The Rising Place wins Film Awards at various Film Festivals
throughout the USA.

1. BEST DRAMATIC FEATURE - Houston Int'l Film Festival (Worldfest).
2. BEST DRAMATIC FEATURE - Malibu Int'l Film Festival.
3. 2000 CRYSTAL HEART AWARD - Heartland Film Festival.
4. BEST DRAMATIC FEATURE - Heartland Film Festival.
5. BEST DRAMATIC FEATURE - Telluride IndieFest.
6. AUDIENCE AWARD - Boston Film Festival.

The Rising Place wins Crew Awards at various Film Festivals
throughout the USA.

1. PERRY ELLIS INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD - TOM RICE (Director) Houston
Worldfest.
2. MOXIE! AWARD - TOM RICE (Producer/Director) Santa Monica Film
Festival.
3. MOXIE! AWARD - CONRAD POPE (Composer) Santa Monica Film Festival.
4. $50,000 VISIONARY GRANT - TOM RICE (Writer/Director) Heartland Film
Festival.
5. BEST DIRECTOR AWARD - TOM RICE (Director)Crossroads Film Festival.
6. BEST COSTUME DESIGN - MARK HORTON (Costume Designer) Atlantic City
Film Festival.
7. BEST FIRST-TIME DIRECTOR - TOM RICE (Director)
Atlantic City Film Festival.

The Rising Place has been SCREENED at various Film Festivals. The
film was shown at:

NEW ORLEANS INT'L FILM FESTIVAL - New Orleans
MARCO ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL - Florida
USA FILM FESTIVAL - Dallas, TX
HOUSTON WORLDFEST - Houston,TX
INDIE MEMPHIS - Memphis, TN (Opening Night Film)
MALIBU INT'L FILM FESTIVAL - Malibu, CA
SANTA MONICA INT'L FILM FESTIVAL - Santa Monica
TELLURIDE INDIEFEST - Telluride, CO
CAIRO INT'L FILM FESTIVAL - Cairo, Egypt
ST. LOUIS INT'L FILM FESTIVAL - St.Louis, MO
ATLANTIC CITY FILM FESTIVAL - Atlantic City, NJ
HEARTLAND FILM FESTIVAL - Indianapolis, IN
BOSTON FILM FESTIVAL - Boston, MA (World Premiere)