Last Year's Awards

submitted on 06/10/2008 (info@southdakotafilmfest.org)

Best Narrative Feature: "Imprint"

Shayla Stonefeather (Tonantzin Carmelo) a Native American attorney prosecuting a Lakota teen in a controversial murder trial, returns home to the reservation to visit her dying father. Strange visions and ghostly voices propel her on a journey she doesn't expect. Thought Shayla initially rejects a spiritual explanation for her experiences, she begins to uncover what she believes is a link between the visions and her brother's disappearance two years earlier. Determined to get to the bottom of the mystery, Shayla deliberately confronts and follows the apparitions, leading her to a horrifying revelation and a purpose she could never have foreseen.

Best Documentary Feature: "Kilowatt Ours: A Plan to Re-Energize America"

Kilowatt Ours is the story of filmmaker and conservationist Jeff Barrie's 18-month journey across the southeastern U.S. to document our energy -related problems and present practical, cost-saving solutions for consumers. Widespread problems revealed in Kilowatt Ours include mountaintop removal, air pollution, global warming, childhood asthma, and mercury contamination.

Best Narrative Short: "Pulse"

Pulse if a fantasy romance with darkly comic elements. Liam is a lost and lonely man who becomes addicted to giving himself electric shocks as they provide a means of comtact with his dead wife Carla. Janine is a well-wishing neighbour who is Liam's last chance of rejoining the real world - can she save him?

Best Documentary Short: "Work"

A look into the life of an everyday working man.

Best Animated Short: "One Rat Short"

The mesmerizing ballet of a discarded food wrapper leads a New York subway rat into an adventure of love and loss.

Best International Film: "Spirits for Sale"

When Annika got a sacred eagle feather from an Indian visiting Sweden, she decided to bring it back to the US. But to whom? Her quest to find the right owner took her deep into Indian communities, where she learned about the anger and sadness of traditional Natives. But would the feather find an owner?