Reggie McDaniel, serving as MC,
helped us kick off the
2009 Castle Rock Film Festival
celebration of local talent at the Friday night "Trailer Park" Meet-n-Greet party!




In his own words, Reggie is a
Movie Reviewer NOT a Movie Critic.

Miss Colorado
Douglas County's own Katie Layman
crowned June 28th, 2009,
honored us all with a chance to meet, mingle and take photos with her on Friday night.

Platform:   A Movement for the Mind
Talent:   Lyrical Dance

Senior at the Univ. of CO:
Photography Major, Psychology Minor

And who could resist an opportunity to have a photo op with
Darth Vader and his Storm Troopers,
who also joined in the festivities on Friday night, thanks to the
501st Legion's Vader's Fist.

Scheduled performances by the following local musical talent rounded out the festival's opening night:

Jonny "The Velvet Elvis" Barber

Katey Laurel

The Hooligans

and

Frizm

And the whole night was broadcast live over the internet thanks to
Q & Na at
Entertainment for the Rest of Us.

www.EftRoU.com

LIBRARY THEATER
The following films were shared throughout the day on Saturday at the Library venue:

FEATURES The Heart of Texas Mountain Spring My Life "As a Baby Boomer" STUDENTS Candyland Fast Girls, Slow Bikes The Meatman Shell Shock

SHORTS Alone Bucovina Card Game The Burden The Dissident Hey Kiddo Quillions The Shaman's Apprentice Tangles

EVENT CENTER THEATER
The following films were shared throughout the day on Saturday at the Douglas County Event Center venue:

FEATURES
Text
Gerald    (Special Presentation)


SCREENPLAYREADING
A staged reading by the
Castle Rock Players
The Bit

A filmmakers' seminar,
"Tenacity in Independent Filmmaking"
concluded the day's screenings and screenplay reading.

(from upper leftt to lower right)

Festival Director, Tim Gallagher
served as moderator as guest panelists
Laura Grey
Brian Malone
Tom Karges
Jamin Winans, and Kiowa Winans
provided attendees with a wealth of info on how to successfully pursue filmmaking in the Rocky Mtn Region.

2009 Castle Rock Film Festival
Award Ceremony

Festival Director, Tim Gallagher
with the help of

Randy Reed
(Mayor of Castle Rock)
and
Laura Grey
(Office of Film, Television & Media)

presented these Awards:

BEST FEATURE: The Heart of Texas
Feature Runner-up:  My Life "As a Baby Boomer"

BEST SHORT: The Shaman's Apprentice
Short Runner-up:  Quilliions

BEST STUDENT: Shell Shock
Student Runner-up:  Fast Girls, Slow Bikes

BEST SCREENPLAY: The Bit
Screenplay Runner-up:  Wrong Place, Wrong Time

Agitated Productions kept everyone laughing the rest of Saturday night with their comedy Stand-Up, Show-Down with

Headlining
   Troy Baxley
With HOST and MC
   Paul Berlute-Shea
Guest Comic
   Jesse Carter
Comedy Competitors
   Jordan Zuckerman
   Elliot Woolsey
   Nathan Lund
   Curt Fletcher

We closed out the 1st Annual
2009 Castle Rock Film Festival
with Feature/Documentary Special Presentations of 3 more productions
by local CO filmmakers.

Intelligent Life -Brian Malone, Malone Media Group

Gerald - Tim Gallagher, GallaFilms

INK - Jamin & Kiowa Winans, Double Edge Films