Orlando Film Festival 2012 Winners

The Orlando Film Festival welcomed a slate of talented independent cinema to the City Beautiful October 17-21. The Festival aims to promote culture and arts in Downtown Orlando by exposing wide audiences to unique and diverse stories told by independent filmmakers. This year did not disappoint.

West Orlando News spotlighted “Theresa is a Mother” with my Must See review. This was one of the best films I have seen in a long time. “Theresa is a Mother” would later win both Best Feature and Best Director for co-directors husband and wife team Darren and C. Fraser Press.

There were plenty of winners in this year’s slate of films. If you missed the action, be sure to keep an eye out for next year’s festival and other opportunities to support the Arts in Orlando.

Orlando Film Festival 2012
AWARD WINNERS:

–          BEST FEATURE FILM – “Theresa is a Mother”

–          BEST FOREIGN FEATURE – “5*5*5*”

–          BEST DIRECTOR – C. Fraser Press & Darren Press, “Theresa is a Mother”

–          BEST PERFORMANCE – Erik Stolhanske, “Rockbarnes: The Emperor In You”

–          BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR/ACTRESS – Christopher Titus, “Bad Parents”

–          BEST ENSEMBLE – “Servitude”

–          BEST DOCUMENTARY – “Opening Our Eye’s”

–          MOST INSPIRATIONAL – “Pui Chan: Kung Fu Pioneer”

–          INDIE SPIRIT AWARD – Jerry Callavaro, “Nic & Jerry Get ‘OFF’”

–          AUDIENCE CHOICE SHORT FILM – “Scramble Vision”

–          MOST OUTRAGEOUS – “Ben Dovere”

–          BEST SHORT FILM – “Elegy for a Revolution”

–          BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY – “Cardboard Titanic”

–          BEST FOREIGN SHORT – “Usura”

–          BEST ANIMATION – “Ladies Knight”

–          BEST STUDENT SHORT – “Beyond Belief”