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2003 Opening Night Film: Bomb The System 2004 Opening Night Film: Up For Grabs 2005 (Shortgrass) Opening Night Film: Conventioneers 2006 Opening Night Film: Manhattan, Kansas 2007 Opening Night Film: Kansas v. Darwin 2008 Opening Night Film: What's the Matter with Kansas? 2009 Opening Night Film: The
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The 2003 festival screened 40 features and 55 short films at several venues in the downtown & Oldtown area. 4,172 people attended the festival, including 28 filmmakers. The first public event hosted by Tallgrass was a screening of Y Tu Mama Tambien in Dodge City, KS. Academy Award nominee Gary
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Gruver was raised in Wichita. He studied filmmaking at Brigham Young University. After college, Gruver worked for the animation wing of Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks studio. Gruver had worked for other film festivals and modeled Tallgrass after the Telluride Film Festival.
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Cloris Leachman was a guest at the 2004 Festival. That year's festival included 24 feature films and 32 short films. Former baseball star Jose Canseco introduced the Opening Night Movie, the baseball documentary Up For Grabs.
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Only Good Indian 2010 Opening Night Film: The Dry Land 2011 Opening Night Film: Der Sandmann 2012 Opening Night Film: Pablo 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Opening Night Film: Bathtubs Over Broadway.
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The 2005 Festival was shortened to a one-day event due to the death of Gruver. 2,500 people attended.
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and the popular High School Shorts Program and Timothy Gruver Spotlight on Kansas Filmmakers.
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Busey attended in conjunction with the screening of The Buddy Holly Story, a documentary.
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The festival takes place at several locations in downtown Wichita including the
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4,850 people attended the 2007 Festival, including ten filmmakers.
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Official Selections have included Audience Award winners
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There were 190 features and shorts screened in 2012.
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Tallgrass is operated by the non-profit organization
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