Obselidia is a 2010 American drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 written and directed by Diane Bell, starring Michael Piccirilli, Gaynor Howe and Frank Hoyt Taylor. The Film won two awards at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival

Sundance Film Festival

The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...

: the Excellence in Cinematography award and the Alfred P. Sloan Prize

Alfred P. Sloan Prize

The Alfred P. Sloan Prize is an award given each year, starting in 2003, to a film at the Sundance Film Festival. The prize is given to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme, or depicts a scientist, engineer, or mathematician as a major character.Each winner is presented...

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Plot

On his quest to catalogue soon obsolete occupations, George (Piccirilli) a librarian joins forces with a silent film projectionist (Howe), and together they journey to Death Valley to interview a maverick scientist (Hoyt Taylor) who is predicting the imminent end of the world.

Cast

• George: (Michael Piccirilli)
• Sophie: (Gaynor Howe)
• Lewis: (Frank Hoyt Taylor)
• Mitch: (Chris Byrne)
• Jennifer: (Kim Beuche)
• Paul: (Michael Blackman Beck)
• Linda: (Linda Walton)
• Monk: (Grant Mathis)

Awards

• Excellence in Cinematography. Sundance 2010 Film Festival
• Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize. Sundance 2010 Film Festival
• Juried Best Feature. Ashland Independent Film Festival 2010
• Alfed P. Sloan 2010 Grantees. TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund 2010.