We’d like to sincerely thank everyone who attended the screenings, filmmakers, producers, writers and animators, our sponsors, friends and volunteers, visionaries, and the insightful critics. Thank you all for being a part of this successful inaugural year of the Charleston International Film Festival, an event scheduled to return to the Terrace Theater, April 23 - 26, 2009.
Sold out Opening Night kicked off the four-day event, which attracted over 3,000 attendees for sneak preview screenings, after parties, deal making opportunities and workshops, punctuating with the Awards Gala at the Francis Marion Hotel. No emotion was left untouched with feature premieres, shorts, documentaries, and animations of some of the best independent professional and emerging filmmakers from around the world. Some of the films shown in Charleston are in talks to be released nationwide later this year, while others are showcasing overseas such as audience favorite Nosebleed, next scheduled screening at the Cannes Film Festival.
We’re honored to have such an esteemed Jury and would like to thank the members for their time and professional opinion, as well as all the filmmakers and screenwriters who submitted this year making this amazing selection of possible
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Without further ado, The 2008 Charleston International Film Festival Official Jury and Award Winners.
2008 Official Jury Members
Akim Anastapoulo, President, Atlas Worldwide Syndications & Distributions
John Brieger, Terrace Theater Partner
John Cleese, Actor
Portia Cobb-Heyward, Filmmaker
Tim Fennell, Center for the Documentary
Virginia Friedman, Center for the Documentary
Michael Furlinger, President, Terrace Theater
Garry Scott-Irvine, Senior Vice President, Lemur Entertainment
Orian Williams, Producer
John Wilson, Department Head of Radio, TV and Film Production, TTC
2008 Official Award Winners
Golden Crescent Award
“Camille”
A-Mark Entertainment, LLC
Jury Award for Best Feature
“Crazy”
Rick Bieber
Jury Award for Best Short
“Vartan LLP”
Myles Price
Jury Award for Best Documentary
“Raising Lucy”
Carol Muzik
Audience Choice for Best Feature
“Osso Bucco”
Fred Blurton
Audience Choice for Best Short
“Hole in the Paper Sky”
Bill Purple
Audience Choice for Best Documentary
“Mundaka”
Jarrod Tallman
Audience Choice Best Animation
“The Scritch-Scratch of Busy Little Hands”
Joy and Noelle Vaccese
Best Actress
Vanessa White
“Tangled Web”
Best Actor
Matthew Wolfe
“Left/Right”
Best Emerging Filmmakers
Todd and Matthew Wolfe
“Left/Right”
Golden Crescent Screenplay Competition
Natashia Sanders
THE SPINNING WHEEL
First Runner-Up Screenplay Competition
Marcia Chandler Rhea & Margaret Ford Rogers
THE CAROLINA STORYTELLER
Second Runner-Up Screenplay Competition
O.D. McConnell
IN LOVE, IN DEATH
Again, thank you to all the filmmakers and writers who submitted this year. We congratulate you for your drive, ambition and accomplishments, and for making the Jury and committee selections that much harder.
We’re busy enhancing upon the 2008 CIFF and excited about next year’s Charleston International Film Festival, scheduled for April 23 – 26, 2009. Mark your calendars!
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