2009 Asheville Film Festival picks winners
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on November 15, 2009 under Asheville Film Festival | 
Darby (Mandy Musgrave, left) and Kate (Hallee Hirsh) in “16 to Life”
Now in its seventh year, the Asheville Film Festival featured 93 films and screenplays. The festival winners were announced Saturday night. “16 to Life”, the first feature from Emmy-nominated writer/director Becky Smith (Queer Eye for the Straight Guy) took home the top prize for Best Feature Film. The film puts a wry, witty, and unpredictable ensemble cast in a small-town locale reminiscent of a Capra comedy. Before the clock strikes midnight, Kate, a 16-year-old rural American teenager, will learn what she has in common with a 16-year-old Chinese girl half a world, and a cultural revolution away.
The winners:
Best Feature Film: “16 to Life”
Runner-up: “Deadland”
Best Documentary: “Food Fight”
Runner-Up: “Bonecrusher”
Best Short Film: “Open Your Eyes”
Runner-Up: “True Beauty This Night”
Best Student Film: “Down in Number 5″
Runner-Up: “Autogenesis”
Best Animation: “O Pintor de Ceos (Painter of the Skies)”
Runner-Up: “The Mouse that Soared”
