The 8th annual Reel Teens Festival was held June 6-8, in Upstate New York. A panel of entertainment industry judges awarded prizes to the best entries in 10 categories with a special Jurors Award presented as well. In addition, at each screening the audience voted for their favorite and an Audience Award was presented. 521 entries were received from across the United States and around the world, with 70 finalists screened over the 3 days. Each winner received $100, a 'Felix' statuette, and a Certificate of Achievement.
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The winners are:
Best Fiction - Cheese Boy Gets Grilled Dreams, by Lexi Walshe, Kingston, NY
Best Fiction (Musical) -Wake Me Up Later, by Angelica Allen and Terrell Davis, Chicago Vocational Career Academy, Chicago, IL
Best Short Fiction - The Unfortunates, by Movie Makers, Durham, NC
Best Documentary - Uphill,by Will Galperin, Rye NY
Best Short Documentary – Defendiendo Mi Cultura, by Media Arts Center, San Diego, CA
Video Diary - Head Case, by Noah Prestwich, Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Best Animation - Claustrophobia, by SAF Cakovec, Cakovec, Croatia
Best Stop Motion Animation - Belle, by Maya Blevins, Perpich Center for Arts Education,. Golden Valley, MN
Best Stop Motion Animation - Tom Lamanna’s Breakfast, by James Belcastro, Pete Furey, Matt Cioffi, Tom LaManna, Niskayuna High School, Niskayuna, NY
Best 3D Animation - Checkers, by Christopher Perrella, Niskayuna High School, Niskayuna, NY
Best Claymation - Kiss Alive, by Nicholas Reichard, Hillard Davidson High School, Columbus, OH
Best Visual Art - The Countdown, by Rene Dongo, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
Best PSA - Fever, by Allison Anderson, Perpich Center for Arts Education Golden Valley, MN
Best Music Video - Girl Anachronism, by Noria Gugliotta, The Indie Project, Bearsville, NY
The Audience Awards: The Countdown, by Rene Dongo, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA Uphill, Will Galperin, Rye, NY Cheese Boy Gets Grilled Dreams,by Lexi Walshe, Kingston, NY
The ninth annual Reel Teens Festival will be held Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, Columbus Day Weekend October 9 -11, 2009. Applications for submission to the 2009 Reel Teens Festival can be found on our web site www.reelteens.org Deadline for submission is June 30, 2009 For more information e-mail reelteens@webjogger.net or call 845-246-1598.
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