Short Film Winner
"THE CLOGGERS OF PUTNEYVILLE"
Comedy/Mockumentary: 22:00
Mountain cultures develop any number of traditions and economic survival mechanisms. Extreme Clogging is one of them. In this award-winning comedy, ex-lawnmower thieves Yancy Putney and Buck Swope take the viewer on a no-holds-barred tour of the radical, hair-raising world of the clogger.
Stewart Engesser is a writer, director and musician, and co-founder of Silver Buick Productions. The Cloggers of Putneyville, his first film, recently won Best First Work at the Telluride Mountainfilm Festival, and is an official selection for Mountainfilm on Tour.
Short Film Winner
"CHASING RABBITS"
Drama - 20:00
All Nick wanted was the photos. Nothing else. His photos. Now he's got to explain himself. The car chase. The crash. He almost died! And the baseball bat, he's got to explain that. No one's going to believe him...
Mark Fletcher is the owner of a software company turned award winning playwright with works produced in Australia, Canada and The United States. His first novel, Teething Problems, is being published late 2003.
Sion Michel is an American born Australian trained award winning cinematographer. "Chasing Rabbits" is his fourth film as Director. He is currently resides in Los Angeles and shoots commercial, drama and documentary work worldwide.
Short Film Winner
"A DAY TO REMEMBER"
Drama - 19:00
Wishing to celebrate his 50th wedding anniversary, Abe Goldman must face the reality that he can no longer share a lifetime of memories with his wife Doris, who is suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
Originally from NY, Barry Gordon earned his MFA degree in filmmaking from UCLA. He is the founder of Cine Salvador, a motion picture production company based in El Salvador, and has written, produced, and directed several award-winning international films. Barry is also a professor of film studies in Miami.