2010 Vail Film Festival Award Winners
Best Film
Waiting for Forever
Directed by James Keach
Who decides what is normal? A unique story of love, friendship and a view of the world from different perspectives, WAITING FOR FOREVER explores the connections people make in the face of life's changes.
Audience Award
The Assistants
Directed by Steve Morris
They are the eyes and ears of Hollywood. Every script, every contract, every birthday card passes through their hands. If they ever pooled their resources there's nothing they couldn't do. Starring Joe Mantegna, Jane Seymour, Stacy Keach
Best Documentary
Being in the World
Directed by Tao Ruspoli
A celebration of human beings and our ability, through the mastery of physical, intellectual and creative skills, to find meaning in the world around us. Some of our most renowned philosophers, from Harvard to Berkeley, take us on a gripping journey to meet modern day masters—people who not only have learned to respond in a sensitive way to the requirements of their craft, but have also gathered their communities in ways that our technological age threatens to make obsolete.
Best Short
5 Recuerdos
Directed by Alejandra Marquez & Oriana Alcaine
Irma walks up and down the aisles of a market repeating a list of ingredients to herself. She can remember the first four but keeps forgetting the fifth ingredient. To retrieve the lost memory, Irma embarks on a journey to the deepest part of her consciousness.
Best Student Film
TypeA
Directed by Erick Fefferman
Best Activism Film
Split Estate
Directed by Debra Anderson
Split Estate documents the devastating effect that oil and gas drilling is having on the health of families and the environment in the Rocky Mountain West.
Best Adventure Film
Ride the Divide
Directed by Hunter Weeks
An inspiring story about the world's toughest mountain bike race which traverses over 2700 miles along the Continental Divide in the Rocky Mountains. The story weaves three characters' experiences with immense mountain beauty and small-town culture as they all attempt to pedal from Banff, Canada to a small, dusty crossing on the Mexican border.
Tribute Awards
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Jane SeymourRiva Award for Achievement in Acting“Dr. Quinn,” Wedding Crashers |
Zach Braff2010 Renegade Award“Scrubs,” Garden State |
Dennis Haysbert2010 Excellence in Acting Award recipient“24,” “The Unit,” Far from Heaven |
Download VFF 2010 Official Program Guide & Schedule
Festival Venues in Vail and Beaver Creek
VFF 2010 Screenplay Contest Winners
Winners Announced for the 4th Annual Vail Film Festival Screenplay Competition
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