WAVECRESTS AWARDED AT INAUGURAL CLEARWATER FILM FESTIVAL

New Trophy Presented To 6 Filmmakers and 4 Actors

Spain leads Australia, Canada, UK and USA 

The Wavecrest Award was unveiled at the inaugural Clearwater Film Festival.  Created to honor the actor / writer / director, what the festival dubs a “triple threat filmmaker”.  Wavecrests were awarded in thirteen categories.  In form to follow the Academy Awards they followed format presenting the Best Supporting to Railed Up and Wrecked  (Canada) Actor John Webb with the very first Wavecrest.  The accolades to follow included Kate Layden, Best Supporting Actress for Innocent Crimes (United Kingdom), Best Animated Film Thembi’s Diary (USA), Best Documentary The Story Of Human Rights (USA), Best Screenplay Twenty Ten (Australia), Best Musical Score/Soundtrack Sneakers & Soul (USA), Best Short Film Lastrain (Spain), which also took home Best International Film and Best Director (Tony Lopez & David Sanz).  

Malerie Grady and George Telfer won Best Actor & Actress Awards for roles in Sissy (USA) and Innocent Crimes (UK).  Best Feature Film went to Director Byron Kaye for Twenty Ten and Best Triple Threat was Neil Webb for Railed Up and Wrecked.

Twenty-nine films held nominations which were kept in secrecy until moments before the award ceremony.  Filmmakers Byron Kaye and Neil Webb were in attendance to accept their awards.

A complete list of nominees and more information about the Wavecrest, designed specifically for The Clearwater Film Festival by San Jose CA sculptor Jeff Owen is available on the festival website.

The Clearwater Film Festival is focused on prosperity for filmmakers and becoming the next important rung on the ladder of filmmaking success.

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A complete list of award nominees is listed here.  Winners are highlighted in bold.

 BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR NOMINEES

CARSON GRANT SNEAKERS & SOUL

BRYAN LUKASIK NO ONE ISLAND

DON STARK MY NAME IS JERRY

JOHN WEBB RAILED UP AND WRECKED

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS NOMINEES

KATLYN CARLSON MY NAME IS JERRY

CATHERINE HICKS MY NAME IS JERRY

KATE LAYDEN INNOCENT CRIMES

ALI WEBB RAILED UP AND WRECKED

BEST ANIMATED FILM

A SOLDIER’S MISSION

A TALL TALE

ENTANGLEMENT

THEMBI’S DIARY

THE STAIN

WHO DO VOODOO

BEST DOCUMENTARY

ABSENT

ASTRONAUT PAM: COUNTDOWN TO COMMANDER

HEALING NEEN

THE DAY THE WORLD TURNED DAYGLO

THE STORY OF HUMAN RIGHTS

WALKING WITH LIFE: THE BIRTH OF A HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN AFRICA

BEST SCREENPLAY

INNOCENT CRIMES

OVER CARDS

TWENTY TEN

BEST MUSICAL SCORE / SOUNDTRACK

ENTANGLEMENT

SNEAKERS & SOUL

THE STORY OF HUMAN RIGHTS

LASTRAIN

BEST SHORT FILM

DIALING AMY

IN OUR CLOSENESS

LASTRAIN

OVER CARDS

PICTURE DAY

SISSY

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

INNOCENT CRIMES

LASTRAIN

RAILED UP AND WRECKED

THE DAY THE WORLD TURNED DAYGLO

THE STAIN

TWENTY TEN

BEST ACTRESS

MEGAN ALSTON TWENTY TEN

MARIE CECILE ANDERSON SNEAKERS & SOUL

MALERIE GRADY SISSY

FLORA MARTINEZ LASTRAIN

BEST ACTOR

RAUL ALVAREZ LASTRAIN

MITCH FIRTH TWENTY TEN

GEORGE TELFER INNOCENT CRIMES

NEIL WEBB RAILED UP AND WRECKED

BEST DIRECTOR

JUSTIN EVANS A LONELY PLACE FOR DYING

JONATHAN GREEN INNOCENT CRIMES

BYRON KAYE & MARK ALSTON TWENTY TEN

TONY LOPEZ & DAVID SANZ LASTRAIN

NEIL WEBB RAILED UP AND WRECKED

BEST FEATURE FILM

A LONELY PLACE FOR DYING

HOPE FOR A THORN

INNOCENT CRIMES

MY NAME IS JERRY

SNEAKERS & SOUL

TWENTY TEN

BEST TRIPLE THREAT FILMMAKER

FRIEND OF THE DEVIL ERIC H. HEISNER

NO ONE ISLAND STACY MARR

POSITIVE CHRISTIAN COOKS

RAILED UP AND WRECKED NEIL WEBB