2002 Festival Highlights

Best Feature
Hukkle by Gyorgy Palfis

Best American Indie
The Slaughter Rule by Alex Smith and Andrew Smith

Best Native Film
Lady Warriors by John C.P. Goheen

Best Latin Film
Every Stewardess Goes to Heaven by Daniel Burman

Best Documentary
Vakvagany by Benjamin Meade and Andres Suryani

Best Short
Book of Kings by Chris Terrio

Best New Mexico film
Little Lourdes by Elisabeth Unna

Audience Choice
Ruthie and Connie: Every Room in the House by Deborah Dickson

Highlights
Talk to Her (Spain) by Pedro Almodovar
Rabbit Proof Fence (Australia) by Phillip Noyce
Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary (Canada) by Guy Maddin Russian Ark (Russia-Germany) by Aleksandr Sokurov
Amy’s Orgasm (USA) by Julie Davis
Divine Intervention (Palestine) by Elia Suleiman
Chihwaseon (S. Korea) by Im Kwon-taek
Ice Island (USA) by Wes Skiles
Shoujyo (Japan) by Eiji Okuda
Personal Velocity (USA) by Rebecca Miller
Safety of Objects (USA) by Rose Troche
Spider (Canada) by David Cronenberg
XX/XY (USA) by Austin Chick
Restored Red Sky at Morning (USA, 1971) by James Gladstone

Retrospective Tributes

Peter Fonda, Actor/Writer/Director
The Hired Hand (1971)
Ulee’s Gold (1997)

Shirley MacLaine, Actress/Writer/Producer
The Apartment (1960)
Madame Sousatzka (1988)

Robbie Robertson, Songwriter/Musician/Composer
The Last Waltz (1978)
Making a Noise, A Native American Musical Journey (1998)

Robert M. Young, Writer/Director
Short Eyes (1977)
Alambrista! (1978)
Dominick and Eugene (1988)

Special Guests
Bill Kurtis, Producer
Ice Island, Anchor, American Justice, The New Explorers
Steve Kutcher, Entomologist, Bug Wrangler, Arachnophobia, Jurrasic Park, Spiderman

Panel Discussions
New Mexico Resources for Filmmakers
Musical Scores for Motion Picture
The Future of Film Distribution
Independent Filmmaking: The Courage to Create