The Estes Park Film Festival concluded on September 17th with newcomer Monty Lapica’s powerful film Self Medicated winning both Best Feature and Audience Award. Based on true events, Self Medicated is about an out of control youth who is sent against his will to a corrupt psychiatric hospital. Stacy Marr’s Getting Lucky about one woman’s attempt at internet dating took home the Best Short Film Award while Donna Musil’s Brats: Our Journey Home, the first documentary about growing up as a military brat, won Best Documentary.
Celebrating their inaugural year, the 2006 Estes Park Film Festival showcased 9 feature-length films and 26 short films from across the country. The festival took place at the Historic Park Theatre in beautiful Estes Park, Colorado from September 15th - 17th, 2006 with an awards ceremony on the final night. In addition to the films, the Estes Park Film Festival also served as a fundraising event to help raise money to renovate and restore the Historic Park Theatre to its original cinematic elegance. Festival attendees and filmmakers traveled from as far away as California and Florida to enjoy the films, parties, and awards gala at Estes Park’s premier event.
Below is a list of all the festival winners. Best Feature: Self Medicated – Monty Lapica Best Short Film: Getting Lucky - Stacy Marr Best Documentary: Brats: Our Journey Home - Donna Musil Best Student Film: Test - Lorne Pribbeno Best New Filmmakers: Mike Vanderwyst, Jason Durdon, and Jeff Frye Best Actor: Nicky Korba – 3:16 Audience Award for a Feature Film: Self Medicated – Monty Lapica
Feature Films
Self Medicated – Monty Lapica Brats: Our Journey Home - Donna Musil Preserve Me a Seat – Jim Fields Subdivision, Colorado - Neil Widener The Empty Acre – Patrick Rea Scared New World - Yahn Soon Tara’s Daughters - Roslyn Dauber Costa Rica – Nick Molle StreetWok’n - Matthew Gunter & Eric Matyas
Short Films
A World at Waste - Stuart MacDonald A Thousand Words - William Craig The Sand Creek Massacre - Donald L. Vasicek Sideshow - Sheila E. Schroeder Carhenge: Genius or Junk? - David Liban Sand Mandala - Meryem Ersoz Science or Faith: Intelligent Design in Public Schools - Caite Adams and Jeff Rudkin Return to Auschwitz - Brady Jones and Jeff Rudkin Do You Want the Elephant Music - Leslie Dektor Southwestern Orange County vs. the Flying Saucers - Robert Dastoli Escape Velocity - Scott Ligon Monday Morning - Anthony Spadaccini The Girl who could run 600 miles per hour - Mark Thimijan Getting Lucky - Stacy Marr The Viewing - Horsetooth Productions Test - Lorne Pribbeno Zero the Counter - Patrick Rea Riverside - Todd Tinkham In the Can - Ethan Knightchilde Leave 'em Hangin' - David Higgins The Offering - Paul Lee Eyes of an Artist - Michael Vanderwyst 3:16 - Mike Vanderwyst and Jeff Frye A Bedtime Story for the End of the World – Howard & Helen Kingkade Air Hockey - Adam Bell Tower of Love – Sean Doherty
Picture Set #2 courtesy of the producers of "3:16" and "Eyes of an Artist"
Photo Set #3 courtesy of Stacy Marr from the film "Getting Lucky".
Picture set #4 courtesy of Jenna MacGregor and Estes Valley Resorts
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