Annual event announces its top picks
By Matt Brunson
Sita Sings the Blues
The sixth annual Asheville Film Festival wrapped up this past weekend, and here are the winners in the various categories.
(For the record, I served as one of the judges for Best Feature Film, along with Dear Jesse and Loggerheads writer-director Tim Kirkman and Mountain Xpress film critic Ken Hanke.)
FEATURE FILM
Winner: Bart Got a Room
Runner-Up: Sita Sings the Blues
DOCUMENTARY
Winner: Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai
Runner-Up: Under Our Skin
SHORT FILM
Winner: Spielzeugland/Toyland
Runner-Up: More Control
STUDENT FILM
Winner: The Vaudevillian
Runner-Up: Come Back Sweet Heart
ANIMATION
Winner: Sebastian’s Voodoo
Runner-Up: My Uncle Arnie
AUDIENCE AWARDS
Feature Film: The Flyboys
Documentary: American Outrage
Short Film: Finders Keepers
Student Film: Bean
Animation: Sebastian’s Voodoo
ETV SOUTHERN LENS AWARD
Why We Smoke
CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Brad Dourif
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Frank Pierson
This article appears in Nov 11-18, 2008.
