2008 Festival

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENTS

Janusz Kaminsky
Cinematography
John Rubinstein

Acting
John Savage

Acting
Dick Kun

Community Appreciation
Filmed such classics as “Saving Private Ryan”, “Schindler’s List”, and “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”, Watch the seminar here Has acted in numerous Broadway productions including “Pippin”, “Children of a Lessor God”, and “M. Butterfly”.
 Appeared in several Oscar – nominated films such as “The Deer Hunter”, “Salvador”, “Do the Right Thing”. Has many contributions to Big Bear.  Has many indirect connections with the entertainment industry.

 

FILM COMPETITION WINNERS SCREENPLAY WINNERS
JURY AWARDSBest Feature Film
“Blind Ambition”
directed by Bala Rajesekharuni

Best Documentary
“Alaska Far Away: The New Deal Pioneers
of the Matanuska Colony”
directed by Paul Hill, Joan Juster

Best Student Film
“Dudley’s Raft”
director: Robert Matthews
Chapman University

Best Student Film – Cinematography
“A Day’s Work”
directed by  Rajeev Dassani
USC

Best Short Film
“Struck”
directed by Taron Lexton

Best Animation
“Plain and Simple”
directed by Merrin Marra
Columbia College, Chicago

Best Family Film
“$1.11″
directed by Colton Tran
Utah Valley State College

AUDIENCE AWARDS

Best Feature Film
“Chain Link”
directed by Dylan Reynolds

Best Documentary
“88 Years in the Closet”
directed by Peter Shafron

Best Animation
“Little Blue”
directed by Bob Svihovce

Best Short Film
“Still Me”
directed by Beth McElhenny

Best Student Film
“Smoke”
directed by Andrew Baldwin
AFI

Best High School Film
“819″
directed by George Mikhail
Culver City High School

Big Bear Lake Film Award
“Big Bear Medicine Wheel:
Healing Mother Earth’s Sacred Sites”
directed by David Faithful and Debbie Nagata

SIDEBAR SHOWCASE AWARD
there was a tie!

“Armed for the Challenge”
directed by Patricia Thio and Kent Allison

and

“The Sublimation Experiment”
directed by Chris Kitchen and Sam Pope

OPENING NIGHT FILM
GHOST TOWN
Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount Pictures

 1st Place
Gabriel’s Calling
written by Megan Breen

2nd Place
Love Marriage
written by Soman Chainani

3rd Place
The Commando
written by Timothy Buck

Honorable Mentions

Buccaneer’s Cove
written by
Julian Stone

and

Loss of Innocence
written by
Eric Gaunaurd