Ballston Spa Film Festival 2009

Aardman Animations' "The Pearce Sisters" wins three top prizes in the 2008 Ballston Spa Film Festival. Aardman is best known for their Wallace and Grommit animated films, but director Luis Cook's tale is much more grim and grisly than cute and cuddly. The film won the 2008 BAFTA Award for Animated Short. And Best Picture, Best Editing and Best Director in the 2008 Ballston Spa Film Festival.

We'll post news of the 2009 Festival as it happens here.

Saratoga Today on Wonka in AromaRama. 5/29/09
The Times Union blogs about Wonka and our Golden Tickets. 5/27/09
NipperTown.com thinks we stink. 5/27/09
Capital News 9 covers Wonka, Wonka Bars and the Film Festival 5/22/09
Miss Hurricat.com blogs about a world of pure imagination made real. 5/28/09
The Gazette article gets re-blogged by Open Air Cinema 5/28/09

The Gazette smells what the Wonka's cooking (Front Page story). 5/19/09
B95 FM's morning crew talks up AromaRama too. 5/19/09
The Times Union blogs about AromaRama in B Spa. 5/20/09
WMHT's TV Film blogs it too. 5/11/09

Festival recieves Saratoga Gaming and Racing Foundation grant.

2009 Festival recieves SPAF/NYSCA grant. The Saratoga County Arts Council (SCAC) announces the recipients of the Saratoga County Program for Arts Funding (SPAF) FY 2009 Project and Artist Grants. Awards ceremony 1/28/09.

SPAF provides grants to non-profit organizations, municipalities and individual artists for arts and cultural programming in communities throughout Saratoga County.

Saratogian article on the grant 12/10

Metroland includes the Festival in the Year in Photos 2008 review.

Here are a few stories on our 2008 festival:

Post Star reports on our winners. 8/7

Festival world premiere filmmaker Jason Outenreath interview 8/1

All Over Albany's blurb. 7/31

We take Metroland by surprise 7/31

Film.com makes an example out of us. 7/31

Cover story in Saratogian's What's Happening 7/31

Article on festival filmmaker Mike Feurstein.

Festival on 23 WXXA 5:00 news 6/13/08. (watch video)

Article on festival filmmaker Dan Masucci.

Article on the festival in Saratoga Today.

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