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Add-Your-Own Gallery of 15th Sonoma International Film Festival
Audience favorites "Starbuck" and "Doggie Boogie" celebrated on awards night. Tell us your thoughts, add your photos to this festival wrap-up.
The 15th annual Sonoma International Film Festival came to a close on Sunday evening with an awards party at the Backlot Tent in the historic Sonoma Plaza. Award winners are listed below.
If you have photos, video or stories to share of this year's festival, we urge you to add them to this "Patch public record" of the event.
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During the previous five days, from Wednesday evening to Sunday night, April 11- 15, the Festival showed off over 130 films from 30 countries. A special "La Quinceañera Film Fiesta" celebrated the festival's anniversary with a mini-series of Latino productions.
Patch coverage included a story on what turned out to be the audience favorite feature, "," as well as a of several events on Friday. Festival guest of honor was filmmaker , who was featured on Saturday night at Sonoma Veterans Memorial Hall.
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, the actor known for eccentric roles such as Doc Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy and acid-damaged cabbie Reverend Jim in the TV sitcom "Taxi," was honored with a special tribute on Thursday at the.
The winning films announced on Sunday's closing party included the following (links go to movie info page):
- Audience Favorite World Feature: STARBUCK (Canada | 103 min. | dir: Ken Scott)
- Audience Favorite Feature: DOGGIE BOOGIE (USA | 87 min. | dir: Romanus Wolter)
- Audience Favorite Documentary: WALL: The Journey Up (USA | 88 min. | dir: Wally Baynard)
- Audience Favorite from La Quinceañera Film Fiesta: AMONG WOLVES (Entrelobos) (Spain/Germany | 114 min. | dir: Gerardo Olivares)
- Best Narrative Feature: STARBUCK (Canada | 103 min. | dir: Ken Scott)
- Best Very Independent Feature: HIDALGO: The Untold Story (Hidalgo: La historia jamás contada)
(Mexico | 115 min. | dir: Antonio Serrano) - Best International Feature: MANIPULATION (Switzerland/Germany | 90 min.| dir: Pascal Verdosci)
- Best Documentary Feature, tie between:
- SHAKESPEARE HIGH (USA | 81 min. | dir: Alex Rotaru)
- WALL: The Journey Up (USA | 88 min. | dir: Wally Baynard)
- Best Animated Short: TMZ (USA | 4 min. | dir: Bill Plympton)
- Best Foreign Short: VOLUNTAD & PAZ (Venezuela | 24 min. | dir: Carlos P. Beltrán)
- Best Documentary Short: BONE WIND FIRE (Canada | 30 min. | dir: Jill Sharpe)
- Best Dramatic Short: BEE (USA | 20 min. | dir: Raphael Hitzke)
- Special recognition: Actor Lexi DiBenedetto in LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED? (USA | 20 min. | dir: Kim Rocco Shields)
- Best Experimental Short: A FINGER, TWO DOTS, THEN ME (USA | 8 min. | dir: Daniel Holechek & David M. Holechek
If you have any photos or even video to add to these images, please add them now! And be sure to leave a comment below with your reactions and favorites from this weekend's film festival.
