DIY FILM FESTIVAL: June 2014

Tuesday

Congrats DIY Film Fest Winner Cody Blue Snider on winning the Seattle Film Fest!

Cody Blue Snider, winner of the DIY Film Festival in 2011 has just won Best Short at the prestigious Seattle Film Festival. Here's the trailer on VIMEO

Kudos Cody!

GOLDEN SPACE NEEDLE
AWARD – BEST SHORT FILM
Fool’s Day, directed by
Cody Blue Snider (USA 2013)

JUNE 8, 2014 | 10:30AM PT

Alex Stedman

News Editor, Variety.com

@a_sted

Richard Linklater’s “Boyhood” was the big winner at this year’s Seattle Film Festival,

beating out “How to Train Your Dragon 2″ and “The Fault in Our Stars” to win the

Golden Space Needle Award for best film.

GOLDEN SPACE NEEDLE AWARD – BEST SHORT FILM

Fool’s Day, directed by Cody Blue Snider (USA 2013)

First runner-up: The Hero Pose, directed by Mischa Jakupcak (USA 2013)

Second runner-up: Strings, directed by Pedro Solis (Spain 2013)

Third runner-up: Mr. Invisible, directed by Greg Ash (United Kingdom 2014)

Fourth runner-up: Aban + Khorshid, directed by Darwin Serink (USA 2014)

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CALL FOR ENTRIES!!!!

CALL FOR ENTRIES The International Film Festival Submission System

CALL FOR ENTRIES
The International Film Festival Submission System
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DIY FILM FESTIVAL NEWS archive

2008 Festival Winners:

2008 DIY FILM FESTIVAL WINNERS NAMED
2/26/2008 2008 DIY Film Festival Names Winners

"Buskers; For Love Or Money" Wins Best Film Award

LOS ANGELES (Feb. 26, 2008)_ The engaging documentary "Buskers: For Love Or Money," an examination of the world of street performers as told by the talent, has been named Best Film of the 2008 DIY Film Festival, which concluded Saturday.

The film was screened at the American Film Institute as part of the 2008 DIY Convention, which took place Feb. 15-23 in Hollywood and honored the top independent films, music and books of the last year.

In "Buskers: For Love Or Money,” director Chad Taylor (himself a world-class street performer as a chainsaw juggler) gives the history and motivations of his fellow street performers, some well-known, others legends only in their particular square feet of concrete.

The depiction of the performers’ free-floating lifestyle, which combines talent, street savvy and psychology was shot over ten years in various parts of the world and features rare footage of some legendary street performances. For its introspective examination of a world many see but few understand, “Buskers” was unanimously acclaimed as Best Film by the DIY judges.

The other winners of the 2008 DIY Film Festival:

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: “Glue Boys,” Philip Hamer

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT: “The Tribe,” Tiffany Shlain

BEST DRAMATIC FEATURE: “Divergence,” Patrick J. Donnelly

BEST DRAMATIC SHORT: “Henchmen,” Christian Cantamessa

BEST COMEDY FEATURE: “The Book of Noah,” Drew Smith

BEST COMEDY SHORT: “Lowenstein’s A Terrorist,” Eric Siegelstein

BEST WORDL CINEMA: “Remember Me,” Benjamin Tan

BEST STUDENT FILM: “Some Apologies,” Adam Weldon

BEST ANIMATED SHORT: “Pull On Push Off,” Philip Leaman

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: “Murderess,” Scott Coblio

BEST DIRECTOR: Todd Peters, “Let Others Suffer”

BEST SCRIPT: Adam Weldon, “Some Apologies