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HUNGRY HEARTS

TOP HONOR – Special Jury Award, Best Low Budget Feature, Houston International Film Festival (Worldfest), April 2003, Gold Medal Award, Best Feature Director (Rolf Schrader) 

TOP HONOR – Best Dark Comedy Feature, New York Independent Film Festival, February 2003

TOP HONOR – People’s Choice Award, Fort Myers Beach Film Festival, April 2003

TOP HONOR – Four “Slate Awards,” California Independent Film Festival, Best Feature, Best Director (Rolf Schrader), Best Actor (S. Greg Gardner, Best Actress (Susan Blakely)…

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THE MAKING OF HUNGRY HEARTS

HOW MANY SCREENWRITERS out there are just like me, I’d often wondered. We’re anguished when we hand over our precious creations to others; we’re saddened when we’re shoved aside as the producers take over; we’re disillusioned as the director goes on to completely alter our original creations… That hasn’t always been the case in my career. I’ve encountered a few self-confident directors and producers who actually wanted me around to do rewrites and be on the set. But those instances have been very rare indeed…
 


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IN! MAGAZINE

What happens when you decide you want to expand your horizons from the art of screenwriting to producing a full-length feature yourself? If you’re as talented and determined as Glenn Benest, you end up in the enviable position of picking and choosing what film festivals you’d like to participate in, both domestically and overseas. 

Glenn’s latest film, Hungry Hearts, screened in October of 2002 at the Arclight Cinema on Sunset Blvd. Since then it has been in 8 other film festivals, winning awards in four of them. Recently it won the Special..


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