A Brief History of the BLACK POINT FILM FESTIVAL

THE LIFE & TIMES OF AN INDIE FESTIVAL

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The Black Point Film Festival was a project created out of frustration. In a country full of corporate run multiplexes, small towns like Lake Geneva, Wisconsin were lacking in anything outside the mainstream. Art house films that included Documentaries, Foreign language and small Indie films never came to town until they were released on DVD.

Upon returning home from the Sundance Film Festival in January 2000 and being stranded in numerous airports due to weather, David Malsch would spend his waiting time in airport lounges in-between flights. By the time he finally flew back into Milwaukee, he was a drunk and full of ambitions on starting his own independent film festival.

With Lake Geneva being a premier location for a venture like this, David enlisted the help of his wife Lisa and close friends Richard Paro and Jo Anna Schwenning. Together they created what would become the Black Point Film Festival, the first and only Independent Film Festival in the state of Wisconsin.

The festival opened in April, 2002 to amazing numbers. All the promoting and work that went into the first year paid off with sold-out shows and packed after parties. They screened over 80 films in just under 3 days and put Black Point on the map for film festivals in America.

In April 2003, the success of the first year doubled the second year. Screening less films than the first year but better films attracted filmmakers from all over the world to compete in what was slowly becoming a festival to be noticed. The Parties were bigger, the films were better and the audiences were great.

In their 3rd year, the festival hooked up an with indie music label out of Chicago named Machine Records. This marriage of film and music was the perfect ingredient to vault this festival forward. With great films and even better parties at night that now included the best in independent music Black Point reached a new level.

One of the great things about Black Point was the involvement with world renowned film Critic Michael Wilmington. Michael was the festivals board of advisor(s) and helped promote and run the festival. His film expertise and support of the festival was inmesureable. He helped introduce and conduct Q&A's and did great seminars and talks about the past and future of film.

In 2005, the festival hit a snag by losing two of the founding directors. This put the bulk of planning and programming on David and Lisa. The biggest mistake Black Point made was by not going non-profit like they should have in the beginning. Since the festival had been finaincially supported by the founders alone, money was beginning to be a major hurdle in the future of the festival. A lack of support from the city officials of Lake Geneva also began to make things harder to continue. On May 1, 2005 the Black Point Film Festival had to end it's run on the final day of it's 4th year.

Festival founder and executive director David Malsch considers Black Point to be the proudest thing he had ever been a part of. The loss of the festival broke his heart and drove him over 2,000 miles away from it. The idea of staying in Wisconsin and not doing the festival was far too painful than he wanted to admit. In it's brief exisitance Black Point proved that in a society forced fed pop music and mainstream movies, there was a massive audience of people who appreciated and demanded smart independent cinema and music.

While David refuses to ever completely kill off his festival, the hopes are that someday, somehow Black Point can live again. The lessons learned and the experiences alone have changed not only those involved but proved the importance of alternative media in a community. The festival began and ended with frustration but the memories and accomplishments were anything but.

BLACK POINT AWARD WINNERS

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FEATURE FILM AWARDS

2004: FUNNY HA HA
PRODUCER: ETHAN VOGT
HONORABLE MENTION: ASH TUESDAY
(P: SHANNON GOLDMAN & TONY SPIRIDAKIS)

2003: GETTING OUT OF RHODE ISLAND
PRODUCERS: CHRISTIAN DE REZENDES & RACHEL LANGLEY
HONORABLE MENTION: DINNER & A MOVIE
(P: LISA KORS & RANDY SIMON)

2002: THE ICELANDIC DREAM
PRODUCERS: JULIUS KEMP & JON F. THORODDSEN
HONORABLE MENTION: JOYFUL PARTAKING
(P: JAMES EATON & WILLIAM MOREING)

DOCUMENTARY FILM AWARDS

2005 (SHORT OR FEATURE): HUMMINGBIRD
PRODUCER: HOLLY MOSHER
HONORABLE MENTION: MARDI GRAS: MADE IN CHINA
(P: DAVID REDMON)

2004: DEADLINE
PRODUCERS: DALLAS BRENNAN & KATY CHEVIGNY
HONORABLE MENTION: LOLITA: SLAVE TO ENTERTAINMENT
(P: RATTLE THE CAGE PRODUCTIONS)

2003: WHO COUNTS? ELECTION REFORM IN AMERICA
PRODUCER: FRED SILVERMAN
HONORABLE MENTION: FOUR BANGERS
(P: MATT GOLIN)

2002: CHAMPION BLUES
PRODUCER: PAUL VIK MARSHALL
HONORABLE MENTION: WANNABE: JUST A BOY & HER DREAM
(P: DAN LUND)

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS

2004: DEADLINE
PRODUCERS: DALLAS BRENNAN & KATY CHEVIGNY
HONORABLE MENTION: NOISE
(P: LANCY DOTY, SHANNON GOLDMAN & TONY SPIRIDAKIS)

2003: MY LIFE WITH MORRISSEY
PRODUCERS: LYNN HOBSON & CAROLYN SHAUSHKIN
HONORABLE MENTION: FOUR BANGERS
(P: MATT GOLIN)

2002: DO IT FOR UNCLE MANNY
PRODUCER: JOY CZERWONLY
HONORABLE MENTION: RETURNING MICKEY STERN
(P: JOSEPH BOLONGA & MICHAEL PRYWES)

DIRECTING AWARDS

2004: KATY CHEVIGNY & KRISTEN JOHNSON for DEADLINE
HONORABLE MENTION: ANDREW BUKALSKI for FUNNY HA HA

2003: CHRISTIAN DE REZENDES for GETTING OUT OF RHODE ISLAND
HONORABLE MENTION: LISA KORS for DINNER & A MOVIE

2002: WILLIAM MOREING for JOYFUL PARTAKING
HONORABLE MENTION: ROBERT DOUGLAS for THE ICELANDIC DREAM

ACTING AWARDS

2004: TRISH GOFF in NOISE
HONORABLE MENTION: KATE DOLLENMAYER in FUNNY HA HA

2003: JACKIE BUSCARINO in MY LIFE WITH MORRISSEY
HONORABLE MENTION: MARIANNE HAGEN in DINNER & A MOVIE

2002: LYNWOOD ROBINSON in ONE BLOOD PLANET
HONORABLE MENTION: JULIA D'ORAZIO in IN THE WAKE

WRITING AWARDS

2005: NICHOLAS O'NEILL for THEY WALK AMONG US

2004: TONY SPIRIDAKIS for ASH TUESDAY
HONORABLE MENTION: ROB GRAY & JAY T. METZ for THREE BARBECUES

2003: MATTHEW ANDERSON, DAVID FIELDS & JOHN GASPARD for GROWN MEN
HONORABLE MENTION: MARK NEUMAN, KEVIN ZINNIEL & SCOTT ZINNIEL for VISIONS OF A MISFIT

2002: JERRY DECKER for ONE BLOOD PLANET
HONORABLE MENTION: WARREN SKEELS for SURFACING

ANIMATED SHORT AWARDS

2005: HANDSHAKE
DIRECTOR: PATRICK SMITH

EXPERIMENTAL SHORT AWARDS

2005: NOT TOO MUCH REMEMBER DIRECTOR: TONY GAULT
HONORABLE MENTION: MAELSTROM (D: TERRY O'LEARY)

2004: TEDDY'S END DIRECTOR: JAN PHILIP CRAMER
HONORABLE MENTION: BEAT BOX PHILLY (D: WARREN BASS & LIZ GOLDBERG)

COMEDIC SHORT AWARDS

2005 (SHORT OR FEATURE): THE RUBBER ROOM
DIRECTOR: MATTHEW HEINZE
HONORABLE MENTION: BROADCAST 23 (D: TOM PUTNAM)

2004: TOM HITS HIS HEAD DIRECTOR: TOM PUTNAM
HONORABLE MENTION: THE FUTURE (D: CASIMIR NOZKOWSKI)

2003: THE CLONES DIRECTOR: WILL CARLOUGH
HONORABLE MENTION: HANG TIME (D: CRAIG GERBER)

2002: INDEFINITELY DIRECTOR: MARC PILVINSKY
HONORABLE MENTION: RITA, PIGBOY & ME (D: ERIC GORDON)

DOCUMENTARY SHORT AWARDS

2005 (SHORT OR FEATURE): HUMMINGBIRD DIRECTOR: HOLLY MOSHER
HONORABLE MENTION: MARDI GRAS: MADE IN CHINA (P: DAVID REDMON)

2004: THE HOT 8 DIRECTOR: GREG SAMATA
HONORABLE MENTION: AWAKE ZION (D: MONICA HAIM)

2003: MITCH DORGE: DOWNSAMPLING PERCEPTION DIRECTOR: JOHN BARNARD
HONORABLE MENTION: OCOEE: LEGACY OF THE ELECTION DAY MASSACRE (D: SANDRA KRASSA & BIANCA WHITE)

2002: LIVE TRANSMISSION DIRECTOR: BARBARA BIRD
HONORABLE MENTION: STATING THE ARTS IN MILWAUKEE (D: BROOKE MAROLDI)

DRAMATIC SHORT AWARDS

2005 (SHORT OR FEATURE): FAULT DIRECTOR: JUST SWIBEL
HONORABLE MENTION: LAST NIGHT OF MARDI GRAS (D: NIKKI NIME)

2004: NIGHT DAWN DAY DIRECTOR: MARC PILVINSKY
HONORABLE MENTION: PASSING (D: ERIC SCHERBARTH)

2003: GRETHEL & HANSEL DIRECTOR: RUSTY NAILS
HONORABLE MENTION: PONY (D: ED-GASS DONNELLY)

2002: THE QUARRY DIRECTOR: GREG CHWERCHAK
HONORABLE MENTION: 4:53 (D: MARTIN PATCH)

24-HOUR FILM CONTEST AWARD

2004: WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS DIRECTOR: SHAWN SLAWSON
HONORABLE MENTION: ROCK ON (D: ANNA KRUTZIK)

INDEX OF FILMMAKERS

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JOSHUA ADAMS
HENRY AARON'S SUMMER UP NORTH, 2005

TY ADAMS
LIES, 2004

JERRY AGUIRRE
PLEAD, 2002

NICKY AREZU AKMAL
ARFF, 2002

AUGUSTA
THE VELVET HAMMER: BURLESQUE, 2004

CHRIS BAILEY
MAJOR DAMAGE, 2002

JAMES BARANY
MY MOST IMPORTANT SELF-PORTRAIT, 2005

ADAM BARATTA
DO IT FOR UNCLE MANNY, 2002

KRIS BARBERG
PSALM 51, 2003

JOHN BARNARD
CEMETERY LOVE STORY, 2003
MITCH DORGE: DOWNSAMPLING PERCEPTION, 2003
MUTUAL CADENCE, 2003

WARREN BASS
BEAT BOX PHILLY, 2004

BENJAMIN BATES
WHEW, 2004

JIM BERNFIELD
THE BEST THANKSGIVING EVER, 2003

BARBARA BIRD
LIVE TRANSMISSION, 2002

DOUG BOLLINGER
JUST LOVERS, 2002

DAN BOOTZIN
LIFE/DRAWING, 2003

CHARLES BOROWICZ
HIM HER ROLAND, 2003

JEREMY BRAVERMAN
LIFE IS SO EASY, 2003

KEVIN BRUCE
KGB AGENT 57, 2003
3O PACK & A CAMERA, 2004

ANDREW BUJALSKI
FUNNY HA HA, 2004

DAVID CAIRNS
THE RETURN OF PEG LEG PETE, 2004

DAMIEN CALDWELL
LINCOLN & 31ST, 2002

DAVID CARAS
FOUND MONEY, 2003

WILL CARLOUGH
THE CLONES, 2003

TIM CARROLL
THE NOVICE, 2005

DAVID CASE
MAYBE IT'S ME, 2002

KIM CAVINESS
TEMPTATION, 2003

KATY CHEVIGNY
DEADLINE, 2004

JAMES CHO
JUDDI RACER, 2002
OFF CENTER LAS VEGAS, 2003

GREG CHWERCHAK
THE QUARRY, 2002

MATTHEW CLOUSTON
BONE JOBS, 2002

ANGEL CONNELL
STOCKING STUFFERS, 2003

BRUNO COPPOLA
STUFF THAT BEAR!, 2004

CHUCK COPPOLA
THE EASTLAND DISASTER, 2003

MATT CORRADO
DIE FREE WILL, 2004

JAN PHILIP CRAMER
TEDDY'S END, 2004

STEPHANIE DANIELS
SOAKED, 2005

CHRISTIAN DE REZENDES
41, 2005
GETTING OUT OF RHODE ISLAND, 2002

JERRY DECKER
ONE BLOOD PLANET, 2002

JOE DENK
I WAS A MATHLETE UNTIL I MET MARGO MARRIS, 2004

NANCY DEREN
HOME, 2004

CHRISTOPHER DINNAN
ZEITGEIST, 2003

ROBERT I. DOUGLAS
ICELANDIC DREAM, 2002

ADAM DUBIN
AMERICAN DUMMY, 2002

KERRY DOUGLAS DYE
ULTRACHRIST!, 2003

TRISHA EBERLE
HIM HER ROLAND, 2003

GRAHAM ELWOOD
HELLO JUNKIE!, 2003

ROD J. EMELLE
WHAT WOULDN'T JESUS DO?, 2002

BRIAN EVANS
AMAZILIA, 2004

BILL FEREHAWK
LUSTRON: THE HOUSE AMERICA'S BEEN WAITING FOR, 2003

DAVID FLEER
NO SLEEP 'TIL MADISON

MIKE FLEISCH
TO EAT, 2003

ALBA FRANCESCA
A MOMENT OF GRACE, 2005

DEREK FRANK
BY ANY OTHER, 2003

CHRISTOPHER FRIERI
B-REEL, 2002

ED GASS-DONNELLY
DYING LIKE OPHELIA, 2003
POLISHED, 2003
PONY, 2003

JOHN GASPARD
GROWN MEN, 2003

TONY GAULT
NOT TOO MUCH REMEMBER, 2005

MARK G.E.
DARK COMEDY FOR BRIGHT MINDS
MIDWESTERN GOTHIC

CRAIG GERBER
HANG TIME, 2003

ERIC GERBER
ALDARA, 2004
WHAT REMAINS, 2005

LISA GILDEHAUS
HELL IS OTHER PEOPLE, 2003
ORACLE OF OMAHA, 2002

LIZ GOLDBERG
BEAT BOX PHILLY, 2004

MATT GOLIN
FOUR BANGERS, 2003

RANDALL GOOD
HANNAH CAN'T SWIM, 2003
SHOWER, 2002

GABRIELLE GOODSTEIN
SUN ALWAYS SHINING: THE ART & LIFE OF KENNETH WILLIAMS, 2004

ERIC GORDON
RITA, PIGBOY & ME, 2002

TIM GORSKI
LOLITA: SLAVE TO ENTERTAINMENT, 2004

PATRICK GRANDAW
MELTING GLASS, 2002

STEVE GRASSE
THE BIKINI BANDITS EXPERIENCE, 2003

ROB GRAY
THREE BARBECUES, 2004

GEOFF GRUETZMACHER
ONE TRUE HOPE, 2002

MONICA HAIM
AWAKE ZION, 2004

DAVE HALDMAN
SEASONS OF A WISCONSIN MILL, 2003

SCOTT HARO
BRUISED, 2002

JORG HEBGEN
BLACK DEMON 2, 2003

MATTHEW HEINZE
CASE OF ILLNESS, 2004
KGB AGENT 57, 2003
PRESENT PERFECT, 2002
THE RUBBER ROOM, 2005

DAVID LEE HENDRICKSON
A REMARKABLE MAN, 2005
VENUS DE MILO, 2002

JIM HERSHLEDER
ASH TUESDAY, 2004

R.T. HERWIG
THE GOOD THIEF, 2003

TODD HEYMAN
WHOLLY MOSES, 2003

NIC HILL
PIECE BY PIECE, 2005

TODD HODGES
STUNT COCKS, 2004

LARS HUBRICH
AN ADVANCE ON LIFE, 2003

BOB HURST
BLOOM, 2003

KRISTEN JOHNSON
DEADLINE, 2004

ERICA JORDAN
IN THE WAKE, 2002

GEORGE KACHADORIAN
DIVINING MOM, 2003

YOHEI KAWAMATA
THE HAIRS, 2005

KALI KARAGIAS
CHANNEL SURFING, 2004

CATHY KAROL
ROBOTS IN FOR NO REASON AT ALL IN C, 2005

TOM KEEFE
PRETENDER'S DANCE, 2004

JACK KENNY
TOWN DIARY, 2003

BILL KERSEY
87 TOPAZ, 2005

HARDEEP KHARBANDA
UP, 2005

WAYNE KIMBALL
THE TERROR OF THE INVISIBLE MAN, 2003

JEREMIAH KIPP
THE CHRISTMAS PARTY, 2004

JUDI KNEECE
SEASONS OF A WISCONSIN MILL, 2003

LISA KORS
DINNER AND A MOVIE, 2003

RYAN KORTMAN
HEAD TURNER, 2005

SANDRA KRASSA
OCOEE: LEGACY OF THE ELECTION DAY MASSACRE, 2003

MICHAEL KRIVICKA
SUBWAY MELODIES, 2005

ANNA KRUTZIK
ROCK ON, 2004

BILL KUBOTA
LUSTRON: THE HOUSE AMERICA'S BEEN WAITING FOR, 2003

KURT KUENNE
DRIVE-IN MOVIE MEMORIES, 2002

LARRY LaFOND
GAYDAR, 2003

MATTHEW LANOUE
POISON PROSPECT, 2002

BRUCE LaPOINTE
TWO SUMMERS, 2003

CHAD LARYS
3O PACK & A CAMERA, 2004

JACOB LEE
THE SUBLIMINAL EFFECTS OF NATURAL FORM, 2003

ZACHARY LEE
DISTANCE = RATE (TIME), 2003

DAVID LIBON
SMITHEE'S LECTURE, 2003

RICHARD J. LIUKIS
TASTE IT ALL, 2003

GARY M. LUMPP
THE ROAD TO, 2004

DAN LUND
WANNABE: JUST A BOY & HER DREAM, 2002

PETER LYDON
THE PETER SELLERS STORY: AS HE FILMED IT, 2004

JENNIFER LYTER
BOTOX, 2005

BROOKE MAROLDI
DEATH OF A CORNER DRUGSTORE
8MM DREAMS
STATING THE ARTS IN MILWAUKEE, 2002
WAITING FOR HOUDINI

MATIAN
DAUBIT CRIGH, 2004

TODD McCAMMON
HEAVEN, 2005

PETE McPARTLAND JR.
SUNNY & DIANE, 2004

KEVIN MEISTER
BONE JOBS, 2002

CHRIS METZLER
PLAGUES & PLEASURES ON THE SALTON SEA, 2005

BOBBY MILLER
STUBBS & ROGERS BIG 3-D ADVENTURE, 2003

ERIK MOE
NO SLEEP 'TIL MADISON

WILLIAM MOREING
JOYFUL PARTAKING, 2002

RAZZ MORESLY
UP MICHIGAN, 2003

HOLLY MOSHER
HUMMINGBIRD, 2005

HARVEY MOSHMAN
THE EASTLAND DISASTER, 2003

JOHN MOSSMAN
SPACEMAN DAN'S 243RD FLIGHT, 2004

JIM MURACO
WISCONSIN BORN & BRED: THE ENTERTAINERS, 2004

RUSTY NAILS
ACNE, 2004
GRETHEL & HANSEL, 2003
THE RAMONES & I, 2004

NEIL IRA NEEDLEMAN
MY FIRST FILM NOIR, 2005

JEFF NEWTON
WHEW, 2004

PETER NICKISCHER
LIVE TRANSMISSION, 2002

MATT NIE
GOOD STUFF: THE STORY OF A MAN, A DREAM & A WHOLE LOTTA KITES, 2004

NIKKI NIME
LAST NIGHT OF MARDI GRAS, 2005

KATI NIVELT
RETURN, 2003

BRENT NOTBOHM
MY LIFE BY WATER, 2004

JEFF NOVICH
THE BIG SHIT, 2002
JEFF MAKES A MOVIE, 2002

CASIMIR NOZKOWSKI
THE FUTURE, 2004

GARY NULL
FATAL FALLOUT, 2003
SUPERCHARGE YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM, 2003

MICHAEL OFF
BRUISED, 2002

TERRY O'LEARY
MAELSTROM, 2005

JOHNNY O'REILLY
THE TERMS, 2002

CHRISTIAN OTJEN
LADY IN THE BOX, 2002

ANDREW OVERTOOM
MY LIFE WITH MORRISSEY, 2003

DENIZ OZUYGUR
EPHEALTES, 2004

SURUCHI PAHWA
UP, 2005

CHAD S. PARK
UP, 2003

RICHARD PARO
HAUNTING PERPETUALLY DEAD SQUIRRELS, 2002
AN OBVIOUS MOMENT OF HAPPINESS, 2003

MARTIN PATCH
4:53, 2002

ERIC PATRICK
ABLUTION, 2003

CRAIG PAULSEN
ROMP, 2002

ALISA PERSONS
OULU GLASS, 2003

MARCUS PETERSON
SYNTONISM, 2003

HARPER PHILBIN
FLICKERING BLUE, 2004

SCOTT PHILIPS
IT JUST IS, 2003

REX PIANO
THE MONTH OF AUGUST, 2003

MIGUEL PICKER
MICKEY MOUSE MONOPOLY, 2002

MARC PILVINSKY
INDEFINITELY, 2002
NIGHT DAWN DAY, 2004

JOHN PLAUSSE
BRAVO, GIORGIO!, 2003

CYRA K. POLIZZI
MORE THAN GRAVITY, 2004

STU POLLARD
NICE GUYS SLEEP ALONE

WILLIAM POVLETICH
HENRY AARON'S SUMMER UP NORTH, 2005

ALAN PRICE
OVERPASS, 2004

MICHAEL PRYWES
RETURNING MICKEY STERN, 2002

TOM PUTNAM
BROADCAST 23, 2005
TOM HITS HIS HEAD, 2004

CHRISTINA PUZZILLA
ON STEEL RAILS, 2002

PAUL QUINN
NEVER GET OUTTA THE BOAT

PEGEEN QUINN
FREAMH, 2003

JENNIFER QUINTENZ
KARMA, INCORPORATED, 2003

DAVID REDMON
MARDI GRAS: MADE IN CHINA, 2005

NOAH RIEMER
MOST WONDERFUL PEOPLE, 2003

ALETHA RODGERS
CHAMPION BLUES, 2002

JESSE ROESLER
SORTING OUT ED, 2005

ADAM ROFFMAN
THE TERROR OF THE INVISIBLE MAN, 2003

NICK ROGERS
MRS. PILGRIM GOES TO HOLLYWOOD, 2003

GYEONG-TAE ROH
REINCARNATION, 2005

ANDREW ROSAS
TWO WILL FLY, 2005

DEAN ROWE
BECOMING GIANTS, 2005

PETER RUDY
NO SLEEP 'TIL MADISON

JASON RUSSELL
FLY, 2003

SEOKHAN RYU
FREE SPECTRA, 2004

GREG SAMATA
THE HOT 8, 2004
ISLAND, 2004
THE LAST DANCE, 2005
VERITUE NUE, 2004

DANNY SANCHEZ
THE BOOGEY MAN, 2002

NANCY SAVOCA
RENO: REBEL WITHOUT A PAUSE

JON C. SCHEIDE
THE ROSE TECHNIQUE, 2002

ERIC SCHERBARTH
PASSING, 2004
THE SECOND, 2003

JOSH SEEHAFER
WATER & STEEL, 2003

JIM SHARKEY
THE FOURTEENTH SHOP, 2003

CHRIS SHERIDAN
THE NOVITATE, 2002

JOSH SHUMAN
ZOME, 2003

FRED SILVERMAN
WHO COUNTS? ELECTION REFORM IN AMERICA, 2003

SHAWN SLAWSON
WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS, 2004

COURTNEY SMITH
B.D.S.M. ALTERNATIVE LOVING, 2003

KRISTIN SOLID
MATCH SCRATCH FEVER, 2003

JOHN SORIA
PARADISE LOUNGE, 2002

KAREN SOSNOSKI
WEDDING ADVICE: SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE, 2003

TONY SPIRIDAKIS
NOISE, 2004

JEFF SPRINGER
PLAGUES & PLEASURES ON THE SALTON SEA, 2005

PETER STASS
MAYBE IT'S ME, 2002

JUSTIN LEONARD STAUBER
DID YOU EVER, 2004

ANDREW STEVENSON
MY PART OF TOWN, 2003

JEFF STOLHAND
MASTER OF THE GAME

JUSTIN SWIBEL
FAULT, 2005

ELIZABETH SZEKERESH
IT'S A PLEASURE, 2005

CHRIS TASHIMA
DAY OF INDEPENDENCE, 2004

TAMARA TRACZ
BEACHCOMBERS, 2002

STEVEN K. TSUCHIDA
A NINJA PAYS HALF MY RENT, 2004

MARY UNGERLEIDER
MANDRAKE: A MAGICAL LIFE, 2002

DEBORAH VANCELETTE
BLINK, 2002

TONY VIDAS
ANOTHER CARELESS MAN, 2004

PAUL VOGELMAN
SYNTONISM, 2003

ANTHONY WALL
THE PETER SELLERS STORY: AS HE FILMED IT, 2004

MARA WALLIS
ENTERTAINING VIETNAM, 2004

JONATHAN WALTER
LOVE & FATE, 2003

DAVID WARD
THE FALL OF SHUG MCCRACKEN, 2004

SAJIT WARRIER
SHOO FLY, 2002

ROBERT WELKNER
PENNYMAN, 2002

BIANCA WHITE
OCOEE: LEGACY OF THE ELECTION DAY MASSACRE, 2003

JOHN WHITNEY
SOLVE FOR X, 2002

STEPHEN WILLIAMS
GO TELL MAMA, 2002

J. BRAD WILLIE
DOWNSIZING, 2003

JOSHUA WILLIE
NOVELLA, 2002

DAN WILSON
A MODEL WOMAN, 2002

E.S. WOCHENSKY
JUST LIKE GOLF, 2003

MICHAEL WOLINSKI
THE AFTER SCHOOL SPECIAL, 2003

THE YES MEN
THE HORRIBLY STUPID STUNT, 2002

HAMMAD ZAIDI
BAPTIZED AT LUCKY LUBE, 2002

FRED ZEYTOONJIAN
WEDDING ADVICE: SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE, 2003

KEVIN ZINNIEL
VISIONS OF A MISFIT, 2003

CRAIG ZOBEL
SURFACING, 2002