The 2016 Smoky Mountain Film Festival
May 21st & 22nd 2016
Greystone Lodge in Gatlinburg, Tennessee
With Special Guests "The Po' Ramblin' Boys" performing bluegrass live!
Sponsored By: The City of Gatlinburg
The Smoky Mountain Film Festival was happy to welcome Those Po' Ramblin' Boys as they perform the best in 1940s-style Tennessee Bluegrass!
2016 Nominees
BEST FEATURE
- DUMBBELLS
- THE ROOSTERS
- LAST CALL AT MURRAY’S
BEST SHORT
- CIVIL
- BEAUTIFULLY IMPERFECT
- THE LIST
BEST DIRECTOR
- D. ERIK PARKS / JAKE HUTCHISON – RETURN TO THE GARDEN
- ADRIAN HERNANDEZ – THE LIST
- CHRIS LIVINGSTON – DUMBBELLS
BEST WRITER
- KIRA SIPLER – THE AUTUMN WALTZ
- BROOKOLYN NEWTON / CHRISTOPHER SIAENS – BEAUTIFULLY IMPERFECT
- MAXIMILIAN MOSKAL – HOW IT IS
BEST ACTOR
- BRIAN DROLET – DUMBBELLS
- WALLY DALTON – THE AUTUMN WALTZ
- CHRIS JUPITZ – HARMONY
BEST ACTRESS
- CATHERINE TRAIL – CIVIL
- BROOKOLYN NEWTON – BEAUTIFULLY IMPERFECT
- PAULA JAI PARKER – LAST CALL AT MURRAY’S
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- THE LIST
- THE ROOSTERS
- RETURN TO THE GARDEN
BEST EDITING
- CIVIL
- THE ROOSTERS
- DUMBELLS
BEST SOUND
- GAME ON
- DUMBBELLS
- HOMEBOUND
BEST MUSIC
- RETURN TO THE GARDEN
- HOMEBOUND
- THE DOUBLE CROSS
DIRECTORS CHOICE
- A BEAUTIFUL SILENCE
- JORDAN ALMONDS
- THE PERCY HARRIS STORY
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
- The Lunatic Fringe
By Christopher Collins - Wardies
By Joe Zohar - Doorlocker
By Tony Disiblo - Stay Until You’re Dead
By Ri Versteegh - Canine Interuptus
By Tom See
2016 Event Schedule
Saturday May 21st 2016
10:00AM Doors Open
10:30AM Last Call At Murray’s 1h 45m
12:15PM Intermission 15m
12:30PM SHORT FILM BLOCK 1hr
- Game On 15m
- Jack Is Pretty 27m
- The Double Cross 18m
01:30PM Intermission 15m
01:45PM Dumbbells 1h 32m
03:15PM Q&A W/ Filmmakers
03:30PM Intermission 15m
03:45PM SHORT FILM BLOCK 1h 45m
- Between Rock And A Hard Place 15m
- Uprooted 6m
- Bar Study 40m
- Beautifully Imperfect 8m
- Jordan Almonds 8m
- A Beautiful Silence 17m
- The List 11m
05:30PM Q&A W/ Filmmakers
05:45PM Intermission 15m
06:00PM The Roosters 1h36m
07:40PM Q&A W/ Filmmakers
08:00PM Evening Reception / Po’ Ramblin Boys – Setup
08:30PM “The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys” Live Music 30m
09:00PM Live Music Break 15m
09:15PM “The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys” Live Music 30m
09:45PM End of live music
10:00PM Close of Festival
Sunday May 22nd 2016
10:00AM Doors Open
10:30AM The Percy Harris Story 1h 57m
12:30PM Intermission 15m
12:45PM How It Is 45m
01:30PM SHORT FILM BLOCK 1h
- Harmony 14m
- Homebound 7m
- Shayna 4m
- The Autumn Waltz 14m
- We Want Some 14m
- Fixed 7m
02:30PM Intermission 15m
02:45PM David Hood 47m
03:30PM Q&A W/ Filmmakers
03:45PM Intermission 15m
04:00PM SHORT FILM BLOCK 1h 45m
- Goodnight, Olivia 8m
- The Dolls 13m
- Civil 9m
- Tailypo 15m
- The King’s Guitar 27m
- Return to the Garden 15m
- Choose Love 9m
- Time 9m
05:45PM Q&A W/ Filmmakers
06:00PM Intermission 15m
06:15PM My Love Lexlacy 1h28m
07:45PM Q&A W/ Filmmakers
08:00PM Intermission 15m
08:15PM Awards Ceremony 1h
09:15PM Evening Reception 30m
10:00PM Close of Festival
**SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANYTIME WITH OR WITHOUT NOTICE**