Red Rock Film Festival ranked in a 2009 top 25 list!
Thank you to all our volunteers who greeted and helped our filmmakers last year – MovieMaker magazine has listed the Red Rock Film Festival in "25 Festivals Worth the Entry Fee." www.moviemaker.com/festivals/article/
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Thanks to our Judges
The Red Rock Film Festival would once again like to thank our wonderful judges of 2008:
FEATURE JUDGES
• Steve Shor (former Business Manager of TriStar and panelist at Cannes Film Festival and Toronto Worldwide Shorts Festival)
• Chris Harding (executive producer of Stephen Hawking's: Beyond the Horizon, producer of Disney's Summer of the Monkeys, and The Christmas Box)
• Mark Mower (producer of April's Shower, Spun and Bully)
• Gordon Lonsdale (cinematographer for the TV series Bones and Northern Exposure, as well as for several films including High School Musical)
SHORTS JUDGES
• Jennifer Coronado (Marketing and Production Manager for Industiral Light & Magic,)
• Mary Perica (documentary editor for films for A&E and Discovery Channel,)
• TC Christianson (cinematographer for several films, including Forever Strong, and Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West) and
• Greg Schwenk (Executive Director of the Newport Beach Film Festival.)
Last year's Winning Films
Congratulations to our winning films, and thank you to all the directors that came out! A selection of winning films were shown at St. George's First Night on December 31, 2008 with nearly every show sold out. All funds from tickets sold go to next year's First Night.
A repeat showing of
1 Giant Leap: What About Me?
was shown at the Canyon Community Center in Springdale on Monday, February 23rd.
A repeat showing of
Friends for Life
was shown at the Ivins city park on Friday, April 17. Stay tuned for other summer screenings.
 Directors' night out. Left to Right: Director Justin Lubke (Class C ), Director Robert Skyler Payne (The Pizza King), and Director Shasta Grenier (Class C) at the Opening Party at the Steak & Seafood Company.
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Official Selections 2009
Will be announced at the end of summer, 2009.
2008 Festival was a blast
With festival parties and premieres every night, there was plenty to do in the little town of Springdale, Utah.
 Left to Right: Producer Suren M. Seron, Director Stuart Ross and Cinematographer Christopher Gosch after the First Look screening of Forever Plaid — The Movie
Official Selections 2008
Congratulations to the following filmmakers and their acceptance to the 2008 Red Rock Film Festival:
Ron Berrett's An American in China
David Lebrun's Breaking the Maya Code
Justin Lubke & Shasta Grenier's Class C
Michael Keller's Defying Gravity
Michael Spence's Friends for Life
Peter Paige's Leaving Barstow
Cynthia Lester's My Mother's Garden
Margaret Young & Darius Gray's Nobody Knows: The Untold Story of Black Mormons
Ilana Sol's On Paper Wings
Kristen & Marshall Thompson's A Soldier's Peace
Robert Milazzor's War Eagle, Arkansas
Chris Baley & Kim Shirely's Wesley Willis's Joyrides
Jamie Catto & Duncan Bridgeman's
1 Giant Leap: What About Me?
Gary Null's Vaccine Nation
plus premieres of
Forever Plaid,
Amal,
Heart of Fire, and
Mark of Cain
Leading Software sponsors
offer Prizes to Winners
The Red Rock Film Festival is proud to have Hollywood Edge and Topaz Labs as providers of prizes for this year's festival. Prizes will be awarded for from both Grand Jury and Audience Choice for "Best Narrative Feature", "Best Narrative Short" "Best Documentary Feature" "Best Documentary Short" plus Aglet Awards for Feature and Short. Other prizes we hope to give out are for Animation, Music Video, and Special Achievement.
The 2008 Festival
OPENING NIGHT at RED CLIFFS CINEMA
Sultans of the South
(Sultanes del Sur)
Opening Night Film
Western States Premiere
THU, 11/13/2008
7:30 pm Sultans of the South
at Red Cliff Cinema
6:45 pm Reception at the Red Cliff Cinema patio hosted by Texas Roadhouse
9:30 pm Zion Flix I: Stars on 35
shorts program
9:45 pm Opening Night Party
Steak & Seafood Restaurant
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