Seattle's True Independent Film Festival 2009

Jeff, a young adult, decides to change his past life by finishing his last university project. But in the place where you are suppose to be quiet, something unexpected happens. Awarded the STIFFY for Husky Spirit Genre: Drama, Dramedy

Why do we see so many severely mentally ill people on the street, often off treatment and nearly always alone? Physician and filmmaker, Delaney Ruston, has seen her paranoid schizophrenic father in this state. Unlisted depicts Ruston's journey, now as a doctor, to stop hiding from her father and to understand his illness and its impact on their relationship. Prompted by memories of struggling to get help for her father, Ruston sets out to understand why it is so hard to get mental health care in America. When her father suddenly stops his medicine, what starts as an emotional tale of reconciliation turns into a frantic journey for survival. Awarded the STIFFY for Most Compelling Documentary Genre: Disability Culture, Women, Independent, Senior/Aging, Science, Docu-Drama, Health/Medical

A woman filmmaker, who lost her virginity at a late age, goes on a pursuit to find other women who have abstained from sex. Awarded the STIFFY for Wasted Youth Award Genre: Women, Docu-Drama

Jeff Bourgeois: a former marine and family man who works full time as a tele-communications technician. Coby Parmenter: an award winning Judo player with a troubled past. Josh Calvo: a disaffected young man looking for his path in life. These three men discover and reveal the fabric of their personalities through the rigorous training for Mixed Martial Arts competition. Jeff is 36 years old and enjoys his time mentoring those who want to train. He muses on life, his family, his relationship with God, and what it means to live a life dedicated to MMA. Coby is 30 years old with a dream to be a professional fighter. After sustaining a serious injury in a fight that went to a draw, he wonders if he will be able to rebound and still make a life for himself and his girlfriend while traversing the Pac NW MMA circuit. Josh Calvo is 19, a gifted young hopefull looking to Jeff and other veterans for inspiration and guidance, but can he live up to his expectations and those of his mentors? Walking to the Cage takes an in depth look at the therapeutic and often times personally liberating effects of combat sports through these three men, as well as the technical intricacies of this intense and emerging sport. Awarded the STIFFY for Lights Out Award Genre: Drama, Underground, Independent, Sport, Youth/Teen, Mature/Adult, Docu-Drama, Spiritual

While on a forced tour of the northwest border of his country, Prince Andreas and his friend Johan are set upon by invading soldiers from the neighboring country Kilea. After escaping, Andreas, his friend Johan, and bodyguard Kael realize that there is an entire army marching over the passes into their unsuspecting, undefended, Midea. Awarded the STIFFY for Mt Ranier Award Genre: Alternative, Family, Drama, Nature, Coming of Age , Fantasy, Independent, War, Student, Youth/Teen, Children, Environmental, Period/Historical, Action, Spiritual

Best of the WTHDIJW Fest. The festival started in 2005. by a group of comedians that were fed up with the hoity toity art house festivals that didn't focus on comedy. No redeeming cultural values; no lingering shots of puddles or clocks; just jokes that make you really laugh.

MTV and SciFi Channel veteran, Voltaire, takes a dark look at gift-giving and the negative effect it has on the Earth in this one-minute Christmas parable. Animated in stop-motion by Voltaire and narrated by Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance. Awarded the STIFFY for Best Stop-Frame Animation Genre: Alternative, Microcinema, Underground, Horror, Thriller, Musical, Avant-garde, Cult, Fantasy, Independent, Surreal, Environmental, Supernatural, Art

Yesterday follows the lives of complete strangers in the middle of a zombie outbreak. As each person struggles to survive we find their actions begin to affect the lives of others around the dying city. With the culmination of a stand off in the local grocery store, the remaining survivors decide to band together and flee to the wilderness. Once camp is built however, they find that the living dead are not the only danger as they begin to turn on one another in a struggle for power and control. Awarded the STIFFY for Best Zombie Movie Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi Fantasy, Sci-Fi Action, Western, Horror, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Coming of Age , Cult, Fantasy, Independent, Road Trip, Spoof, Surreal, Dramedy, Action, Supernatural

In the not too distant future the government, in collaboration with schools, run a 'Zyco' culture where they administer fluids (drugs of the day) and brainwash teenagers to believe that doing this at weekend raves is the cool thing to do. When young Jen decides to rebel against the prevailing culture by rejecting the allure of Zyco "raves" and all they stand for, she befriends an enigmatic, old style rock aficionado, Tom and his ebullient automaton home-help, Flick. As Jen becomes more acquainted with the music of distant past, she grows to appreciate a culture which she considers to be more vibrant and genuine than the one she's currently immersed in. Jen decides to enter a school talent quest and through the kinetic energy of rock and roll, Jen intends to open her audience's eyes to a very different sensation. Awarded the STIFFY for "Cool As" Stiffy Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Independent, Youth/Teen