At Long Last... AWARDS!
Posted: September 28, 2007
The Webmaster for the South Dakota Film Festival would like to extend his apologies for posting the award announcements so late. The festival has been over for a week today, but better late then never (what a cop out). Anyway... Sorry.
Now on to the awards.
Best Narrative Feature
"Imprint"
"Imprint"
Synopsis: Shayla Stonefeather (Tonantzin Carmelo) a Native American attorney prosecuting a Lakota teen in a controversial murder trial, returns home to the reservation to visit her dying father. Strange visions and ghostly voices propel her on a journey she doesn't expect. Thought Shayla initially rejects a spiritual explanation for her experiences, she begins to uncover what she believes is a link between the visions and her brother's disappearance two years earlier. Determined to get to the bottom of the mystery, Shayla deliberately confronts and follows the apparitions, leading her to a horrifying revelation and a purpose she could never have foreseen.
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Production Company: Linn Productions
Category: Narrative / Feature
Executive Producer: Carolyn Linn
Producers: Chris Eyre, Carolyn Linn
Director: Michael Linn
Writers: Michael Linn, Keith Davenport
Runtime: 88 min. approx.
Filming Location: Kyle, Pine Ridge and Hermosa, South Dakota
Principal Cast: Tonantzin Carmelo, Michael Spears, Carla-Rae Holland, Cory Brusseau
Genre: Thriller
Best Documentary Feature
"Kilowatt Ours: A Plan to Re-Energize America"
"Kilowatt Ours: A Plan to Re-Energize America"
Synopsis: Kilowatt Ours is the story of filmmaker and conservationist Jeff Barrie's 18-month journey across the southeastern U.S. to document our energy -related problems and present practical, cost-saving solutions for consumers. Widespread problems revealed in Kilowatt Ours include mountaintop removal, air pollution, global warming, childhood asthma, and mercury contamination.
Best Narrative Short
"Pulse"
"Pulse"
Synopsis: Pulse if a fantasy romance with darkly comic elements. Liam is a lost and lonely man who becomes addicted to giving himself electric shocks as they provide a means of comtact with his dead wife Carla. Janine is a well-wishing neighbour who is Liam's last chance of rejoining the real world - can she save him?
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Production Company: N/A
Category: Narrative / Short
Executive Producer: Emma Savage
Producers: Emma Savage
Director: Emma Savage
Writers: Emma Savage
Runtime: 12 min.
Filming Location: London, England
Principal Cast: Liam-Ben Turner, Janine-Katherine Redwood, Carla-Gemma Sykes
Music: Written and performed by Ernest Mills
Genre: N/A
Best Documentary Short
"Work"
"Work"
Synopsis: A look into the life of an everyday working man.
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Production Company: N/A
Category: Documentary / Short
Executive Producer: N/A
Producers: N/A
Director: Justin Ullyott, Levi Moch
Writers: Justin Ullyott, Levi Moch
Runtime: 5 min
Filming Location: Mandan, North Dakota
Principal Cast: Justin Ullyott, Levi Moch
Genre: Eliot C. Johnson
Best Animated Short
"One Rat Short"
"One Rat Short"
Synopsis: The mesmerizing ballet of a discarded food wrapper leads a New York subway rat into an adventure of love and loss.
Best International Film
"Spirits for Sale"
"Spirits for Sale"
Synopsis: When Annika got a sacred eagle feather from an Indian visiting Sweden, she decided to bring it back to the US. But to whom? Her quest to find the right owner took her deep into Indian communities, where she learned about the anger and sadness of traditional Natives. But would the feather find an owner?
Additional Information: The producers of the South Dakota Film Festival have been notified that this screening will be the film's "World Premier".
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Production Company: Levande Bilder
Category: Documentary / Feature
Executive Producer: Folke Johansson
Producers: Folke Johansson
Director: Folke Johansson
Writers: Folke Johansson, Annika Banfield
Runtime: 58 min.
Filming Location: New Mexico, Texas, South Dakota, Denmark
Cast: Annika Banfield, Al Carroll, Chief Arvol Looking Horse, Gayle Ross, Vic Camp, Mike Chirobokow, Andrew Thomas
Genre: Documentary
Super 8 Partners Up - Special Room Rates
Posted: September 9, 2007
The Super 8 East location in Aberdeen has partnered with the South Dakota Film Festival to offer festival travelers a special
room rate.
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"Into the Wild" exclusive showing at SDFF.
Posted: September 6, 2007
Wake up everyone, the monster we've created has just sprouted a new limb. "Into the Wild" the film by Sean Penn that was shot in part in South Dakota will have an exclusive
screening at the South Dakota Film Festival. Tickets are going fast. REALLY REALLY fast. Over half of the seats have been taken since our press conference YESTERDAY! Call immediately if you want a pass. 605-225-2228
Press Conference Redux
Posted: September 5, 2007
PRESS CONFERENCE
Posted: September 5, 2007 12:01 a.m.
Webcast live Sept. 5th, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. with the latest official announcements.
Ticket\Pass Details Posted
Posted: August 28, 2007
To assist you in your decision making process, there are now more detailed descriptions of each
pass level listed on the
tickets page.
Please note that you need a "Full Festival" or "VIP\Partner" pass to attend the first
film session.
FIRST OFFICIAL SELECTIONS POSTED
Posted: August 23, 2007
The first group of
"official selections" has been added.
Please remember to check back often. More official selections, and details of each selection will be added by the minute until all are accounted for.
Ticket And Schedule Changes.
Posted: August 22, 2007
The schedule for the South Dakota Film Festival has changed. We have added two sessions and are currently populating the time slots. We appreciate your understanding about this delay and will begin posting
official selections tomorrow.
Tickets are now on sale, and for the kick-off session we will only accept "full festival" and "VIP" passes.
Final Deadline Reached
Posted: August 16, 2007
As of August 15, 2007 the South Dakota Film Festival will no longer be taking submissions for the 2007 season.
Films that arrive after this date will be given the option to submit to the 2008 season, or to withdraw from the festival.
Official selections will be announced August 20th, and the full schedule of film screening sessions shortly thereafter.
Ticket sales will begin August 21 and are available by calling (605)225-2228.
Thanks to all of you who submitted films. It is because of you that we haven't slept in days and probably won't for several more.
Ticket Sales Set To Begin.
Posted: August 13, 2007
Tickets for the South Dakota Film Festival will go on sale August 21, 2007 and can be purchased by session or as a full festival pass.
To purchase tickets or passes, or for other
ticket information, contact the Capitol Theatre at (605)225-2228. Tickets and passes are also available at the door and are sold on a first-come first-serve basis.
Film Submission Deadline Reached.
Revised: August 7, 2007
The South Dakota Film Festival has reached its official deadline for film submissions. At this time all filmmakers who would like their film(s) considered for inclusion to the first annual South Dakota Film Festival will be subject to the "late submission" terms in the
official rules. The "late submission" deadline has been moved forward to August 15, 2007, from August 31, 2007.
The South Dakota Film Festival
A unique statewide event for filmmakers and film lovers to gather, mingle and watch pretty cool movies.
The “South Dakota Film Festival” began taking submissions on June 15, 2007. The South Dakota Film Festival's emphasis is on films made by filmmakers from the Great Plains region (SD, MN, ND, IA, WY, and NE) or films shot in the Great Plains region.
However, regional considerations are only one of many factors considered in the final draw of films chosen for the “South Dakota Film Festival”.
While we are trying to emphasize films from the Great Plains, that is not the primary focus. The goal of the “South Dakota Film Festival” is to screen the “best” films submitted regardless of their geographic origin.
The screening weekend of the South Dakota Film Festival runs September 21st-23rd, 2007. All films will be shown in the Historic Capitol Theatre in downtown Aberdeen, SD.
Submit your films to the South Dakota Film Festival.
Short Film Submissions and
Feature Film Submissions are being accepted. Categories for features and shorts include Animation, Documentaries and Narrative.
Download the Application and Rules here.
