Past Film
Festival Winners
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2009
Best Script
Super Luke
Cynthia Neely
Best Of Festival
Forgive Me
Clayton Miller
Best Short
Unfortune.net
Randy Chapman
Best Comedy
Do You
Gordon S. Williams
Best Documentary
The Messenger
Shawn S. Welling
Best Drama
Entertainer's Last Stand
Carlos A. Pagan
Stuent Project
Ha Ha You're Dead
Paul Zienty
2008
Erin Gray - Actress
Film Name: "The Cruiser
Houston: Of Pride And Purpose"
Director: Jim Fisher and Matt
Brawley
Category: Best of Festival
Film Name: "Walk With Me
God"
Director: Taylor Washington and
Andrew Elam
Category: Best Student Project
Film Name: "This Is
Sam"
Director: Scott H. Jones
Category: Best Documentary
Prod. Co.: XL Films Ltd.
Film Name: "Joey and
Jerome's Artistic Meaningful Independant Film"
Director: Josh Bass
Category: Best Comedy
Prod. Co.: Non-Practicing
Productions
Film Name: "Domain Of The
Damned"
Director: Stacy Davidson
Category: Best Horror
Prod. Co.: DBW Entertainment
Inc.
Film Name: "Swinger"
Director: James Coate
Category: Best Drama
Prod. Co.: The Mighty Gwinn
Productions.
2007
Jasmine Guy - Actress
"I've had a great time and
have had a lot of fun"
Film Name: "Razor
Sharp"
Director: Marcus Perry
Category: Best of Festival
Prod. Co.: M-Pact Films
Los Angeles, CA
Film Name: "Not Even Jesus
Christ Himself"
Director: John Lanser
Category: Best Student Project
Prod. Co.: Important Food
Productions
Beach City, TX
Film Name: "Surviving Rita:
Looking Forward"
Director: Gordon S. Williams
Category: Best Documentary
Prod. Co.: Gordon S. Williams
Cleveland, TX
Film Name: "A Piece of
Pie"
Director: Janet Davidson
Category: Best Comedy
Prod. Co.: Tough Cookie
Productions
Albuquerque, NM
Film Name: "Still Pippin on
Hobos"
Director: Paul Beckman
Category: Best Music
Prod. Co.: Beckman Productions
Houston, TX
Film Name: "The Rug"
Director: Chris Dollard
Category: Best Short Film
Prod. Co.: Palomino Productions
Los Angeles, CA
2006
Robert Wuhl - Actor
Film Name: "O Happy
Tumor"
Director: Taylor Johnson
Category: Best of Festival
Prod. Co.: Cinema North East
San Antonio, TX
Film Name: "Quitter"
Director: Paul Blaskowsky
Category: Best Comedy
Prod. Co.: Gato Malo
Deer Park, TX
Film Name: "Fantastic
Fortune"
Director: Mike Fisher
Category: Best Short Film
Prod. Co.: Goofa Man Productions
San Antonio, TX
Film Name: "Fetus"
Director: Taylor Johnson
Category: Best Student Project
Prod. Co.: Cinema North East
San Antonio, TX
Film Name: "Vanishing
Cultures: Bushmen of the Kalahari"
Director: Paula Ely
Category: Best Documentary
Prod. Co.: Springbok Films
Sherman Oaks, CA
2005
Armand Assante -
(Actor/Writer/Director)
Film Name: "After
Twilight"
Director: Gary L. Watson
Category: Best of Festival
Prod. Co.: Nu-Classic Films
Houston, TX
Film Name: "Once Upon A
Time A King"
Director: Massimiliano Mauceri
Category: Best Foreign
Prod. Co.: Building Productions
Fironzo, Italy
Film Name: "This is Keith
Rolyat"
Director: Taylor Johnson
Category: Best Student Project
Prod. Co.: Cinema North East
San Antonio, TX
Film Name: "Zoom Suit"
Director: John Taddeo
Category: Best Animation
Prod. Co.: Superversc.com
Lighthouse Point, FL
Film Name: "Once Not Far
From Home"
Director: Ben Van Hook
Category: Best Art/Experimental
Prod. Co.: Stars North
Houston, TX
Film Name: "Clean
People"
Director: Roy S. Ford
Category: Best Comedy
Prod. Co.: Roy Boy Films
Spring, TX
2004
Janine Turner - (actress)
Film Name: "What's Two +
Three?"
Director: Peter Hawley
Category: Best of Festival
Prod. Co.: Windy Cine
Productions
Chicago, IL
Film Name: "Alone"
Director: Joseph Mark Clark IV
Category: Best Art/Experimental
Prod. Co.: Joe Clark
Houston, TX
Film Name: "Furniture
People"
Director: Chris Night
Category: Best Drama
Prod. Co.: Knight
Birmingham, AL
Film Name: "Hope is a Thing
with Feathers"
Director: Mamie McCall
Category: Best Music Film
Prod. Co.: Davine Trailer Films
Studio City, CA
Film Name: "Rose"
Director: Sam Salem
Category: Best Student Project
Prod. Co.: University of Miami
Coconut Grove, FL
2003
Barry Corbin - (actor)
Film Name: "The Vest"
Director: Paul Gutrecht
Category: Best of Festival
Prod. Co.: Door to Door Films
Venice, CA
Film Name:
"Persistance"
Director: James Collinane
Category: Best Drama Film
Prod. Co.: EYE on U Films
Orlando, FL
Film Name: "Entertaining
Vietnam"
Director: Mara Wallis
Category: Best Documentary
Prod. Co.: Wallis
San Francisco, CA
Film Name: "The
Ninjews"
Director: Josh Bass
Category: Best Animated Film
Prod. Co.: Non-Practicing
Productions
Houston, TX
Film Name: "Chimera"
Director: Doug Shineman
Category: Best Student Project
Prod. Co.: D-Media Entertainment
Westfield, NJ
2002
Melissa Gilbert (actress)
Film Name: "Hum"
Director: Cheryl Hendrickson
Category: Best of Festival
Prod. Co.: Ampro Films
San Francisco, CA
Film Name: "Major
Damage"
Director: Chris Bailey
Category: Best Animated Film
Prod. Co.: Cooper/Bailey
Glendale, CA
Film Name: "The
Quarry"
Director: Greg Chwerchak
Category: Best Drama Film
Prod. Co.
Berberich/Chwerchak/Jones
Hollywood, CA
Film Name: "Ocoee: Legacy
of the Election Day Massacre"
Director: Sandra Krasa
Category: Best Documentary Film
Production Company: No Visuals
Webster, TX
Film Name: "Taste It
All"
Director: Richard J. Liukis
Category: Best Short Film
Prod. Co.:
H.H./R.J.L/J.B./&M.S.
Los Angeles, CA
2001
Loretta Swit (actress)
Film Name: "The Marianao
Kid"
Director: Arthur E. Bergel
Category: Best Of Festival
Prod. Co.: FJH Studios
Houston, TX
Film Name: "Alma"
Director: Eric Hoffland
Category: Best Drama Film
Prod. Co.: Third Wheel
Productions
League City, TX
Film Name: "The Death of
Everything Good and True"
Director: Matthew Marshall
Category: Best Art/Experimental
Film
Prod. Co.: Romanstyle Films
Houston, TX
Film Name: "Five
Wishes"
Director: Stuart Alexander
Category: Best Comedy Film
Prod. Co.: Five Wishes
Productions
Valley Village, CA
Film Name: "Battleship
Texas: The Lone Star Ship"
Director: Tim Holland
Category: Best Documentary Film
Prod. Co.: Triumvirate Pictures
Arlington, TX
2000
Walter Coblenz (producer/director)