The 12th Annual Big Bear Lake International Film Festival was held on Sept 15-18, 2011. The Big Bear Lake International Film Festival is a non-profit organization dedicated to showcasing the emerging talent of screenwriters and independent filmmakers within the idyllic setting of Big Bear Lake. Our goal is to nurture a festival, which is highly creative, filmmaker friendly and which provides an educational experience for those people interested in all aspects of the film industry.
The festival was founded in 2000 and screens independent feature films, short films, student films, high school student films, documentaries, animation and family films. Jury and Audience Awards are given in each category in addition to a Student Cinematography Award.
The festival has a film industry presence with film & screenwriting jurors in attendance and participating on the popular screenwriting/filmmaker panel discussion on Saturday morning.
2011 Presenters:
William Harris, Bob Fisher, Pierce Gardner, Alex Dawson, Phil Hamilton, Noel Blanc, Larry Hankin, Jordan Romero, Abby Sunderland, Zac Sunderland
Honorary Awards presentations given were:
- Community Appreciation Award, Kathleen Campbell, - Acting Award of Excellence, Stephen Tobolowsky, - Cinematography Lifetime Achievement Award, John Bailey, ASC
- Film Music Lifetime Achievement Award, Michael Giacchino
The 2011 competition winners are as follows:
- Film Competition Awards (Jury)
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- Best Feature – Jury Award
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- Suspicion by David Dilley
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- Best Documentary – Jury Award
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- The Search for Michael Rockefeller by Fraser C. Heston
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- Best Student Film – Jury Award
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- Thief by Julian Higgins (American Film Institute)
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- Best Short film – Jury Award
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- Dead in the Room by Adam Pertofsky
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- Best Animation – Jury Award
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- Barko by Allison Craig
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- Best Family – Jury Award
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- She’s a Fox by Cameron Sawyer
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- Best Cinematography – Jury Award
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- Thief by Andrew Wheeler (American Film Institute)
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- Film Competition Awards (Audience)
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- Best Feature – Audience Award
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- Dealing by Matthew Huffman
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- Best Documentary – Audience Award
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- California Forever by David Vassar
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- Best Student Film – Audience Award
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- Misdirection by Doron Kipper (California State University Northridge)
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- Best High School – Audience Award
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- Subhuman by Michael Aloyan (Clark Magnet High School)
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- Best Short film – Audience Award
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- Cataplexy by John Salcido
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- Best Animation – Audience Award
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Barko by Allison Craig
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- Best Sidebar showcase – Young Adventurers—audience award
- Wild Eyes: The Abby Sunderland Story by Lawrence Sunderland
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- Best 3-D – Audience Award
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- My Dream by Joy Park
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- Best Big Bear connection film – Audience Award
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- Downhill: The Bill Johnson Story
