NEW YORK
German director Birgit Moller's (second from right) "Valerie" won the Hampton International Film Festival's Golden Starfish prize for best feature Sunday afternoon, capping the festival's 15th edition in the tony enclave on Long Island's east end. Shot in cinema verite style, the film follows a down and out supermodel as she travels about Berlin trying to "scrape her life back together." Also taking Hamptons honors was American director Matthew Galkin's (right) "I Am an Animal: This Story of Ingrid Newkirk and PETA," which received HIFF's Golden Starfish for best documentary feature. In other fest awards, August Rush won the inaugural Woozyfly.com Award for best music in a film, received by Anastasia Brown (left), and both Catherine Ryan and Gary Wimberg's "Soldiers of Conscience" and Anthony Gilmore's "Behind Forgotten Eyes" tied for the festival's award in its Conflict and Resolution section. PJ Dillon, meanwhile, was awarded best cinematographer for "Kings," directed by Tom Collins, and Marisa Zanotti took best short for "At the End of the Sentence." As previously announced, Julian Schnabel's "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" won the $25,000 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation prize which recognizes science and technology themes in film, and Vanessa Redgrave received the fest's Career Achievement nod. The festival closes Sunday night with Kirsten Sheridan's "August Rush." indieWIRE will have a full report from the festival this week. Joining the award winners was Hamptons programmer David Nugent (center).