BEST SHORT
Grand Prize: “My Backyard Was a Mountain” (Adam Schlachter, Director; Austin
Wakefield, Producer)
First Place: (tie)
“Taps” (Vincent Versace, Director; George Cuddy, Producer)
“Half Term” (Tony Hagger, Director / Producer)
Honorable Mention:
“La Cerca” (S.J. Main, Director; S.J. Main, Laura E. Johnson, Producers)
DIRECTORIAL DISCOVERY AWARD
Frederic Lumiere – “Tomorrow is Today,” USA/FRANCE
INTERNATIONAL DISCOVERY AWARD
Jeremy Weinstein – “Wil,” AUSTRALIA
PROVIDENCE FILM FESTIVAL (for local filmmakers of Rhode Island)
Grand Prize:
“The Daydream” (Kal Almkhlaafy, Director; Providence Film Collaborative, Producers)
First Place:
“The Tournament” (Eugene J. Celico, Director; Nick Puccio, Eugene J. Celico, Producers)
Honorable Mention:
Sweet Dreams (Eric Latek, Director / Producer)
BEST ANIMATION
Grand Prize:
“The Little Matchgirl” (Roger Allers, Director; Roy E. Disney, Don Hahn, Baker Bloodworth, Producers)
First Place:
“One Rat Short” (Alex Weil, Director; Bryan Godwin, Producer)
Honorable Mention:
“The Wraith of Cobble Hill” (Adam Parrish King, Director; Monique Zavistovski, Producer)
BEST EDITING
Grand Prize:
“Die Rasur” (Frank Becher, Editor; Tuncay Kulaoglu, Director)
First Place:
“Across The Hall” (Alex Merkin, Editor; Alex Merkin, Director)
Honorable Mention: (tie)
“The Shovel” (Barry Stilwell, editor/Nick Childs, Director),
“Katrina’s Wake” (Eric Springman, Editor; Kat Philips, Director)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Grand Prize:
“La Cerca” (Dror Levendiger, Cinematographer; S.J. Main, Director)
First Place:
“Rose” (Adam Clarke, Cinematographer/DP; Mike Murphy, Director)
Honorable Mention:
“Once Not Far From Home” (Vincent Delaney, Cinematographer; Ben Van Hook, Director)
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Grand Prize:
“Three Women and a Chateau” (Catherine Ryan, Gary Weimberg, Directors)
First Place:
“Class Act” (Sara Sackner, Director)
Honorable Mention:
“Ice Kings” (Craig Shapiro, Director)
BEST SCORE (Chosen by The RIIFF Grammy Committee)
Grand Prize:
“Le Chase” (Andrew M. Chukerman, composer)
First Place:
“Shut Up and Sing” (Jeff Cardoni, composer)
BEST FEATURE
Grand Prize:
“In-A-Day” (Evan Richards, Director; Rowan Athale, Evan Richards, Producers)
First Place:
“Deadpan Valentine” (Robin Lindsey, Director; Katherine Lee, George Vossos,
Robin Lindsey, Producers)
Honorable Mention:
Expiration Date (Rick Stevenson, Director; John Forsen, Rick Stevenson, Producers
ALTERNATIVE SPIRIT
Grand Prize:
“Davy & Stu” (Soman Chainani, Director; Sunil Sadarangani, Producer)
First Place:
“Boy Culture” (Q. Allan Brocka, Director; Stephen Israel, Philip Pierce, Victor Simpkins, Producers)
Honorable Mention: (
“Inclinations” (Jen Simmons, Director/Producer)
BEST SCREENPLAY (Top Prize winner receives Final Draft Software)
Grand Prize:
“Deadpan Valentine” (Robin Lindsey, Director; Katherine Lee, George Vossos,
Robin Lindsey, Producers)
First Place:
“Paradox” (Jeremy Haccoun, Director/Producer)
Honorable Mention: (
“Incomplete” (Yann Demange, Director; Debbie Crosscup, Producer)
KIDSEYETM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
First Place:
“Shoes” (Jake Sawyer, Director/Producer)
2nd Place:
“Lost & Found” (Joseph, Susan, and Katherine Procopio, Directors; Frank Procopio, Producer)
3rd Place:
“Eternal High” (Bryce Mackie, Director/Producer)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL
Grand Prize:
“Film Noir” (Osbert Parker, Director/Producer)
2nd Place:
“Jane Lloyd” (Happy, Director; Clint Cowen, Nick Sutherland-Dodd, Producers)
3rd Place:
“Windows Masks Doors” (Sarah Orenstein, Director/Producer)
NEW ENGLAND STUDENT COMPETITION (Avid HD PRO System for Top Prize winner)
Grand Prize:
“In The Tradition of My Family” (Todd Davis, Director/Producer)
2nd Place:
“Eugene” (Sarah Hoopes, Director/Producer)
3rd Place:
“Twitch” (Leah Meyerhoff, Director; Sean Warner, Producer)
VIOLA M. MARSHALL AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS
Best Feature:
“Shut Up & Sing” Bruce Leddy, Director
Best Documentary:
“Ice Kings” Craig Shapiro, Director
Best Short: (tie)
“Little Claus and Big Claus” Ross Birkbeck Director
“Getting to Know You” Liz Lachman, Director