Ballast (film)

Ballast
Directed byLance Hammer
Written byLance Hammer
Produced byLance Hammer
Nina Parikh
Andrew Adamson
Mark Johnson
StarringMichael J. Smith Sr.
Jim Myron Ross
Tarra Riggs
Johnny McPhail
CinematographyLol Crawley
Edited byLance Hammer
Distributed byAlluvial Film Company
Release dates
  • January 19, 2008 (2008-01-19) (Sundance)
  • October 1, 2008 (2008-10-01) (United States)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Ballast is a 2008 film directed by Lance Hammer. It competed in the Dramatic category at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the awards for Best Director and Best Cinematography.[1][2] The film received six nominations at the 24th Independent Spirit Awards.[3]

  1. ^ "2008 Sundance Film Festival Announces Films in Competition" (PDF). November 28, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 25, 2008. Retrieved December 20, 2007.
  2. ^ "2008 Sundance Film Festival Awards". January 27, 2008. Archived from the original on May 28, 2008. Retrieved May 25, 2008. In The Daily Insider (Sundance Film Festival).
  3. ^ Maxwell, Erin (December 2, 2008). "Film trio feel the Spirit". Variety. Archived from the original on December 5, 2008. Retrieved December 2, 2008.