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BCIFF 2009 Winners Announced! BCIFF 2009 Jury Awards BCIFF 2009 Young Filmmakers Competition 1st Place - Angad Singh : “One Light” 2nd Place – Molly Adams : “Planting Seeds” 3rd Place - Tori Dailey: “The Kid” Honorable Mention Young Filmmaker’s Competition (Screened Finalists) Dillon Goad -“A Fairway Dream” Brooks Dyroff – “Change for Change” Emily Parks & Emily Van Horn – “Day By Day” Jessica Perry & Carolyn Zoch – “Drug PSA” Jessica Perry & Carolyn Zoch – “Shakespeare” John Nutter – “I Can Fly” Honorable Mention Young Filmmakers Competition Enrique Vargas Celis – “Roald Dahl’s Three Little Pigs” Dale Ward – “Abe Lincoln’s Life” Blake Pruitt – “Canines” Youn Kim – “KH1” Chase Finn – “Symptoms” BCIFF 2009 Animated Series Competition 1st Place – Travis Evans : “Cool Rules – Get Your Dream On!” 2nd Place :Laura Citron – “Chroma Chameleon” 3rd Place : Andrea Olivier – “Gifts of Seeing” BCIFF 2009 Documentary Competition 1st Place : Sondra Martin Hicks – “Changing A Mind” 2nd Place : Jerry Smith – “Higher Ground” 3rd Place : Lawrence Marshall – “No Good Reason” Honorable Mention Documentary Competition (Screened Finalists) Jeffrey Mead – “Just Add Water” Makia Harper – “God Speaks : Philadelphia Voices Against Violence Karen Aptekar – “Saving Evan White” Honorable Mention Documentary Competition Gary Null – “Autism: Made In the U.S.A.” Shannon Sonenstein – “Talkin Water” Hadrien Don Fayel – “The Heart Spoke” Curtis Elliot – “HairKuTT” Scott Fernandez – “Under the Bridge” Jerry Smith – “Able & Willing” Sandy Crichton – “Karearea:The Pine Falcon” Steven McCurdy – “No Matter How Dark the Present” Andrea Kruezhage – “1,000 Journals” Daniel Osorio – “Miracle” Ann Scarboro – “Victor Anicet, Céramiste et artiste Martiniquais” Jennifer Farmer – “Nimby Comes Home” Tami Bradshaw – “A Necessary Journey” AM Peters – “No Cross, No Crown” Alan Barber – “Six Man, Texas” Miki Kuretani – “Futebol” Leona Krahn – “Beyond the Beat” Victoria Barrett – “Journey of Faith" Randy Holland – “Lyon Heart" Sevan Matossian & Carey Peterson – “Every Second Counts” Mark Arnett – “Baby Boomerang” Charles Cohen – “Going All Pro: The story of Fancy Clancy, The Beer Man” Ray Schmitt – “Dead Girl Walking” Tara Nurin & Rob Stuart – “Free the River Park” Marinell Haegelin – “A Little from Left of Right” Ellie Pierce – “Fremont,U.S.A.” BCIFF 2009 Short Film Competition 1st Place – Julian Bennett : “One of Us” 2nd Place – Kanika Sehgal : “Someone is Watching” 3rd Place – Rozie Curtis : “Last Chance School” Honorable Mention Short Film Competition (Screened Finalist) Adam Ropp – “Richard Wurmbrand’s :Taps on the Walls” Honorable Mention Short Film Competition Joshua Provost – “Days of Being Wrinkle Free” Tonya Lehman – “Rock Solid” Kalani Queypo – “Ancestor Eyes” Sage Drake – “My Gift” Ben Rapson – “Balance” Ruth Villatoro – “Not So Superhero” Martin Rosete – “Basket Bronx” Gordon Williams – “Do You” Barbara Sundstrom – “On the Edge” Bryan Caron – “My Necklace, Myself” Sheila Cavalette – “The Little Samaritan” Ela Their – “A Summer Rain” Chris Jones – “Gone Fishing” Paula Wood – “Reverie” Belinda Benko – “Propel” Barbara Kerr Condon – “Just Desserts” Richard Crook – “ The Killer’s Reprieve” Susan Cohen – “Open Your Eyes” BCIFF 2009 Best Animated Short Film Dickson Chow : “The Veiled Commodity” Honorable Mention Animated Short Film Competition Neil Needleman – “Corner Delancey” Torrance Carroll – “The Zonus Project” BCIFF 2009 Feature Film Competition 1st Place – Ralph E. Portillo: “Set Apart” 2nd Place – Dave Moody : “Praise Band :The Movie” 3rd Place – Barbara Sundstrom : “In the Mirror Dimly” Honorable Mention Feature Film Competition Paul Alexander Morales – “Concerto” Cheryl Hammer – “The Stopping Place” Drew Kronlund – “Closure: The Problem With Money” John Moore – “The Widow’s Might” Andrew Silver – “Radio Cape Cod” Maya Batash – “Out of the Fog” Kingslee Purcell – “God Fly” BCIFF 2009 Music Video Competition 1st Place – Theresa Westbrook : “God’s Pearl” 2nd Place – Gabriel Haze : “Freedom-Elizabeth June” 3rd Place – Garrett Marks : “Somebody’s Baby” Honorable Mention Music Video Competition (Screened Finalists) Taama Forasiepi – “Alone This Christmas” Diana Bald – “Unfair [Bill Madden]” Cara Hagan – “Breathe In, Breathe Out” Honorable Mention TV Pilot Competition Ahmet Kukrek – “The Wisdom Tree” BCIFF 2009 Student Film Competition 1st Place – Tim Kashani : “Back To Me” 2nd Place – Susan Hogue : “Why We Smoke” 3rd Place – Lauren Kimball : “Perchance to Dream” Honorable Mention Student Film Competition Br. Anthony Marie – “Pearl of York” Mark Strydom – ‘Men of the Number” Susan Hogue – “Rx” Will Kim – “In Search of the Colors”  Welcome to the Bayou City Inspirational Film Festival 2009!
Join us for BCIFF 2009, August 14-15, 2009 in Houston, Texas. We will be showcasing exceptional educational, inspirational, and positive films and videos from around the world. Admission to all film screenings will be free to the public. Don't miss this awesome opportunity to experience the best works from independent filmmakers and artists from throughout the United States as well as countries such as England, Canada, Mexico, Australia, and India to name a few. There will also be a special "Young Filmmaker's Showcase" spotlighting films made by youth from around the world.
 BCIFF Award Winners Announced!
BCIFF 2008 Jury Awards BCIFF 2008 Feature Film Competition 1st Place- The Flyboys- Rocco DeVilliers 2nd Place- War Eagle Arkansas- Vincent Insalaco 3rd Place- Forgiveness- MARIUSZ K. KOTOWSKI BCIFF 2008 Best Animated Feature Donkey Ollie Shipwrecked- Brian Stewart BCIFF 2008 Most Inspirational Feature Blind Ambition- Yatrik Mehta BCIFF 2008 Honorable Mention Feature The Pack- Alyssa Rallo Bennett Expiration Date- Rick Stevenson Hit For Six- Alison Saunders-Franklyn The Dark Horse- Cornelia Duryée Moore A Thousand Hills- Stephen Bowes The Team Player- Geoff Davis A Federal Case- George Ninan BCIFF 2008 Best Music Video 1st Place- Save the World- Mukama Morandi 2nd Place- Praise Him- Lionel and Leslie Green 3rd Place- God Never Fails- Pamela Wiebe BCIFF 2008 Best PSA Priceless- Mike Noel BCIFF 2008 Short Film Competition 1st Place- The Miracle- JEFFREY JON SMITH 2nd Place- Against the Wind- DAN MASUCCI 3rd Place- The Cookie Thief- Adam Davis BCIFF 2008 Best Animated Short Film Snow Snow for Lucy- Andrew Kerekes BCIFF Most Inspirational Short Film The Barefoot Bull Rider- Lisa Almstead BCIFF 2008 Honorable Mention Short Films The Last One Standing- GERWOOD SHEPHARD Me, Masi & Mr. Clean- Nina Sudra To Paint the Portrait of a Bird- T. D. White A New Life- Paul Kuritz The Gift Wrapper- Daniela De Carlo Prey- Errol Anthony Wilkes,Corey Shields & Don Robey Trouble in the Water- Roger Lee Edwards & Jim McQuaid Unto the Least of These- Kandis Heckler The Enemy Inside- San Banarje Twlight Blind- Nicholas Rubino-Bradway Letting Go- DAN MASUCCI BCIFF 2008 Student Film Competition 1st Place-August- Jay Gammill 2nd Place –Keys- Christopher Babers 3rd-The Strange Case of Salman abd al Haqq- Jeff Orlowski Best Student Documentary The Sheriff- Jeff M. Giordano Best Silent Film Hungry-Trent Best Student Film Series The Burundi Film Center’s DVD Compilation- Christopher Redmond Compilation includes the following shorts: Nothing’s the Same Bigger Plans Abuse Reveal Yourself Kivumvu: Basket Boy We also had a special screening of the Showtime featured, award-winning student film “The Sunday Morning Stripper”-Lionell Hilliard BCIFF 2008 TV Pilot Competition 1st Place- The Mission- Phillip Travis 2nd Place- Me and My Old Man- Rhondahl Adams We also had a special screening of the award- winning locally produced sitcom- “As For Me and My House” – Lionell Hilliard BCIFF 2008 Young Filmmakers Competition We were proud to have 10 films from young filmmakers ages 18 & under screening in this year’s festival. The Competition was broken down into 2 categories Ages 13-18 & Ages 12 & under Ages 13-18 Winner: A Drop In the Bucket – Brooks Dyroff and Kenny Haisfield Ages 12 & under Winner: Treasure Diversity- Drew Goldsmith Honorable Mention Young Filmmaker’s Competition The Good Shepherd- Lubomir Mihailo Kocka Sweet Cement- Chad Cooper Speaking Truth to Power- Melissa Merger Bullying Hurts- Brittany Rich Buckle Up- Brittany Rich Gatastrofe en el Hotel del Gallo- Enrique Vargas Celis Long Way Down- Shane Spiegel The Romanov’s Last Photograph- Catherine Faris King The Documentary Category is our largest category. This year’s official selections were comprised of 51of the best educational, inspirational, humanitarian, musical, investigative and medical documentaries. The documentary category was divided into 8 categories: Investigative/ Political Docs Spiritual Inspirational Educational Music Humanitarian Sports Medical Best Investigative/ Political Documentary 1st Place- Drug Wars: Silver or Lead-Rusty Fleming 2nd Place-An Islamic Conscience- Shamir Allibhai 3rd Place- Documented America: The I Word- CJ Raef Best Spiritual Documentary 1st Place- Sakthi Dancers & Sister Chandra- Kazu Matsui 2nd Place-Spiritual Revolution- Alan Swyer 3rd Place- The Meaning of Tea- Scott Chamberlin Hoyt Most Inspirational Documentary 1st Place-Go Another- Joseph Nolan 2nd Place- Get on the Bus for Mother’s Day- Jennifer Farmer 3rd Place- D.O.P.E.-Brian Stewart Best Educational Documentary 1st Place-Flunked- Steve Maggi 2nd Place-E-Dump- Michael Zhao 3rd Place- Dreaming in Morocco- Pam Nice Best Music Documentary 1st Place- The Millennium Musicians- Edson Pacheco 2nd Place- This Time- Victor Mignatti 3rd Place-From the 50 Yard Line- Doug Lantz Best Humanitarian Documentary 1st Place- Beyond the Call- Adrian Belic 2nd Place – Not Broken- Armando Ibanez 3rd Place - A Ripple In the Water- Patricia Piroh, Eileen M. Foti Best Sports Documentary 1st Place-'Winning Lives: The Story of Ted Ginn Sr'- John Dauphin 2nd Place- Appalachian State Football: A Date With Destiny- Jeff Genthner Best Medical Documentary 1st Place- Vaccine Nation-Gary Null 2nd Place- Dandy Kids- Darla Rae 3rd Place- Solace:The Wisdom of Dying-Camille Adair Best Documentary DVD Series/ Compilation- Dewayne Rudd Includes the following documentaries: They Are Still There Into the Way of Peace Friends in Discovery BCIFF 2008 Honorable Mention Documentaries The 80/20 Project-Daniel Gervais Camp Katrina- Michael Colasurdo What I see When I Close My Eyes- Leslie Hope One Water- SAM L GROGG A Nashville State of Mind-Samantha Gibb Duty- H. Scott Hughes The Boy Inside - Marianne Kaplan A Brighter Future- Eve Burris Real Hope, Real Truth, Real Answers - the 2006 Exodus Freedom Conference- Thomas Coy Living Yoga: The Life and Teachings of Swami Satchidananda- Prem Anjali Henry D. Remple: Finding Hope in Troubled Times- Linda Haskins Katrina’s Children- Laura Belsey Thank You Tanzania- Sarina Condello The Water Bearer- Pascal Gelinas Arno Peters: Radical Map- Ruth Abrams Bob Abramms 
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