Outstanding American Narrative Feature ($2,500 cash prize, courtesy of 20th Century Fox): 25 CENT PREVIEW

directed by Cyrus Amini

 

Outstanding International Narrative Feature: TULI

directed by Auraeus Solito

 

Outstanding Documentary Feature:JERUSALEM IS PROUD TO PRESENT

directed by Nitzan Gilady

 

Outstanding Actor in a Feature Film:

Merlin Gaspers and Dorian Brockington in 25 CENT PREVIEW

 

Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film:

Michelle Ehlen in BUTCH JAMIE

 

Outstanding Screenwriting:

Casper Andreas and Jesse Archer for A FOUR LETTER WORD

 

Outstanding Dramatic Short: PARIAH

directed by Dee Rees

 

Outstanding Documentary Short: LEGACY

directed by Inge Blackman

 

Special Programming Awards:

 

Freedom Award: THROUGH THICK AND THIN

directed by Sebastian Cordoba

 

Outstanding Emerging Talent ($5,000 product grant from Kodak):

Dominique Cardona and Laurie Colbert, directors, FINN’S GIRL

 

Outstanding Artistic Achievement:

Angelina Maccarone, director, VIVERE

 

Audience Awards:

 

HBO Outstanding First Dramatic Feature ($5,000 cash prize): SHELTER

directed by Jonah Markowitz

 

Outstanding Dramatic Feature: THE BUBBLE

directed by Eytan Fox

 

Outstanding Documentary Feature: FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO

directed by Daniel Karslake

 

Outstanding Dramatic Short: PARIAH

directed by Dee Rees

 

Outstanding Documentary Short: FREEHELD

directed by Cynthia Wade

 

Outstanding Soundtrack: Michele Mulroney and Micah Schraft for SUNNY AND SHARE LOVE YOU

 

FILM COMPETITION JURORS

 

U.S. DRAMATIC FEATURES COMPETITION

 

JENNI OLSON

Jenni Olson, director of e-commerce at WolfeVideo.com, is a leading expert on LGBT cinemahistory. She is a curator and archivist, has established PlanetOut. com’s massive queer movie database, PopcornQ, serves on the advisory board for Outfest’s Legacy Project for LGBT Film Preservation and is launching the new Wolfe Vintage Collection. Also a filmmaker, Jenni’s debut feature, THE JOY OF LIFE, won the Outfest Award for OUTStanding Artistic Achievement in 2005. She is in development on a new feature, GET ME GUINEVERE TURNER.

 

BARRY SANDLER

Barry Sandler is the screenwriter of CRIMES OF PASSION, THE MIRROR CRACK’D, EVIL UNDER THE SUN, GABLE AND LOMBARD, THE KANSAS CITY BOMBER, and the groundbreaking MAKING LOVE. He is the recipient of the GLAAD Media Award and the Outfest 2002 Gay Pioneer Award for Courage and Artistry, and was named by The Advocate as one of the most influential gay artists in America. Sandler also serves as Artistic Director of the Outfest Screenwriting Lab, and teaches screenwriting at the University of Central Florida School of Film and Digital Media.

 

DARRYL STEPHENS

Darryl Stephens studied acting while attending UC Berkeley and was part of the university-based theater troupe, Sassymouth. His television roles include MTV’s “Undressed,” CBS’ “That’s Life” and VH1’s “Red Eye.” Stephens studied at the Beverly Hills Playhouse prior to joining the cast of “Noah’s Arc” in the leading role of Noah. Stephens can be seen in two feature films, Q. Allan Brocka’s BOY CULTURE and in a supporting role in Todd Stephens’ ANOTHER GAY MOVIE. His other feature film credits include SEAMLESS, CIRCUIT, and the independent feature NOT QUITE RIGHT.

 

INTERNATIONAL DRAMATIC FEATURES COMPETITION

 

ALONSO DURALDE

Alonso Duralde is the author of 101 Must- See Movies For Gay Men (Alyson Books) and vice president of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. He was the Arts & Entertainment Editor at The Advocate and Artistic Director of the USA Film Festival/Dallas. He is featured in the documentaries FABULOUS! THE STORY OF QUEER CINEMA and HERE’S LOOKING AT YOU, BOY and on the DVDs of BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN and VALLEY OF THE DOLLS. He is currently at work on his next book.

 

EVE OISHI

Eve Oishi is Associate Professor of Cultural Studies at Claremont Graduate University. Her research specialities include Asian American, queer and experimental cinema and transnational media culture. Her book, The Memory Village: Fakeness and the Forging of Family in Asian American Literature and Film, is forthcoming from Duke University Press. She has curated film and video programs for film festivals in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Philadelphia and served as international features consultant for the Sundance Film Festival.

 

CARLOS GARZA

Carlos Garza began his programming career at the Cinematexas International Short Film Festival while he was studying at the University of Texas in Austin. In 2003, he became a founding member of the Morelia International Film Festival, which has emerged as one of Mexico’s premiere film events. Garza has been a freelance journalist, editor, and publicist, coordinator of the World Cinema Competition at the Sundance Film Festival, and nominator for the Media Arts Fellowship program for Mexican film and video artists administered by Renew Media and established by the Rockefeller Foundation.

 

DOCUMENTARY FEATURES COMPETITION

 

BILLY LUTHER

Billy Luther studied film at Hampshire College and worked for the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian-Native American Film and Video Festival. A past honoree of Film Independent’s Project: Involve, Luther was recently selected for the Tribeca Institute’s All Access Program, the 2006 Sundance Ford Fellowship and FIND’s FastTrack with his feature documentary MISS NAVAJO, which screened at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. He is in development on the UNTITLED INDIAN MARCHING BAND PROJECT and Nanobah Becker’s FULL. Luther belongs to the Navajo, Hopi and Laguna Pueblo Tribes.

 

MEENA NANJI

Meena Nanji has been working in experimental and documentary film/video for the last twelve years. Her films VIEW FROM A GRAIN OF SAND, VOICES OF THE MORNING, LIVING IN COLOUR, and IT IS A CRIME have been recognized by the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, Paul Robeson Fund, The American Film Institute, and NAATA. Meena has curated various film/ video festivals and screenings in Los Angeles and San Francisco, been a juror on grant-giving organizations and film festivals, and guest lectures at universities and conferences around the world.

 

LAURA NIX

Laura Nix began her documentary career in the early nineties in Boston, and has since produced and directed over 50 presentations for DVD and television, including the feature documentary on the creative evolution of HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, titled WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT: THE STORY OF HEDWIG. She also wrote and directed the fiction feature THE POLITICS OF FUR, which won numerous awards during its appearance at 70 film festivals worldwide including the Grand Jury Prize for Best American Narrative and Best Actress Award at Outfest 2002.

 

SHORT FILMS COMPETITION

 

DIANE GAIDRY

Diane Gaidry is the Executive Director and co-founder of Filmmakers Alliance. She co-produced the feature film, THE DOGWALKER, and has overseen the production of numerous shorts made through FA. Diane has played lead roles in several independent features, including LOVING ANNABELLE (Best Actress Outfest 2006), NEED, THE DOGWALKER and AMERICA SO BEAUTIFUL. She is currently in pre-production on an omnibus film, RED WHITE AND BLUE, which was developed with 10 FA writer/directors.

 

ROBERTA MARIE MUNROE

Roberta Marie Munroe is the Program Director at the Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. She was a short film programmer at the Sundance Film Festival from 2001-2006, and is the author of the upcoming book, How Not To Make A Film: Confessions Of A Sundance Programmer. Her short film DANI & ALICE has screened at over 70 film festivals and won the Planet Out Best Drama Award. In 2005, Roberta was named one of the 10 Amazing Gay Women in Hollywood by POWER UP.

 

CAMERON YATES

Cameron Yates is the Short Film Programmer for NewFest: The New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Film Festival. He has also worked for Sundance, the New York Film Festival, Albert Maysles, and Zeitgeist Films. As a documentary filmmaker, Cameron’s first film 14 AND PAYROLLED, a portrait of teenagers working for the Virginia House of Delegates, premiered on PBS in 2003. He is currently working on a feature documentary about a New Orleans Madam and her family.

"Dauphin D'Or" is an international touring prize given to the production house of a family film that has both high artistic and commercial merits, at one specific festival (usually a CIFEJ member) each year. This year, CINEKID FESTIVAL has been chosen to host the Prize in order to celebrate the dynamic Dutch production and distribution industry in family films.

 

Along with a certificate and a trophy, a check of $5000 US will be awarded to the production house of the winning film. Delphis Films will also make an on-the spot worldwide distribution offer on competitive terms to the producer should the rights be still available.

 

A world sales agent specialized in high quality family films, Delphis Films has already a unique collection of widely acclaimed family films acquired from around the world including the Netherlands. Over the years, these films such as "Minoes," "Ikingut" or "Daniel and the Superdogs" have been successfully distributed in over 100 countries. Through the "Dauphin D'Or" Prize, Delphis Films wishes to show its goodwill to the international production community and encourage more and better feature films for children from all countries and races that may find an international life outside its national border through the specialized and market-tested sales services provided by Delphis Films.

 

CEO/President of Delphis Films, Mr. Richard Laferriere says: " To spread the word that we are actively looking for high quality family films for world distribution, we had this idea of creating a prize. Due to the 50 year old history of CIFEJ, the International Center of Film for Children and Youth, in this area our collaboration with them was a natural."

 

Jo-Anne Blouin, Executive Director of CIFEJ, comments, "we are very impressed with the experience and determination of Delphis Films in helping independent producers getting their films seen by children and their parents around the world. It is a blessing to have a specialist willing to work in such a niche market."

The Legacy Awards: A Gala to Benefit the Outfest Legacy Project for LGBT Film Preservation will honor Judith Light and Showtime for their continued support, dedication, and contribution to the LGBT community. A gauranteed star-studded evening, special guests expected to attend

include Caroline Rhea, David Duchovny, Marlee Matlin and more! For more information and to buy tickets visit

www.outfest.org/tla.html

Michaelle McLean, Director of Hot Docs' Toronto Documentary Forum, will be sharing her expertise in a presentation at the Conferencia Internacional Coproducción de Documentales, September 26 & 27, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Aimed at documentary producers in South America, the conference will be examining the current international documentary market and exploring systems of co-production in other countries with a view to encouraging these partnerships in the region. McLean is also looking forward to meeting producers and other members of the South American documentary industry and can be reached through the conference's email below. The conference is organized by planoLATINO, the first Latin American distributor exclusively devoted to the distribution of documentaries.

 

For more information please visit planolatinoconferencias.blogspot.com or email conferencia@planolatino.com.a

The Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival is delighted to welcome the Arête Media Group [AMG] to its Board of Directors. Joining some of the finest in the broadcast and film industry, Arête Media Group will serve as a welcome

and integral member of the Festival Board.

 

A leading television and film production company specializing in a wide variety of entertainment and educational based content in the ever-growing field of High-Definition programming, Arête Media Group works closely with the world’'s foremost cultural institutions & corporations. Based between New York City, Washington, D.C., and Jackson Hole, the Arête Media Group possesses strong relationships with a variety of distribution companies in the domestic and international markets. A digital content development leader, Arête Media Group develops and produces multi-platform new media and educational programming in the following:

 

*Domestic and International Theatrical

* Domestic/International Broadcast, Satellite and Cable Television

* DVD + Home Video and On-Demand and HD Home Video

* K-12 and College Educational Market

* Streaming Media and Web Based Initiatives

*Publishing and Merchandising

 

"We are delighted to have Arête step into this crucial role,"” says Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival Executive Director, Lisa Samford. “The company brings tremendous experience and insight to the board, and we have wanted a strong independent production company to join the world-class lineup of broadcasting commissioners and manufacturers that comprise our Board of Directors.”

 

Her enthusiasm is matched by Arête Media Group Principal, Jason Winkler, “"We are thrilled to be a part of the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, as so many like-minded people from all walks of film-making and production are brought together in an amazing environment. With our core competencies and unique relationships based in cultural and edu-tainment projects, we could not become involved with a more appropriate event and we hope to be involved with the festival for many years to come.”"

 

Below is the complete list of the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival’s Board of Directors:

 

• American Geological Institute

Animal Planet

Arête Media Group

BBC Natural History Unit

Discovery Channel

Fujinon Inc.

Granada Wild

Lobo Media Productions

Lunchbox Enterprises

National Geographic Television & Film

Nature/WNET

NHK Japanese Broadcasting

NHNZ, Ltd.

Panasonic Broadcast

Sierra Club Productions

Sony Electronics

The Turner Foundation

UNIVERSUM/ORF Natural History Unit

"Flash&Co" is a compilation of nine animated films which have been made for the Internet and can be watched online. Fantoche has made "Flash & Co." in collaboration with "Webcuts", the Berlin Internet Film Festival. The films being presented show the rich diversity of the content and the aesthetics of animation on the Web.

 

For example, there's "Elephants Dream" by Bassam Kurdali, a film which only came about thanks to the medium of the Internet. It was made exclusively using open source graphics software. Therefore, this high-quality work is now available for anyone to download free of charge.

 

"I Am Not a Biscuit" by Brad Wolfley, on the other hand, is an extremely simply made, low-budget production. This tale about the destiny of the son of a pretzel and a biscuit is amusing, but also carries a deep message. This is a film which attracted its audience thanks to the Web.

 

The Brazilian production "Tyger" by Guilherme Marcondes allows you to escape from reality and immerse yourself in a whole new world. Right now, for example, on an ordinary Tuesday afternoon.

 

To view these shorts, click here: www.fantoche.ch/webanimationen.

In the year 1991 LUCAS Film Festival has announced the 1st film market place. From this time on LUCAS Film Festival is accompanied by the forum focused on films for children and youth every year.

 

In 2007 during its 30th edition LUCAS wants to take the opportunity to increase its film market place. From now one LUCAS will in addition to the festival catalogue, also publish an extensive market catalogue containing crew and genre information, brief descriptions in two languages and contact addresses for each film submitted.

 

The main objective is to present fiction, shorts and documentaries focused on films for children and youth every year. Indexes organized by title, genre, director and running time facilitate working with the catalogue.

 

We hope the market place to become a remarkable opportunity for buyers, festival representatives, TV stations with appropriate program profile and other trade visitors to look at the current state of worldwide productions for children and youth in a concentrated

atmosphere, and to select works for their own use. All accredited visitors have a catalogue in German and English at their disposal from which to make their selections.

 

And we also hope the market place to become a outstanding forum for producers, distributors, filmmakers and other experts to share and ex-change their experiences.

Each year NYICFF premieres a highly selective slate of the best animation, live action, documentary and experimental shorts and features from around the world.

 

NYICFF JURY: Adam Gopnik, Lynne McVeigh, Rob Minkoff, Matthew Modine, Susan Sarandon, James Schamus, Evan Shapiro and Gus Van Sant

 

WHAT WE WANT: Short and feature films for

audiences age 3-18. NYICFF seeks creative, original,

non-formulaic works that will help to define a new,

more compelling film for kids. We are not shy about

presenting films with mature themes, subject matter,

language or sensibilities--especially for our teen and

pre-teen audiences. If you are in doubt about the

suitability of your film, we urge you to submit the work

and let the NYICFF selection committee make the

determination. Films may appear in or out of

competition.

 

SUBMISSION FORMAT: DVD or VHS

 

FESTIVAL PRESENTATION FORMAT: 35MM FILM,

DIGIBETA, BETASP, DVD

 

Download entry form at:

gkids.com/entry2008.html