October 18, 2007
CONTACT: Kimberly Busbee, Festival
Director, 515-707-1533 or bobbusbee@aol.com
2007 WILD
ROSE INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES
AWARD
NOMINEES
5th Annual
Des Moines Film Festival will also host workshop by
LEW
HUNTER
The 2007 Wild Rose Independent Film
Festival has announced its award nominations for this, the fifth annual edition
of the festival, to be held October 25-28 at the Fleur Cinema and Cafe,
"This year, we partnered with
WithoutABox.com," says Festival Director, "and we were just inundated with
terrific films from all around the globe. The awards process became that
much more difficult but, of course, because of the high caliber of the films,
that much more rewarding."
In addition to the screenings of more
than 20 fiercely independent films, and the awards, the Wild Rose will host a
Saturday workshop, "Everything You Want to Know About Independent Filmmaking But
Were Afraid to Ask," by Lew Hunter, a
The Wild Rose presents "Best of" and
runner-up awards in more than twenty categories of filmmaking craft, all judged
by a large panel of well-trained practitioners in the Iowa filmmaking
industry. Additionally, the Wild Rose will be presenting its special
Festival Director's Award for contribution to Iowa Independent Filmmaking to
Steve Schott and Tony Wilson whose film, The Final Season, starring
Powers Boothe, Sean Astin and Tom Arnold and featuring many Iowa
actors, was released into over 1000 theatres on October
12.
"The Final Season is a real
benchmark for
The 2007 Wild Rose Independent Film
Festival is sponsored by the Fleur Cinema and Cafe, the Iowa Film Office, the
Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Iowa Scriptwriters
Alliance and the Iowa Motion Picture Association.
For more information about the Wild
Rose, patrons are invited to visit www.ariesworks.com
Following is the complete list of the
award nominees for the 2007 Wild Rose Independent Film
Festival.
COMPLETE LIST OF AWARD
NOMINEES FOR
THE 5TH ANNUAL 2007 WILD
ROSE INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL
(nominees listed in
alphabetical order within categories)
Best
Screenplay
Gabrielle Berberich & Greg Chwerchak, Greetings from the
Shore
Nancy Fales Garrett, The Northern Kingdom
Stuart C.
Paul, Confessions of a Late Bloomer
Joel Sadilek, The Summer
House
Tom Van Avermaet, Droomtijd
(Dreamtime)
Best
Actor
Tyler Chase,
Confessions of a Late Bloomer
Al Greffenius, The Final
Chapter
Charlie Matthes, Indelible
Cosmo Pfiel, The
Paul Sorvino, Greetings from the Shore
Best Actress
Christine Deaver, The Summer
House
Dorothy Lyman, The
Kelly Pendygraft, Fierce
Friend
Kim Shaw, Greetings from the
Shore
Kerry Skram, On Dasher, On
Dancer
Best Acting
Ensemble
Confessions of a Late Bloomer
Damn the Past!
Greetings
from the Shore
The Northern Kingdom
The Summer
House
Best Directing of a
MiniPic
Andy Brodie, End of the Sawdust Trail
Nolan, Coffeeeee
Patrick Smith,
Puppet
Sean Studer, This is
Bela
Carlos Talamanca, Victor y la
Maquina
Best Director of a Short
Film
Juli Kang, Damn the Past!
Jen
McGowan, Confessions of a Late Bloomer
Joel Sadilek, The Summer House
Kartik Singh, Saving Mom and Dad
Tom Van Avermaet, Droomtijd
(Dreamtime)
Best Director of a Feature
Film
Rick Amundson, Indelible
Greg
Chwerchak, Greetings from the Shore
Ryan
Goble, To Touch the Soul
Dorothy Lyman,
The Northern Kingdom
Yoram Porath,
Keepers of
Best Cinematography or
Videography
Confessions of a Late Bloomer
Damn the Past!
The Final
Chapter
Greetings from the Shore
The Summer
House
Best
Sound
Damn the Past!
Droomtijd
Greetings from
the Shore
Indelible
The Summer
House
Best Costumes and
Make-up
Damn the Past!
Droomtijd
(Dreamtime)
End of the Sawdust
Trail
Indelible
This is Bela
Best Production
Design
Damn the Past!
Droomtijd
(Dreamtime)
End of the Sawdust Trail
The Summer
House
This is Bela
Best Visual
Effects
Droomtijd (Dreamtime)
Snipe Hunt
The Summer
House
This is Bela
Victor y la
Maquina
Best
Editing
Confessions of a Late Bloomer
Damn the
Past!
Droomtijd
Greetings from the Shore
The
Summer House
Best Original
Music
Steven Barton, Confessions of a Late Bloomer
Charles
Fernandez, Puppet
Quentin SK Kim,
Shell
Jim Latham, Greetings from the Shore
Jason
Webley, End of the Sawdust Trail
Best
Animation
Coffeeeee
One
Skin
Puppet
Shell
The Summer
House
Best
Documentary
Keepers of
A
Little Salsa on the Prairie
To Touch the
Soul
Best
MiniPic
Coffeeeee
End of the Sawdust Trail
Puppet
This is
Bela
Victor y la Maquina
Best Short
Film
Confessions of a Late Bloomer
Damn the Past!
Droomtijd
(Dreamtime)
The Final Chapter
The Summer
House
Best Feature
Film
Greetings from the Shore
Indelible
Keepers of
The
To Touch the Soul
Best Student
Film
Confessions of a Late Bloomer
Damn the
Past!
Droomtijd (Dreamtime)
The Girls of
This is
Bela
Best Debut
Teresa Hagen and Ryan Goble, To
Touch the Soul
Nolan,
Carlos Talamanca, Victor y la Maquina
Tom Van
Avermaet, Droomtijd (Dreamtime)
Best
End of the Sawdust Trail
The Final
Chapter
Indelible
A Little Salsa on the
Prairie
Snipe Hunt