'' Gone Fishing '' won 35 prizes at the film festival circuit including the Grand Prize at the 2008 Bahamas International Film Festival , and the 2008 Rhode Island International Film Festival , and it won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2009 Edmonton International Film Festival . At the 2009 Beverly Hills Film Festival and the 2009 Method Fest Independent Film Festival it took home the Audience Award , and it received the Golden Honu Award at the 2009 Big Island Film Festival . '' Gone Fishing '' further won both the Director 's Choice Award and the Audience Award at the 2009 Sedona Film Festival , the Achievement Award for screenwriting at the 2009 Newport Beach Film Festival , and the prizes for Best Short at both the 2009 Indianapolis International Film Festival and the 2009 Palm Beach International Film Festival , as well as receiving the prize for Best Narrative Short by the Producers Guild of America . The film was among the final 10 long-listed shorts for the 2009 Academy Awards
Palm Beach International Film Festival
Palm Beach International Film Festival
Gone Fishing (2008 film)