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FLEX, the Florida Film/Video Festival, proudly announces the winners of the 2011 competitive festival, as selected by our jurors Mark Toscano (Curator, Filmmaker, and Preservationist, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Film Archive) and Vanessa Renwick (Filmmaker and Founder, Oregon Department of Kick Ass).

CATEGORY: VIDEO >10 MIN.
1st Prize: The Voyagers by Penny Lane
Runner-up: Compressive/Percussive by Scott Stark
Runner-up: Utopia, Part 3 by Sam Green
CATEGORY: VIDEO <10 MIN.
1st Prize: Collide-O-Scope by Naren Wilks
Runner-up: White House bu Georg Koszulinski
Runner-up: Beaver Skull Magick by Steve Reinke
CATEGORY: FILM >10 MIN.
1st Prize: Horizontal Boundaries by Pat O'Neill
Runner-up: Make Them Jump by Kelly Spivey
Runner-up: Trees of Syntax, Leaves of Axis by Daichi Saito
CATEGORY: FILM <10 MIN.
1st Prize: Triumph of the Wild by Martha Colburn
Runner-up: Tokyo-Ebisu by Tomonari Nishikawa
Runner-up: Iron-Wood by Richard Tuohy
KODAK FILM STOCK PRIZES
Day/Night (Devil's Millhopper) by Andres E. Arocha

FLEXfest 2011 Program

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FLEX, the Florida Film/Video Festival, proudly announces the winners of the 2009 competitive festival, as selected by our jurors Andrea Grover (Founder, Aurora Picture Show) and Abina Manning (Director, Video Data Bank).

CATEGORY: VIDEO >10 MIN.
1st Prize: Space Ghost by Laurie Jo Reynolds
2nd Prize: Lovely Andrea by Hito Steyerl
3rd Prize: I Covered My Eyes by Paul Turano

CATEGORY: VIDEO <10 MIN.
1st Prize: Energie! by Thorsten Fleisch
2nd Prize: The Eternal Quarter Inch by Jesse McLean
3rd Prize: In the Mix by Jan Machacek

CATEGORY: FILM >10 MIN.
1st Prize: Observando El Cielo by Jeanne Liotta
2nd Prize: The Presentation Theme by Jim Trainor
3rd Prize: Kalendar by Naomi Uman

CATEGORY: FILM <10 MIN.
1st Prize: Bumblebee by Eric Ostrowski
2nd Prize: Sphinx on the Seine by Paul Clipson
3rd Prize: Blue Tide/Black Water by Eve Gordon and Sam Hamilton

KODAK FILM STOCK PRIZES
Yard Work is Hard Work by Jodie Mack
Lampang Bouquet by Tony Balko

HONORABLE MENTION FOR HUMANIZING STATISTICS
People in Order by Lenka Clayton and James Price

SPANISH MOSS AWARD FOR PROMISING FLORIDIANS
You Will Be Outdated Soon by Scott Ross and Ricky Kelley

FLEXfest 2009 schedule

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FLEX, the Florida Film/Video Festival, proudly announces the winners of the 2006 competitive festival, as selected by jurors Craig Baldwin and Mike Plante.

FILM CATEGORIES
long (>12 minutes)
1st Prize: Bill Brown, "The Other Side"
2nd Prize: Peter Tscherkassky, "Instructions for a Light and Sound Machine"

short (12 minutes and shorter)
1st Prize: Jim Trainor, "Harmony"
2nd Prize: Michael Robinson, "The General Returns from One Place to Another"

and
the "Gator" award (jurors' citation, film categories): Roger Deutsch, "Dead People"

VIDEO CATEGORIES
long
1st Prize: Frédéric Moffet, "Jean Genet in Chicago"
2nd Prize: Gregg Biermann, "Spherical Coordinates"

short
1st Prize: Steve Reinke, "Ask the Insects"
2nd Prize: Timo Katz, "Whirr"

and
the "Skeeter" award (jurors' citation, video categories): Dariusz Krzeczek, "Luukkaangkangas--updated, revisited"

Congratulations to all of the award winners and thanks to all of the filmmakers who allowed us to show their amazing work.

DOWNLOAD THE 2006 PROGRAM & SCHEDULE [PDF]
DOWNLOAD THE 2005 PROGRAM & SCHEDULE [PDF]


FLEX FEST TOUR 2005

FLEX took its show on the road, first with a brief tour of Florida in late July/early August followed by an extended North American tour in late August and September. See the 2005 FLEX tour venues and dates.



The winners of the first biennial Florida Experimental Film/Video Festival (2004):
Film (<10 minutes)
1st Prize--"Monologue Exterieur" by Francien van Everdingen
2nd Prize--"Stable" by Robert Todd
3rd Prize--"Altitude Zero" by Lauren Cook

Video (<10 minutes)
1st Prize--"White Blight Manifesto" by Paul Lloyd Sargent
2nd Prize--"Vancouver Special" by Lisa Marr

Film (>10 minutes)
1st Prize--"I'm Bobby" by Xav Leplae
2nd Prize--"Post-Industrial Symphony" by Jason Middleton
3rd Prize--"Figures in the Landscape" by Thomas Comerford

Video (>10 minutes)
1st Prize--"Color & Modulation" by Rob Tyler