 Ben Pronsky Festival Director Samara Friedman Screening Committee Chair John Bobek Festival Coordinator Jonothan Oldham Technical Director Sarah K. Ward Festival Treasurer | |
GET YOUR FILMS READY! DATES ANNOUNCED! The 2011 Edgemar Short Film Festival is to be held on Wednesday March 23rd through Sunday March 27th. We will begin accepting submissions on September 6th , 2010 through withoutabox.com. All films must be 30 minutes or under, with a completion date of January 1st, 2009 or after. We will be accepting narrative, animated and documentary short films. Our first annual festival was a spectacular event, and the Edgemar Center was truly honored to host such an eclectic group of talented filmmakers from around the world. Our esteemed Jury Panel included: Director JOHN SINGLETON Actor MALCOLM MCDOWELL ICM Agent JOHN BURNHAM Casting Director LIBBY GOLDSTEIN Casting Director RANDI HILLER Cinematographer TED RAE Editor ROBERT LAMBERT And for our Director Series screening and Q&A, we welcomed: David Anspaugh, director of Rudy and Hoosiers George Hickenlooper, director of Factory Girl and the highly anticipated Casino Jack
The 2010 “Edgy” Award Winners were: BEST SHORT FILM: Little Odessa Directed by Natan Moss (www.amnestypictures.com/Film/LittleOdessa/LOindex.html) BEST DIRECTOR: Jesse Baldwin for Mamanek (www.mamanekfilm.com) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Loyd Bateman for The Tea Master (www.teamastermovie.com) BEST SCREENPLAY: Nathan Dean for Dibble (www.imdb.com/title/tt1567769/) BEST EDITING: Colin Brooker for Thru (www.wastedpotentialproductions.com) BEST ACTOR: Lada Ondrej for Mamanek (www.mamanekfilm.com) BEST ACTRESS: Shannon Lucio for Numb (www.synapsepics.com) BEST ENSEMBLE CAST: Little Odessa (www.amnestypictures.com/Film/LittleOdessa/LOindex.html) and our Audience Favorite Award Winner: The Touch (www.ihavethetouch.com) | ||||