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Prizes Announed
for 2008 Festival

Cash prizes will be awarded in addition to the beautiful “Reely” and trophy awards: All awards and cash prizes will be determined by the judges, criteria score sheets and final scores.

Feature
(1st Place) - sponsored by Transport Trailer Service - $500
(2nd Place) – sponsored by Fred H. Page & Co., LTD - $250

Documentary
(1st Place) - sponsored by BancorpSouth - $500
(2nd Place) – sponsored by Sticks ‘N’ Bricks - $250

Short
(1st Place) - sponsored by B&B Concrete, Inc. - $300
(2nd Place) – sponsored by Mid-South Center for Psychodrama and Sociometry - $150

Best Experimental/Animation
sponsored by Thornton Dental Clinic - $250

Best Music Video
sponsored by Elvis Presley Birthplace Foundation - $250

Best Young Filmmaker
sponsored by Cellular South - $250

Best Student
sponsored by North Mississippi Sport Medicine & Orthopaedic Clinic, PLLC - $250

Made In Mississippi Award
(Part or all of film must be made in Mississippi to be eligible)
Sponsored by Reed’s Department Store
$500

Rob Tibbett Award
(Best of Show)
Sponsored by Ruff Business Systems, Inc. DBA KFC
$1,000

WINNERS!

Read all about the winners of the 2007 festival. Click here for details!

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BACKGROUND

All winners receive a sculptured film award designed by Tupelo artist Richard McGehee. The Reely captures the ideas and creativity that take the journey on film as it spirals and winds itself around the reel to exhibit a story for all to enjoy. Click here to meet Mr. McGehee.

 

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2008 Sponsors

Tupelo Convention & Visitors Bureau
Ruff Business Systems, Inc. DBA KFC
BancorpSouth
Ms Film Office
Tupelo Regional Airport
Transport Trailer Service
Reed’s Department Store
B&B Concrete, Inc
Elvis Presley Birthplace Foundation
Stick’s n’ Bricks
Fred H. Page & Co., LTD
Thornton Dental Clinic
Cellular South
North Mississippi Sport Medicine & Orthopaedic Clinic, PLLC
Mid South Center for Psychodrama & Scoiometry

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kfc

 

Committee

Peggy Webb
Roy Turner
Jim Palmer
Robert Reed
Bob Kenney
Chuck McIntosh
Darrell Marcle
Tina Lutz
Austin Haley

2008
Special Thanks!

FRIENDS OF THE FILM FESTIVAL
Ronnie Bell
Tom Booth
Cash Distributing, Inc.
Downtown Main Street Association
City of Tupelo
Ward Emling
Gerald Farmer
Sonya & Ronnie Keith
Lee County Library
Lyric Theatre
Richard McGeehee
NE MS Daily Journal
Nina Parikh
Tupelo Community Theatre
Tupelo Consignment Music
Tupelo Furniture Market
Tupelo Public School District
United Color Lab
Vanelli’s
Waste Management, Inc.
WTVA
Jan Willis

“A very special thanks to our all our festival volunteers”

1-662-841-6521
800-533-0611

Tupelo Film Festival
P.O. Drawer 47
Tupelo, MS 38802-0047
prasberry@tupelo.net

 

 

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