Winners '09

We are proud to announce the winners of the 2009 Gatlinburg Screenfest!

Grand Prize Awarded to: Luke Dye for "Leto"

2nd Prize Awarded to: Eugene Cuevas, Brian R. Reed, and Jeffrey Reed for "Visitation"

3rd Prize Awarded to: Brooks Benjamin for "Boys of Summerville"

Viewers Choice Award: Dusty Clark for "In a Blink"

Youth Grand Prize Awarded to: Julia Huskey and Natalie Ashker for "Time to Pretend"

Youth 2nd Prize Awarded to: Maranda Vandergriff for "Days to Remember"

Youth 3rd Prize Awarded to: Julia and Natalie Ashker for "Euphoria"

Selections '09

• Barstool Cowboy - 90 mins. (Comedy) An unemployed cowboy who can’t find love vows to stay on a barstool for three months hoping to find his answers at the bottom of a beer bottle.

• Bell Witch Legend - 42 mins (Documentary) The ghost story of American Southern Folklore featuring a sinister spirit whose vengeance was inflicted on a Tennessee family.

• Boys of Summerville - 109 mins. (Comedy) A man who thought he had escaped his small town and father’s shadow is forced to return and confront his past and the friends he’d left behind.

• Finding Scotland: A Wee Adventure - 12 mins. (Animation) A unique tour of Scotland seen through the eyes of an adorable host who has lost her precious companion.

• Grateful Films - 83 mins. (Comedy) An independent filmmaker, rejected by everyone, falls in love with a mystery woman and gets drawn into a story as complex as one of his own films.

• In a Blink - 20 mins. (Drama) An alienated teen searches for redemption after her dangerous lifestyle crashes down around her.

• Leto - 29 mins. (Drama) The story of Mr. Leto, a motel assistant manager who watches the occupants pass him by and wishes for their lives instead of his own.

• Prism: The Stalking of Liz Townsend - 18 mins. (Suspense) The tale of a woman, Liz, who faces the turmoil of being stalked and the disbelief of the person who is supposed to help her through it.

• String Theory - 7 mins. (Drama) When a man falls into a trap, only a rare manuscript of an abstract mathematical theory and a distant memory of a children’s story are his means of escape.

• Visitation - 18 mins. (Sci-Fi) The story of a lonely farmer who struggles with the loss of his wife and the strange phenomena that has his daughter concerned for his health and safety.

Official Youth Selections:
• Euphoria - 9 mins. (Comedy) The world has finally found a fix to all of its problems, but were these problems ever meant to be completely erased?

• Days to Remember - 7 mins. (Drama) A powerful modern-day reimagining of The Diary of Anne Frank's impact on today's youth.

• Time to Pretend - 4 mins. (Musical) Two girls find themselves losing touch with reality after escaping to a glamorous world.

Honorable Mentions:
• Das Spandau Ballett - 20 mins. (Drama) A moving tale of historical fiction about a Jewish woman and the atrocities that human evil can perpetrate. (Film contains nudity)

• I Came to Nashville - 3 mins. (Documentary) A variety of people tell the story of why they came Nashville to seek their fortunes.

• Reluctant Evil - 128 mins. (Horror) An homage to zombie films and video games, Reluctant Evil follows the team sent to investigate the horrific outbreak in Possum City.
(Film contains graphic imagines, language, violence, and nudity)

• Spence Cove - 39 mins. (Horror) A weekend backpacking trip turns deadly when four teens venture to a place with sinister history and inhabitants.