Welcome to the Southern Appalachian International Film Festival, (SOAPIFF) where one can watch world-class films within minutes of glorious hiking trails through the Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains. The purpose of SOAPIFF is to publicly recognize, promote, and preserve the work of independent filmmakers and encourage film production and film culture in Southern Appalachia. The Filmmaker can film in a kaleidoscope of site locations that provide a unique setting in Southern Appalachia. Films you might know that were shot in Southern Appalachia: “Dirty Dancing,” “Goodbye, Miss 4th of July,” “The River,” “What about Bob” among others.
SOAPIFF has revived an annual film festival in greater East Tennessee, the birthplace of the oldest continuous independent film festival in the American South (the Sinking Creek Film Celebration*). Therefore one of our most prestigious awards is dedicated to Sinking Creek founder Mary Jane Coleman.
* Note: the Sinking Creek Film Celebration is now the Nashville Film Festival
Best In Festival: Ramchand Pakistani
The Best Drama:
Ramchand Pakistani
The Best Comedy or Musical:
Golden Blade III: Return of the Monkey's Uncle
The Best Documentary:
Children of the Amazon
Screen Awards
Best Animation Film:
Flatland
Best Appalachian Film:
This Is Not the South
Best Art Film:
The Last Dance
Best GLBTQ Film:
Out in the Silence
Best Cultural Minorities Film:
Melungeon Voices
Best Environmental Film:
Milking the Rhino
Best Foreign Language Film:
Ramchand Pakistani
Best Women’s Issues Film:
A Woman in Berlin
Best Horror Film:
George’s Intervention
Best Documentary:
Children of the Amazon
Best Independent Film (in English):
The Prince of Broadway
Best Student Feature Film:
Woman's Prison
Best Short Animation:
The Happy Duckling
Best Short Drama:
Bloom
Best Short Documentary:
Without Papers
Best Short International:
On the Road to Tel-Aviv
Best Comedy or Musical:
Brainstorming
Best Appalachian Short:
The Real McCoys
Best Student Short:
Without Papers
Best Lead Actor in a Female Role:
Nina Hoss - A Woman in Berlin
Best Supporting Actor in a Female Role:
Emily-Grace Murry - Deadland
Best Lead Actor in a Male Role:
Gary Weeks - Deadland
Best Supporting Actor in a Male Role:
Frank Green - This Is Not the South
Best Adapted Screenplay:
A Woman in Berlin - Max Farberbrook & Catherina Schuchmann
Best Original Screenplay:
Deadland - Gary Weeks
Best Director:
Max Farberbrook - A Woman in Berlin
Best Cinematography:
Benedict Neuenfels - A Woman in Berlin
Best Editing:
T.J. Wiedow - Golden Blade III: Return of the Monkey's Uncle
Best Score:
Isao Tomita - Kabei
Best Song: Catherine Villeminot & Florence Villeminot for "Brain Ecstasy" - Brainstorming
Dishmag.com Audience Choice Awards
Listed in Popularity:
1) This Is Not the South
2) Coal Country
3) The Drummer
4) Melungeon Voices
5) A Woman In Berlin
6) Meinrad Craighead
7) Children of the Amazon
8) Ronchand Pakistani
9) The Hills Have Thighs
10) -(TIE)
Evil Things and Sita Sings the Blues
Mountain Color by Day, Technicolor by Night.
Downloadable CALL FOR ENTRY POSTERS: PDF of Call for entries
& Student Call For Entries PDF
