SPECIAL RECOGNITION: Excellence in Storytelling - Latest Generation Film Contest
SPECIAL RECOGNITION: Excellence in Storytelling
Line of Fire
Cameron Kirkegaard
Grand Junction, Colorado
Director's Statement:
"I made Line of Fire to attempt to not only tell the stories of those who were abused when racing professionally for US Biathlon, but to detail multiple facets of their life after this harassment, the happiness they feel, sadness, and guilt. Though it is an honest and direct film, it speaks to the resilience of these women, and hope in the face of darkness."
"A deeply moving film about sexual abuse against women athletes in the US Biathlon. Extremely personal interviews. Raw. The director accessed extraordinarily vulnerable moments, I am amazed how they were captured. And on a technical level, this the best film I’ve seen thus far. This film gets to the heart of acting and thinking anew: we must change this culture of abuse, we cannot accept it any longer. Much support to the women who boldly came out to speak against these heinous acts."
"Excellent work illuminating a particularly story I knew nothing about. The filmmaker does a fantastic job leaning into the stories of survivors and focusing on their testimony."