"ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL" COMEDIES IN FILM HISTORY. New York Times, Sunday, June 27, 2010. And Jim Abrahams, one of the three writers and directors of "AIRPLANE!" is coming to celebrate its 30th Anniversary at the Big Water Film Festival. Read the whole article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/movies/27airplane.html?8dpc MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND THE 2010 BIG WATER FILM FESTIVAL! The 2010 festival will be held on November 5, 6, and 7, 2010. Thank you to all filmmakers who have sent films in for the Festival! Our selection committee is currently closeted in the screening suite of StageNorth, taking breaks only for one half-hour of exercise per day and the consumpton of light but nutritious meals. We should have all of our selections made by mid-September, and will be adding selections to the list below once each week. We are not reviewing films in the order in which they were received (we basically reach into the box and pull one out), so if you sent your film in a long time ago and still have not heard from us, do not despair-- we haven't forgotten about you, and we do appreciate your patience. Special events for the 2010 Festival. We will have two featured filmmakers this year: Melody Gilbert, award-winning Twin Cities director of documentaries such as Married at the Mall, Fritz, and A World Without Pain. To see more about Melody, visit her website at Frozen Feet Films. AND special guest Jim Abrahams, writer and director of Airplane!, Police Squad, Hotshots, Ruthless People, and other Hollywood hit movies. Here are the movies we've picked so far: Breakfast by Liang-Jyan Wang. The committee loved this delightfully scored and fast moving tale of young love struggling to survive in Taiwan's intense political environment. Chinese, with English subtitles. Extinction II - Quadrature of the Circles by Fernando Uson. Okay, the name in English is a little clunky, but the film is anything but. From Spain, the casting, lighting, costuming, set dressing, shooting, editing, and sound track all work together in this wordless, tense vignette centered on a couple getting ready to go out for the night. Opening Day by William Bedford. The late-autumn beauty of foggy early morning Wisconsin is portrayed in the last few immensely quiet moments before the opening of gun deer season. Space Ranger by Derek Haugen. In this comic mockumentary by an Angeleno with Washburn roots, an investigative TV reporter explores whether the local video store clerk really is an alien from another planet stranded on Earth by a broken down space vehicle or whether he is "just another crazy looking for publicity." Feed the Fish by Michael Matzdorff. This brand new movie, shot in Door County, features Tony Shalhoub (Emmy for "Monk"), Barry Corbin (Emmy for "Northern Exposure"), Ross Partridge, Katie Aselton, and Michael Chernus. A burned out children's book writer leaves LA to spend the winter in Northern Wisconsin. He discovers deer hunting, badgers, the Polar Bear Plunge, and love. See the trailer at Feed the Fish. Safety Net by Eirini Steirou. This dramatic short has great cinematography and editing and tells a compelling story. Chick Flick by Ryan Leer. In this comic short, the protagonist pays the ultimate price for staying out too late with the boys. Cheese! by Damien Patrik. A couple of cameras result in an unexpected intergenerational connection. Fun, and four minutes long. Paddle to Seattle: Journey Through the Inside Passage by J.J. Kelley and Josh Thomas. This feature length film tracks the journey of two friends as they paddle homemade wooden kayaks the length of the Inside Passage from Skagway, Alaska to Seattle. Beautifully shot, the film captures the breathtaking scenery of the Passage and the friendship of the paddlers. See the trailer at Paddle to Seattle. Mine: Story of a Sacred Montain by Survival International USA. This film, which echoes the struggles of Wisconsin Native American tribes to prevent destructive mining on their lands,documents the story of the Dongria Kondh tribe's efforts to prevent a British mining company from destroying the tribe's sacred mountain in Orissa, India to remove bauxite. For more information on the organization that produced this film, see Survival International. A Circle and Three Lines by Jan Selby. The surprising history of the peace symbol, in words, photos, and video. It Goes On by Kjell Kvanbeck. In this young Washburn filmmaker's work, a bereaved son finds comfort recalling a lesson about life and death taught him by his father years earlier. Make a Killing by Corey James. Don Scribner stars in this short as a thoroughly creepy serial killer obsessed with haircuts. I Will Hurt You by Gary Lynch. Can "cheesy" be used as a compliment? Lynch's mockumentary of the interpersonal politics inside a women's wrestling league is fifteen minutes of guilty pleasure. Where it Lives by Cherie Spaulding. Trickling water and a child's question, "Why'd that happen?" start off this exposition/meditation on the importance of water and watersheds. Gelatinous by Forrest Falconer. A claymation man uses a remote controlled animated machine to cope (barely) with his claymation dog and baby and (more successfully) with his needs for beer and pizza. Thank you to our 2010 sponsors: Director sponsors ($500-$999): Ashland Area Chamber of Commerce Chequamegon Bay Arts Council Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua Cinematographer sponsors ($250-$499): Siegler Law Office, S.C. Special Effects sponsors ($100-$249): Graysteg Design Northern State Bank Ron's Repair and Towing Xcel Energy WANT TO BECOME A SPONSOR FOR THE 2010 FESTIVAL? GO TO "CONTACT US." The Big Water Film Festival is a project of the Bay Area Film Society, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.