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Saturday Afternoon, 4:15pm
Miners Foundry Stone Hall
Be the first to learn of our award-winning films. Sat. Morn/Aft ticket or Weekend Pass required. Limited seating on a first come, first served basis.
THE PROCESS
Over 350 films were submitted, requested and previewed to select the 130 for our 2010 Official Selection. The Program Committee begins screening films in the summer and then recommends their favorites for the final selection. The Festival Director creates the final program. This committee also helps to create the “Jury Short List”. Almost all of these films (and more favorites) are repeated. The Awards Jury decides on the following awards: Best of Festival, Spirit of Activism, Most Inspirational Adventure Film, and a variety of Jury Awards & Honorable Mentions. Thank you to the 2010 Program Committee, who logged hundreds of hours of film watching: Delphi Whittle, The Lewis Family, Terra Nyssa, Janice Rosner, Tony Loro, Patricia Montijo, Susie Sutphin, and Sarah Poytner.
SPECIAL AWARDS
The Festival Director decides on awards prior to the festival:
Student Award - Maria Caledron, The Edge of the Sea
John De Graaf Environmental Filmmaker Award - This prestigious award is given to a filmmaker who has excelled in environmental filmmaking. This year the honor goes to Franny Armstrong, filmmaker behind The Age of Stupid (screening Sunday) as well as past Wild & Scenic films, McLibel and Drowned Out. With The Age of Stupid, Franny conducted a massive direct email marketing campaign with screenings to millions across the world. Franny has sent a video acceptance of the award that will be screened with the film Sunday morning in the Great Hall.
Best Children’s Film - On Saturday morning, in the Nevada Theatre, the Kids ‘ Jury will decide on the best Children’s Film. Thanks to our Kids’ Jury: Page & Alexandra Whittle, Adam Verhasselt, Dylan Brownstein, Skyler & Emma Garvey and Danny Haddon.
A special thank you to Slamstock, who is providing a year-long subscription to their stock footage website to one of our lucky filmmaker award-winners (TBA).
PEOPLES’ CHOICE AWARD
Vote for your favorite film. You’ll receive a ballot with your ticket. Ballot boxes at each venue. Winner will be announced Sunday.
Head Juror, Chuck Jaffee likes to plug people into the spirit of independent filmmakers. Find links to more than 80 films reviewed for The Union newspaper at www.startlets.com. He also juries the Nevada City Film Festival, and has written an Oscars prediction for the last 30 years.
Coulter Adams is a SYRCL board member. He has travelled extensively through the Middle East and has taught school in Nepal. He worked on the feature film, Stay Hungry and the Oscar-winning feature film, Days of Heaven.
Roger Hicks, a SYRCL board member, was SYRCL’s spokesperson and board president for 15 of its first 16 years. He is a physician at Yubadocs Urgent Care, which he founded with his wife, Linda Rachmel. He’s passionate about rivers, salmon, and the Wild & Scenic FF. His film credits include Sicko. (That’s his only one.)
Alison Jones-Pomatto has worked as a professional stage manager, including Hamlet with the Foothill Theatre Company. A former SYRCL board member, she now as serves as a member of the Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Foundation.
Jeff Kane is a Nevada City physician, writer, general gadfly and film fanatic. He helped found the local air-quality group “Save the Air in Nevada County” (STAinNC.org). As a cancer support group facilitator, he’s concerned about environmental carcinogens. http://healthcareasthoughpeoplematter.blogspot.com/
Nick Messer has spent the last 15 years working as a social studies educator, both as a classroom teacher and as a curriculum developer. Nick is an avid film watcher and his stepmother used to date the film critic Roger Ebert.
Suzanne Warren is a local filmmaker who has been producing projects for the corporate and non-profit world for over 25 years. She is an avid film buff and a devoted fan of brilliant, inspiring work whether found in the cinema or on TV.