BIFF Class of 2013 (Photo courtesy of Kirk Aeder | BIFF)

MEDIA RELEASE

The 8th Annual Big Island Film Festival announced winners Monday at The Fairmont Orchid, chosen from 54 Official Selections from Hawaii and around the world.

Having just won acclaim and an award at Cannes, the multi-cultural romance “Chasing Shakespeare,” starring Danny Glover, took top honors for Best Feature as well as Audience Choice Feature.

“Chasing Shakespeare” was the featured film Monday night at BIFF’s “Best of the Fest” event, along with Audience Choice short film “Good Dog.”

COMPLETE AWARDS LIST

* Audience Choice Short: Good Dog

* Audience Choice Feature: Chasing Shakespeare

* Best Animated Short: Searchlight Serenade

* Best Hawaii Short: Out of Focus

* Best Student Short: Last Call

* Best Family Short: Lift

* Best Foreign Short: Spaghetti for Two

* Best Short: A Perfect Day

* Barbara Award: The Invention

* Best Animated Feature: Strange Frame

* Best Hawaii Feature: The Land of Eb

* Best Family Feature: The Sound of Crickets at Night

* Best Foreign Feature: Stenwyken

* Best Feature: Chasing Shakespeare

An annual celebration of narrative films and filmmaking, the Big Island Film Festival would like to thank its anchor sponsors: The Fairmont Orchid, The Shops at Mauna Lani, Hawaii Tourism Authority/Hawaii County Department of Research and Development CPEP and many other sponsors and supporters.

— Find out more:
www.BigIslandFilmFestival.com