Wednesday, October 22, 2008

2008 Film Festival Winners and Honorable Mentions

The festival has not been held yet. This page will be available soon. In the meantime, view the currently selected entries at http://sansevieria-film-festival.blogspot.com/2008/07/screening-dates-are-currently-tba-later.html

Thursday, July 3, 2008

2008 Submission Information

Screening dates are currently TBA later this year.

Location is also TBA. We are attempting to secure a better location for this event.

ACCEPTED ENTRIES FOR SCREENING SO FAR:
Production year is presumed by the Festival to be 2007 or 2008 unless otherwise noted. Producers noted with an asterisk (*) have had works screened at previous Sansevieria Film Festivals. Prodcers noted with a double asterisk (**) are previous Sansevieria Film Festival winners.

SCREENING LIST AS OF SEPTEMBER 10, 2008c
Willow - 2½ min - Kate Balsley - Brown Deer, Wisconsin, USA
The Cure - 7½ min - Jafri Pictures - Pomona, New York, USA
Welcome to Shady Pines - 5 min - Creative Post - Venice, California, USA
Voor Een Paar Knikkers Meer (For a Few Marbles More) - 14 min - Kairos Films - Netherlands
Uncle Froggy's Ranch House - 7 min - Dolan Wilson - Marietta, Georgia, USA
Creepers - 17 min
Who Wants Roberto Santini's Guts? 15 min - Jean-Julien Collette & Olivier Tollet - Belgium
Barbara Broadcast - 15 min - Jean-Julien Collette & Olivier Tollet - Belgium
All that is Not - 42 min - Jeremy Jed Hammel - Framingham, Massachusetts, USA **
Loose Ends - 12 min - Rachel Gordon - New York, New York, USA
and there is a river - 31 min - Bidyut Kotoky - Mumbai, India
Refuge - 22 min - Dead Dog Productions - Los Angeles, California, USA
King of Hoops - 5 min - Dan Wedeking - Concord, California, USA
On seeing the 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning - 30 min - Tom Flint/Tokyo Film Garage - Japan
The Elements of Ice - 3½ min - Dawn Pettigrew - Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

NOTE TO FILMMAKERS WHO HAVE SENT SUBMISSIONS:
If your submission is not yet on this list, it does not necessarily mean it was not accepted. We have received over 500 submissions this year, and we are still choosing the best ones. Also, please note that it takes significantly longer to analyze features for consideration than short films and videos.

Saturday, November 10, 2007

2007 Sansevieria Film Festival Awards.

Decisions were very difficult this year, as there were many great submissions. For the first time in the history of the Festival, we actually have some 3-way ties for several of the awards.

Note to Winners: If you would like a link to your website or to the film, e-mail blake@sansevieria.net with WINNER LINK REQUEST in the subject of the message, and your film title.

BEST PICTURE - NARRATIVE - FEATURE LENGTH
Abe's Tomb - Carl Merritt Productions

BEST PICTURE - NARRATIVE - SHORT SUBJECT (tie)
Blue Angel - Andrew Michael Warnecke
VirtuaGirl
Hard to Swallow - Ian M. Davis, Jason Hackley, Daniel Vermillion, Shawna Hammond, Eric Krompak, and Pat Hickey
Pop Went the Weasel - Dana Sink

HOMER E. RAE EXCELLENCE IN FILMMAKING AWARD
The Mojo Café
- Peabody, Nevada Films LLC.
Colorful EU - Peter Vadocz - Kodolyani Janos Foiskova - Hungary

BEST ACTOR (tie)
Rob Kerkovitch for VIRTUAGIRL
Ian M. Davis for HARD TO SWALLOW
Jason Hackley for HARD TO SWALLOW

BEST ACTRESS (tie)
Lisa Adore for ABE'S TOMB
Shelley Delayne for VIRTUAGIRL
Shawna Hammond for HARD TO SWALLOW

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Gabrial Pimentel for VIRTUAGIRL
Daniel Vermillion for HARD TO SWALLOW

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Gina DeVettori for OUR LITTLE SECRET

BEST DIRECTOR (tie)
Carl R. Merritt for ABE'S TOMB
Ian M. Davis, Jason Hackley, Daniel Vermillion, Shawna Hammond, Eric Krompak, and Pat Hickey for HARD TO SWALLOW

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Exquisite Corpse - Jim Minton Design Studio/POETICCOLLAGE
Dandelion - Jim Minton Design Studio/POETICCOLLAGE

BEST SOUNDTRACK -
Bear McCreary for VIRTUAGIRL




Friday, August 31, 2007

2007 Screening Information so far

Screening dates are:
Friday, November 9, 2007 - 3:00 PM
Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 3:00 PM

Location is the University of Toledo, Center for Performing Arts building, Room 1039. This is nearest to the entrance off Secor Rd on the west side of the campus.

PARKING
While it is common experience that parking is not enforced on weekends, please bear in mind that we are not responsible if you get a ticket. You should be okay in most of the University lots, but if you have any questions about parking for the weekend, you should call the UT Campus Police at 419-530-2600.

ACCEPTED ENTRIES FOR SCREENING SO FAR:
Production year is presumed by the Festival to be 2006 or 2007 unless otherwise noted. Producers noted with an asterisk (*) have had works screened at previous Sansevieria Film Festivals. Prodcers noted with a double asterisk (**) are previous Sansevieria Film Festival winners.

SOME OF THE FILMS THAT WILL BE SCREENED
Abe's Tomb: The Movie - 94 min. - Carl R. Merritt - Dayton, Ohio, USA
Apocalypse Cow (animation) - 3½ min. - Kartik Mohan and Man Kim - New York, New York, USA
Blue Angel - 13 min. - Andrew Michael Warnecke - Milwaukie, Oregon, USA
Colorful EU - 1½ min. - Peter Vadócz/Kodolyani Janos Foiskova - Hungary*
Dandelion (experimental) - 3 min. - Jim Minton Design Studio - Dallas, Texas, USA*
Exquisite Corpse (narrative/experimental) - 7 min. Jim Minton Design Studio - Dallas, Texas, USA*
Meet Kenny & Carl, Mini-Sode 1 - 8 min. - Ted Falagan and Deborah Fabiano-Falagan - San Diego, California, USA
Mojo Cafe, The - 13 min. - Peabody, Nevada Films - Sherman Oaks, California, USA
Our Little Secret - 7 min. - Clark Graff/Caquito DeVettori - California, USA
Pop Went The Weasel - 4 min. - Dana Sink - New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA
Valley of the God, The (animation)- 7¼ min. - Kartik Mohan and Man Kim - New York, New York, USA
VirtuaGirl (narrative) - 25 min. Paul Matuseski/Clark Graff/Caquito DeVettori - California, USA


NOTE TO FILMMAKERS WHO HAVE SENT SUBMISSIONS:
If your submission is not on this list, it does not necessarily mean it was not accepted. We will still consider as many entries as we can until the actual festival.

Monday, February 19, 2007

2006 Sansevieria Film Festival Winners

Note to Winners: If you would like a link to your website or to the film, e-mail blake@sansevieria.net with WINNER LINK REQUEST in the subject of the message, and your film title.

BEST PICTURE - FEATURE LENGTH
Fishes - Stefan Lysenko

BEST PICTURE - SHORT SUBJECT (tie)
American Dream - Jordan L. Salkil
Go Barefoot - Matt Meindl

BEST ACTOR
Jon Osbeck in HORRORS OF WAR

BEST ACTRESS
Jessica Moss in I KNOW WHO YOU ARE

VIEWER'S CHOICE AWARD
I KNOW WHO YOU ARE

BEST PUBLIC AWARENESS PICTURE
ETERNAL HIGH - Bryce Mackie

BEST SUSPENSE PICTURE
I KNOW WHO YOU ARE - Greg Durbin

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE PICTURE
MARLEN AND BIJOU IN EINER STADT IRGENDWANN - Martin Luding
and
ANTIO - Simos Korexinidis

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
SHAKING LIFE - Peter Vadocz

BEST DIRECTOR
Peter John Ross and John Whitney - HORRORS OF WAR

The 2007 Sansevieria Film Festival will be held in November 2007 in Toledo, Ohio, USA, at a location to be announced this fall. Entries are accepted year-round.

2005 Sansevieria Film Festival Winners

SANSEVIERIA FILM FESTIVAL 2005
WINNERS

Note to Winners: If you would like a link to your website or to the film, e-mail blake@sansevieria.net with WINNER LINK REQUEST in the subject of the message, and your film title.

BEST PICTURE
TWENTY FIRST CENTURY
Christine Chapman
Killer Squirrel Productions

BEST ACTOR (tie)
Ken Philips, TWENTY FIRST CENTURY
Micah Shane Ballinger, SHADOWS

BEST ACTRESS (tie)
Brandy Seymour, BUTTERMILK AND CIGARETTES
Barbara Toth, SOPHIE

BEST HORROR FILM – (tie)
EVILUTION - Derek Rimelspach
SHADOWS - Jarrod Ketchem

BEST ACTION ADVENTURE FILM
A JOKER’S CARD - Johnny K. Wu

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
Jim Minton – CUMPLEANOS and C-FLAT

BEST COMEDY
BUTTERMILK AND CIGARETTES
Jason Morris, Jeremy Dick

BEST AWARENESS PICTURE
MAYBE NEXT YEAR
Jason Morris, Jeremy Dick

BEST FAMILY FILM
ICE CREAM SUNDAY
Derek Rimelspach

BEST SPORTS FILM
LET’S PLAYBalazs Ban

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE PICTURE
MERCEDESSimos Korexinidis

BEST SILENT FILM
SHELL EAR
Satoru Sugita

BEST GRAPHICAL EFFECTS
WHY DON’T GIRLS PLAY FOOTBALL?
Peter Vadocz