“People’s Choice” Award

Best Short Film

Best Wisconsin Film

Best Student Film

Best Documentary

Best Screenplay

Best Sound Track

Best Animation

Best Feature

Emerging Filmmakers Grants

The Ken Hendrick’s “People’s Choice” Award went to…

 

Hell’s Pavement

Director: Andy Kemp


The film follows five years in the life of a young girl as she struggles against an onslaught of good intentions. From her first encounter with the social care system, through a range of foster placements, to a haunting climax, we are challenged to question how it is that so many well-intentioned people can do so much unintended damage. And how it is that the £4bn a year that people in the UK spend on children in care has failed to break the cycle of abuse, addiction and abandonment.




http://vimeo.com/7030204

Best Short Film

Finalists:

Chickens of the Sea
Dance for Eternity
Gargoyle
A Sign Story

The Sky was Angry
The Spam Job
Swedish for Hello
True Beauty This Night

and the BIFFY goes to….

A Sign Story (Historia de un Letrero)

Director: Alonso Alvarez
One stranger on his way to an important meeting will transform the afternoon for another man in this emotionally stirring short film.






http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyGEEamz7ZM

Best Wisconsin Film

Finalists:

Annie Lloyd
Basket Bronx
Fish Fry Night Milwaukee

In Their Making
Lefty

And the BIFFY goes to..

Annie Lloyd

By: Cecilia Condit


Annie Lloyd is a daughter’s poetic documentation of the last few years of her mother’s life and an intimate portrayal of the creativity and wisdom of old age.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQlAjmDTJP4

Best Student Film

Finalists:

The Astronaut
Bonefeather
Dudley’s Raft
Free Lunch
A Fool’s Paradise
Homecoming
Mime VS Junkie
Repaired?
We are all here

And the BIFFY goes to..

Bonefeather

Director: Nathan Gilliss and Callum Paterson

In a forest of corduroy and felt, Bonefeather and his beady-eyed Neighbor disrupt the peace of the morning with an obnoxious mating song. They are suddenly stopped when a beautiful female arrives. Though they dance their best, they fail to impress her.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwoDACfh3UQ

Best Documentary

Finalists:

12 Canoes
At the Edge of the World
Comrade Couture The Flowers of Madison
The Secret of Oz
Bicycle Dreams: The Race Across America

And the BIFFY goes to…

The Secret of Oz

Director: Bill Still
It is well known in economics academia that The Wonderful Wizard of Oz written by L. Frank Baum in 1900 is loaded with powerful symbols of monetary reform which were the core of the Populist movement and the 1896 and 1900 president bid of Democrat William Jennings Bryan.

The yellow brick road (gold standard), the emerald city of Oz (greenback money), even Dorothy’s silver slippers (changed to ruby slippers for the movie version) were the symbol of Baum’s and Bryan’s belief that adding silver coinage to gold would provide much needed money to a depression-strapped, 1890s America.

We believe Baum’s symbols represent the only solution to relieve the growing economic hardship here in America – and the rest of the world. Practically speaking, 2009 marks the 70th anniversary of the 1939 MGM release of the The Wizard of Oz movie, so interest will be very high. Even Oz websites put up by kids get millions of hits


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cq9yEVcGIU

Best Screenplay

Finalists:

The Business of Story
The Devil’s Tail
Mitsein

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And the BIFFY goes to….

The Devil’s Tail

Director:Christopher Comrie

When Eddie disappears in the Yucatan, Pete abandons his comfortable life in Toronto to search for his lifelong best friend, a charming Texas ne’er-do-well. Arriving in Mexico with his girlfriend Zoe and pal Dave, they discover a world that is deeper and darker than any tourist image of Cancun. As the hunt progresses, Pete encounters old love Kate who is now Eddie’s girlfriend. Meanwhile, several local Mexicans disappeared at the same time as Eddie – a fact noticed by a popular barfly who befriends Pete – who also happens to be retired Texas Border Patrol. Eddie’s sudden reappearance only adds to the puzzle as he deflects all questions by distracting them with Southern charm and promise of local adventures. And with Eddie’s return, Pete must reluctantly relinquish his role of savior for Kate, who has blinders on to their real circumstances. With this, Pete learns there is more than one way…

http://vimeo.com/5833623

Best Sound Track

Finalists:

Fairview Street
The Other Side of Paradise
Tah-Dah

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And the BIFFY goes to…

Fairview Street

Director: Michael McCallum


Sometimes your past won’t let you.
Paroled after serving four years in prison for armed robbery, James Winton returns home to his wife and father to make amends.
However, when James is implicated in the recent murders of old acquaintances, the police detective who put him away last time is determined to make him pay at any cost.






http://vimeo.com/8924843

Best Animation

Finalists:

Gym Lesson
I’m So Proud of You
Jelly Fishers
The Magistical
Slowing Down the Pace

And the BIFFY goes to…

The Magistical

Directors: John Cernak, Danny Oakley


Once upon a time a guardian was chosen to watch over all living things. She was called The Magistical. Hoping to preserve all precious life, The Magistical created a spell. This spell granted the last of every type of creature, immortality. However, to one very evil Draken, the spell would carry a very different meaning than intended. By killing all other Drakens, she would become the last. Without fear of death, such a beast could rule the world. Now only one baby cub stands between her and her evil ambitions. And between them stands a small, but determined obstacle, named Foible.


http://vimeo.com/11740576

Best Feature

Finalists:

Artois the Goat
Emilio
Four Chapters
Hell’s Pavement
Jordon Saffron: TASTE THIS

And the BIFFY goes to…

Artois the Goat

Directors: Cliff Bogart, Kyle Bogart


Lab technician Virgil Gurdies struggles to choose between his truelove Angie and his newfound quest to create the greatest goat cheese the world has ever known.








http://vimeo.com/13831349

Emerging Filmmakers Grants Awarded to:

Annie Lloyd

Artois the Goat

Hell’s Pavement

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