Tupelo Film Fest Wrapped Tonight

Reely award winners Russell Fox (l to r), Lubomir Mihailo Kocka, Jorge Arrieta, and April Perea.

By Melanie Addington

Hey Scenesters. I am tired after having such a great time with filmmakers and the amazing volunteer crew of the fest, so I am going to make this short tonight but I wanted to let you know how the fest ended!

After a long weekend of festivities, Tupelo Film Festival wrapped tonight with the awards ceremony and afterparty. But before that, a much larger audience than the first few days came out to see the final films. It was nice to see some seats filled! After the final film, Greetings From the Shore played, Frank Vitolo announced the winners.

Reely Award Winners

Feature 1st place – War Eagle, Arkansas

Feature 2nd place – Greetings From the Shore

Documentary 1st place – Finding Kraftland

Documentary 2nd place – Chasin Gus’ Ghost

Short 1st place – English Language (with english subtitles)

Short 2nd place – Book of Wisdom

Experimental/Animation – Standing On A Whale

Music Video – Trainwreck

Young Filmmaker – The Honest Shepherd

Student – The Father

Made in MS – Escape From 13

The Ron Tibbett Award – War Eagle, Arkansas

Honorable Mention – Epicac

That’s a wrap for me on Scene Now for the Tupelo Film Fest. I’ll have reviews posted as well as my top five faves of the fest at Oxfordfilmfreak.