2010
The 2nd Annual Albuquerque Film Festival ended on a high note Sunday, August 29, with a dinner and awards presentation at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Albuquerque. Awards went to both feature and short films highlighting the diversity of talent attracted to the Albuquerque Film Festival.
Festival director Rich Henrich said, “We were so pleased to end the Festival by recognizing both our incredible filmmakers, and the late Dennis Hopper. This year’s attendance far surpassed our first Festival and I think that has a lot do with our efforts to support the independent and unique abilities of both local and international film talent.”
Here is a full list of Festival award winners:
BEST FEATURE – American Cowslip
BEST NEW MEXICO FEATURE – Becoming Eduardo
BEST DOCUMENTARY – The Shaman & Ayahuasca
BEST COMEDY – Pickin’ & Grinnin’
BEST SHORT FILM – Delayed
BEST NEW MEXICO SHORT FILM – L’Americano
BEST MUSIC VIDEO – Champagne Bike Ride (Monster Paws)
PRESS AWARD – Shakespeare Behind Bars
MARKETING AWARD – Pickin’ & Grinnin’
CINEPHILE AWARD – Johnny Dowers
MAVERICK FILMMAKER AWARD – Monte Hellman
FILM FOR CHANGE AWARD – The Dry Land
MOVIEMAKER AWARD – Terry Leonard
DENNIS LEE HOPPER AWARD – awarded to Dennis Hopper in memoriam
Feature Films
ABSENT
Sat, Aug. 28. 2:30 PM @ The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
- with IF YOU’RE NOT NOW, YOU NEVER WERE
ADVENTURES OF A TEENAGE DRAGON SLAYER (Kid’s program)
Sun, Aug. 29. 6 PM @ the Aux Dog
with INTREPIDO
AMERICAN COWSLIP
Fri, Aug. 27. 6 PM @ the KiMo
2nd Screening, Sunday, Aug. 29. 1 PM @ the KiMo
AMERICAN MYSTIC
Sat, Aug. 28. 4 PM @ Aux Dog
- with HOLLYWOOD HILL
BECOMING EDUARDO
Fri, Aug. 27. 8 PM @ the Bank of America Theater @ the National Hispanic Cultural Center
- with EFRAIN
BROTHERS AT WAR
Sun, Aug. 29. 10 AM @ Aux Dog
CRIMSON MASK
Sat, Aug. 28. 12 noon @ the KiMo
– with THE FANTASTIC MAGNIFICO and FRED
DETECTING DANGER (International Social Action Film Festival)
Sun, Aug. 29. 12:30 PM @ the Aux Dog
DISAPPEARANCES
Sun, Aug. 29. 3:30 pm @ the Bank of America Theater @ National Hispanic Cultural Center
- with PASCAL’S BULLET
THE DRY LAND
Thurs, Aug. 26. 8 PM @ the Bank of America Theater @ the National Hispanic Cultural Center
America Ferrera in attendance
EMPIRE OF SILVER
Sat, Aug. 28. 6 PM @ the KiMo
- with L’AMERICANO
EVERYWHERE NOW
Sat, Aug. 28 11 AM @ the Southwest Film Center at UNM
Fri, Aug. 27. 2 PM @ The Guild
- with EPI’S DILEMMA and A SHORT FILM
Fri, Aug. 27. 8:30 PM @ the KiMo
- with DELAYED
Fri, Aug. 27. 4:30 PM @ The Guild
- with THE EMPRESS
Sun, Aug. 29. 10 AM @ Southwest Film Center at UNM
- with PATH LIGHTS
IN & OUT OF FOCUS
Fri, Aug. 27. 2 PM @ the Aux Dog
Fri, Aug. 27. 5 PM @ the KiMo
Sat, Aug. 28. 1:30 PM @ The Southwest Film Center at UNM
- with MONOTYPE
Sun, Aug. 29. 4:30 PM @ the KiMo
- with THE FARM
Sat, Aug. 28. 8:30 PM @ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
- with Actor John Diehl in attendance
Sun, Aug. 29. 4:30 PM @ The Guild
- with A THROUGH M
Fri, Aug. 27. 7 PM @ The Guild
Sat, Aug. 28. 4:30 pm @ the Guild
- with LE BLOW JOB
Sat, Aug. 28. 2:30 PM @ The KiMo
- with CHAMBER NO. 6
Sat, Aug. 28. 1:30 PM @ Aux Dog
Sat, Aug. 28. 4 PM @ Southwest Film Center at UNM
- with THERE ONCE WAS
Thu, Aug. 26. 4:30 PM @ Aux Dog
Sun, Aug. 29. 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM @ Aux Dog
- with SLAP
Fri, Aug. 27. 5 PM @ The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
Sat, Aug. 28. 6 PM @ The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
- with DER GREIS and SASQUATCH AND THE GIRL
SOME DAYS ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS
Fri, Aug. 27. 3:30 PM @ The Southwest Film Center at UNM
Sat, Aug. 28. 7:30 PM @ The Guild
- with RADIUS
Fri, Aug. 27. 4:30 PM @ Aux Dog
Sat, Aug. 28. 12 noon @ Aux Dog
Fri, Aug. 27. 10 AM @ Aux Dog
presented by The International Social Action Film Festival
Thurs, Aug. 26. 6 PM @ Aux Dog
Fri, Aug. 27. 1 PM @ The Southwest Film Center at UNM
- with SPEEDDATE
TWO-LANE BLACKTOP (Monte Hellman retrospective)
Wed, Aug. 25. 8 PM @ The Guild.
THE SHOOTING (Monte Hellman retrospective)
Thurs, Aug. 26. 2:30 PM @ The Guild
COCKFIGHTER (Monte Hellman retrospective)
Fri, Aug. 27. 12 noon @ The Guild
PARIS TROUT (Hopper retrospective)
Thurs, Aug. 26. 6 PM @ The Guild
MAD DOG MORGAN (Hopper retrospective)
Sat, Aug. 28. 8:30 PM @ The KiMo
THE LAST MOVIE (Hopper retrospective)
Sun, Aug. 29. 8 PM @ The Guild
THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST: ARE WE RUNNING DRY? (Aldo Leopold Legacy Series)
Thurs, Aug. 26. 7:30 pm @ the CABQ Open Space Visitor’s Center
SPLIT ESTATE (Aldo Leopold Legacy Series)
Fri, Aug. 27. 8 PM @ UNM’s Lower Johnson Field
FRESH THE MOVIE (Aldo Leopold Legacy Series)
Sat, Aug. 28. 8 PM @ the Gutierrez-Hubbell House
BUTTERFLIES AND BULLDOZERS (Aldo Leopold Legacy Series)
Sun, Aug. 29. 2 PM @ UNM’s George Pearl Auditorium
Short Film Programs
1 – SHORTS THAT MAKE YOU UNCOMFORTABLE
Fri, Aug. 27. 5 PM @ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
Sat, Aug. 28. 12:30 noon @ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
Sun, Aug. 29. 2 PM @ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
Kink, Inc.
Phone Sex Grandma
Red Water Red
Milestone
Fri, Aug. 27. 5 PM @ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
Sat, Aug. 28. 12:30 noon @ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
Sun, Aug. 29. 2 PM @ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
True Beauty This Night
Delivery Date
Out of Here
Out of Reach
3 – SNEAKY PETES (criminals and spies)
Fri, Aug. 27. 2 PM @ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
Sat, Aug. 28. 7 PM @ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
Sun, Aug. 29. 12:30 noon @ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
Spy Love You
Marvelous Misadventures of Maxillian Gunn & Jewel Cassidy
The Deposition of Lou Bagetta
The Adventures of Rosco and Buster
4 – IT’S NOT WHAT YOU THINK (shorts that will surprise you)
Fri, Aug. 27. 12 noon @ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
Sat, Aug. 28. 4 PM @ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
Sun, Aug. 29. 2 PM@ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
Sudden Death
The Confession
Basil
Random Natural Occurrence
Spider
Fri, Aug. 27. 2 PM @ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
Sat, Aug. 28. 5:30 PM @ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
Sun, Aug. 29. 11 AM@ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
Athena
L’Americano
The Lifter-Upper
Drop Dead Gorgeous
There Once Was
Fri, Aug. 27. 3:30 PM @ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
Sat, Aug. 28. 2 PM @ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
Sun, Aug. 29. 12:30 PM @ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
Love Child
Lights
The Astronomer’s Son
Le Blow Job
A Short Film
Sebastian’s Voodoo
Slap
7 – TONGUE IN CHEEK MOCKUMENTARY
Fri, Aug. 27. 3:30 PM @ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
Sat, Aug. 28. 1 PM @ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
Sun, Aug. 29. 11 AM @ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
Uncle Froggy’s Ranch House
Gandhi at the Bat
Beyond the Legend
Engaged
The Kinda Sutra
8 – TALES FROM THE DARKER SIDE
Fri, Aug. 27. 6:30 PM @ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
Sat, Aug. 28. 7 PM @ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
Sun, Aug. 29. 3:30 PM @ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
The Orchard
Delayed
Detours
The Joy Thief
The Amniote
9 – TALES OF URBAN BOHEMIA (stories of the city)
Fri, Aug. 27. 1 PM @ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
Sat, Aug. 28. 5:30 PM @ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
Sun, Aug. 29. 3:30 PM @ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
Greenwich & 11th
Powerball
The Third Rule
Speeddate
Mucho Roomies
The Yellow Balloon
Radius
Fri, Aug. 27. 3 PM @ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
Sat, Aug. 28. 12:30 PM @ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
Far Gone
Path Lights
La Nina del Desierto
11. FAMILY DRAMA (and you think your family’s bad…)
Fri, Aug. 27. 5 PM @ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
Sat, Aug. 28. 2:30 PM @ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
Sun, Aug. 29. 11 AM @ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
Deliverance
Roots in Water
The Jacket
Whiskey Flats
12. KIDS MAKE MOVIES (NM Children’s Film Ranch series)
Sun, Aug. 29. 3 PM. @ The Aux Dog
Son of Bond
Monster
War Kisses Starfish
Love Makes Scents
Thurs, Aug. 26. 12 noon @ Aux Dog
Sat, Aug. 28. 10:30 AM @ Aux Dog
Pirkle Jones: 7 Decades Photographed
Robert Redford: Walk in the Clouds
14. MUSIC VIDEOS & COMMERCIALS (featuring Matt McCormick, the Pander Brothers, the Canter Brothers)
Fri, Aug. 27. 6:30 PM @ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
Sun, Aug. 29. 3:30 PM @ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
15. STAFF SCREENING (short films by the AFF staff)
Fri, Aug. 27. 12 noon @ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
Sat, Aug. 28. 11 AM @ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
Sun, Aug. 29. 3:30 PM @ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
Leather Kittens Gone Bad
Murders Inn
Pool Shark
The Prize
The Double
16. COMEDY FILM NERDS SHORTS
Fri, Aug. 27. 12:30 PM @ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
Sun, Aug. 29. 12:30 PM @ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
17. INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL ACTION FILM FESTIVAL SHORTS 1
Thurs, Aug. 26. 2 PM @ Aux Dog
Outlawed – Extraordinary Rendition, Torture and Disappearances in the ‘War on Terror’ Witness
South Central Farm
Orbital Debris Site-Specific Artwork
Walleyball
18. INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL ACTION FILM FESTIVAL SHORTS 2
Sat, Aug. 28. 7 PM @ Aux Dog
YouthBuild USA
A New Dream
Occupied Minds
Fri, Aug. 27. 4 pm @ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
Sat, Aug. 28. 4 pm @ the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ABQ
The Baby Monitor
Dear John
