About the Festival
2008 Winners
2008 Theme
Millenium Quintet
Official Press Release
Featured Trailers and Synopses for 2008
2007 Winners

About the Festival

“PhilaFilm,” the Philadelphia International Film Festival & Market, is sponsored by the International Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers, Inc., and is administered by the PHILAFILM Festival Committee.
PhilaFilm was established in 1977 as an event to showcase the productions of Independent, multicultural film and video artists worldwide and is managed by the PhilaFilm Festival Committee.
PhilaFilm is the region’s longest-running, international, Independent film and video competition.
Entries are classified into two (2) screening classes, Competition and Market. Competing entries are those works entered for prize and award consideration and each entry competes against works in its respective class and category. Market entries are those works entered solely for sales and rental. Market entries do not participate in the competition nor do they receive any prizes or awards. Competition entries, however, are automatically in the Market Class.
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2008 Winners

THE LEIGH WHIPPER GOLD AWARD, BEST FEATURE FILM…
”RUN IT,” VAGO PRODUCTIONS, LOS ANGELES, CA, EVANGELOS & GEORGE GIOVANIS, PRODUCERS/DIRECTORS;

SILVER AWARD, FEATURE FILM…
"THUG KIDZ,” CAGLEVISION, INC., BROOKLYN, NY, KENYA CAGLE, PRODUCER/DIRECTOR;
“LIFE ISN’T FAIR,” HEADLINER ENTERTAINMENT, PHILADELPHIA, PA, DERRELL LAWRENCE, PRODUCER/DIRECTOR;

HONORABLE MENTION, FEATURE FILM…
”RICH FROM WITHIN,” CAGLEVISION, INC., BROOKLYN, NY, KENYA CAGLE, PRODUCER/DIRECTOR;
HONORABLE MENTION,FEATURE FILM…”YOU’RE REJECTED,” (WORLD PREMIERE), VENILLA FILMS LLC, ATLANTA GEORGIA, PARTHIHAN SHANMUNINAN, DIRECTOR.

LEIGH WHIPPER GOLD AWARD, BEST SHORT SUBJECT…
”HIGHWAY 191,” PARMA PICTURES, LOS ANGELES, CA, CHRIS ANASTAS, PRODUCER/DIRECTOR;

SHORT SUBJECT, SILVER AWARD
“MULTIPLY BY SIX MILLION,” EVVY EISEN & KELLY HENDRICKS, PRODUCERS/DIRECTORS,POINT REYES STATION, CA.

LEIGH WHIPPER GOLD AWARD, BEST DOCUMENTARY…
”CRITICAL CONDITION,” PUBLIC POLICY PRODUCTIONS, PALISADES, NY, ROGER WEISBERG, PRODUCER/DIRECTOR;

SILVER AWARD, DOCUMENTARY…
”LIBERTY, FRIENDS AND THE PURSUIT OF EDUCATION, HETERODOXX VISIONS,” BROOKLYN, NY, LEROY MCCARTHY, PRODUCER/DIRECTOR;

SILVER AWARD, DOCUMENTARY…
“UNCOVERED,” PUBLIC POLICY PRODUCTIONS, PALISADES, NY, ROGER WEISBERG, PRODUCER/DIRECTOR;

SILVER AWARD, DOCUMENTARY… ”JUSTICE FOR HER,” SULERMAR & COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA, PA, AGINAH CARTER-SHABAZZ, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/DIRECTOR;

LEIGH WHIPPER GOLD AWARD, BEST EXPERIMENTAL…
”SELF INFLICTED,” TUMMY TEE PRODUCTIONS, PAULSBORO, NJ, MIKE LUCAS, PRODUCER/DIRECTOR;

SILVER AWARD, EXPERIMENTAL…
”NOT ENOUGHNIGHT,” FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, BOULDER, CO, DAN BOORD & LUIS VALDOVINO, PRODUCERS & DIRECTORS. LEIGH WHIPPER GOLD AWARD, BEST STUDENT… BEN FOSTER FILMS, LLC, NEW CASTLE, DE, BEN FOSTER, PRODUCER/DIRECTOR.

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This Year's Theme

PhilaFilm's theme for 2008 is "Film As Legacy: Stories That Last. "

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Millennium Quintet

Millennium Quintet is scheduled to perform for this years PhilaFilm Awards Gala June 28th.

The mission of the Millennium '04 Big Band is to preserve the essence and promote the aesthetics of American Classical Music through education and its performance idiom. Top

2007 Winners

LEIGH WHIPPER GOLD AWARD, BEST FEATURE FILM…”The Descendant,” Phillippe Spurrell, Director, Circus Maximus Films, CANADA

LEIGH WHIPPER GOLD AWARD, BEST SHORT SUBJECT…”Secret Places,” Safiya Songhai, Director, New York, NY USA

LEIGH WHIPPER GOLD AWARD, BEST DOCUMENTARY...No Short Climb: Race Workers & America’s Defense Technology,” Professor Robert Johnson, Director, FRAMINGHAM COLLEGE, MA, USA

LEIGH WHIPPER GOLD AWARD, BEST EXPERIMENTAL…”The Museum of Memory,” Dan Boord and Luis Valdovino, Directors, UNVERSITY OF COLORADO, Boulder, CO

SILVER AWARD, FEATURE FILM…”Motherless Child,” Michael Lucas, Director, Choke Film LLC, USA

SILVER AWARD, SHORT SUBJECT…”Melancholia Says: Follow Me,” Anabela Zigova, Director, SLOVAKIA & New York, NY, USA

SILVER AWARD, SHORT SUBJECT...”The Task,” Quelyn Purdie, Director, Olowotot Productions, New York, NY, USA

SILVER AWARD, DOCUMENTARY…”Baby Mama Drama: Street Documentary” Keith Mungin, Director, WALK DOWN ENTERTAINMENT, Philadelphia, PA, USA

SILVER AWARD, STUDENT…”I’ll Never Leave,” Ben Foster, Director, BEN FOSTER FILMS, Bear, DE, USA

HONORABLE MENTION…”Life Isn’t Fair,” Derrell Lawrence, Director, HEADLINER ENTERTAINMENT, INC., Philadelphia, PA, USA

HONORABLE MENTION…”Cry of the City: The Legend of Cornbread,” Sean Mcknight, Director, CINEMA ALLIANCE, Cheltenham, PA, USA

HONORABLE MENTION…”Baby Mama Drama: Court TV Talk Show,” Keith Mungin, Director, WALK DOWN ENTERTAINMENT, Philadelphia, PA, USA

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2008 Official Press Release

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PhilaFilm Closing Press Release
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