The First WWFF
The first Wild West Film Festival was held on June 10th 2005. It was a great success with 21 fantastic entries. We gave away over $800 in prizes and we gave all of our ticket proceeds to Habitat for Humanity of Lawrence. We couldn’t have done it without the help of our wonderful sponsors and judges!
Here are a few articles about the first WWFF. Click on the links below!
OUR WINNERS!
18 AND UNDER:
Moonlight – “A Photo Worth Remembering”
Blind Target – “A Man and His Paddle, The Story Prep”
PROTEK – “Where did you say the Great Wolf Lodge Was?”
ADULT ENTRIES
Happy Funland Films – “Reyes De La Calle”
Noienteam – “Power of the Past”
Nife Fite – “Fist Fite”
Here was the show order for Friday night June 10th at the Granada.
PROTEK – “Where did you say the Great Wolf Lodge Was?”
Moonlight – “A Photo Worth Remembering”
Blind Target – “A Man and His Paddle, The Story Prep”
Nife Fite – “Fist Fite”
Naughty Marionettes – “Candid”
Noienteam – “Power of the Past”
Cotton Clouds – “I Dream of Kansas City”
Tornado Alley – “Energy Interrupted”
Wahaudi – “First”
CBD Mail – “Something”
Utter Nansense – “Road Thread”
Oh Shoot! and Company – “Boxed In”
Cinestar Productions – “Surveillance”
Dunkelheit – “Betrayal”
Happy Funland Films – “Reyes De La Calle”
Dinky’s Playmates – “A noble Endeavor”
Darien Gap – “Uninvited Guests”
Quality Works INC – “The Rick Shepard Story”
Thadeus Miek – “What the Devil”
Hypothetical Seven – “The First Seven Days and the Last Seven Days.”
Killer Bees – “Untitled”
Showing date was
Friday, June 10th 2005
GRANADA Theater, Lawrence Kansas
Official venue
Randy Mason
Randy Mason, host of Channel 19′s “Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations” was the evenings host and a judge.
Justin Ripley
Singer and songwriter Justin Ripley got the show started at 7:00PM.
Dee Wallace Stone Judged WWFF
Award winning actress and star of Steven Spielberg’s “ET” agreed to be a judge for the 1st Wild West Film Fest.
“The Girl is a Ghost” played the After Party
Kansas City rock band “The Girl is a Ghost”, signed on to play the after party event at the Granada Theater. The after party started around 10:00 PM.
1ST PLACE WINNER ADULT RECEIVED
$50 in gift certificates to Town Center Plaza, $50 gift certificate to Pacha Mamas in Lawrence, $40 in gift certificates to The Hereford House, 2 tickets to the Kansas City Symphony, 2 gift passes to Sadlers Indoor Racing in Olathe, one $25 gift certificate to Birdies Panties in Midtown.
2ND PLACE WINNER ADULT RECEIVED
1 free large pizza a month for a year at Waldo Pizza in Kansas City, 1 $20 gift certificate to The Hereford House, $50 gift certificate to Pachamamas in Lawrence
3RD PLACE WINNER ADULT RECEIVED
1 $25 gift certificate to Fred P. Ott’s, gift certificates to eat at Wheatfields Bakery in Lawrence.
1st PLACE WINNER UNDER 18 RECEIVED
$50 in gift certificates to Town Center Plaza, 4 passes to the Great Wolf Lodge in Kansas City Kansas, 2 $20 gift certificates to The Hereford House, 2 gift passes to Sadlers indoor racing in Olathe.
2ND PLACE WINNER UNDER 18 RECEIVED
1 free large pizza a month for an entire year at Waldo Pizza in Kansas City Missouri, 2 gift passes to Sadlers indoor racing in Olathe.
3RD PLACE WINNER UNDER 18 RECEIVED
1 $25 gift certificate to Fred P. Ott’s and gift certificates to Wheatfields in Lawrence.
“What a great opportunity for young filmmakers to show their craft for good causes. Everybody wins!”
“The Wild West Film Fest has been bringing it to the Lawrence film scene. It is one of the best examples of what filmmakers are looking for in a festival.”
“The Wild West Film Fest puts filmmaking back into the hands of the people. It’s indy film in it’s purest, grittiest form. A great opportunity for local filmmakers to get their work seen by audiences.”