BendFilm announces award winners
BendFilm announced its award winners in 11 categories at the festival’s awards ceremony Saturday evening, held at Deschutes Brewery’s Mountain Room.
The documentary Alpsummer swept the festival, capturing numerous awards, including the Brooks Resources “Best of Show,” Best Director and Best Documentary. The Young Kieslowski won the Katie Merritt Audience Award.
The winning films and award amounts as well as a full schedule of Sunday’s lineup are listed below and will be found shortly after the awards online at www.bendfilm.org. A full line-up of winning films and runner-ups will be shown at the Tower Theatre and Regal Cinemas.
“I could not be more pleased with how the festival – my first BendFilm – has unfolded this year,” said Festival Director Todd Looby. “I’m overwhelmed with gratitude for the community support, the volunteers, the filmmakers who submitted films, those who came into town for the festival, and everyone who had a hand in making this year’s festival a success.”
Jurors included Bedonna Smith, a producer with Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C); Bend Kasulke, an award-winning Director and Director of Photography; Erik Henriksen, a senior editor at the Portland Mercury; Mel Eslyn, an independent film producer, including the film The One I Love; Mark Gustafson, Supervising Director of the two-time Emmy award-winning series The PJs; and Hebe Tabachnik, the feature film Ibero-American Programmer for the Palm Springs and Los Angeles Film Festivals and the Short Film Programmer for the Los Angeles Film Festival.
2014 Award Winners
Award Name + $ Amount Made Possible By Winning Film
Best of Show
$5,000 & BendFilm Award Sculpture
Brooks Resources Corporation, founding sponsor of BendFilm for the past 11 years
Alpsummer
Best Director
$500 & BendFilm Award Sculpture
Independent WOMEN for Independent Film *
Alpsummer
Best Narrative Feature
Camera Rental Package (valued at $60,000) & BendFilm Award Sculpture
Panavision Bob Birdnow’s Remarkable Tale of Human Survival and the Transendence of Self
Best Documentary Feature
$500 & BendFilm Award Sculpture
Jan and Jody Ward Alpsummer
Best Narrative Short
$500 & BendFilm Award Sculpture
Independent WOMEN for Independent Film*
The Bravest, The Boldest
Best Documentary Short
$500 & BendFilm Award Sculpture
Independent WOMEN for Independent Film*
Showfolk
Best Student Short
$500 & BendFilm Award Sculpture
Made possible since 2005 by Dan and Priscilla Wieden on behalf of Caldera Arts Skunk
Best Animated Short
$500 & BendFilm Award Sculpture
Independent WOMEN for Independent Film*
The Missing Scarf
Best Cinematography
BendFilm Award Sculpture
Lake Los Angeles
Best of the Northwest
BendFilm Award Sculpture
Final Pose
Katie Merritt Audience Award
$500 and BendFilm Award Sculpture Ticket sales fund this award
The Young Kieslowski
Special Jury Mention Five Star
* Independent WOMEN for Independent Film: The brainchild of Pamela Hulse Andrews, bringing together this group of over 100 incredible women supporting BendFilm at a time we could use it most! Their contribution is funding cash prizes for filmmakers as well as the awesome BendFilm award statue, branding our festival for years to come. Thank you, ladies!
Sunday 10/12/14 ~ Awards Winners & Best of the Fest Schedule
Tower Theater:
1 pm –Bob Birdnow’s Remarkable Tale of Human Survival and the Transendence of Self, Best Narrative, with Best Student Short, Skunk
3:30 pm –The Young Kieslowski, Katie Merritt Audience Award Winner
6 pm – Alpsummer, Best in Show
Regal 1:
10:30 am – Love and Terror on the Howling Plains, A Best Documentary Runner-Up
1 pm – Shorts Block 1 includes Best Narrative Doc and Showfolk, Best Short Doc
3:30 pm – Bend Doc Block – Best of the Northwest, Includes Final Pose, Best of the Northwest Award Winner
6 pm – Audience Choice Runner-Up with Showfolk, Best Short Doc
Regal 2:
11 am – Animation Block including Best of Animation, The Missing Scarf
1:30 pm – Lake Los Angeles, Best Cinematography
4 pm – Five Star, A Best Director Runner-Up and a Jury Special Mention
6:30 pm – Slingshot, Audience Award Runner-Up and a Best Doc Runner-Up
About BendFilm
BendFilm is an annual independent film festival designed to support and nourish filmmakers and enrich the cultural life of Central Oregon. Celebrating its 10th year, BendFilm is proud to bring voices and visions to the Bend community from the perspective of so many human experiences and cultures and remind us of our differences, but also our similarities. BendFilm is made possible by a dedicated crew of volunteers and generous sponsors. For more information, call (541) 388-3378 or visit www.bendfilm.org. You can also find BendFilm on Facebook.
