The 2010 Lake County Film Festival took place from March 4-8. Almost all screenings were at The College Of Lake County in Grayslake, but there were two late night screenings at Gurneez Diner (now closed).

We showed 21 Feature Films (10 Narrative & 11 Documentary) and 34 short films.

Narrative Features: 
A Lonely Place For Dying (d. Justin Evans)
Coasting (d. Michael P. Noens)
Darren & Abbey (d. Michael P. Noens)
First Breath Of Tengen Rei (d. Junko Kajino & Ed M. Koziarski)
Friends (With Benefits) (d. Gorman Bechard)
Jackrabbit Sky (d. Andrew Bergmann)
Miss Ohio (d. Gregory Fitzsimmons)
My Movie Girl (d. Adam Bronstein)
Night Before The Wedding (d. David Branin)
The Scenesters (d. Todd Beger)

Documentary Features: 

Cleanflix (d. Andrew James & Joshua Ligairi)
Fortunate Wilderness (d. George Desort)
The Greening Of Southie (d. Ian Cheney)
It Came From Kuchar! (d. Jennifer M. Kroot)
Pontiac’s Rebellion (d. Brian Seay)
Shadow Billionaire (d. Alexis Spraic)
Six Man, TX (d. Alan Barber)
Still Bill (d. Damani Baker & Alex Vlack)
The Tiger Next Door (d. Camilla Calamandrei)
Trust Us, This Is All Made Up (d. Alex Karpovsky)
Typeface (d. Justine Nagan)

Short Films: 

A Time Comes (d. Nick Broomfield)
As Ever, Stan (d. Alexander Schwarm)
Big River (d. Ian Cheney & Curt Ellis)
Chemical 12-D (d. Mac Eldridge)
City Of Noise
Climbing Kili (d. Daniel Meincke)
The Communicator (d. Steve Gelder)
Crossing The Line
Dieu est Americain (d. Richard Martin-Jordan)
Experiment Extreme
For The Sinews In Your Footsteps – Dennis Florine (d. Michael P. Noens)
Going Green
The Hero
I’ll Be Your Sailor (d. Hannah Rosner)
James K. Polk Was @#?!ing Awesome (d. Adam Bertocci)
Killing Calhoun: A Canadian Film, In Canada (d. Kyle Niemer)
The Late Mr. Mokun Williams (d. Kenneth Price)
Lettuce Break Break (d. Tim Miller)
Mi’ Corazon, Mi Sueno (d. Steve Gatlin)
Miracle Fish (d. Luke Doolan)
Mother (d. Glynn Beard)
Nourishing The Kids Of Katrina: The Edible Schoolyard (d. Alice Waters)
On The Rocks: The Unsolved Mysteries of Jack and Sal. Episode 2, The Rusty Trombone (d. David M. Henderson)
Perceptions
The Platoon Of Power Squadron, Part II: Jobs (d. Jake Jarvi)
Skylight
Sylvia & George (d. Cara Clark)
Special Needs (d. Scott Smith)
The Thong (d. Christopher Hong)
Transparent Movement (d. Soyeon Kim)
Verve
Victory
We Are All Here
The World Of Film Festivals (d. Jim Jacob)

Free Room: 
King Corn
Sita Sings The Blues

Press:

7th Lake County festival an all-indie extravaganza – Reel Chicago – Feb 16, 2010
Lake County Film Fest back for 8th year – Daily Herald – Feb 26, 2010
Midwinter’s first film plays at 2 fests this week – Reel Chicago – March 2, 2010
Interview: Nat Dykeman on the Upcoming Lake County Film Festival – Hollywood Chicago – March 2, 2010
Director Nat Dykeman – Lake County Film Festival – Chicago Now – March 15, 2010