“Still Me” wins Secret City Film Festival "Best Family Film" Award
Oak Ridge, TN – October 12, 2008 –“Still Me” took home the Best Family Film Award Sunday night, October 12th, at the 5th Annual Secret City Film Festival (October 9-12, 2008). This is the third award for the heartwarming film!
About the Secret City Film Festival:
In addition to film screenings, the festival features educational workshops and panels, parties and an awards ceremony honoring the best films of the festival.
2008 is the fifth year of the film festival, which had “humble beginnings” in 2003. McDaniel said, “I started this festival for our local film production community here in East Tennessee and although we still feature local filmmakers, we are now screening films from around the country and throughout the world.”
“The festival has just grown and grown – getting better and better each and every year,” McDaniel added. “More and more local folks are attending the festival and more and more filmmakers are traveling to participate. As a matter of fact, we have filmmakers attending this year from as far away as France.”
The festival begins this year on Thursday, Oct. 9 at 5:00 pm for Free Family Night. “We started family night last year as a way to say thanks to East Tennessee for their support. All the films on Thursday evening are family-friendly, admission is free and we even give away free popcorn,” McDaniel said. The festival continues on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, culminating with the awards ceremony Sunday evening. McDaniel said, “We present awards at the end of the festival to honor those films which our judges consider to be outstanding.”
“The festival is also a great opportunity for our East Tennessee filmmaking community to get together and celebrate their efforts. It also gives the public a chance to meet and mingle with these filmmakers and view their work,” McDaniel added. “We have a great time every year and this year looks to be the best festival we have ever presented.”
“One of the things I am most excited about this year is our partnership with the Metroscope website. Trailers and clips from almost all of the films to be screened at this year's festival can be viewed at www.metropulse.com/videos . This way, folks have an opportunity to check out the films prior to the festival. We have lots of fun things in store this year for the festival and want to invite all “filmlovers” to come out and join us,” McDaniel said.
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"STILL ME" takes a brave and heartwarming look at the challenges a stroke victim faces when dealing with friends and family who cannot see past his physical disability.
This project was conceived by the film’s writer/director Beth McElhenny who, in December 2002, was struck down with a stroke that required lengthy rehabilitation and lifestyle changes. During her rehabilitation she found one of the challenges was dealing with the various reactions friends and family members were having towards her state which inspired her to write, "Still Me".
For his compelling performance, SCOTT KING was awarded the Best Actor award at the SpudFest, hosted by Dawn Wells at the Idaho Film & Television Institute. “Still Me” also stars TINA GLOSS (Pushing Daisies) and CHASE WHITE (Inspector Gadget, JAG)
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To find out more, please visit: "Brookwood Films" - "Still Me" Official Site
