Ashland Independent Film Festival

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Ashland, United States April 2014, TBA
Call for Entry Deadline: November 2013, TBA
Late: December 9th; WAB: December 16th
Festival Data:
- Established: 2001
- Genre: General
- Attendance: 6000
- Total Number of Films Submitted: 900
- Total Number of Films Screened: 135
- Competitive
- Students Section
- Has Panels
- Has Seminars
Festival Website:
www.ashlandfilm.org
Festival Description:

The 9th Annual 'ashland independent film festival' wrapped up on April 12, 2010 after five days of packed theatres. 93 of the festival's 135 films and events were sold out. 16,800 tickets were distributed to approximately 6,000 attendees. In its Spring 2009 issue MovieMaker magazine included the ashland independent film festival (AIFF) in its list of the '25 Festivals Worth the Fee' and Ernest Hardy of the LA Weekly has said that AIFF is “well on its way to being one of my favorite American film festivals, period."

Every spring, filmmakers and film lovers gather in the intimate art house setting of the Varsity Theatre in downtown Ashland, Oregon to celebrate the ashland independent film festival. Documentaries, features, shorts and student films are shown on the five screens of this historic art deco building, with special events at the Ashland Armory.

Filmmakers of the documentaries, features and shorts come from around the world to engage with the audience after each screening and at the festival’s Opening Night Bash and Award Celebration parties with local wine, beer and gourmet food. Special guests have included Helen Hunt, Albert Maysles, Bruce Campbell and more. The film festival is one of the reasons Ashland is included in the popular travel guide A Thousand Places to See Before You Die and why The Washington Post called Ashland, Oregon “a dream you’ll never want to leave."

2010 JURIED AWARDS included:

Best Documentary: Feature Length

Best Short Documentary

Best Feature

Best Cinematography/The Gerald Hirschfeld A.S.C. Award: Dramatic Feature

Best Acting Ensemble: Dramatic Feature

Best Short Film

Best Animated Short

2010 AUDIENCE AWARDS included:

AIFF Audience Award Best Short Film: Documentary or Dramatic

John C. Schweiger Audience Award: Dramatic Feature

Rogue Creamery Audience Award: Documentary Feature

In addition to its juried and audience awards, the ashland independent film festival holds The Launch, a free film competition for students from across Southern Oregon.

The ashland independent film festival has been presented by the non-profit Southern Oregon Film Society since 2001. Follow the latest news from AIFF on the festival's blog at: www.ashlandfilm.org/blog and on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/AIFF
Film Submissions:
- Accepts direct submissions
- Submission formats: Beta-SP, Digi-Beta, 35mm, DVD
- Call for Entry: http:/ / www.ashlandfilm.org/ Page.asp?NavID=521
Email: info(at)ashlandfilm.org

Phone: (1) 541488-3823

Fax: (1) 541 488-7782

Mailing Address: PO Box 218
Ashland, Oregon 97520
USA

Email:	info(at)ashlandfilm.org
Phone:	(1) 541488-3823
Fax:	(1) 541 488-7782
Mailing Address:	PO Box 218 Ashland, Oregon 97520 USA

OCT 01, 2009 01:10AM FFW Festival Editor writes:

2009 Ashland Independent Film Festival Award Winners

Juried Best Feature: PAPER COVERS ROCK
Juried Best Documentary Feature: THEY KILLED SISTER DOROTHY
Rogue Creamery Audience Award: Documentary: GARRISON KEILLOR: THE MAN ON THE RADIO IN THE RED SHOES
John C. Schweiger Audience Award: Dramatic Feature: PAPER COVERS ROCK
Juried Best Documentary: Short Subject: THE WAR OF 33
Audience Award Best Short Film Dramatic or Documentary: KICK LIKE A GIRL
Juried Best Short: ACHOLILAND
Special Jury Mention: Short Film: TRECE ANOS (THIRTEEN YEARS)
Juried Best Animated Short: SEBASTIAN’S VOODOO
Juried Best Acting Ensemble: MAN MAID
Special Jury Mention: Acting: Jeannine Kaspar in PAPER COVERS ROCK
Best Cinematography, The Gerald Hirschfeld, ASC Award: Feature: PAPER COVERS ROCK
Family Choice Audience Award: THE FAN AND THE FLOWER
Rogue Award: Elvis Mitchell
Artistic Achievement Award: Bill Plympton
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APR 24, 2008 02:07PM FFW Festival Editor writes:

Award Winners for the 2008 Ashland Independent Film Festival

Juried and Special Awards

Best Feature: "August Evening"
Director: Chris Eska

Best CinematographyThe Gerald Hirschfeld A.S.C. Award:
Feature: "Chronic Town"
Director: Tom Hines

Best Acting Ensemble in a Feature: "The New Year Parade"
Director: Tom Quinn

Special Jury Mention: Dramatic Feature: "Superheroes"
Director: Alan Brown

Best Short: "I Want to Be a Pilot"
Director: Diego Quemada-Diez

Best Documentary- Short Subject: "A Son's Sacrifice"
Director: Yoni Brook

Best Documentary- Feature Length: "Please Vote for Me"
Director: Weijun Chen

Special Jury Mention- Documentary Feature: "One Minute to Nine"
Director: Tommy Davis

Best Student Film: "Pariah"
Director: Dee Rees

Best Animated Short: "Papiroflexia"
Director: Joaquin Baldwin

Lifetime Achievement Award: Albert Maysles

Rogue Award: Helen Hunt

Audience Awards

John C. Schweiger Audience Award- Dramatic Feature:
"The Cake Eaters"
Director: Mary Stuart Masterson

Audience Award- Best Short Film: "Aquarium"
Director: Rob Meyer

Rogue Creamery Audience Award- Documentary Feature:
"American Outrage"
Director: Beth & George Gage
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MAY 01, 2007 01:02PM FFW Films Editor writes:

Award Winners for the 2007 Ashland Independent Film Festival

John C. Schweiger Audience Award for Best Dramatic: “Wristcutters: A Love Story”
Director: Goran Dukic

The Rogue Creamery Audience Award Feature Documentary: “Beyond the Call”
Director: Adrian Belic

The Audience Award for Best Short Film: “Full Disclosure”
Director: Douglas Horn

The Gerald Hirschfeld A.S.C. Award; Expiration Date: “Expiration Date”
Director: Rick Stevenson

Best Feature: “Stranded”
Director: Stuart McDonald

Best Acting Ensemble: “Stranded”
Director: Stuart McDonald

Best Documentary, Feature Length: “Our Daily Bread”
Director: Nikolaus Geyrhalter

Best Documentary Short Subject: “Dear Talula”
Director: Lori Benson

Best Narrative Short Film: “The Fan and the Flower”
Director: Bill Plympton

Best Student Film: “Zombie Prom”
Director: Vince Marcello

2007 AIFF Artistic Achievement Award: Les Blank

The festival honored Blank with live and recorded tributes from his colleagues, including video sent by internationally renowned filmmaker Werner Herzog. Blank is best known for poetic films that led John Rockwell of The New York Times to say "Blank is a documentarian of folk cultures who transforms anthropology into art." He has been honored with retrospectives at major museums and festivals across the world and his Burden of Dreams was given a British Academy Award. The festival’s presentation of Blank’s work included a retrospective of his classic films and The Tea Film (working title), was given a rare "work in progress" screening after which Blank shared some insight into his creative process.

The AIFF also honored local resident and international movie icon Bruce Campbell with the first ever "Rogue Award" for his years of "filmmaking on the edge". His latest film, “My Name is Bruce,” was given a Sneak Preview screening to a sold out crowd of over 500 people on Friday night at the Armory. Shot in Ashland and other southern Oregon locations last summer with many local actors and crew, the film was produced by Dark Horse Entertainment, Portland, publishers of the graphic novel 300 a recent movie box office hit.
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