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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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