The Indie Gathering

2008 Star Award winners

Trailers

1) The Unholy – Anthony Spadaccini

2) Controlled – Red La Productions

3) Tiger Cop - Burning Face Productions

4) Keys to the Kingdom - Brent Allen Walton

Micro Films

1)      The Road – Owen Thomas

2)      The Vault – Justin Owensby

3)      A/S/L A Tale of Online Dating – Anthony Spadaccini

4)      Room for Rent – Anthony Spadaccini

Animation – Captain Eyeball and the House of Kapusta

Commercial – Natural Bridges

Experimental – NB Puppets

Music Videos

Alternative

1)      Gone (Bill Madden) – Andrew Watson

2)      IN2IT – Laura Lee Coles

3)   2nd Class Citizen

Pop

1)      Be The One – Katrina Carlson

2)      The Search – Alicia Gatto

Student Film Maker Award “2^nd Class Citizen” – Don Swanson

Rock

      “Blind” – David Bales / Robert Hale

Rap

      “Feel it!” – Yelena Davis Production

TV Pilot

1)      Under the Airwaves – Aaron Marquis, Zach Anner, Christopher Demarais

2)      Tales to tell at Midnight – Empty Films Productions

Documentary – Feature (Top 10)

1)      Finding Kraftland – Richard Kraft

2)      D.O.P.E. – Brian Stewart

3)      Tokyo Cowboys – Daneeta Loretta Saft

4)      My Jungle Awakening – Kenneth Kerft Jr.

5)      Burning the Future, Coal in America – David Novack

6)      Martin Clear; The Whole Story – Martin Leclerc

7)      Killer at Large – Steven Greenstreet

8)      Vaccine Nation – Gary Null

9)      No Vacancy – Michael Tobias

10)  The Extraordinary Voyages of Jules Verne – Philip Gardiner

Documentary Honorable Mention

      The Stone King Project – Richard Dailey

      Bleeding Ohio – R.J. Robinson

      River Ways – Colin Stryker

      The Wanderer – Ziggy Eisenberg

      Student Award, “The Steal Phantom” – Jason Georgiades / Trevar Cushing

Documentary – Short

1)      There Ought to be a Law – Anita Clearfield / Geoffrey Leighton

2)      Looking for Ms. Locklear – Rhett McLaughlin

3)      Helldrivers – Dale Sheldrake

4)      Thumbs Up! – Kyle Gehring

Student Award, “Ed and Vern’s Rock Store” – Christopher Leps

Film – Features

Drama

1)      Destitution – Billy Cox

2)      Cries in Silence – Yohei Kawamata

3)      Trinity – Kathy Grasso

Suspense / Thriller

1)      No Through Road – Sam Barrett

2)      Day of the Dead –  Ricardo Islas

3)      Lost Everything – Kim St. Leon

Comedy

1)      Breakup.com – Clayton Holmes /   Happy Holidays – James C. Ferguson

2)      TV the Movie – Thomas Moore

3)      VBW Attack - Chuck Staton

3)      Dawgs Playing Poker – Glen McDonald

4)      Registered Sex Offender – Robert Byington

Experimental

1)      Broken Fences – Troy McGatlin

2)      Disquiet – Matthew Doyle

3)      Unstable – Anthony Spadaccini

Sci-Fi

1)      Ezra Crane – Matt Davids

2)      Zero Trooper  F – Eric Lim

Slasher

            1) The Wretched – Daniel Iske

            2) Hellweek – Eddie Lengyel

Horror

1)      The Vampire Diaries – Phil Messerer

2)      The Season – Adam Brooks

3)      Chasing Darkness – Jason Hull

4)      The Vampires Dance – Bart Aikens

Comedy / Drama

1)      Life’s Passing – Mark Cabaroy

2)      Fat Stupid Rabbit – Slava Ross

3)      Shooting Johnson Roebling – Christopher Burke

4)      Left / Right – Matthew Wolfe / Todd Wolfe

Student Award

            1) The Comic Book Lady – Shayne Barker

Action

            1) Escape from Darwin

 Film – Shorts

Horror

1)      Peekers – Mark Steensland

2)      Look at Me – Daniel Turner

3)      Two Julia’s – Tom McIntire

4)      Sanctuary – Zac Jones

Crime / Drama

1)      Plainview – Scott T. Jones

2)      Drain – Stephen Krystek

3)      Wilson’s Woodworkers –  Don Swanson

4)      Vile – Will Simmons

Comedy / Drama

1)      The Miracle – Jeffrey Smith

2)      Regular Guy – Leigh Rathner

3)      Certifiable – Leigh Myles

4)      American Piety – Steven Karageanes

Experimental

1)      The First Date - Anthony Spadaccini

2)      Cantata in C Major – Ronnie Cramer

3)      Jump Start – Laura Thies

4)      Emo Pill - Anthony Spadaccini

Comedy

1)      Gangster’s Crib – Jack Bank

2)      Retaining for the Global Economy – Kim Hutchinson

3)      Jakob and the Angels – Ron Lehmann

4)      Steel Reserve – Scott Runyon

Suspense / Thriller

1)      Sympathetic Details – Benjamin Busch

2)      Pictionary Murders – Lana Read  /      The Other – Kimma Drake

3)      The End – Jeremy Thomas

4)      Resolve – Edmund Fargher

Animation

1)      The Audition – James Augustine

2)      Vitruvius Toy Box – Dennis Iannuzzi

Drama

1)      Rabia – Muhammad Ali Hasan

2)      In the Name of the Son – American Film Institute

3)      Captive – Kasim Asiam

4)      The Strange Case of Salman Abd al Haqq

Romantic Comedy

1)      The HusBand – Wade Ballance

2)      The Cheapest Man in the Room – V.K. Shah

Martial Arts

1)      The Seed – Joe Hahn

Action / Western

            1) Mouth of Caddo: The Legend of Hell’s Gate – Tanner Beard

Student Film Maker / Short Film

1)      Keg of the Dead – Dan Bartholomew / Jim Dirschberger / Paul Schilens

2)       I’ll Get You Harry! – Branislav Tatalovic

3)   The End of A.D. - Branislav Tatalovic

Honorable Mention – Short and Feature

            Pole Positions – Jason Hull

            Mass Romantic – Richard Paro

            Dangers from Within – Christopher Jacobs

            Hard Damn Hitch – Jason Krawczyk

            The Beverages – Aden Hakimi / Scott Adams / Adam Garcia

            Pinko’s Place – Daniel Printz

            Secret Insanity – Christian Gavin

            Head Case – Anthony Spadaccini

            Undone - Aaron Rushin

            Virgin Pockets – Paul Gorman

            Confusions of an Unmarried Couple – Jason Butler / Brett Butler

            Off Off Broadway – Jeff Huston

            Divine Unrest – David Dietrich

            Walking Stick – Matt Fleming

            Diva -   Josephine Mackerras

            Reterritorializacion – Javier Alvarez

            An Unwise Theft – Claude Green

            Without / Within – Lori Bowen

            Tear – Bobby Jones

            Daddy Left me alone with God – Jonty Reason

            Horse for Sale – Katarzyna Kochany

            Chance – Javier Alvarez

            The Heart of a Broken Tale – Vincent Zambrano

            The Funeral Singer – Jamie Preyer

            Father – Amy Miketic

            Hurting Starr – Ameena Brown

            The Chosen – Todd Ciaciuch

            Blue Skied an’ Clear – Dustin Lane

Script – Features

Suspense / Thriller

1)      Harley Wolf – Mathew Rhoden

2)      Unity – Eugene Langlais

3)      The Onyx Island – Thomas Rambo

4)      Fortress of Sin – Paul Chomicki

Action

            1) Lost Weekend – Jason Azicri

Comedy

1)      W4W – Andrea Cunning

2)      Creatures of Habit – James Ziolkowski

3)      Birdbrains – Kiki Hummel

Political / Military Thriller

1)      One Nation Under – Eugene Langlais

Slasher

            1) Stopping by the Woods on a Rainy Evening – Gerald Schoenewolf

Comedy / Drama

1)      From Point A to Point B – Elise Stempky

2)      Shifting the Canvas – Chuck Griffith

3)      Up a against a Wall – Genna Rivieccio

Comedy Horror

            1) Zombie Love – Kenneth Morris

            2) Zombie Park - Richard Keel

Crime Drama

1)      Angels Out of Bath – Jomo Merritt

2)      What Lies Before the Truth – Mike Rose

3)      Killer Solitaire – Tom Basham

Fantasy

            The Swimmer Manuscript – Joseph Kenny

Action

1)      The Surfer’s Story – Mike Anka

2)      Her Swastika Sword – Christopher Canole

Sci-Fi

            1) Sleep Traveler – Marcus Hame

Horror

1)      Tormor Island – Elise Salomon

2)      Cold Hunger – William Alexander

Horror Comedy

             1)      Pulp Science Fiction – Ron Podell

Drama

1)      Wait for me – Brantley Black

2)      In the Shadow of the Lighthouse – Carolina Aguilera

3)      Mesmerize – Jaq-Lynn Smith

4)      Voices – Susan Klos

No Category Listed (Other)

1)      My Ticket Home – Patrick Bates

2)      I dream of Oprah – Estrelita Krakower / Kingbird and Franklin - Donald Adams

3)      The Gospel of Gu – Herbert Marshall

 Honorable Mention – Feature Scripts

            Eke’ Bolos – Stephen Settle

            Breathe – Maya Armstrong

            Pernicious – John Serafine

            While the Day Dies – Thomas Rambo

            Seeing John Mellencamp – Rich Machin

            Belle Starr – Cynthia Pulham

            Trauma Junkie – Tom Hobbs

            Anna’s Dream – Ken Mora

            The Ace of Aces - Geoffrey Breuder

            Deadweek – Geoffrey Yeh

            Pre-destined – Tyeastia Green

            Artifact – Robert Mazzonna

            X-Ray – Steve Borsanyi

            Body Work – Haik Hakobian

            Lust for Love – Eric Song

            The Warrior – Derrick Mullins

            King of Tragedy – Jesper Tillberg

            Chron – Joy Johnson

            Chapman – Justin Owensby

            Beatnik Girls – Unsok Ringoringo

Script – Shorts

Comedy

1)      Therapy – Anthony Spadaccini

2)      Metal Story – Frederick Weller

3)      If Brad Met Billy Bob – Ron Podell

4)      Alone with her Chocolate – Carrie Lee

Fantasy

            1) A Temporary Cat – Mara Lesemann

Drama

1)      Scars from a Life Once Lived – Anthony Spadaccini

2)      Snake – Perry T. Schwartz

3)      Bliss – Deanne Devine

4)      Time and Tide – Ron Podell

Sci-Fi

            1) The Metal Solution - Sebastian Van Hoek

Horror

1)      He Knows – Stuart Creque

2)      Shadows – Joe Randazzo

3)      A.D. – A Parable of Imprisonment – Joe Randazzo

4)      The Things we do for Love - John Riddlebaugh

Teen Sports Drama

            1) Waiting for Mr. Godfrey – Carrie Lee

Family

1)      Masons of Maryville – Luis Saumell

Suspense / Thriller

            1) Silence of the Bees – Ron Podell

Drama Comedy

            1) The Boardroom – Sebastian Van Hoek

Other – No category

1)      No Feeling – Robert Mazzonna

2)      Power Out – James Cho

3)      The List – Robert Mazzonna

4)      Warehouse Weirdoes – John Riddlebaugh

Honorable Mention – Short Scripts

            The Ritual – Anthony Spadaccini

            Rarefied Solder – Jason Flynn

            Unfinished Peace – Frederick Weller

            Streetcar – Frederick Weller

            Tommy and the Beast - Frederick Weller

            Spooky – Hank Vasquez

            The Things we do for Love - John Riddlebaugh

Latino Film Festival

Film Scoring Winners

1) Rob Powers
2) Kyle Wheeler
3) David Olen Baird
4) Andrew Broadwater
5) Jordan Pearson
6) Aaron Safer
7) Mark Leitz & Korey Barnett
8) Jeffrey Francis Matthew Smith
9) Ian Dayang
10) Sam Reising

Honorable Mention

Linda Ponte
Mark Takala

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