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This is an archive copy of the 2006 Blue Ridge Southwest Virginia Film Festival!

Click here to view images from the 2006 Vision Film Festival!

Presenting the
2006 Blue Ridge - Southwest Virginia
Vision Film Festival!

The 4th Annual Blue Ridge - Southwest Virginia Vision Film Festival will be held on Thursday, April 20, Friday, April 21, and Saturday, April 22, 2006!

Our Special Guest Star this year is
William Christopher
best known as 'Father Mulcahy', the gentle and lovable priest of TV's 'M*A*S*H'!

Click here to view Mr. Christopher's biography! (will open in a new browser window)

Mr. William Christopher and the cast of M*A*S*H
Presenting our Special Guest Star Mr. William Christopher and other cast members of M*A*S*H
We regret that the other cast members are unable to attend this year's Vision Film Festival. We extend our best wishes to them, and want to thank them for the many hours of entertainment and drama that they have provided for everyone!

Quick Guide links: use these links to jump to the respective section on this page

Winners List!
Ticket information
Schedule information
Featured Films
Venue information

Our Sponsors
Our Judges

Vision Film Festival logo
Presenting the Official Film Festival Logo, by Iris Gillispie.

Presenting Mr. William Christopher!

And featuring our Special Guest: David Brian Baker, Director of KAFI, Kalamazoo Animation Festival International! Click here for a biography of Mr. Baker!

The Blue Ridge-Southwest Virginia Film Office, Inc., our 2006 Vision Film Festival, and The Virginia Film Office, pay tribute to the Doctors, Nurses, and Corpmen that are serving and have served in Virginia MASH units!

Tickets go on sale beginning Monday, March 27, 2006!

Tickets may be purchased at the following locations:

A Little Bit Hippy - Towers Mall
Back In Time - Valley View Mall upper level
Bedford Visitors & Convention Center, Bedford, Virginia
Buchanan Theatre, Buchanan, Virginia
Ginger's Jewery - 1414 Towne Square Blvd. Roanoke, Virginia
O. Winston Link Museum - near The Hotel Roanoke
Science Museum of Western Virginia - Downtown Roanoke
The Arts Council of the Blue Ridge - Downtown Roanoke
Credit Card orders- Hotline (540) 562-1713

Ticket Prices:

Day Passes: April 20, 21, 22, 2006 ~ $10.00 (Good for ALL events during each day at all venues!)
Military Discount Day Passes Active/Retired with ID: $6.00
Single Event Ticket: $7.50
Opening Reception Hunting Hills Country Club April 20, 2006 (Cash Bar) 6 PM-10 PM-**Meet and greet the stars, producers, directors, composers, writers, screenwriters, and animators**
Film/Animation Awards Gala April 22, 2006 at The Hotel Roanoke
Dinner, Music by the HouseCats Band*
Silent Auction Fund Raiser
Single Ticket: $ 75.00
Couple: $139.00

Our Host Hotel this year is The Hotel Roanoke! Please visit their web site at www.hotelroanoke.com for room reservations!

Other venues for film and animation screenings will include:

The Hopkins Planetarium Theatre at the Science Museum of Southwestern Virginia www.smwv.org
O. Winston Link Museum Theatre www.linkmuseum.org
Buchanan Theatre www.buchanantheatre.com
Hollins University Theatre www.hollins.edu
Consolidated Theatres - Valley View Grande www.consolidatedtheatres.com

We are pleased to present and thank our
2006 Vision Film Festival sponsors!
Click on the logos below to visit the respective web sites.
Each link will open in a new browser window!

Click on the logos above to visit the respective web sites.
Each link will open in a new browser window!

The complete Schedule of Events is now available for viewing and printing,
courtesy of Prime Living Magazine! ( both of these links will open in new browser windows )

Please note:All copies of the schedule have been revised and updated as of Wednesday, April 19, 2006! The Friday showing of "Balance" at the Hopkins Planetarium has been changed to 3:15 P.M.

You can also download a printable copy using the following links:

Click here to download the Adobe Acrobat version (.pdf format, 1 page, 31kb)

Help promote the 2006 Vision Film Festival!
Use the following links to download a copy of our promotional poster!

Click here to download a copy for 8 1/2" x 11" paper (.pdf format, 1 page, 881kb)
~or~
Click here to download a copy for 8 1/2" x 14" (legal size) paper (.pdf format, 1 page, 881kb)

And the Winners are . . .

Peoples' Choice Award

'What Babies Want'

Peoples' Choice Award

'Before Walt'

Inkwell Images, Inc.,
Ray Pointer, President, http://www.inkwellimagesink.com

Best ANI-Film College of Films

'Crooked Mick of the Speewah'

Best ANI-FILM Inde-Stop Motion Graphics

'Reveries from Cistae Memoria'

Best ANI- Film College -2D

'Dance Macabre'

Best ANI-Film College - Stop Motion

'Twichy-Up'

Best ANI-FILM Inde - 2D

'Balance'
Baodong Liu, Xianomei Sui, Jiren Li, Xianoxue Zheng

Best ANI-FILM Inde - Stop Motion

'Song of the Lesbian Pirates'

Best ANI-FILM Inde- Stop Motion Graphics

'Reveries from Cistae Memoria'

BEST IN SHOW ANI-FILM

'Balance',
Baodong Liu, Xianomei Sui, Jiren Li, Xianoxue Zheng

Best Short Film

'The Offering'

Best Short Drama

'Of Age'

Best Short Comedy

'A Modest Proposal'

Best Short Cinematography

'The Offering', Antonin Lhotsky

Best Short Film Director

'The Offering', Paul Lee

Best Short Screenplay

'The Offering', Paul Lee

Best Feature Film

'No Retreat from Destiny: The Battle That Saved Washington'

Best Comedy Feature Film

'Forgotten Stars'

Best Drama Feature Film

'No Retreat From Destiny: The Battle That Saved Washington'

Best Original Music Feature Film

'No Retreat From Destiny: The Battle That Saved Washington', David G. Russell

Best Cinematography Feature Film

'No Retreat From Destiny: The Battle That Saved Washington', Stephen M. Lyons

Best In Show

'No Retreat From Destiny: The Battle That Saved Washington'

Best Documentary Film

'Do You Want the Elephant Music?'

Best Historical Documentary

'Missing, Presumed Dead: The Search for America's POWs'

Best Original Music for a Documentary

'Do You Want the Elephant Music?', Joong-Han Chung

Vision Award for Casting Excellence

Annie Chapman, 'No Retreat From Destiny: The Battle That Saved Washington'

Vision Award for Best Directing and Producer Excellence

Kevin R. Hershberger

Vision Award for Musical Excellence

David G. Russell, 'No Retreat From Destiny: The Battle That Saved Washington'

Vision Award for Special Animation

David Brian Baker

Please use the following links for additional information about the featured films, shorts, documentaries, and animations! ( each will open in a new browser window )

Feature films
Short films
Documentary films
Animations

Introducing the 2006 Vision Film Festival Judges . . .

Judges for the Vision Film Festival competition include Chairman Klaus Phillips who is a graduate of the University of Texas where he obtained his Ph.D. He is a Professor of German and Film at Hollins University in Hollins, Virginia where he also serves as the director of the graduate program in screenwriting and film studies as well as founding director of the Hollins Film and Censorship, and Introduction to Film as Art. Professor Phillips has chaired the judging committee for the Vision Film Festivals over the past three years. Visit the Hollins University web site at www.hollins.edu ( will open in a new browser window )

Jason Brown returns this year as a judge and is a filmmaker and teacher at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. With a Master’s Degree in screenwriting and Film Studies from Hollins University, Jason has taught at Concord University and West Virginia State University.

Animation is a new competition area for the Vision Film Festivals. We are pleased to announce an animation work coming from Datong, Shanxi China, entitled 'Balance', from the Bough Animation Company, www.bough-animation.com.

David Baker, founder and director of the Kalamazoo Animation Festival International will be this year’s Special Guest Animator. David is an award winning media producer, animator and educator. Click here for a biography of Mr. Baker!

Additional Animation Judges will include:
Ramin Zahed, Editor in Chief of Animation Magazine, Online Editor/Writer Ryan Ball, graduate of Radford University and former resident of Salem, Virginia; and, Caryl Zaronikos, of Roanoke, Virginia. Visit the Animation Magazine web site at www.animationmagazine.net

The Academy Award® winning visual effects company, Tippett Studio, was founded in 1984 by animation pioneer Phil Tippett. Tippett Studio is an Academy Award®-winning visual effects company specializing in a wide range of CG animation and digital effects for feature films and television commercials. The Company has created visual effects for over 50 films including Constantine, Hellboy, The Matrix Revolutions, Hollow Man, Starship Troopers, Dragonheart, and Jurassic Park. Mr. James Brown, Lead Animator will represent Tippett Studio. Visit the Tippett Studio web site at www.tippettstudios.com ( will open in a new browser window )

Paul Moldovanos, The Clay Man, is an Animation-filmmaker, cartoonist, sculptor, comedy writer and designer living in Vancouver, British Columbia. He will also serve as an animation judge. Visit The Clay Man 3D Cartoon Communications web site at TheClayMan.com

Nancy Jacobs of Bent Image Lab located in the New York office is noted for 3D animation and mixed media. Her clients include Kellogg, PBS, SNL, and Cartoon Network to name a few.

Local judges include Richard Moore, owner/animator from Cendrick Enterprises in Salem, Virginia and in Roanoke, Virginia, Jamal Millner, President/Animator at M3:Grafix and Animations, a division of Millner Multi Media LTD, www.m3graphix.com, artists Carolyn Moock and Carol Nelms, local videographer/photographer Walker Nelms and Dave Socky, Producer/Director/Owner of Hodag Video Productions, www.caves.org/hodagvideo/

More details are also available on our Press Releases page.

We thank our photographers Jim Bullington, Don and Sandra Eubank, Tommy Firebaugh, Lynda Murphy, Elaine Bays Simpson, and Barry Wright for the images presented below. More images are available from the following web sites: (each will open in a new browser window)

www.jbullphoto.photoreflect.com Jim Bullington's web site

www.tommyfirebaugh.com Tommy Firebaugh's web site

http://murphysphoto.com/Gallery/FFGallery/index.html Murphy's Photo web site

Here are a few images from the 2006 Vision Film Festival for your enjoyment!

Special Guest Star William Christopher with Vision Film Festival President Sandra R. Eubank, at the O. Winston Link Museum's "Country Railroad" Store.

Special Guest Star William Christopher with Vision Film Festival Vice-President Margaret Sue Turner Wright, at the O. Winston Link Museum's "Country Railroad" Store.

Special Guest Star William Christopher with Elaine Bays, RVTV Channel 3 Manager, at the O. Winston Link Museum.

Special Guest Star William Christopher getting ready to sign glasses for the silent auction at the Hotel Roanoke. Margaret Sue Turner Wright, Art Director, and other area artists hand painted these margarita glasses!

Special Guest Star William Christopher and Margaret Sue Turner Wright work hard getting margarita glasses autographed for the Awards Gala silent auction at the Hotel Roanoke!

Special Guest Star William Christopher and Margaret Sue Turner Wright take time to pose for this photo during the autograph signing of the hand painted margarita glasses at the Hotel Roanoke's Conference Room.

Special Guest Star William Christopher autographs hand painted margarita glasses from area artists.

Some of the autographed margarita glasses from the Awards Gala silent auction at the Hotel Roanoke!

Art Director Margaret Sue Turner Wright and volunteer Carolyn Moock setting up the silent auction.

Don Eubank, Sandra Eubank, Barry Wright, Teresa Pragon, Mar Gregory, and Margaret Sue Turner Wright at the Awards Gala!

Margaret Sue Turner Wright, Stephen Davis, Susan Davis, and Mar Gregory at Hunting Hills Country Club opening the 2006 Vision Film Festival.

Barry Wright, Harry Gaston, Dave Socky (standing), Mrs. and Mr. Dave Austin at the Film Festival Opening at Hunting Hills Country Club.

Carolyn and Mark Mooch at the opening reception.

Kristin Ramlow and her husband at the opening reception.

Korean Hostesses from the Roanoke Local Colors greeted guests at the Hunting Hills Country Club 2006 Vision Film Festival Gala.

Pearl Fu, founder of Roanoke's Local Colors, is welcomed by Sandra R. Eubank.

Pearl Fu, founder of Roanoke's Local Colors, is introduced to Special Guest Star William Christopher.

The Opening Reception at the Hunting Hills Country Club.

Film Office Board Member Mar Gregory, Sandra R. Eubank, President, and Margaret Sue Turner Wright, Vice-President, at the Opening Reception at Hunting Hills Country Club.

Special Guest Star William Christopher talks with Film Office Board Member Mar Gregory as he autographs photos.

Special Guest Star William Christopher with Film Office Board Member Mar Gregory and her son, Stephen Gregory.

Film Office Board Members Susan Davis and City of Covington Councilman Bill Zimmerman speak with a guest at the Opening Reception.

Special Guest Dr. Rober Keely reviews the 2006 Vision Film Festival Program Book at the Opening Reception.

Print Media Director Barry Wright talks with Special Guest Dr. Robert Keely and his wife at the Opening Reception.

Special Guest Star William Christopher talks with his wife Barbara at the Opening Reception.

Special Guest Star William Christopher and his wife Barbara talk with Guest Artist Caryl Zarinkos at the Opening Reception.

Special Guest Star William Christopher and his wife Barbara , Guest Artist Caryl Zarinkos, and Dr. and Mrs. Robert Keely at the Opening Reception.

Special Guest Star William Christopher poses with his "look-alike" at the Opening Reception after receiving the "Key to the City" from the City of Roanoke.

Karen and William Bagley enjoy a moment together at the Opening Reception.

Special Guest Star William Christopher talks with Karen and William Bagley at the Opening Reception.

Morgan Bays Simpson and Elaine Bays pose with Special Guest Star William Christopher after he received the "Key to the City" from the Mayor of the City of Roanoke.

Special Guest Star William Christopher and his wife Barbara are welcomed to the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia, by Joe Banner.

Special Guest Star William Christopher tours the National D-Day Memorial with Joe Banner.

Joe Banner tells the history of the National D-Day Memorial to William Christopher and his wife Barbara with the local news filming.

Special Guest Star William Christopher, his wife Barbara, and Joe Banner look over the National D-Day Memorial with the local news filming.

Special Guest Star William Christopher poses with the National D-Day Memorial Police Officers who presented him with a gift.

Special Guest Star William Christopher being interviewed by WDBJ-7, WSLS-TV10, and WSET-13 News crews at the National D-Day Memorial.

Special Guest Star William Christopher and author Vicky Holt discuss writing and how to become published at the Writers' Panel, Hollins University - Babcock Auditorium.

Alexander Books publisher Ralph Roberts, author Adam Meyers, and publisher Hap Houlihan take part on the panel "How Do I Become Published?" at Hollins University - Babcock Auditorium.

Don Eubank, Film Office Treasurer, enjoys the company of the Korean Hostesses from Roanoke's Local Colors at the Awards Gala held at the Hotel Roanoke.

Special Guest Star William Christopher talks with fans while Film Office Board Member Susan Davis talks with Barbara Christopher at the Awards Gala held at the Hotel Roanoke.

Mary Nelson, Virginia Film Office representative, poses with Special Guest Star William Christopher.

Special Guest Star William Christopher poses with Chief Jeffrey Eubank at the Awards Gala held at the Hotel Roanoke.

Stephen Gregory, Chief Jeffrey Eubank, and Film Office Board Member Mar Gregory at the Award Gala held at the Hotel Roanoke.

Special Guest Star William Christopher with guests Glen and Carolyn Howard at the Awards Gala at the Hotel Roanoke.

Special Guest Star William Christopher with Clifford Williams and his wife Michelle. Mr. Williams was the featured singer at the Awards Gala at the Hotel Roanoke.

Clifford Williams sings the National Anthem at the Awards Gala.

Special Guest Artist David Baker talks with guests at his table at the Awards Gala.

Special Guest Artist David Baker is honored by the 2006 Vision Film Festival, with Sandra R. Eubank and Margaret Sue Turner Wright.

Print Media Director and Film Office Board Member Barry Wright also served as Emcee at the Awards Gala.

Dr. Robert Keely reads a letter from Virginia Senator George Allen honoring the military services and M*A*S*H Star William Christopher.

Margaret Sue Turner Wright and Sandra R. Eubank announcing the 2006 Vision Film Festival winners.

Sandra R. Eubank, Film Office President and 2006 Vision Film Festival Program Director.

Margaret Sue Turner Wright, Film Office Vice-President and 2006 Vision Film Festival Art Director.

Margaret Sue Turner Wright prepares to give out awards as Sandra R. Eubank announces the award winners.

Sandra R. Eubank and Margaret Sue Turner Wright present the Best in Show award to Kevin Hershberger of LionHeart Film Works for his feature film "No Retreat From Destiny."

Special Guest Star William Christopher talks to guests as he receives the John Payne Lifetime Achievement Award at the Awards Gala.

Sandra R. Eubank presents the John Payne Lifetime Achievement Award to Special Guest Star William Christopher.

Special Guest Star William Christopher with his John Payne Lifetime Achievement Award.

"Two Fireflies" feature film won the Audience Choice Award for the 2006 Vision Film Festival. Roger Wilson, star/producer, Dani Englander, star/co-producer, and Adam Meyers, director/screenwriter, receive the award from Sandra R. Eubank and Margaret Sue Turner Wright.