11TH ANNUAL GEORGE LINDSEY UNA FILM FESTIVAL WINNERS
March 14, 2008
By Rebecca Walker
UNA Student Writer
FLORENCE, Ala.— A University of North Alabama alumnus won one of the top honors at the 11th Annual George Lindsey UNA Film Festival last weekend. For his film “Like Moles, Like Rats,” Jim Torres took home the Clyde “Sappo” Black Sweet Home Alabama Award, a $2,000 award presented to the best of the festival’s entries that is at least partially made in Alabama.
UNA alumna Emily Edwards was recognized with an honorable mention in the category of faculty submissions for her film, “Scripture Cake.”
Awards were presented at the festival’s award show Saturday night at the Ritz Theater in Sheffield.
The complete list of winners for the 2008 George Lindsey UNA Film Festival is as follows:
Best of Show — “The Sunday Man,” college student category; directed by Danielle Shamash
Clyde “Sappo” Black Sweet Home Alabama Award — “Like Moles, Like Rats, professional full-length narrative category; directed Jim Torres
Professional Full-Length Narrative — “The Flyboys,” directed by Rocco DeVilliers
Honorable Mention: “Greetings from the Shore,” directed by Greg Chwerchak
Professional Short Narrative — “Hartslagen,” directed by Vincent Coen
Honorable Mention: “Son,” directed by Daniel Mulloy
Professional Documentary — “Mr. Dial Has Something to Say,” directed by Celia Carey
Honorable Mention: “The Sweet Lady with the Nasty Voice,” directed by Joanne Fish and Vincent Kralyevich
Animation — “Simulcra,” directed by Tatchapon Lertwirojkul
Honorable Mention: “A Faery’s Tale,” directed by Sylvia Apostol
College Student — “The Sunday Man,” directed by Danielle Shamash
Honorable Mention: “The Vaudevillian,” directed by Bryan Nest
Faculty — “Horsepower,” directed by Joel Moffett
Honorable Mention: “Scripture Cake,” directed by Emily Edwards
Golden Lion Young Filmmaker K-8 — “Prank Call,” directed by Mitch Collier
Golden Lion Young Filmmaker 9-12 — “Schaffenskrise,” directed by Felix Krisai
Honorable Mention: “Speaking Trust to Power: The Story of the Farm Labor
Committee,” directed by Melissa Mergner
Music Video — “Siempre Pude Ver,” directed by Gary Ravenscroft
For more information about the George Lindsey UNA Film Festival, visit www.lindseyfilmfest.com.
