Winners for the 2000 WESTfest film festival were:
Grand Jury Prize
“One Man’s Fate”
Directed by Matthew Graves
Silver Medal
“Days”
Directed by Laurie Powers
Bronze Medal
“New Clear Farm”
Directed by Daniel DeLoach
Audience Award
“New Clear Farm”
Directed by Daniel DeLoach
Horizon Award - Outstanding Student Film
“One Man’s Fate”
Directed by Matthew Graves
Kurosowa Award - Creative Excellence
Weldon DeBusk for “Shadowgraph”
Luminaria Award - Outstanding Cinematography
Steve Kenneston for “Dolby/Twin”
Additional Jury Citations:
Outstanding Animation - “Instant Celebrity,” directed by D.A. Robertson
Outstanding Documentary - “Hip Hop Expressions,” directed by Rafael Rosario
Special Citation for Student Filmmaking - Nathan Christ for “Twist of Fate”
Outstanding Original Screenplay - Daniel DeLoach and Steve Aypt for “New Clear Farm”
Outstanding Original Score - Tim Smith and Brian L. Hillje for “Sunday Drive”
Outstanding Production Design - Holly Christmas-Walters for “Where It Hurts”
Outstanding Lead Actor - Chris Lamorte for “Sunday Drive”
Outstanding Lead Actress - Carolee Patterson for “Looks”
Outstanding Supporting Actor - Al Castro for “Cable Ready”
Outstanding Supporting Actress - Kit Gwin for “Where It Hurts”
Outstanding Editing - Kathleen Spearing and Miguel Medina, Jr. for “Sunday Drive”
Outstanding Sound Editing - Alexander Lyle for “Sunday Drive”



