Special thanks to everyone that attended our SOLD OUT Best of the Midwest Awards Gala at Rockit Bar and Grill!  Time for a holiday wrap-up:
 
Thank You to Our Gold and Silver Gala Sponsors - can't thank you enough!
Thank You to Our Gala Host Committee, headed by the amazing Mary Kay Cook!!!
 
This year's Best of the Midwest Awards Photo Gallery is epic.  Click here for 200+ photos from this sold-out blowout at Rockit.
 
And of course... here are all nine Best of the Midwest Award winners for 2010!  And here are some highlights from the loaded list of 350+ attendees!

Special thanks to John McNaughton, Steve Conrad, Bobby Schwartz of Eleven Eleven Films, DEXTER star April Hernandez, Melissa Thornley of Beast Editorial, Time Out Chicago film critic Hank Sartin, Pete Biagi and David O'Connor of O'Connor Casting for presenting these awards to our filmmakers.

Last but not least, we need to send out some additional huge thank-you's to: Billy Dec, Jon Landan and everyone at Rockit Ranch Productions; Rich Sullivan and Show Department, including our show techs for the BMAs; Mitch Apley and Resolution Digital Studios; K.C. and Kipp Norman of Elephant Filmworks; Jacqueline Duda and R.S. Owens; Andrew Schneider and Screen Magazine; Carrie Birkel and Constellation Spirits; Ilyssa Fradin, Eric Chaudron and everyone at AFTRA/SAG Chicago; Betsy Steinberg and the Illinois Film Office; Timm Martin of Out the Box Records; Hillel "Frankie" Frankel and everyone at Movietrax.tv; Rich Moskal and the Chicago Film Office; Jason Brown of J. Brown Photography; Mark Hogan and the IPA; and all of our festival staff, supporters and sponsors!

 

Next Year's BMAs are set: Tuesday, December 6, 2011 - Mark Those Calendars!

  

ABOUT THE MIDWEST INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL

 

The Midwest Independent Film Festival is the nation's only film festival solely dedicated to the Midwest filmmaker, presenting audiences with regionally produced independent cinema every first Tuesday of the month at Landmark's Century Centre Cinema, 2828 North Clark in Chicago.  This year-round film festival sits proudly at the center of the independent film scene in Chicago and the Midwest and is dedicated to celebrating and strengthening that community. More information can be found on the Festival website: www.MidwestFilm.org.

 

This year's festival sponsors include Resolution Digital Studios, O'Connor Casting, Humana, ONE at Optimus, Redbox, Fletcher Camera & Lenses, SAGIndie, Sony, Abel Cine Tech, Illinois Film Office, AICP Midwest, Canon, Screen Magazine, Heineken, McDermott Will & Emery, Beast Editorial, Zacuto, Tribeca Flashpoint Academy, Zipcar, Zaroban Design, Left Brain Right Brain Productions, Chicago Film Office, Movietrax.tv, Airstream Audio, 59 Films, Candid Wines, Daufenbach Camera, Elephant Filmworks, Belden-Stratford Hotel, Kodak and Orbit Media Studios.

This film festival is made possible in part by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, which receives funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.