2005 Festival Award Winners
Long Form Documentary
"We Are Being Delayed"
Free Spirit Media
Comedy
"Horsezilla vs. Chimpkong"
Video Machete
Social Commentary
"Nice Girl Syndrome"
Jenny Kwon
Animation
"Jim"
Dan Peterson
Short Form Documentary
"This is my Father"
John Huynh
Experimental
"Ephemeral"
Maria T. Gacek
Narrative
"I Just Want To Dance"
Ben Price
Young Filmmaker Award
"Gangz"
Gary Elementary School
and
"Toys"
Peter Gundling
Audience Award
"I Just Want To Dance"
Ben Price
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2005 Opening Night Film
In 2005 The Future Filmmakers
Festival was honored to hold the
Chicago premiere of Raiders
of the Lost Ark – The Adaptation.
Eric Zala and Chris Strompolos
were in attendance to present the
film and to hold a Q&A after
the screening.
In 1982, using only crude special
effects and a VHS camcorder, three
Mississippi teenagers, Chris Strompolos,
Eric Zala, and Jayson Lamb launched
an ambitious project: a shot-for-shot
remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Seven years and nearly $5,000 later
- the film was complete.
A lengthy article in the March
2004 “Hollywood Issue” of
Vanity Fair and an endorsement
by Steven Spielberg himself have
given this trio quite a bit of
press lately. Recently, Hollywood
producer Scott Rudin purchased
their story rights. A feature film
about their childhood adventures
is being written by Daniel Clowes
and will be released by Paramount
Pictures.
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