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The Film Series at Cine Gear Expo 2008




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The Film Series at Cine Gear Expo - A Tribute to the Visual Art of Filmmaking salutes the winners of its Film Competitions

Congratulations to all of the competitors of our Film Series at Cine Gear Expo 2008. Submissions came from both far and wide as well as from our own backyard of Southern California. We salute the the winning filmmakers for their excellence and originality in the visual art of filmmaking.

Student Shorts -
3rd Place: Rock Bottom Risers
Director: Sekani Doram
Producer: Rebecca Brannen
Cinematographer: Ben Mudge

2nd Place: The Butcher’s Daughter
Director: Daniel Casey
Producer: Jonah Bekhor
Cinematographer: Sean Stiegemeier

1st Place Winner: Tatterson
Director: Michaela Danby
Producers: Michaela Danby, Yen Yang
Cinematographer: Velinda Wardell


Independent Shorts -
3rd Place: The Angel
Producer/Director: Paul Hough
Producers: Charles Santacrose, Darren LaBorie
Cinematographer: Joseph White

2nd Place: Bloom
Producer: Steve Sweeney
Director: Lance Larson
Cinematographer: Jas Shelton

1st Place Winner: Parachute
Producers/Directors: Lucas Fleischer and Paul Grellong
Cinematographer: Damian Acevedo


Independent Features -
3rd Place: El Cuarto
Director: Gustavo Torres Gil
Executive Producer: Julio Velandia
Producer: Hector Leonardo Gonzalez
Cinematographers: Cristian Gil, Ricardo Ramirez
CameraOperator: Barbara Acosta

2nd Place: Let Others Suffer
Director:Todd Peters
Producers: Mathew Gossin, Scott Shelley
Cinematographer: Scott Shelley

1st Place Winner: Broke Sky
Producer/Director: Thomas Callaway
Producers: Jeff Burr, Karchi Perlmann, Dan Golden, EricMiller
Cinematographer: Thomas Callaway


Special thanks to our Film Series judges who put in an 11-hour day to view 16 films and were gentlemen through and through:
Gabriel Beristain, ASC, Director of Photography
Barry Isaacson, feature producer and studio executive
Isidore Mankofsky, ASC, Director of Photography
John Michaels, Producer - VIP MEDIA
Mark Tanner, Production Designer

And thanks to our prescreening judges, for going through mountains of films to find the best of the excellent submissions:
Kevin Fraser, DGA Director and Documentary Producer
Alessandro Zezza, Indie Filmmaker, Director of Photography
and to Cine Gear Expo Seminars Coodinator Brent Armstrong who ensured that all went smoothly in the booth, and the Film Series Production Assistants, Katy Fraser and Veronica Yadao who dotted all the i's to make this a successful event. It was a privilege to work with all of you, you made my job so much easier and I thank you.

-- Kimberly Gomez, Producer, The Film Series at Cine Gear Expo 2008

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