Warren Etheredge presented this year's awards. And the Buzzy" goes to:
| Best Student Film | Melting the Snowman |
| Best Short Documentary | Wings of Silver: The Vi Cowden Story  |
| Best Full Length Documentary | Back to the Garden, Flower Power Comes Full Circle  |
| Best Narrative Short | Hidden in Time  |
| Audience Favorite | Calvin Marshall |
| Best Feature | The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle  |
June 13, 2010
The Awards Gala
June 11, 2010
Due to popular demand there will be a second showing of Calvin Marshall on Saturday at 5:00PM!!
Win Whittaker, RIFF Festival Director
June 8, 2010
Opening Night film will have the director Gary Lundgren and the composer John Askew in attendance for Q&A. Looks like a good turnout, get your tickets!
Win Whittaker, RIFF Festival Director
June 4, 2010
Heroic, Shocking And Revealing Films Highlight This Year's Rainier Independent Film Festival Lineup
Screenings, workshops and gatherings will be held in unique venues in Mt. Rainier's Ashford Valley from June 11 to 13, 2010
The festival's opening night film will be Calvin Marshall, directed by Gary Lundgren and starring Steve Zahn, Michelle Lombardo and Alex Frost. This heartfelt, baseball-centric feature-length comedy will be shown at the Mineral Lake Event Center on Friday, June 11, at 6:15PM, followed by the Opening Night Gala, at 8PM.
A block of four war/conflict-based short films - Letter Home, Hidden in Time, Juche Rules, and Sedako's Cranes -- ranging from Hiroshima to Viet Nam/Iraqi similarities to North Korea relations will be screened at Nisqually Lodge, from 11AM to 12:30PM on Saturday, May 3. Other films will take the audience from hippie farms in Washington (Back to the Garden) to the ancient ways of the Salish peoples with Canoe Way and on to Burma: Reflections on a Hidden Land. Woman's courage and feats will be celebrated with Rise and Shine, The Lady & The Outlaw Horse, and Wings of Silver. Viewers will be taken into an imaginative world with Plant Girl and kept on the edge of their seats with the emotionally charged, student film Clemency.
The ever-popular Warren Etheridge Workshop -- "The Art of the Interview or How to Grill a Star" - will take place at the Media Center at Whittaker's Bunkhouse on Sunday, June 13, from 1 to 2:30PM.
Filmed in Seattle, The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle, will be screened on Sunday, at the Mineral Lake Event Center at 6PM, prior to the Closing Gala and Awards Ceremony. "Simultaneously cynical and life-affirming, [Director David] Russo's comedy manages to incorporate biochemical engineering, corporate chicanery, drug addiction and high-art pretension-all while maintaining an amiable, insouciant charm."
June 1, 2010
The final schedule is posted and pre-sale tickets are now on sale at Brown Paper Tickets! Looking forward to seeing all the filmmakers and film buffs out here in the mountains!
Best
Win Whittaker, RIFF Festival Director
Calvin Marshall
May 21, 2010
RIFF is proud to announce the Opening Night Film to kick off what is anticipated to be a fantastic 4th year: Calvin Marshall. A poignant comedy about losing, Calvin Marshall's childhood dream of playing Major League Baseball is in serious jeopardy.
Win Whittaker, RIFF Festival Director
The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle
May 19, 2010
The closing night film has been selected!
All the Best,
Win Whittaker, RIFF Festival Director