Bare Bones Film Festival

2009 BONEHEAD AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE
10th Annual Bare Bones International Film & Music Festival
Muskogee, Oklahoma

Audience Choice Best Picture-DEAD IN LOVE

Audience Choice Best Movie Poster-WILLA MAE CHURCH LADY VAMPIRE SLAYER

Best Family Picture-PENDRAGON SWORD OF HIS FATHER

Best Horror Picture-RESURRECTION COUNTY

Best Sci-Fi Picture-THE CHINESE ROOM

Best Student Picture-PANACEA

Best High School Student Picture-ESCAPISM
Best Actor-MARC WASSERMAN-GRAPPLING WITH YOUR DEMONS
Best Actress-MICHELLE PAGE-DOG

Best Animation-THE HOLLYWOOD ADVENTURES OF FREEDOM TH POLAR BEAR
Best Cinematography-LIFE PASSION DEATH-Maria A. Escudero

Best Comedy Picture-THE STEVIE WONDERSHOW
Best Director-FORD AUSTIN-GRAPPLING WITH YOUR DEMONS/ATTITUDE FOR DESTRUCTION

Best Drama Picture-BUREAUCRACY

Best Dramedy Picture-GRAPES: THE STORY OF AN ASPIRING SERIAL KILLER

Best Documentary Picture-JUNK DREAMS

Best Foreign Language Picture with English Subtitles-THE HIGH TOWER
Best Foreign Short Picture-GONE FISHING-Chris Jones
Best Gore Fix-FRIGHT FLICK-Israel Luna; HM-LIGHTS CAMERA DEAD, ATTRITION

Best Music Documentary-CHASIN GUS' GHOST

Best Music Video-BLACK JARR

Best Mini-Movie-GRAPPLING WITH YOUR DEMONS

Best Short (Live Action) Picture-CLONES GONE WILD

Best Micro Short Picture-DARK READINGS

Best Urban Picture-TWO PLATES

Best Domestic Violence Awareness Picture-FRAYED

Best Oklahoma Soil Picture-IT'S MY PARTY AND I'LL DIE IF I WANT TO

Best Young Feature Filmmaker-JACK MAJOR-CONTRARY EUPHORIA

Best Editing-DOG-Timothy Gates
Best Producer-Jared Gordon-NOVEMBER 31st

Best Young Actor-AARON BURNS-PENDRAGON SWORD OF HIS FATHER

Best Actress in a Short Film-NINA ZUO-THE HIGH TOWER

Best Costuming-PENDRAGON SWORD OF HIS FATHER

Best Thriller Picture-LONELY JOE

Best Foreign Soil Picture-YVEETE

Best Senior/Aging Picture-SUMMER TRIP

Best Shameless Do-It-YourSelf Marketing-EVERY SECOND COUNTS
Best Short Documentary-A PLACE SHE CALLS HOME

Independent Spirit Award-ANTHONY VALLONE-SOMETIMES IN LIFE

Erase Hate-Promote Tolerance Award-ERIN DAVIES-FAGBUG

Indie Auteur of the Year-MARIA A. ESCUDERO-LIFE PASSION DEATH

Best Feature Screenplays

1st-SKINNED

2nd-INTO SHADOWS

3rd-ACE OF SPADES

Best Short Screenplay

1st-HANDS FREE

2nd-LIVING A V WORLD

3rd-HER SISTER'S KEEPER

Best Children's TV Script-ELLIOT MOOS

Port of Muskogee

"When I was in high school many years ago, I was very active in drama and speech courses. In my wildest dreams, I never could have believed that my hometown in Oklahoma would become a symbol for independent movie making."- Jerry Pippin

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