Sedona International Film Festival & Workshop

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Sedona, United States February 25 - March 01, 2009
Call for Entry Deadline: October 20, 2008
July 1, 2008 - Earlybird; October 20, 2008 - Late deadline
Festival Data:
- Established: 1995
- Genre: General
- Attendance: 15000
- Media Attendance: 35
- Accredited Industry Attendance: 5
- Total Number of Films Submitted: 950
- Total Number of Films Screened: 127
- Total Screenings: 152
- # of Shorts Screened: 57
- # of Features Screened: 77
- Competitive
- Has Panels
Festival Website:
www.sedonafilmfestival.com
Festival Description:

The Sedona International Film Festival announces its call for submissions for the 15th Annual festival, February 25 - March 1, 2009.

The five-day festival features more than 125 films, including features, documentaries, foreign films, shorts, animation and student films. Filmmakers and audiences from around the world have heralded Sedona's festival as one of their favorites. The Festival Workshop, founded by Academy Award winner Frank Warner, brings award-winning, industry professionals to Sedona to teach, inspire and share their knowledge with the next generation of filmmakers

The Sedona International Film Festival & Workshop will award CASH PRIZES for filmmakers totalling more than $50,000 at the 2008 festival! Cash awards will be given for filmmaking excellence in a variety of categories to be determined by the a panel of judges. All films in all categories will be eligible. This is part of our commitment to truly honor the independent filmmaker and the art of indie-filmmaking!
Film Submissions:
- Accepts direct submissions
Email: info(at)sedonafilmfestival.com

Phone: (1) 928 282-1177

Fax: (1) 928 282-2055

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 162
Sedona, Arizona 86339
USA

Email:	info(at)sedonafilmfestival.com
Phone:	(1) 928 282-1177
Fax:	(1) 928 282-2055
Mailing Address:	P.O. Box 162 Sedona, Arizona 86339 USA

MAR 05 01:19PM FFW Festival Editor writes:

2008 Sedona International Film Festival Award Winners

Directors’ Choice Award-Winners

• Best Feature – Ripple Effect
Director: Philippe Caland

• Best Documentary – Semper Fi, One Marine’s Journey
Director: Vince DiPersio

• Best Foreign Feature Film - Ben X
Director: Nic Balthazar

• Best Short Film – Validation
Director: Kurt Kuenne

• Best Foreign Short Film – The Kolaborator
Director: Chris Bessounian

• Best Foreign Language Short – VODA (Water)
Director: Gabriela Ilijeska

• Best Humanitarian Short Film – In the Wake
Director: Craig Strong

• Best Humanitarian Film – The Human Experience
Director: Charles Kinnane

• Best Animation – Papiroflexia (Origami)
Director: Joaquin Baldwin

• Discovery Award-Winner - The Cake Eaters
Director: Mary Stuart Masterson

• Most Inspiring Documentary and winner of the Georgia Frontiere Memorial Scholarship - The Music In Me
Director: Nigel Traill

• Most Compelling Documentary and the winner of the Arizona Republic Bill Muller Award for Excellence in Screenwriting – Fields of Fuel
Director: Josh Tickell

• Best Director - Roger Donaldson, The Bank Job

Audience’ Choice Award-Winners:

• Best Feature – The Flyboys
Director: Rocco DeVilliers

• Best Documentary (tie) – Water Flowing Together
Director: Gwendolen Cates

• Best Documentary (tie) – Standing Silent Nation
Director: Suree Towfighnia

• Best Foreign Feature Film - Ben X
Director: Nic Balthazar

• Best Short Film – Milk Bum
Director: Tim Parker

• Best Animation – Papiroflexia (Origami)
Director: Joaquin Baldwin

• Most Requested Film - Dalai Lama Renaissance
Director: Khashyar Darvich
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APR 11, 2007 11:42AM FFW Films Editor writes:

Award Winners for the 2007 Sedona International Film Festival & Workshop

Oustanding Actor and Birkner Humanitarian Awards: Joe Pantoliano

Directors’ Choice Awards:

Best Feature Film: “Islander”
Directed by: Ian McCrudden

Best Feature Film: “Canvas”
Directed by: Joseph Greco

Best Documentary Film: “War/Dance”
Directed by: Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine

Best Humanitarian Film: “Beyond the Call”
Directed by: Adrian Belic

Best Short Film: “Shipwrecked”
Directed by: Devon Bolton

Best Foreign Language Short Film: “Bawke”
Directed by: Hisham Zaman

Best Animated Film: “Delivery”
Directed by: Till Nowak

Discovery Film Award: “Local Color”
Directed by: George Gallo

Outstanding Directing for “Local Color”
Directed by: George Gallo

Audience Choice Awards:

Best Feature Film: “Coffee Date”
Directed by: Stewart Wade

Best Feature Film– Runner Up: “Away From Her”
Directed by: Sarah Polley

Best Documentary Film: “Beyond the Call”
Directed by: Adrian Belic

Best Documentary Film– Runner Up: “The Cats of Mirikitani”
Directed by: Linda Hattendorf

Best Student Short Film: “Rundown”
Directed by: Patrick Alexander

Best Short Film: “Eramos Pocos”
Directed by: Borja Cobeaga

Best Animated Film: “First Flight”
Directed by: Cameron Hood and Kyle Jefferson

Excellence in Filmmaking Cash Awards:

“Away From Her” - $7,000
Directed by: Sarah Polley

“War/Dance” - $7,000
Directed by: Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine

“The Cats of Mirikitani” - $7,000
Directed by: Linda Hattendorf

“Wolves in the Woods” - $5,000
Directed by: B.J. Schwartz

“The Counter” - $5,000
Directed by: Lauren Wagner

“Delivery” - $5,000
Directed by: Till Nowak

“Eramos Pocos” - $5,000
Directed by: Borja Cobeaga

“Shipwrecked” - $5,000
Directed by: Devon Bolton

“Last Day of December” - $5,000
Directed by: Bogdan Apetri
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