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2009 Big Island Film Festival Awards

Best Feature

Best Short

Remarkable Power

The Line

   

Best Family Feature

Best Family Short

The Controller

Batter Up

   

Best Hawaiian Feature

Best Hawaiian Short

Relapse
Rain

Best Student Feature

Best Student Short

Rigged
Bohemibot
   

Best Animated Short

Best Foreign Short

Hot Dog
Gone Fishing

 

Barbara Award
Film Which Best Celebrates Children
Hunter’s Adventure

Golden Honu Career Award for Acting
John Saxon

Golden Honu Career Award for Screenwriting
Ron Osborn

Audience Choice Feature
God’s Ears

Audience Choice Short
Kung Fu Granny

Winners of Golden Honu Awards for 2008 Festival

Best Student Short

Vartan LLP

Best Animated Short

Shut-Eye Hotel

Best Hawaiian Short

Sunday Wind

Best Family Short

Struck

Best General Short

Verboten

Best Foreign Short De Pura Cepa

Best Family Feature

The Flyboys

Best Foreign Feature Swamp Devil

Best General Feature

Crazy

Audience Choice Short Mai Tai
Audience Choice Feature The Flyboys

Golden Honu Award - Acting

DB Sweeney

Golden Honu Award - Filmmaker

David Winning

CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE FILMS RECEIVING A 2007 GOLDEN HONU AWARD!

Best Feature Film
Little Chenier

Best Short Film
My Name is Wallace

Best Hawaiian Short Film
Follow the Leader

Best Student Feature Film
Viola

Best Student Short Film
Miss Price is Right

Best Foreign Feature Film
De l'Autre Cote
(from Canada)

Best Foreign Short Film
Occupied
(From Austria)

Best Family Feature Film
Expiration Date

Best Family Short Film
Begleiter

Best Animated Short Film
Guide Dog

Audience Choice Feature Film
Expiration Date

Audience Choice Short Film
Rita

Congratulations to the Golden Honu Award winners at the 2006 Big Island Film Festival

Best Student Short

Danny Boy

Best Animated Short

Santa's Camels

Best Hawaiian Short

Plastic Leis

Best Family Short

Rusty Forkblade

Best General Short

Cigar at the Beach

Best Feature with Animation

Bachelorman

Best Hawaiian Feature

Pele O Ka Foodmart

Best Family Feature

Pirates of the Great Salt Lake

Best General Feature

Self-Medicated

Golden Honu Award - Up-and-Comer

Actor Monty Lapica

Golden Honu Award - Filmmaker

Filmmaker David Cunningham

 

Success Stories

Bachelorman (2006 Best Feature with Animation winner) was purchased by Magnolia Films

Self-Medicated (2006 Best Feature winner) is being distributed by Thinkfilms.

You Did What? is being distributed by Marvista Entertainment. It is currently playing on HBO throughout Europe and was just released on DVD by Lions Gate in the UK. The film will be on TV and DVD in the US in the coming months.

After its world premiere at the Big island Film Festival, PULE WAILELE screened to sold out houses at Maui Film Festival this year and received national coverage for its depiction of the Hawaiian model of environmental awareness.. Filmmaker, John Zak, traveled to Zurich, Switzerland in August 2007 to present the film, which received an overwhelmingly enthusiastic response. PULE WAILELE is distributed by Booklines Hawaii.

Little Chenier has been picked up by Radio London Films. It is being theatrically released starting in December in 10 major cities, including New York and LA.

Hog Island (BIFF 2006) was picked up by Vanguard International Cinema. It was released on DVD in April 2007, and it is available on Netflix, Amazon, ebay, and video rental shops in North America and Mexico.

Rain in the Mountains (BIFF 2007) has been picked up by Vanguard Cinema and will be released on DVD and HD DVD on February 26, 2008.

Two Tickets to Paradise (BIFF2008) is now available on DVD at Netflix and Blockbuster.

Sixes and the One-Eyed King (BIFF 2007) is now available on DVD at Amazon.com.

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