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Big Bear Lake International Festival Announces Award Winners
By Big Bear Lake Int'l Festival
Jan 30, 2004, 15:41

2003 BIG BEAR LAKE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AWARD WINNERS



LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENTS

MARK RYDELL - DIRECTING

JACK N. GREEN, ASC - CINEMATOGRAPHY






SCREENWRITING COMPETITON AWARD WINNERS:

1ST PLACE

LAVENDER BLUE written by Norman Lapidus and L. Lee Lapidus

2ND PLACE

STALAG AMERICA written by Daniel C. Hall & Jonathan R. Hall

3RD PLACE

THE PROTEUS MANDATE written by Jane C. Turville




FILMMAKER AND SCREENWRITING AWARD WINNERS

SHIRLEY JONES FAMILY FILM AWARD

ABBIE DOWN EAST directed by Ellen-Alinda Verhoeff (Columbia University)

JURY AWARD: BEST FEATURE FILM

A BEAUTIFUL SECRET (UN SECRETO DE ESPERANZA) directed by Leopoldo Laborde

AUDIENCE AWARD: BEST FEATURE FILM

SAINTS AND SOLDIERS directed by Ryan Little

AUDIENCE AWARD: BEST DIGITAL FEATURE FILM

MONKEY LOVE directed by Mark Stratton

JURY AWARD: BEST SHORT FILM

D.E.B.S. directed by Angela Robinson

AUDIENCE AWARD: BEST SHORT FILM

FAST CARS AND BABIES directed by Brett Hershey

AUDIENCE AWARD: BEST DIGITAL SHORT FILM

PENSLINGER: A WRITER'S FANTASY directed by Christopher Marflake

AUDIENCE AWARD: BEST NATIVE AMERICAN SHORT FILM

NAVAJO DREAM 3 directed by James D. Polk

JURY AWARD: BEST STUDENT FILM

FUELING THE FIRE directed by Tanya Mairitsch (American Film Institute)

AUDIENCE AWARD: BEST STUDENT FILM

RESURRECTION MARY directed by Matthew Arnold (USC)

AUDIENCE AWARD: BEST DIGITAL STUDENT FILM

HAVE A NICE DAY directed by Eric Madina & David Streit (San Marino High School)

AUDIENCE AWARD: BEST NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENT FILM

ONLY THE DEVIL SPEAKS CREE directed by Pamela Matthews (Canada Ryerson University)

JURY AWARD: BEST DOCUMENTARY

THE SPIRIT OF ANNIE MAE directed by Catherine Anne Martin

AUDIENCE AWARD: BEST DOCUMENTARY

SASTUN: MY APPRENTICESHIP WITH A MAYA HEALER directed by Guido Verweyen

AUDIENCE AWARD: BEST DIGITAL DOCUMENTARY

NO DISTANCE TOO FAR directed by Jon Dunham

AUDIENCE AWARD: BEST NATIVE AMERICAN DOCUMENTARY

NIHI directed by Brooks P. Guyer

JURY AWARD: BEST ANIMATION

ETERNAL GAZE directed by Sam Chen

AUDIENCE AWARD: BEST ANIMATION

PAPER CUT directed by Eric Towner (Academy of Art College)

AUDIENCE AWARD: BEST DIGITAL ANIMATION

ETERNAL GAZE directed by Sam Chen




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