Fest wrap up for the Town

 

Makeout with Violence won Best Feature at this year’s festival. 

By Melanie Addington

As Published in the Oxford Town

The sixth annual Oxford Film Festival ended after four days of non-stop movies, parties and panels. Last Saturday the awards ceremony, held at the Lyric, created a lot of laughs with fun diner scenes performed by locals. The series is available on YouTube but see below for my favorite.

A full house including local audience, volunteers, Mississippi filmmakers and celebrity guests Jason Ritter, Debra Winger and Craig Brewer enjoyed the festivities.  

As for the winning films, if you didn’t catch them then follow along with my movie blog to get updates on when you might see them next. The best narrative feature, “Make Out With Violence,” will show next week at the Magnolia Film Festival in Starkville.

The winners of the 6th Annual Oxford Film Festival are:

Best Narrative Feature: Make-Out with Violence 

Best Documentary Feature: Crude Independence 

Best Narrative Short: The Wednesdays 

Best Documentary Short: Mississippi Drug War Blues, the Cory Maye Story 

Best Music Video: Crystal 

Best Animated Short: Symphony 

Best Experimental Film: Grand Wheel

Best Mississippi Film: Neshoba 

Audience Award: Prom Night in Mississippi 

As for the rest of the movie world around Oxford, this week catch Oscar nominated films “Milk” and “The Reader” over at The Amp. For showtimes go to www.novacinemas.com. And of course, tomorrow is Friday the 13th. You’ll find me at the Malco for that one. Go to www.malco.com for showtimes. On Tuesday catch “Land of the Pharoahs” as part of World Film Night at the public library at 6 p.m.

(Melanie is a full-time reporter for the Oxford Eagle but in her spare time watches too many movies and then blogs about them at www.oxfordfilmfreak.com)