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‘I’m just a girl who grew up on an island’
Bennett wins award at Utah Film Festival
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Posted on Apr 11 2019
A former CNMI resident won an award at the Utah Film Festival for her role in a film shot in only six months.
Yvonne DLG Bennett last weekend was awarded the 2019 Utah Film Festival award for best supporting actress on the film Stalker directed by Devin K. Hansen. The film was nominated in eight categories: feature director, lead actress, supporting actor, ensemble cast, feature, budget under $5,000, and best supporting actress, which Bennett bagged.
The film also won the film festival’s budget under $5,000 award.
“I want to thank Devin K. Hansen first because I said yes to his project first and he is one of the most passionate filmmakers I know,” she said in her acceptance speech. “…It was so fun to work with everybody and it was an amazing six months for us filming this project.”
Bennett recalled her days of living on Saipan.
“This is more than an award. I am just a girl who grew up on an island with 50,000 people. I was just so stubborn [and asserted] that I wanted to act and I am still doing it and would continue doing it,” she said.
“I want to dedicate this award to all the females back home in the CNMI because if a girl like me from an island can come and pursue my dreams, so can you,” she said.
In a separate social media post, Bennett also dedicated the award to the special females in her life: her mother, Lillian Bennett, her twin sister Yvette DLG Bennett, and sister Shequita Curby.
