LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
• Kim Chan, Actor
CRYSTAL VISION AWARD
• Zach Braff, Director
BEST DIRECTOR
• Grand Prize: CLEAN • Director: Nyle Cavazos Garcia, USA
• First Prize: NGAY GIO (the Anniversary) • Director: Ham Tran, USA/Vietnam
BEST SHORT
• Grand Prize: NEWS FOR THE CHURCH • Director: Andrew McCarthy, USA/Ireland
• First Prize: TACKLE BOX • Director: Matthew Mebane,
BEST FEATURE
• Grand Prize: EATING OUT • Director: Q. Allan Brocka, USA
• First Prize: LA TWISTER • Director: Sven Pape,
BEST DOCUMENTARY
• Grand Prize: FLIGHT FROM DEATH: QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY • Director: Patrick Shen, USA
• First Prize: PEOPLE SAY I’M CRAZY • Director: John Cadigan, USA
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
• Grand Prize: BLUE • Director: Christopher Mullins, USA
• First Prize: OVERPASS • Director: Alan Price, USA
BEST EDITING
• Grand Prize: FATHER’S DAY • Director: Mark Lipman, USA
• First Prize: DIARY OF AN ORDINARY MAN • Director: David L. Hudacek, USA
BEST FILM SCORE
• Grand Prize: REX STEELE: NAZI SMASHER • Director: Alexander Woo; Composer: Ryan Shore, USA
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
• Grand Prize: TONGUE BULLY • Director: Annie Bradley, CANADA
• First Prize: SILENT YEARS • Director: James Sereno, USA
KIDSEYE™ DISCOVERY AWARD
• Special Grand Prize • NINE TIMES EIGHT • Director: Joseph Procopio, CANADA
BEST EXPERIMENTAL
• Grand Prize: TRIPTYCH • Director: Harvey Wang, USA
• First Prize: DOWNPOUR RESURFACING • Director: Frances Nkara, USA
DIRECTORIAL DEBUT
• Grand Prize: LONELY PLACE • Director: Kevin Langdon Ackerman, USA
• First Prize: DIRECTING RYE • Director: James Cantiello, USA
BEST SCREENPLAY (FOR FILM PRODUCTION)
• Grand Prize: GENESIS 3:19 • Writer/Director: Dany Saadia, MEXICO
• First Prize: OLA’S BOX OF CLOVERS • Writer/Director: Genevieve Anderson, USA
BEST FOREIGN FILM
• Grand Prize: IOTA • Director: Simon Dennis, SCOTLAND
• First Prize: WORDS OF MY PERFECT TEACHER • Director: Lesley Ann Patten, CANADA
PROVIDENCE FILM FESTIVAL AWARD
• Grand Prize: THE PURSUIT OF PLEASURE • Director: Dr. Maryanne Galvin, USA
• First Prize: SO GLAD I MADE IT • Director: Chris Sautter, USA
KODAK VISION AWARD FOR FIRST TIME DIRECTOR
• Grand Prize: KING OF THE TANGO • Director: Karen Friedberg, USA (award includes Kodak Film Stock)
KODAK VISION AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTION
• Grand Prize: THE HITCHHIKER • Director: M. Anthony Jackson, USA (award includes Kodak Film Stock)
KIDSEYE™ FILM FESTIVAL AWARD
• Grand Prize: SEVEN’S ELEVEN • Director: Amy Lorio, USA
• First Prize: MAGNETISM • Director: Nye Warburton, USA
RIIFF/AVID STUDENT FILMMAKING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
• Grand Prize: DIFFERENT • Tyrell Shaffner, USA (award includes Avid Express software)
(Over 1,500 ballots tabulated to determine the winners)
• Best Feature – Zen Noir • Director: Marc Rosenbush
• Best Short – Space Available • Directors: Kathilynn Phillips, Dave Manzo
• Best Documentary – Here’s Saucy! • Directors/Producers: Jen Cobb and Mike Kuell