Pomona Valley Film Festival Awards
The 11th Annual Pomona Valley Film Festival
FESTIVAL RESULTS
This year was absolutely fabulous with almost 1000 in attendance throughout the weekend. Being hosted by the Pomona Fox Theater was a dream come true!
Our patrons were gifted with a wonderful mix of Drama, Documentaries, Comedy, and Animation. Door prizes were awarded nightly and Cake was served on Friday, April 24 by the Friends of the Pomona Fox in honor of the 78th Anniversary of the Fox Theater original Grand Opening.
Prizes for Best films will be awarded a $100 contest prize while prizes for Honorary Mention will be awarded $50. As well, Showbiz Software has provided valuable Budgeting, Producer and Scheduling software for the winners. Awards for the Audience Choice, or Weldon Awards were also provided nightly after the filmmaker Q & A sessions held at the dA Center for the Arts, the jewel in the crown of the Pomona Downtown Arts Colony.
There is no monetary prize for Director's Choice awards, only certificates and the pride of knowing that our judges had such a difficult time making the choices!
A special note of gratitude to our judges, Marty Ollstein, Valerie Ross, and Stacey Davies (www.smogdance.com/2009/jury09.html ) who had the difficult task of selecting the winners. Also a huge "Thank you!" to Showbiz Software (www.showbizsoftware.com) for providing software valued at $2,700 as filmmaker prizes!
Our Contest Results were as follows:
BEST DOCUMENTARY –
The Constant Process – Douglas Hunter
HONORARY MENTION DOCUMENTARY
Teresa, Matthew Bowler
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NON-STUDENT:
BEST OPEN/EXPERIMENTAL
Holding Hands, Brett Meyer
HONORARY MENTION OPEN/EXPERIMENTAL
Tehran 318, Soran Mardookhi
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BEST COMEDY
Voor Een Paar Knikkers Meer (For a Few Marbles More), Jelmar Hufen
HORARY MENTION COMEDY
The Queue, Jonathan Miles
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BEST ANIMATION
Larry and Roz, Kristen Palana
HONORARY MENTION ANIMATION
Broken Rainbow, Chia-Chien Mai
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BEST STUDENT OPEN/EXPERIMENTAL
Filth – Eric Alexander-Hughes
HONORARY MENTION STUDENT OPEN/EXPERIMENTAL
The Girl in the Red Dress, Chris and Robert Smellin
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BEST STUDENT COMEDY
My Dad Ralph, Nicholas Wong
HONORARY MENTION STUDENT COMEDY
My Deer Friend, Andrew Cherry
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BEST STUDENT ANIMATION
Symphony, Erick Oh
HONORARY MENTION STUDENT ANIMATION
The Evil Twin, Yun Wang
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DIRECTOR'S CHOICE - OPEN/EXPERIMENTAL - Tie
Historia de on Letrero, A Sign Story, Alonso Alvarez Barreda
Ancestor Eyes, Kalani Queypo
DIRECTOR'S CHOICE – COMEDY - Tie
My Brother’s Keeper, Leigh Richert
Omgasm, Alexandra Fulton
DIRECTOR'S CHOICE - ANIMATION
Puppets of War, Franz Keller
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NIGHTLY WELDON AWARDS:
FRIDAY:
OPEN/EXP: Holding Hands, Brett Meyer
COMEDY: My Brother’s Keeper, Leigh Richert
ANIMATION: The Re-Bourne Identity – Paul Hendry
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SATURDAY:
OPEN/EXP: We Don’t Play Golf Here, Saul Landau
COMEDY: Voor Een Paar Knikkers Meer, Jelmar Hufen
ANIMATION: Broken Rainbow, Chia-Chien Mai
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SUNDAY:
OPEN/EXP: Historia de on Letrero, A Sign Story, Alfonso Alvarez Barreda
COMEDY: Wrong Number, Barbara Murray
ANIMATION: Symphony, Eric Oh
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Prizes for Best Non-Student films will be awarded a $100 contest prize and Showbiz Software valued at $495
Prizes for Best Student films will be awarded a $100 contest prize and Showbiz Software valued at $295
Prizes for Non-Student Honorary Mention will be awarded a $50 contest prize and Showbiz Software valued at $99
Prizes for Student Honorary Mention will be awarded a $50 contest prize
Prize for Best Documentary will be awarded $100
Prize for Honorary Mention - Documentary will be awarded $50
