Past Film Festival Winners

Film Name:  "O Happy Tumor"
Director:  Taylor Johnson
Category:  Best of Festival
Prod. Co.:  Cinema North East
San Antonio, TX

Film Name:  "Quitter"
Director:  Paul Blaskowsky
Category:  Best Comedy
Prod. Co.:  Gato Malo
Deer Park, TX

Film Name:  "Fantastic Fortune"
Director:  Mike Fisher
Category:  Best Short Film
Prod. Co.:  Goofa Man Productions
San Antonio, TX

Film Name:  "Fetus"
Director:  Taylor Johnson
Category:  Best Student Project
Prod. Co.:  Cinema North East
San Antonio, TX

Film Name:  "Vanishing Cultures: Bushmen of the Kalahari"
Director:  Paula Ely
Category:  Best Documentary
Prod. Co.:  Springbok Films
Sherman Oaks, CA

Film Name:  "After Twilight"
Director:  Gary L. Watson
Category:  Best of Festival
Prod. Co.:  Nu-Classic Films
Houston, TX

Film Name:  "Once Upon A Time A King"
Director:  Massimiliano Mauceri
Category:  Best Foreign
Prod. Co.:  Building Productions
Fironzo, Italy

Film Name:  "This is Keith Rolyat"
Director:  Taylor Johnson
Category:  Best Student Project
Prod. Co.:  Cinema North East
San Antonio, TX

Film Name:  "Zoom Suit"
Director:  John Taddeo
Category:  Best Animation
Prod. Co.:  Superversc.com
Lighthouse Point, FL

Film Name:  "Once Not Far From Home"
Director:  Ben Van Hook
Category:  Best Art/Experimental
Prod. Co.:  Stars North
Houston, TX

Film Name:  "Clean People"
Director:  Roy S. Ford
Category:  Best Comedy
Prod. Co.:  Roy Boy Films
Spring, TX

Film Name:  "What's Two + Three?"
Director:  Peter Hawley
Category:  Best of Festival
Prod. Co.:  Windy Cine Productions
Chicago, IL

Film Name:  "Alone"
Director:  Joseph Mark Clark IV
Category:  Best Art/Experimental
Prod. Co.:  Joe Clark
Houston, TX

Film Name:  "Furniture People"
Director:  Chris Night
Category:  Best Drama
Prod. Co.:  Knight
Birmingham, AL

Film Name:  "Hope is a Thing with Feathers"
Director:  Mamie McCall
Category:  Best Music Film
Prod. Co.:  Davine Trailer Films
Studio City, CA

Film Name:  "Rose"
Director:  Sam Salem
Category:  Best Student Project
Prod. Co.:  University of Miami
Coconut Grove, FL

2003

Barry Corbin - (actor)

Film Name:  "The Vest"
Director:  Paul Gutrecht
Category:  Best of Festival
Prod. Co.:  Door to Door Films
Venice, CA

Film Name:  "Persistance"
Director:  James Collinane
Category:  Best Drama Film
Prod. Co.:  EYE on U Films
Orlando, FL

Film Name:  "Entertaining Vietnam"
Director:  Mara Wallis
Category:  Best Documentary
Prod. Co.:  Wallis
San Francisco, CA

Film Name:  "The Ninjews"
Director:  Josh Bass
Category:  Best Animated Film
Prod. Co.:  Non-Practicing Productions
Houston, TX

Film Name:  "Chimera"
Director:  Doug Shineman
Category:  Best Student Project
Prod. Co.:  D-Media Entertainment
Westfield, NJ

Film Name:  "The Quarry"
Director:  Greg Chwerchak
Category:  Best Drama Film
Prod. Co.  Berberich/Chwerchak/Jones
Hollywood, CA

Film Name:  "Ocoee: Legacy of the Election Day Massacre"
Director:  Sandra Krasa
Category:  Best Documentary Film
Production Company:  No Visuals
Webster, TX

Film Name:  "Taste It All"
Director:  Richard J. Liukis
Category:  Best Short Film
Prod. Co.:  H.H./R.J.L/J.B./&M.S.
Los Angeles, CA

2001

Loretta Swit (actress)

Film Name:  "The Marianao Kid"
Director:  Arthur E. Bergel
Category:  Best Of Festival
Prod. Co.:  FJH Studios
Houston, TX

Film Name:   "Alma"
Director:  Eric Hoffland
Category:  Best Drama Film
Prod. Co.: Third Wheel Productions
League City, TX

Film Name:  "The Death of Everything Good and True"
Director:  Matthew Marshall
Category:  Best Art/Experimental Film
Prod. Co.:  Romanstyle Films
Houston, TX

Film Name:  "Five Wishes"
Director:  Stuart Alexander
Category:  Best Comedy Film
Prod. Co.:  Five Wishes Productions
Valley Village, CA

Film Name:  "Battleship Texas: The Lone Star Ship"
Director:  Tim Holland
Category:  Best Documentary Film
Prod. Co.:  Triumvirate Pictures
Arlington, TX