Lake Travis Film Festival wraps 3rd edition with filmmaker awards
The Third Lake Travis Film Festival announced its filmmaker awards during brunch at Bee Cave’s famous Star Hill Ranch (15000 Hamilton Pool Rd) as LTFF wrapped up another celebratory weekend packed with film fans and filmmakers converging on the Lake Travis areas of Bee Cave and Lakeway for four days of screenings, panels, parties, and events that the film festival has become noted for.
Laura Lehmus’s Sweet Disaster took the jury prize for Best Narrative Feature Film and Gulya Mirzoeva’s Katia and Rimma won the Best Documentary Feature Film award.
Lake Travis Film Festival Founder and Executive Director, Kat Albert, said, “This year we witnessed the film festival firmly establish its personality. From the mix of local and international films, we present a unique cultural experience in the suburbs.”
Additional winners taking home the LTTF’s signature Kaleidoscope Lens Awards were Gudmund Helmsdal’s Brother Troll (Best Narrative Short Film), Drew J Hayes’ Jedi Training – Equality Begins at the First Bolt (Best Documentary Short Film), Kyle Ward’s Gone (Best Youth Film), and Billy Cano’s Baker Hotel (Best Music Video). Script competition winners included Diamond Keener’s “The Bloom of 1982” (Best Feature Script), and Barry Ward’s “A Gift from God” (Best Short Script).
The LTTF once again presented a robust red carpet – a rarity among Austin film festivals that includes participation from all attending filmmakers, with additional highlights including a pre-festival screenwriting masterclass with screenwriter Owen Egerton (Mercy Black, Blood Fest), a pitch party, live script readings, and screenings tying together the Lakeway and Bee Cave film-loving communities outside of Austin.
2022 Lake Travis Film Festival Filmmaker Awards
BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM
Sweet Disaster
Director: Laura Lehmus
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
Katia and Rimma
Director: Gulya Mirzoeva
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM
Brother Troll
Director: Gudmund Helmsdal
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
Jedi Training – Equality Begins at the First Bolt
Director: Drew J Hayes
BEST YOUTH SHORT FILM
Gone
Director: Kyle Ward
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Baker Hotel
Director: Billy Cano
BEST FEATURE SCRIPT
“The Bloom of 1982”
Writer: Diamond Keener
BEST SHORT SCRIPT
“A Gift from God” Writer: Barry Ward
The Third Lake Travis Film Festival announced its filmmaker awards during brunch at Bee Cave’s famous Star Hill Ranch (15000 Hamilton Pool Rd) as LTFF wrapped up another celebratory weekend