The inaugural HypeFest film & video festival was a smash hit! The weekend-long event concluded with an awards show and live performance by the band Camper Van Beethoven. We want to thank everyone who participated, attended, volunteered and supported HypeFest – we wouldn’t have been able to do it without you.

HypeFest 2003 Award Winners

Style Council Award

Winner: DJ Format "The Hit Song" (music video) directed by Ruben Fleischer

D.I.Y. Award

Winner: Transit (short film) directed by Rebecca Faerstein

The HypeFest 2003 Honorees

The "Best Pick-Up Line" Award:
Short on Sugar (short film) directed by Joseph Anaya

The "Obsessive Collector" Award:
"Sean Connery" Ebay (commercial) directed by Chandler Kauffman

The "How to Hide a Body" Award:
White Bitch Down (short film) directed by Jon Hill

The "You Won't See This on MTV" Award:
"Boyz Up" (short film/music video) directed by Max Kucar

The "Art That Moves" Award:
"Microsoft Windays Expedition" (promo) directed by K. Petrovic, K. Matouina and R. Grgic

Screenplay Competition

First Place: "The Death of Salvador Dali." Written by Delaney Bishop

Second Place: "Mile One Eleven." Written by Charles Valenza

Click here to see the entire 2003 program and filmmaker contact info