Wild Rose Independent Film Festival Awards Top Filmmakers
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on November 14, 2009 under Wild Rose Independent Film Festival | 
Best Feature: "The Things We Carry"
The 7th Wild Rose Independent Film Festival in Des Moines, Iowa culminated last Sunday with AriesWorks Entertainment’s special premiere Des Moines screening of the Iowa independent feature film, Haunting Villisca, based on the unsolved 1912 Villisca Axe murders and the current paranormal activity in the house where the crime took place. The film (not in competition at the festival) played to a packed house. Haunting Villisca is an Iowa film directed by James Serpento and produced by Kimberly Busbee and also was co-written by them.
This year’s WRIFF which ran 4 days, showcased 35 short, animated, documentary, music and feature films from Iowa, the U.S. and other countries, including Canada, the UK, France, Japan, Germany, China and Mexico.
The 2009 Wild Rose Independent Film Festival Winners
Best Feature:
The Things We Carry (CA) (Ian McCrudden - Director;
Athena Lobit, Alyssa Lobit - Producers)
Feature Certificate of Distinctive Achievement (CDA):
Son of the Sunshine (Canada) (Ryan Ward, Director; Paul Fler, Producer)
Best Iowa Film:
Ghost Player: Relive the Magic (IA) (Joe Scherrman);
Iowa Film CDA:
Hitmom (IA) (Joe Clarke)
Best Ensemble/Casting:
Son of the Sunshine (Canada) (Crystal Kramer) Ensemble/Casting CDAs (tie):
The Things We Carry (CA) (Freddy Luis);
Putting Down Puffy (CA) (Joe Adams)
Best Director:
Ryan Ward (Canada) (Son of the Sunshine)
Director CDA:
Tim Reischauer (CA) (Slice of Pie)
Best Actress:
Alyssa Lobit (CA ) (The Things We Carry)
Actress CDAs (tie):
Catherine Kresge (CA) (The Things We Carry);
Rebecca McMahon (Canada) (Son of the Sunshine)
Best Actor:
Ryan Ward (Canada) (Son of the Sunshine)
Actor CDA:
Rick Hall (CA) (Slice of Pie)
Best Cinematography:
Chance of a Lifetime (UK) (Sandy Crichton)
Cinematography CDAs (tie):
The Beneficiary (CA ) (Mateo Londono);
Putting Down Puffy (CA) (Ben Brunkhardt)
Best Screenplay:
The Things We Carry (CA) (Alyssa Lobit)
Screenplay CDA:
Slice of Pie CA (Rick Hall)
Best Debut Film:
The Guy Chronicles (CA) (Aaron Riggs, Ryan Kohler)
Debut Film CDA:
The Hands (CA) (Charise Studesville)
Best Short Film:
Slice of Pie (CA) (Tim Reischauer - Director/Producer, Rick Hall - Writer/Producer)
Short Film CDAs (tie):
Putting Down Puffy (CA) (Hugh Scott);
The Beneficiary (CA ) (Theodore Melfi)
Best Original Music:
Son of the Sunshine (Canada) (Mathew Montour)
Music CDA:
Slice of Pie (CA) (Laura Hall)
Best Documentary:
Chance of a Lifetime (UK) (Sandy Crichton)
Documentary CDA:
Ghost Player: Relive the Magic (IA) (Joe Scherrman)
Best Short Documentary:
The Marina Experiment (NY) (Marina Lutz)
Short Documentary CDA:
Throwing Plates: A Portrait of a Woman Ceramicist (IL) (Deidre Lee)
Best Music Documentary:
No Good Reason (MI) (Lawrence Marshall)
Best Musical Short:
The Line (CA) (Richard Sabatté - Director/Co-Writer,
Anita Merzell - Exec. Producer/Co-Writer)
Best Animation:
Skylight (Canada) (David Baas)
Animation CDA:
Lilium (CA) (Adam Burgett)
Best Editing:
Vamoose (TX/IA) (Jose and Francisco Rodriguez)
Editing CDA:
Putting Down Puffy (CA) (James Yuan)
Best Costume Design:
The Things We Carry (CA) (Jayme Bohn, Jennifer Standley)
Costumes CDA:
A War for II (IA) (Braden Boe, Casey Kappes)
Best Production Design:
The Things We Carry (CA) (Danielle Osborne)
Production Design CDA:
Putting Down Puffy (CA) (Nancy Scott)
Best Visual Effects:
Willful Entrapment (Canada) (Francois Driessen, Christopher Arnold)
Visual Effects CDA:
Son of the Sunshine (Canada) (Chris Drover)
Best Sound Design:
Son of the Sunshine (Canada)(Sean W. Karp)
Sound Design CDA:
Willful Entrapment (Canada) (Dmytro Velichenko, Michael Tompkins)
Best Makeup:
Son of the Sunshine (Canada) (Cathy Congiusti)
Makeup CDA:
Vamoose (IA/TX) (Francisco Rodriguez)
Best Student Film - College:
20 Mississippi (NY) (Michael Brettler, Writer/Director)
Student Film - College CDA:
The Guy Chronicles (CA) (Aaron Riggs, Ryan Kohler)
Best Student Mini-Pic - College:
Sara’s Portraits (IA/CA) (Jill Jones, Writer/Director)
Student Mini-Pic CDA - College (tie):
Good Night Victor (TX ) (Andrew Grissom);
Lilum (Derek Page) (CA)
Best Student Film - High School:
The Lullabye (IA )(Jessie Hixenbaugh, Aly Merschman)
Student Film - High School CDA:
Shoot (IA) (Lucas Baty)
Audience Award
Vamoose (TX/IA) (Jose and Francisco Rodriguez)
