Brainwash

2009 Winners & Program

The 15th Annual Brainwash Drive-in Bike-in Walk-in Movie Festival was held in Oakland, California, at Mandela Village Arts Center on Saturday, July 18th and the American Steel Building on Friday, July 31st and Saturday, August 1st, 2009.

Congratulations to our moviemakers and a sincere thanks to all who submitted their movies!

Special congratulations to our award winners:

1st Prize: “MXD MSG” by Jeffrey Durkin
2nd GRAND Prize: “Mister Coffey” by Mark Thimijan
3rd Prize: “EXIT:ALLEY” by Robin Smyth
4th Prize: “The Collection” by Keren Albala
5th Prize: “Gypsy Crepes” by Count Lear Bunda
First Feature Brainwash Award: “Dr. S Battles the Sex-Crazed Reefer Zombies: The Movie” by Bryan Ortiz
2009 Audience Choice Award: “Stalk Much?” by Bill Baykan

The program consisted of:

Saturday, July 18th:
Dead in the Water Marco Aguilar
Dead Sucks Elias
Dr. S Battles the Sex-Crazed Reefer Zombies: The Movie Bryan Ortiz
Friday, July 31st:
T-shirt of Me Matt Meindl
The Collection Keren Albala
The Glitch Joe Fordham
Carnival Lights/Vereinsamt Jim Magrini
Gypsy Crepes Count Lear Bunda
Thunder, Perfect Mind Joey Bargsten
EXIT.ALLEY Robin Smyth
Crossing Boundaries Nicholas Serenati
Debt Consolidation Josh Bass
EAST WORLD Hiroshi Toda
Karaoke Show Karl Tebbe
Saturday, August 1st:
Be Right There Van Lam
The 2000 Man Timothy Kolesk
c/o Flap Jackson John Lustig
The Hit Lachlan Huddy
Stalk Much? Bill Baykan
Scrimshander George Smaragdis
Dodo Bird Mike Gray
MXD MSG Jeffrey Durkin
Peter & I Josh Bass
Mister Coffey Mark Thimijan
Angel Island Mark McGothigan
WSIM: What Suffered Inside Me Jennifer Hardy
I Dream In Stereo Ken Glaser
Awards Presentation