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Sarasota News Leader April 26, 2013 Page 79 Award, named after the late Sarasota resident and SFF ally who managed the independent video rental store Video Renaissance. Created three years ago, the award goes to a film that pushes boundaries and is not afraid to challenge audiences with unique conceptual ideas and innovative processes. Robin Schwarz, an actress in the film, was present for the honor. "On behalf of all of the men in Computer Chess, I would like to thank you guys for this award," she said, nodding slyly to the fact that she plays the only female programmer in the movie. "I know that everybody in the film would have been the type who The 2013 winner, Computer Chess — a narra- would have wanted to hang out with Terry," tive feature set in the early 1980s — is about she added. an annual conference of computer programmers, where developers tested their own AUDIENCE AWARDS chess-playing applications against each other The next prizes were the Audience Awards, in the hopes of eventually defeating a human chess master. Recorded primarily in black and which were tabulated directly from votes of white on period equipment, it features an ac- audience members who filled out and turned curate representation of computer technology in ballots to SFF volunteers following the 2013 screenings. from the time. (From left) Pasadena cast members Peter Bogdanovich, Cheryl Hines and Alicia Witt and Director Will Slocombe answer questions from audience members following the film's world premiere at the Regal Cinemas Hollywood 20 on April 13.