 2009 Maui Film Festival in Wailea, Ha., which just concluded.

The audience award for comedy feature went to Charlyne Yi's "Paper Heart," while Louie Psihoyos' "The Cove" took the audience award for documentary.

Other audience award winners were:

Family Friendly Feature: "More Than a Game"

Documentary Vision: "Rock Prophecies"

"Green" Documentary Feature: "Dirt! The Movie"

Spirit in Cinema Documentary Feature: "Saint Misbehavin': The Wavy Gravy Movie"

"ChangeMaker" Documentary Feature: "Cash Crop"

Ensemble Cast: "Splinterheads"

World Cinema Drama: "Departures"

World Cinema Documentary: "One Peace at a Time"

"Fo' Real" Documentary: "Hawai'i: A Voice of Sovereignty"

World Cinema Animation: "My Date from Hell"

Documentary Short: "Rwanda Gorilla Special"

Comedy Short: "Spleenectomy"

World Cinema Short: "Mustang: A Journey of Transformation"

Animated Short: "Gerald's Last Day"

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Matt Aselton's "Gigantic" was named best narrative feature, a prize worth $25,000, at the AFI Dallas International Film Festival, which concluded Thursday.

Peter Callahan's "Against the Current" received a special jury prize.

Paul Saltzman's "Prom Night in Mississippi" was the winner of the best documentary feature prize, also worth $25,000, while Gustav Hofer and Luca Ragazzi's "Suddenly Last Winter" took the special jury prize.

Joe Berlinger's "Crude" won the $10,000 cash prize for the Current Energy Filmmaker Award, while David Lowery took home the Texas Filmmaker Award and $20,000 in cash, goods and services for his film "St. Nick."

Kazik Radwanski's "Princess Margaret Blvd." was named best short, with honorable mentions handed out to Todd Luoto's "Oil Change" and Denis Villeneuve's "Next Floor." The award for best student short went to Khary Jones' "Hug." Stephen Neary's "Chicken Cowboy" was hailed as best animated short.

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The AFI Dallas 2009 International Film Festival, which runs from March 26-April 2, will include the world premieres of the documentaries "One Nation," "Playground" and "Rock Prophecies."

Directed by Justin Wilson, "Nation" uses sounds and images to profile the year 1968.

Libby Spears' "Playground," executive produced by Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney, looks at the American child sex trafficking industry.

"Prophecies," directed by John Chester, is a backstage look at the world of rock n' roll from the vantage point of photographer Robert M. Knight, who at the age of 18 befriended Jimi Hendrix and members of Led Zeppelin.

The fest will also include the U.S. premieres of Robert Kenner's "Food, Inc.," a documentary about the food industry; Matt Aselton's comedy "Gigantic," starring Paul Dano, Zooey Deschanel, John Goodman, Jane Alexander and Edward Asner; and Lourens Blok's "The Seven of Daran," who follows an English boy on an African adventure.