Presented by Main Street Landing & VTIFF
The 2016 Vermont Filmmakers’ Showcase Award Winners:
Becoming a Woman
Directed by Kevin Christopher
Written & produced by Marianne DiMascio & Angie Albeck
Fiction | 7 min
Winner: Chris Caswell, VTIFF Best Acting Award, a VTIFF Patron Membership.
Sunday 1287
Directed & written by Brandon del Pozo
Fiction | 11 min
Winner: Ben & Jerry Award, a $300 cash prize given to recognize and support a Vermont filmmaker who, through the lens, documented and raised awareness of an important social or environmental issue with verve and ingenuity.
Black Canaries
Directed & produced by Jesse Kreitzer
Fiction | 18 min 30 sec
Winner: James Goldstone Award, a $1,000 cash award given to an Emerging Vermont Filmmaker and sponsored by Bill Stetson & VTIFF.
Winner: Urban Rhino Visual Award, a $250 cash prize given for Best Cinematography.
The Collinwood Fire
Directed by Daniel Houghton
Animation | 6 min
Winner: Zero Gravity Award, a $500 cash prize for the Most Innovative film.
Winner: Footage Farm USA Award, a credit for stock footage worth $600 from the Footage Farm collection given for most creative use of archival footage.
Dad’s 50th Surprise Party
Directed, written & edited by Matt Lennon
Fiction | 9 min 31 sec
Winner: Hawk Award, a $350 cash prize for Best Screenplay, sponsored by Hawk Ostby.
Peace Has No Borders
Directed by Deb Ellis & Denis Mueller
Documentary | 70 min
Winner: VCAM Audience Favorite Award, $200 by popular ballot.
Regretfully, we won’t be including High Water Mark: The Rise & Fall of The Pants, directed, written, edited & co-produced by Bill Simmon that won the Hotel Vermont Award, a $250 cash prize, given to a film that creates the Best Sense of Place. However, you can purchase a copy of the film here.