SOAPIFF Awards 2010
Welcome to the Southern Appalachian International Film Festival, (SOAPIFF) where one can watch world-class films within minutes of glorious hiking trails through the Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains. The purpose of SOAPIFF is to publicly recognize, promote, and preserve the work of independent filmmakers and encourage film production and film culture in Southern Appalachia. The Filmmaker can film in a kaleidoscope of site locations that provide a unique setting in Southern Appalachia. Films you might know that were shot in Southern Appalachia: “Dirty Dancing,” “Goodbye, Miss 4th of July,” “The River,” “What about Bob” among others.
SOAPIFF has revived an annual film festival in greater East Tennessee, the birthplace of the oldest continuous independent film festival in the American South (the Sinking Creek Film Celebration*). Therefore one of our most prestigious awards is dedicated to Sinking Creek founder Mary Jane Coleman.
* Note: the Sinking Creek Film Celebration is now the Nashville Film Festival
Best Cultural Minority Feature Film--Bicycle Bride
Best Foreign Language Feature Film--Empire of Silver
Best Documentary Feature Film--Malayaka House
Best Independent Feature Film--All for Liberty
Best Art/Experimental Feature Film--Bodmer's Reise (Bodmer's Journey)
Best Southern Feature Film--Displaced: The Unexpected Fallout from the Cold War
Best Appalachian Feature Film--Broken Springs: Shine of the Undead Zombie Bastards
Best Horror Feature Film--True Nature
Best Environmental Feature Film--The End of the Line
Best Gender Issues Feature Film--Toe to Toe
Best GLBT Feature Film--Sasha
Best Short Drama--The Desperate
Best Short Documentary--Homegrown Revolution
Best Short International--Requiem for Kosova
Best Short Comedy--Love Does Grow on Trees
Best Actor--Eric Sweeney, Blue Ridge
Best Actress--Whitney Powell, Moonshine Inc.
Best Supporting Actor--Tyler Rollinson, Trailer Park
Best Supporting Player--William Belli, Defying Gravity
Best Director--Patrick Steele, True Nature
Best Screenplay--Vince Sweeney, Blue Ridge
Best Adapted Screenplay--Patrick Muhlberger, Johnny Look, Nick Knittel, Jeff Bowers; Trailer Park
Best Editing--Empire of Silver
Best Cinematography--Empire of Silver
Best Score--Empire of Silver
Mountain Color by Day, Technicolor by Night.
SOAPIFF Awards 2010
Downloadable CALL FOR ENTRY POSTERS: PDF of Call for entries
& Student Call For Entries PDF
