The Ninth Annual Beaufort International Film Festival starting February 11 and continuing to February 15, 2015, in the historic coastal town of Beaufort, SC announces the film finalists. BIFF 2015 will unveil the inaugural award for the Spirit & Pride of South Carolina Award, presented to that person whose career achievements in the areas of film, television or music have reflected positively on themselves and the state of South Carolina. The first award will be presented to Model and Actress Andie MacDowell, originally from Gaffney, SC. Academy Award Nominated Screenwriter and Best Selling Author Pat Conroy will present this inaugural award. Steve Rhea from Charleston, SC, will be presented the “Behind the Scenes” Award for his more than 30 years of work as a Film Location Specialist.
The 2015 Beaufort International Film Festival Finalists are as follows:
ANIMATION
Blue
Directed by: Katelyn Bianchini, Asia Lancaster, Rena Cheng
Orange, CA
Green Acres
Directed by: James Beck (Dodge College, Chapman Univ.)
Orange, CA
Grounded
Directed by: Monica Stefanelli (Dodge College, Chapman Univ.)
Orange, CA
Light Me Up
Directed by: Derek Dolechek, Ryan Walton (Dodge College, Chapman Univ.)
Orange, CA
My Light Has Gone
Directed by: Jason Kummerfeldt (Dodge College, Chapman Univ.)
Orange, CA
DOCUMENTARY
You Belong to Me
Directed by: John Cork
Carmel, CA
Cotton Road
Directed by: Laura Kissel
Columbia, SC
In An Ideal World
Directed by: Noel Schwerin
San Francisco, CA
Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution
Directed by: Matthew VanDyke
Baltimore, MD
Something You Can Call Home
Directed by: Rebecca Keynon
London, United Kingdom
The Civilian-Military Divide: Bridging the Gap
Directed by: Robert Roy
Toronto, ON, CANADA
FEATURE
Cinema Purgatorio
Directed by: Chris White
Greenville, SC
Dig Two Graves
Directed by: Hunter Adams
Los Angeles, CA 90027
The Lengths
Directed by: Tim Driscoll
Jacksonville, FL
Suck It Up Buttercup
Directed: Malindi Fickle
Honolulu, HI
The Frontier
Directed by: Matt Rabinowitz
West Hollywood, CA
SHORTS:
A Great Personality is Just Skin Deep
Directed by: John Schwab
London, UK
Counter
Directed by: Nicholas Bouler
Los Angeles, CA
Last Night at the Ellington
Directed by: Geoffrey Gunn
Greenville, SC
Love Sick Lonnie
Directed by: Chad Matthews
Austin, TX
Nostalgic
Directed by: Ronald Eltanal
Wilmette, IL
The Quota
Directed by: Jim Cushinery
Los Angeles, CA
Times Like Dying
Directed by: Evan Vetter
Wilmington, NC
Uncomfortable Silence
Directed by: Gabriele Altobelli
Rome, Italy
Wrong Side Up
Directed by: Henry McComas
Englewood, CO
STUDENT FILMS
Combustabilly
Directed by: Jake Bellew; University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Into the Silent Sea
Directed by: Andrej Landin; Dodge College
Roses for Margaret
Directed by: Christine Hurley; University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Sea Odyssey
Directed by: Adam Nelson; Savannah College of Art & Design
The Bright Side
Directed by: Sarah Thacker; Dodge College
The Collection
Directed by: Ian Gullett; University of North Carolina School of the Arts
BEST COMEDY
A Great Personality is Only Skin Deep
CombustaBILLY
Love Sick Lonnie
Cinema Purgatorio
The Quota
Last Night at the Ellington
The Lengths
SCREENPLAY
A Clash of Iron
Richard Reed
Riverside, CA
Club Bong Song
Tom Bixby
St. Helena, SC
Hell and Hallelujah!
Margaret Ford Rogers
Charleston, SC
Lost Cause
David Schroeder
Miami, FL
Mint Condition
Gary Weeks
Roswell, GA
Sandbox Coordinates
Sheila Watson and Tony Watson
Johns Island, SC
The Life Shift
Marcia Chandler Rhea, Writer
Charleston, SC
BEST ACTOR:
Daniel R. Jones (Last Night at the Ellington- Short Film)
Max Gail (The Frontier – Feature Film)
Ted Levine (Dig Two Graves – Feature Film)
Mike Nussbaum (Nostalgic – Short Film)
Chris White ( Cinema Purgatorio – Feature Film)
BEST ACTRESS
Traysie Amick (Cinema Purgatoria – Feature Film)
Katharyn Grant (Wrong Side Up – Short Film)
Lacey Marie Myer (Suck It Up Buttercup – Feature Film)
Susan Ruttan ( The Quota – Short Film)
Corsica Wilson (The Lengths – Feature Film)
BEST DIRECTOR
Hunter Adams ( Dig Two Graves– Feature Film)
Malindi Fickle ( Suck It Up Buttercup – Feature Film)
Geoffrey Gunn ( Last Night at the Ellington – Short Film)
Henry Danoe McComas ( Wrong Side Up- Short Film)
Evan Vetter (Times Like Dying – Short Film)
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