Rosetown Film Festival

Rosetown Film Festival (RFF) is a publicly attended film festival held each March in Rosetown, Roseland, Brunant. The festival begins on September 8, lasting for eleven days.

The 48th Rosetown Film Festival was held at the Habermas Theater between September 8 and September 18, 2012.

History
The RFF was founded in 1964, by director and actor John Barker (1908-1982), a prominent director and actor of early Brunanter cinema. Barker was also the Festival's first president, from its foundation until 1970.

The last few years, total attendance at RFF has exceeded 9,000, with 9,700 public and industry admissions in 2009.

Barker Award
The Barker Award, named after John Barker, is an award given out, similar to the Oscars. Barkers are presented in the following main categories: Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor and Best Actress (since 1964) Best Supporting Performer (since 1983) and Best TV Show (since 2001). In various cases an Honorary Award is given.

List of Best Film Winners

 * 1969: The Lovebird
 * 1970: My Boss' Daughter
 * 1980: The Crimson Blouse
 * 1983: The Wolf
 * 1997: The Network
 * 2005: When the Clock Strikes Ten
 * 2010: Sleepless Night in Brunant
 * 2011: Karen Haig
 * 2012: The White Album

List of Best Director Winners

 * 1969: Paul Riesner (The Lovebird)
 * 1970: Diederick Kluijskens (The Burnt Cypress)
 * 1973: Herbert S. Hosen (Milk & Mocha)
 * 1976: Cristove Vianna (20 Hours)
 * 1980: Michael Maybury (The Crimson Blouse)
 * 1983: Diederick Kluijskens (The Wolf)
 * 1999: John Fadaaq (Two Women and a Corpse)
 * 2010: Roger Heisner (Sleepless Night in Brunant)
 * 2011: Robert Steiner (Karen Haig)
 * 2012: Bert Macher (The Lost Company)

List of Best Screenplay Winners

 * 1972: Cristove Vianna (Hipnosis)
 * 1982: Christopher Scott (The Germans Are Back)
 * 1983: Bastiaan Barends, Diederick Kluijskens (The Wolf)
 * 1995: John Fadaaq (The Wedding)
 * 1999: John Fadaaq (Two Women and a Corpse)
 * 2005: Peter Krauss (When the Clock Strikes Ten)
 * 2007: Adam Martin (The Crack)
 * 2010: Adam Martin (Lethal Suits)

List of Best Actor Winners

 * 1976: Robert Steiner (20 Hours)
 * 1983: Robert Steiner (The Wolf)
 * 2007: Miquel Ricard (The Crack)
 * 2010: Gregory Hume (Lethal Suits)

List of Best Actress Winners

 * 1973: Annette Howards (Napoleon's Children)
 * 1978: Liza Norai (A Last Fraud)
 * 1980: Maria Allard (The Crimson Blouse)
 * 1999: Anna Lindbergs (Two Women and a Corpse)
 * 2009: Sara Bernès (Emma)

List of Best Supporting Performer Winners

 * 1983: Liza Norai (The Wolf)
 * 1995: Paul Perkins (The Wedding)
 * 2004: Steve Syracuse (History of a Mob Wife)
 * 2010: Filip De Rycke (The Man Who Would Be President)

List of Best TV Show Winners

 * 2002: House of Sanity
 * 2007: Small Town Crooks
 * 2008: Small Town Crooks
 * 2009: Resistance
 * 2011: Motorcycle Diaries
 * 2012: The Hard Years

List of Honorary Award Winners

 * 2000: Rene Anderson
 * 2005: Martin Carlotti