7th Route 66 Film Festival 2008
The 7th Annual Route 66 Film Festival was held at the Hoogland Center for the Arts in Springfield, Illinois on September 20-21, 2008. Twenty-eight filmmakers several cast and crew members attended. Audience Favorite Winners were: Comedy: He's My Dad (Mark and Heath Menscher) Drama: Crazy Old Woman (Zhou "Joe" Fang and H. Scott Hughes) Debut Film: The Purrfect Girl (Emily W. and Erik Chubb)
Thirteen award winners chosen by the committee were: Best Documentary: Stars and Their Guitars (Kent Hagen) Best Film Noir: Yesterday Was a Lie (James Kerwin and Chase Masterson) Best Comedy Feature: The Art of Pain (Matt Brookens) Best Debut Feature: Left/Right (Matthew and Todd Wolfe) Best Experimental Film: Magritte Moment (Ian Fischer) Best Suspense Film: The Last Round (Dan and Joe Masucci) Best Foreign Feature: Minotauro (Alejandro Cano) Best Animation: 24 Frames (Brad Pattullo) Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Award: The Transient (Chris Lukeman) Best Historical Film: Berlin (Norm Sanders) Best Foreign Short: Boot Polish (Aneel Ahmad) Best Drama Short: The Vaudevillian (Bryan Nest) Best Comedy Short: First Bass (Jonah Ansell and Phil Hodges)