2011 TriMedia Film Festival Awards!

Congratulations to the jury and audience choice award winners at the 2011 TriMedia Film Festival!

* The Director’s Award for Best of the Festival was given to “The Hopeful,” produced by Desiree Echevarria.
* The Choice City Award for Best Feature Film was given to “Fort McCoy,” written, produced and co-directed by Kate Conner.
* The Audience Choice Award for Best Feature Film was given to “The Yankles,” directed by David R. Brooks.
* The Jury Award for Best Feature Film was given to “The River Why,” produced by Kristi Denton Cohen.
* The Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary was given to “What’s Organic About Organic?” directed by Shelley Rogers.
* The Jury Award for Best Documentary was given to “Wood” by David Fenster.
* The Audience Choice Award for Best Short Comedy Film was given to “Time Freak,” written and directed by Andrew Bowler.
* The Jury Award for Best Short Comedy Film was given to “Sudden Death!” written and directed by Adam Hall.
* The Audience Choice Award for Best International Film was given to “Love at First Sight,” directed by Michael Davies.
* The Jury Award for Best International Film was given to “Frog in the Well,” directed by Ken Ochiai.
* The Audience Choice Award for Best Short Narrative Film was given to “Cataplexy,” directed by John Salcido.
* The Jury Award for Best Short Narrative Film was given to “Touch,” directed by Jen McGowan.
* The Audience Choice Award for Best Student Film was given to “Shattered,” by Shirley Lewis.
* The Jury Award for Best Student Film was given to “Words of a Poetaster,” by Ian Welty.
* The Audience Choice Award for Best Theatre was given to “Dracula and the Writing Coach,” written by Judy Fort Brenneman.
* The Jury Award for Best Theatre was given to “Call Me Bill,” written by T. David Rutherford.
* The Audience Choice Award for Best TV Pilot or Special was given to “Carroll Gardens,” produced by Robin Reed.
* The Jury Award for Best TV Pilot or Special was given to “The MisInventions of Milo Weatherby,” written and directed by William Whirity.
* The Jury Award for Best Film/TV Actor was given to Lily Knight in “Touch.”
* The Jury Award for Best Theatre Actor was given to Kathy Cagney in “Forever Young.”

In addition to the jury and audience choice awards, the TriMedia Film Festival announced Jonathan Rhys Davies as its 2011 Trailblazer Award Winner. The Trailblazer Award recognizes an individual whose contributions are making an impact in the industry; who has shown leadership in advancing the arts; or who charts an innovative path though unexplored territory and encourages and blazes a trail for others.

The 6th annual TriMedia Film Festival showcased independent short and feature films; documentaries; original theatre performances; and television specials and pilots at venues in downtown Fort Collins.

2009 Festival Award Winners

Audience Choice Award – Best of the Festival TiMER Jac Schaeffer Director’s Award – Best of the Festival Class C: The Only Game in Town Wally Kurth Audience Choice Award – Best Feature Film Broken Hill Dagen Merrill Jury Award – Best Feature Film Trucker James Mottern Audience Choice Award – Best Documentary Blue Gold: World Water Wars Sam Bozzo Jury Award – Best Documentary I Am a Man: From Memphis, a Lesson in Life Jonathan Epstein Audience Choice Award – Best International Short Film Under My Garden (Sotto il mio giardino) Andrea Lodovichetti Jury Award – Best International Short Film Miracle Fish Luke Doolan Audience Choice Award – Best Short Narrative Film Another New Bike Danny Madden Jury Award – Best Short Narrative Film Ten for Grandpa Doug Karr Audience Choice Award – Best TV Pilot/Special Gideon the Great – “The Flying Ace” Andy Collen Jury Award – Best TV Pilot/Special Parker Street – “Three Crushes” Noah Besser Audience Choice Award – Best Student Film Body of Work Shawna Riley Jury Award – Best Student Film Dibujar (To Draw) Katie Aldworth Audience Choice Award – Best Theatre Down Where the Roses Cling Written by Shauna Earp Jury Award – Best Theatre Freedom Riders Written by Alan Shackelford Audience Choice Award – Best Actor – Theatre Leigh Ann Gould in Down Where the Roses Cling Jury Award – Best Actor – TV & Film Javier Ronceros in Help Wanted