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FILM FESTIVAL
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The 2008 Marin County Fair Festival of Short Film and Video could be dubbed the "best of the fests"
because almost every film has been honored at film festivals around the world this year. Jonathan
Browning's "The Job" won the Audience Choice Award at the DC International Shorts Fest by bringing
humor to the immigration debate. San Francisco's own Jay Rosenblatt screened his documentary "I
Just Wanted To Be Somebody" at the Sundance Film Festival. And Rosenblatt's cinematic poem "Afraid
So," voiced by Garrison Keillor, screened at a trio of cutting edge festivals: Rotterdam, Toronto
and Tribeca. Our choice for Best Animated work is Reiko Murakami's "Kujira." This spare and
beautifully quiet film screened at Tokyo's Digital Arts Festival. Another star voice you'll
recognize is Alec Baldwin narrating "Wind" - our Best Environmental prize winner from director
Chel White. A timely perspective on climate change, "Wind" was commissioned for the Live Earth
Film Project and screened at the Portland International Film Festival. And if you heard the buzz
at the Mill Valley Film Festival about the fun fable "Validation," this is your chance to see Kurt
Kuenne's engaging film for yourself. So grab your seat and see what audiences have been cheering
for all around the festival circuit this year.
The screening of the award-winning films listed below runs 100 minutes and starts at 5 pm and 7 pm in
the 330-seat Showcase Theatre daily, July 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. The festival is free with gate admission to the
Marin County Fair.
Best Environmental
Wind
Chel White, Portland, Oregon
2nd Place Environmental
Ride of the Mergansers
Steve Furman, Circle Pines, Minnesota
3rd Place Environmental
In the Shadows of Monadnock
Karen Aqua & Ken Field, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Best Narrative
The Job
Jonathan Browning, Los Angeles, California
2nd Place Narrative
Validation
Kurt Kuenne, Burbank, California
Best Animated
Kujira
Reiko Murakami, Quincy, Massachusetts
2nd Place Animated
Hot Dog
Bill Plymton, New York, New York
Best Experimental
Afraid So
Jay Rosenblatt, San Francisco, California
2nd Place Experimental
Passing
Vanessa Woods, San Francisco, California
Best Documentary
Eyes Wide Open
Peter Daulton, Novato, California
2nd Place Documentary
I Just Wanted To Be Somebody
Jay Rosenblatt, San Francisco, California
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