Win a Flex Pass to this Year's Festival!

To celebrate the official start of the 2015 festival and the announcements of our films we are giving away one flex pass to the 2015 festival! Want to enter? Check out the Rafflecopter below - come back every day for an additional entry! a Rafflecopter giveaway

Winners & Happenings at the 2013 Phoenix Film Festival!

The films have been shown. The awards have been presented. Missed out on the ceremony or miss any of the winning films at the festival? Have no fear because we'll be showing the winning films all week long so you'll get a second chance to catch all the winning films for the rest of the festival! 2013 Phoenix Film Festival Copper Wing Award Winners

International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Fest Awards • Best Sci-Fi Short: White Room: 02B3 • Best Sci-Fi Feature: Channeling • Best Horror Short: Killer Kart • Best Horror Feature: Found.

Short Film Awards • Best Grade/HS: Alone Together • Best College Short: If You’re Serious • Best Arizona Short: Say What You Want • Best Documentary: Short:Ivan and Arnold: Day Laborers From Both Sides of the Border • Best Live Action Short: 6 Years, 4 Months & 23 Days • Best Animated Short:Head Over Heels

World Cinema Awards • Best World Cinema Short: Half Good Killer • World Cinema Best Documentary: Occupy The Movie • World Cinema Best Director: David Ondricek, In the Shadow • World Cinema Best Picture: Inch’Allah • World Cinema Audience Award Winner: Ninah’s Dowry

Foundation Awards • Arizona Filmmaker of the Year: Bob Marquis • Volunteer of the Year: Bill Mondy • Board Member of the Year: Chris LaMont

Feature Film Awards • Dan Harkins Breakthrough Filmmaker Award: Fredrik Stanton, Uprising • Special Jury Prize: Lou Taylor Pucci, The Story of Luke • Best Ensemble: The Retrieval • Best Director: Chris Eska, The Retrieval • Best Screenplay:Paul Osborne, Favor • Best Documentary: Los Wild Ones • Best Picture presented by FX Movie Channel:Putzel • Cox Audience Award: The Retrieval directed by Chris Eska

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2013 Phoenix Film Festival Screenplay Contest

Congratulations to the winners and finalists for the 2013 Phoenix Film Festival Screenplay Contest Winners. Below is a list of this year's winners.

First Place: $300 Cash, a prize pack and listing on Phoenix Film Festival website, two VIP Passes to the 2013 Phoenix Film Festival (accommodation and air fare not included).

Second Place: A prize pack, listing on Phoenix Film Festival website, two VIP Passes to the 2013 Phoenix Film Festival (accommodations and air fare not included).

Third Place: A prize pack, listing on the Phoenix Film Festival website, a VIP Pass to the 2013 Phoenix Film Festival (accommodations and air fare not included).

Ten Finalists: Ten Finalists to be posted on the Phoenix Film Festival website.

2013 Phoenix Film Festival Screenplay Search

Results

1^st Place          Daddy’s Girl                              Lee Olivas

2^nd Place         This Modern Man is Beat   David Schroeder

3^rd Place          Eleven Eleven                        Chris Redish

Remaining Top 10 in alphabetical order by title:

Baby on Board                        Steven Laflamme

Marriagehood                         John Harris

Peculiar Taste                         Philip Sedgwick

The Sidekick Rules                 Chris Warner

Sidewalker Surfer                   Pamela Ryan-Hick

Something Incredible           Megan Breen

The Taking of the King          Nelson Blish