2009 Festival
The Film Fest has come and gone for another year. We had over 80 films submitted for 2009 in a range of categories. Many thanks to all of the filmmakers and their supporters for producing such great work.
Selected for Screening
The following list is all of the films selected for screening the night of the festival. We’ve added notes for the winners of this year’s film fest.
2009 Winners!
See the winning films on the library’s YouTube Channel... check 'em out!
| Film | Director(s) | |
| Winter Greeting | Cory Befus | |
| The Astronaut | Anna Janz | |
| Who | Michael Bruny-Groth | Winner: Best Experimental Film |
| Public Service Animation | Kaitlynn Rodabaugh & Thomas Wright | |
| Alien Movie | Alec Elzinga & Kyle Gregory | Winner: Judges' Choice |
| Eye I | Janel Naumann | |
| Awkward Turtle | Janel Naumann | |
| Timecode | Alex Hunt | |
| School of Rock | Jake Siebers | |
| Beyond the Mind's Eye | Austin Peters | Winner: Best Film |
| Pop-Up Cereal Time | Melania Plasko | Winner: Best Animation |
| Snow Day | Will Hawkins | |
| Spooky House | Andre Crotte | |
| Little Blue Man | Emily Alworth | |
| Code Monkey | Emily Alworth | |
| Pokemon | Ruby Tanja & Sarah Sherman | |
| Can't Go On | Luke DeBoer | |
| I Can See Clearly Now | Luke DeBoer | Winner: Best Short Film |
| Thinking Cap | Jake Brode | |
| Stevens Farms | Sammi Stevens | |
| Ashes | Justin Rought | |
| A Teensy Zebra Meets A Normal-Sized Boy | Olivia Vogds | Winner: Best Technical Merit |
| Winnie The Pooh: Chainsaw Massacre | Ina Foster-Goodrich | |
| What's Going On? | Hemu Goel | |
| When You're Ready to Say It | Zach Terry | Winner: Peoples' Choice |
| Layers of Change | Sadie Oswalt | |
Thanks to all the teens who entered their awesome films!
Categories & Prizes
Best Film
Apple MacBook
Judge’s Choice
$50 Best Buy Gift Card
Best Animation
Best Experimental Film
Best Short Film (under 3 minutes)
People’s Choice
Best Technical Merit
$25 Best Buy Gift Card
Filmmakers may win more than one award.
Broadcast
The Public Media Network is excited about partnering with the Kalamazoo Public Library and Kalamazoo Institute of Arts for the 6th annual Kalamazoo Teen Filmmaker Festival. Entrants are also getting their submissions booked into the Public Media Network’s television schedule for March. We will be on-hand to cover the festival and conduct post-event interviews of the evening’s winners. DVDs of the festival and interviews will be presented to award recipients and available at-cost to interested filmmakers and fans.
Broadcast dates and times:
- Friday, March 6, 7:30 pm
- Saturday, March 7, 2:00 pm
- Tuesday, March 10, 7:00 pm
- Thursday, March 12, 7:30 pm
- Friday, March 13, 7:30 pm
- Saturday, March 14, 2:00 pm
All broadcasts will be shown on Charter Cable channel 95. Check www.cactv.org for more information.
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