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“My Suicide” is a teen dramedy feature film directed by David Lee Miller and starring Gabriel Sunday. It won the best feature film prize for the 2009 Berlin International Film Festival’s youth film section Generation 14plus.
Socially inept media geek Archie Williams becomes the most visible kid in school when
he announces he’s going to kill himself on camera for his final video class project.
As word spreads, Archie’s classmates, parents, the most beautiful girl in school, Sierra, and a “Shady Bunch” of teachers, shrinks, doctors, pill-pushers and counselors bombard him – some hoping to save him, some wanting to imitate him, others trying to push him over the edge. (Check out the dizzying amount of awards its won at the end this blog.)
Legendary Music Supervisor Karyn Rachtman (Pulp Fiction) passionately signed onto the project to secure the rights to the prodigious amount of music and pre-existing media, sound and images featured in the film. She helped My Suicide to secure the music it dreamed of featuring. Check this…
Musical artists include:
• Bright Eyes
• Radiohead
• Devendra Banhart
• My Morning Jacket
• Animal Collective
• Third Eye Blind
• Mark Mothersbaugh
• Blue October
• Daniel Johnston
• Wolfmother
• MGMT
• The Eels
• Tim Kasher (Cursive, The Good Life)
• The Pixies
• TV On The Radio
• Joanna Newsom
And here are the awards its won!
- Crystal Bear Best Picture Generation 14plus — Berlin International Film Festival 2009
- Grand Jury Award for Best Feature — GenArt Film Festival 2009
- Audience Award for Best Feature — GenArt Film Festival 2009
- Jury Grand Prix for Best Picture — Giffoni Film Festival 2009
- Special Jury Grand Prix, Golden Gryphon for Best Picture — Giffoni Film Festival 2009
- Audience Award for Best Picture — Giffoni Film Festival 2009
- MyMovies Award for Best Picture — Giffoni Film Festival 2009
- Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking — Newport Beach Film Festival 2009
- Youth Jury Award for Best FutureWave Feature — Seattle International Film Festival 2009
- Grand Jury Prize for Best Dramatic Feature — Edmonton International Film Festival 2009
- Peoples Choice Award for Best Feature Film — Edmonton International Film Festival 2009
- Best Film — Buster International Film Festival 2009
- Jury Award for Best International Feature — Raindance International Film Festival 2009
- The Camerio International Jury Award for Best Feature Film — Carrousel international du film de Rimouski 2009
- Grand Youth Jury Award for Best Feature Film — Exground Filmfest, Weisbaden, Germany 2009
- Best Editing (Gabriel Sunday) — Downtown LA Film Festival 2009

