The Jackson Hole Film Festival announced its selection of independent films in competition for the June 2006 Film Festival. The selections, which were narrowed down from over 700 film submissions, will fall into the Festival’s 7 competitive categories: Independent Features, Shorts, Documentaries, World Program Spotlight UK, Global Insight, Sports Action and Student Voices. The top films from the US, UK and Australia will compete for the coveted Rosemount Diamond Award and a $10,000 cash prize.

The Mainstage Theatre, Teton Theater and Twin Theater will be home to the more than 70 independent film screenings. The Mainstage Theatre will also serve as the venue for the Awards Ceremony to be held Saturday June 10th.

In addition to showcasing compelling independent films and producing an array of parties, the Festival will host its Festival Forums Series covering topics such as “Music and Film”, “The Future of Distribution”, “The Power of Film”.

Films in competition are as follows:
World Program Spotlight United Kingdom
“At Nick's”, Patricia Radoi
“Night Call”, Camilla strom henriksen
“Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont” , Dan Ireland
“Oedipus”, RONG
“The West Wittering Affair”, David Scheinmann
“VagaBond Shoes”, Jackie Oudney

Independent Short Films
“The Director”, Mark Teitelman
“Hoosiers II: The Senior Years”, Mark Teitelman
“The Mantis Parable”, Josh Staub
“Pretty Dead Flowers”, Justin Liberman
“A Bullet Over Fives”, Kevin Haskin
“Little Lise”, Benjamin Holmsteen
“Bunny & Clydo” , Rocky Jo
“81-Year-Old Sweethearts”, Danielle Lurie
“La Belle Dame Sans Merci”, Hidetoshi Oneda
“Mute”, Melissa Joan Hart
“Ooola Oop L'Eau De Ohh!”, Carolle-Shelley Abrams
“La Cerca”, S.J. Main
“Spin”, Jamin Winans

Independent Feature Films
“Filmic Achievement”, Kevin Kerwin
“Stephanie Daley”, Hilary Brougher
“Aurora Borealis”, James Burke
“The Path of Most Resistance”, Peter Kelley
“In Memory of My Father”, Christopher Jaymes
“Believe in Me”, Robert Collector
“December Ends”, Lee Krieger

Global Insight Program
“Journey Into Sunset”, Rick Wilkinson
“Black Gold”, Nick Francis & Marc Francis
“Sex Slaves”, Ric Esther Bienstock
“Last Best Hope”, Mat Hames
“Journey From the Fall”, Ham Tran
“Rights on the Line: Vigilantes at the Border”, WITNESS
“King Leopold's Ghost”, Pippa Scott & Oreet Rees
“Nepal: Between Two Stones”, IRIN
“Disarm”, Brian Liu

Documentary Films
“Darkon”, Andrew Neel, Luke Meyer
“WhiteFlag - Playing With The Enemy”, Izzy Abrahami
“Jump”, Justin Bookey
“Red State”, Michael Shea
“A Call to Return: The Oxycontin Story”, Sam Carroll
“Downtown Locals”, Robin Muir & Rory Muir
“The World According to Sesame Street”, Linda Goldstein Knowlton, Linda Hawkins Costigan
“Clear Cut: The Story of Philomath, Oregon”, Peter Richardson
“Forgiving Dr. Mengele”, Bob Hercules, Cheri Pugh
“By the People”, Malindi Fickle
“Discovery”, Andres Faucher
“Dressed to Kill – Women Who Hunt”, Carol Wagner

Sports Action Program
“All Aboard the Crazy Train”, Don King & Sonny Miller
“Full Circle”, Rich Van Every
“Sofia”, Peter Goetz
“The Flying Cross”, Constantine Papanicolaou
“Platinum”, Todd Soliday
“NWD VI - Unchained”, Derek Westerlund
“Bass Man”, Michael Bayer

Student Voices Program
“Bootyful World”, Avital Levy
“Dependency”, Danny Buday
“Duncan Removed”, Peter Livolsi
“Lost Art”, Scott Peters
“My Backyard Was a Mountain”, Adam Schlachter
“My Scarlet Letter”, Karen Dee Carpenter
“Save Me”, Jennifer Getzinger
“SleepWalk”, Tatia Pilieua
“Smile”, Chris Mais
“The Trojan Cow”, Barbara Stepansky