WYOMING FILM FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

Wyoming Film Office Film Short Film Festival Winners

Voices of the Platte

A slice of life film about the Platte area of Wyoming, its people and their fish stories. 

Director:  Greg Omelchuck / David Zoby

Absoraka

A period Western set in the Wyoming Territory in1881.  Winner of the 2010 Wyoming Film Office Short Film Contest. 

Director:  Patrick Mignano

Ride The Divide

Ride The Divide is an inspiring journey about the world’s toughest mountain bike race, which traverses over 2700 miles along the Continental Divide in the Rockies. Three disparate characters set out on the journey from Banff, Canada.  Over the course of a few weeks they must pedal 200,000-plus vertical feet over the Rocky Mountains - equivalent to ascending Mount Everest from sea level seven times. Physical strain, intense mental stress, and treacherous weather are their challenges, but the greatest challenges are always within.

Director:  Hunter Weeks
Producer:  Mike Dion
www.ridethedividemovie.com

Next Year Country

Montana is a state under siege; the drought that has lingered here for the better part of the last two decades is the worst the American West has seen in over 500 years. The impact on Montana’s small family farms has been profound, as many have been forced to sell out and move to town. NEXT YEAR COUNTRY tells the story of three Montana families who persist in living and hoping through a punishing dry time by hiring a rainmaker in an attempt to bring relief to their drought-stricken farms.

Director:  Joe Aguirre
Producer:  Jennie Dedusa
www.nextyearcountry.com

My Canyonlands:  The Adventurous Life of Kent Frost

My Canyonlands: The Adventurous Life of Kent Frost is a portrait of Kent Frost, the last of the old time river-runners and a legendary back-country guide from southeast Utah’s canyon country. Now in his 90’s, as a boy Kent explored the wild canyons on foot; as a man, he ran its rivers, developed backcountry tourism, and helped create Canyonlands National Park. We see the loss of Glen Canyon and changing perceptions of the land through Kent's eyes. My Canyonlands also shows the impact one person can have on our perceptions of a place and the importance of person to person testimony, not just political action, in creating change.

Producer/Director/Writer:  Chris Simon
www.sagelandmedia.com

Oh, You Cowgirl!  (World Premier)

A documentary film about the unsung heroes of the American West - The Cowgirls! The documentary film will feature film footage showing actual rides of many of the cowgirls including, Bertha Kaepernik-Blancett, Bonnie McCarroll, Vera McGinnis, Lorena Trickey and more.  Rare film footage from Cheyenne Frontier Days, Pendleton Round-Up and the Los Angeles Rodeo, along with a few never before seen still images will be featured and help tell a story of a few women mostly forgotten in American history, but are women who truly are the unsung heroes of our past. Filmmaker and director, Shirley Morris has spent the past four years researching the film and tells the story of the ranchers, homesteaders, wild west show and circus performers who came to be known as cowgirls.

Producer/Director/Writer:  Shirley Morris 
www.thecowgirlmovie.com

Juni Fisher Concert

Juni Fisher, singer, songwriter and narrator for much of the film will help tell the story of Rose Clayton in the film with her song, "When I Was Prairie Rose."  Following the film Juni Fisher will perform a live concert at the Platte Valley Community Center.  Ms. Fisher was named the 2009 Western Music Association Female Performer of the Year as well as the award for the 2009 Western Music Association Album of the Year.

Musician/Songwriter:  Juni Fisher
www.junifisher.net