The Carolina Film & Video Festival, the largest student-run film festival in the state, announced the winners of its 2010 festival at UNCG's Elliott Center Auditorium Saturday night. The awards announcement was followed by a showcase of the winning films.
"Skylight," David Baas' hilarious animated short film about the dangers of global warming took top honors in the Animation/Experimental category. Jacob Penchansky's The Mountain Music Project: A Musical Odyssey from Appalachia to Himalaya won best Independent Documentary, while Emma Cott and Anna Bellee Peevey's "New American Soldier" won best Student Documentary. J. David Ruby's "Trick or Treat" won top honors for high school filmmakers in the documentary category, while Ivana Todorovic's "Harlem Mother" won honorable mention in category.
In the narrative category, Martin Lindstedt's Vintersol won best Independent Film, while Perry Blackshear's "Serenade" won the student category. John Moore's highly innovative "Untitled Moon Project," a bit of revisionist history on the Soviet Union's attempt to upstage the American moon landing in 1969, won honorable mention in the category.
Among North Carolina filmmakers, Conor Britain and Timothy Johnson's documentary, "Sequoia: A Sailor and his Ship" won top honors, while Greg Robbins' "Catalyst," a tightly wound narrative about luck and random chance, got honorable mention in the North Carolina category.
In the UNCG Showcase category, Michael Paulucci's "At Dawn" won the top prize, while Debra Sea's "balance" received honorable mention in the category. The final award of the evening went to Nathan Goldman for his screenplay entitled, The Ruins of Oz.
The festival screened 36 films in four days and featured workshops on a variety of topics including screenwriting and film animation.
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