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International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Fest Awards

Best Sci-Fi  Short Film – Secret Identity
Best Sci-Fi Feature Film – Pig
Best Horror Short Film – Brutal Relax
Best Horror Feature Film – It’s In The Blood

Short Film Awards

Best Grade/HS Short Film – Trolley
Best College Short Film – The Life Smugglers
Best Arizona Short Film – Parallax
Best Documentary Short Film – Sacred Poison
Best Live Action Short Film – Play By Play
Best Animated Short Film – Masks

World Cinema Awards

World Cinema Short Film – La Media Pena
World Cinema Documentary – Wolves Unleashed
World Cinema Director – Ruggero Dipaola, Apartment in Athens
World Cinema Best Picture – Apartment in Athens
World Cinema Audience Award Winner – Lidice

Foundation Awards

Arizona Filmmaker of the Year – Diane Dresback
Volunteer of the Year – Tiffany Hutson
Board Member of the Year – Lori AlderferFeature

Film Awards

Dan Harkins Breakthrough Filmmaker Award – Gary King, How Do You Write A Joe Schermann Song
Best Documentary – We Run Sh*t
Best Ensemble – Searching for Sonny
Best Director – Kurt Kuenne, Shuffle
Best Screenwriting – Andrew Disney, Searching for Sonny
Cox Audience Award – How Do You Write A Joe Schermann Song
Best Picture – Shuffle

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Friday is Industry Night

If you are in the film industry in any capacity, please come by and meet yourfellow filmmakers! You do NOT have to be a member of the IFP/PHX to attend. Network to win big prizes!! Cash bar will be available! Mingle with the Who’s Who of the Arizona film community. If you are a part of the Arizona Film and Television Industry, you need to be at the INDUSTRY NIGHT during the Annual Phoenix Film Festival. Be sure to bring your business cards!

Entertainment

5pm – 9pm Micah Beverly

2009 Winner of Alice Cooper’s “Proof is in the Pudding” contest in Phoenix • 2nd place in the 2010 “BOSS Loop Station National Championships” in Hollywood • “Great guitar playing” – Andy Summers (The Police) • This solo Pop/Rock artist records and layers all his parts live using only an acoustic guitar and his voice to create the sound of a full electric band. Find out more at www.micahbeverly.com

9pm – 1am Karaoke Provided by Karaoke Now

Come belt out your favorite songs and be the life of the Friday Night Party! Join our host Ric Reyes for a rockin’ night. KaraokeNow is the total Karaoke source for over 25000 CDs, CDG, DVD, and VCD, of karaoke music. Largest inventory of systems, machines, mixers, players and software that makes us the most comprehensive retailer of karaoke to SAVE on ALL songs, karaoke, and complete systems for a thrilling karaoke event.

5:30pm – Carol Pacey & the Honey Shakers
(lead guitar is Andy Borunda, bass is Mike George, percussion is Omar Cifuentes) is one of a very few female-fronted, all original Americana bands in the Phoenix metro area! With songs written in Americana’s mix of folk, alt-country and rock and roll, Carol brings it all to her shows with enthusiasm, ease and pure joy.

7:00pm Shahrazad Dance Company
Shahrazad Dance Company performs Egyptian and Arabic Raqs Sharqi (belly dance) and folkloric dances in the Southwest. Known for their authentic dances, inspired by Egypt’s rich history of queens and goddesses, and the heroine of 1001 Arabian Nights, the troupe provides the American public a glimpse into the beauty of these colorful and spirited dances, as well as providing Egyptians and Arabs, living abroad, a piece of their culture.

8:00pm Scorpius Dance
Formed in 1999 by choreographer, Lisa Starry, Scorpius Dance Theatre has been a constant presence in the metropolitan Phoenix arts community since its inception, combining the motifs of humor, drama, and both organic and technical movement to form a very distinct brand of dance theater. Lisa Starry’s A Vampire Tale, is the requisite haunt of the fall season, 8 years running. Please visit our Booking page to learn about how you can hire Scorpius for your next event!

9:00pm Provocatease
Do you like dancing girls, magic, high flyers, live music, and comedy galore? Oh yes, yes you do. Allow our multi-talented, smoking hot troop of Vaudevillians to captivate, amuse, and bring your temperature up. There’s something for everyone in our sinfully delightful shows!

10:30pm The Legendary Barbra Seville and Friends
Barbra Seville is a Valley original! When she takes the stage in a flurry of feathers, foam, and frivolity, you are in for a good time. She has delighted audiences from coast to coast for over 15 years with her high-glamor, high energy, and high heels. Experience Barbra at www.thebarbra.com

11:30pm to 1am – We’ll have a DJ to help us close out the night. Stick around until last call!

5:30pm DJ Ascension
The Artist, DJ Ascension represents a uniquely diverse taste of music gathered through generations paired with both natural and fine-tuned mixing skills, the handle: Ascension. may be used to describe but one element of this experience. With remixes including The Who vs. The Chemical Brothers (England), Bob Dylan vs. Daft Punk ((France), the recent Steve Miller Band vs. Danger (France), and the powerful 9/11 tribute mix of K’naan and Datsik(BC) this DJ/VDJ is never to be underestimated.

9:30pm Copper Wing Award Ceremony
Your opportunity to see who the big winners are this year. Come find out who takes home the illustrious Copper Wing Award.

Second Place: A prize pack, listing on Phoenix Film Festival website, two VIP Passes to the 2012 Phoenix Film Festival (accommodations and air fare not included).

Third Place: A prize pack, listing on the Phoenix Film Festival website, a VIP Pass to the 2011 Phoenix Film Festival (accommodations and air fare not included).

Ten Finalists: Ten Finalists to be posted on the Phoenix Film Festival website.

2012 Winners

1^st Place - Company of Bullets
Written by Alan Horsnail

2^nd Place - Painkillers
Written by Giles Daoust

3^rd Place - Founding Fathers
Written by Giles Daoust

Other Finalists (in alpha order by title)

The Chinese Disco
Written by John Harris

The Lottery in Babylon
Written by Emiliano Reyes

Maggie Exposed
Written by Carol Gordon

Making Up With Mortella
Written by Belle Karper

The O Shaped Mouth
Written by Shephali Frost

Slapdash!
Written by Cooper Sukaly

The Wright Stuff
Written by Daniel Turkewitz

From coloring black line reproductions of the festival poster for the youngest to acting and creating their own short films for the oldest, kids will love this action-packed morning.  Everyone will get a kick out of the soundtrack station, where they create a musical soundtrack to a fun film, and the screenwriting station, where they write a script  “Mad Lib” style.

Stations are age-appropriate and run the full gamut of the filmmaking process.  At the conclusion of the activities, the whole family is invited to view the family-friendly film screenings that morning and afternoon.

To get the scoop on all of our films and the schedule, visit our Films page