BEST SHORT
SPONSORED BY TOON BOOM STORYBOARD SOFTWARE
Grand Prize:
“Tanghi Argenti” (Guys Thys, Director; Anja Daelemas & Dries Phlypo, Producers) BELGIUM
First Place:
“Moi” (Yan England, Director/Producer) CANADA
Second Place:
“Partus” (Mikkel Munch-Fals, Director; Meta Louise Foldager, Producer) DENMARK
DIRECTORIAL DISCOVERY AWARD
“Matters of Life and Death” (Joseph Mazzello, Director; JJM Productions, Producer) USA
BEST ACTING AWARD
“Partus” (Bodil Jørgensen, Actor; Mikkel Munch-Fals, Director) DENMARK
INTERNATIONAL DISCOVERY AWARD
“Darkness of Truth” (Alicia Vikander, Actor; Kristian A Söderström, Director/Producer) SWEDEN
BEST FEATURE
Grand Prize:
“Just Like the Son” (Morgan J. Freeman, Director; Gill Holland, Jamin O’Brien and Matt Parker Producers) USA
First Place:
“The Man from Earth” (Richard Schenkman, Director; Emerson Bixby, Executive Producer; Eric D. Wilkinson & Richard Schenkman, Producers) USA
Second Place:
“Last Stop for Paul” (Neill Mandt, Director; Marc Carter & Neill Mandt, Producers) USA
BEST ANIMATION
SPONSORED BY TOON BOOM STUDIO
Grand Prize:
“For the Love of God” (Joe Tucker, Director; Raphael Warner, Producer) UNITED KINGDOM
First Place:
“Everything Will Be OK” (Don Hertzfeldt, Director/Producer) USA
Second Place:(TIE)
“Mirage” (Youngwoong Jang, Director/Producer) USA
“Voodoo Bayou” (Javier Gutierrez, Director; Susana Jacques, Producer) MEXICO
BEST COMEDY SHORT
Grand Prize:
“The Happiest Day of His Life” (Ursula Burton, Director; Five Sisters Productions, Producer) USA
First Place:
“Shrinks” (Gregg Brown, Director/Producer) USA
Second Place:
“The Blacksmith and the Carpenter” (Chris Redish, Director; Aaron Kes, Producer) USA
BEST EDITING
Grand Prize:
“The Union: The Business Behind Getting High” (Stephen Green, Editor; Brett Harvey, Director; Adam Scorgie, Kieran MaGuire, Stephen Green, Producers) CANADA
First Place:
“Moi” (Philippe Gagnon, Editor; Yan England, Director/Producer) CANADA
Second Place: (TIE)
“Wednesday” (Leo King, Editior; Rob Sorrenti, Director) UNITED KINGDOM
“The 5:22” (John Farbrother, Editor; Bernadette Demisay, Director) USA
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Grand Prize:
“Vanaja” (Milton Kam, Cinematographer; Rajnesh Domalpalli, Director; Latha R. Domalapalli & Andrew Lund, Producers) INDIA
First Place:
“Pismo” (The Letter) (Roger Singh, Cinematographer; Matvei Zhivov, Director; Andrei Fedulov, Producer) RUSSIA
Second Place:
“Last Day of December” – Bogdan George Apetri, Cinematographer; Bogdan George Apetri, Director/Producer) ROMANIA
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Grand Prize:
“Soldiers of Conscience” (Gary Weimberg & Catherine Ryan, Directors/Producers) USA
First Place:
“Been Down that Muddy Road” (Carol Carimi Acutt, Director; Robin Acutt, Producer; Rebekah Fry and Aaron Fuchs-Co-Producers) USA
Second Place: (TIE)
“The Wonder of It All” (Jeffrey Roth, Director; Stephen Beck, Gregory Schwartz, Paul Basta, & Jeffrey Roth, Producers) USA
“The Dhamma Brothers” (Andrew Kukura, Jenny Phillips & Anne Marie Stein, Directors; Freedom Behind Bars Productions & Northern Light Productions, Producers) USA
RIIFF ENVIRONMENTAL FOCUS AWARD
Grand Prize:
“Escape from Suburbia” (Gregory Greene, Director) CANADA
BEST EXPERIMENTAL
Grand Prize:
“Twee Dromen” (Arend Steenbergen, Director/Producer) NETHERLANDS
First Place:
“Happily Ever After” (Lidia Sheinin, Director; Gary Cohen & Lidia Sheinin Producer) USA
Second Place: (TIE)
“Arthur’s Paradise” (Luc Beauchamp, Director; Producer) CANADA
“Arrivals” (Naomi Jaye, Director; Jennifer St. John, Producer) CANADA
BEST SCORE
Grand Prize:
“Half-Life: A Journey to Chernobyl” (Dmitri Tchamovouf, Composer; David Bickerstaff, Sound Design; David Bickerstaff and Phil Grabsky, Directors; Phil Grabsky, Seventh Art Productions, Producer) UNITED KINGDOM
First Place:
“Voodoo Bayou” (Rodrigo Barbera, Composer; Javier Gutierrez, Director; Susana Jacques, Producer) MEXICO
Second Place:
“Secondhand” (Pepe) (Luke Fischbeck, Composer; Hanna Shell & Vanessa Bertozzi Directors; Hanna Shell, Producer) CANADA
ALTERNATIVE SPIRIT
Grand Prize:
“Back Soon” “Rob Williams, Director; Rob Williams, Rodney Johnson, & Matthew Montgomery, Producers) USA
First Place:
“Gódir Gestir” (Family Reunion) (Isold Uggadottir, Writer/Director; Stephanie Perdomo and Fura Johannesdottir, Producers) ICELAND
Second Place:
“Red Without Blue” (Benita Sills, Brooke Sebold, Todd Sills, Directors/Producers) USA
BEST SCREENPLAY (Top Prize winner receives Final Draft Software)
Grand Prize:
“Man from Earth” (Jerome Bixby, Screenwriter; Richard Schenkman, Director; Emerson Bixby, Executive Producer; Eric D. Wilkinson & Richard Schenkman, Producers) USA
First Place:
“Personal Spectator” (Carol Frechette & Emmanuel Jespers, Screenwriters; Emannuel Jespers, Director/Producer) BELGIUM
Second Place:
“One Last Drink Before Morning” (Paolo Giuseppe Cabrielli & David McDonagh, Screenwriters; JD Kelleher, Director/Producer) UNITED KINGDOM
KIDSEYE™ INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL [Films Made BY Kids]
(TIE)
SPONSORED BY TOON BOOM STUDIO
Grand Prize:
“Project Kick Talk” (Aaron Kohn, Director/Producer) USA
“Western Spaghetti” (Joe Procopio, Director/Producer) CANADA
KIDSEYE™ INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL [Films Made FOR Kids]
Grand Prize:
“Mondmann (Moonman)” (Fritz Bohm, Director) GERMANY
First Place:
“Her Best Move” (Norm Hunter, Director) USA
Second Place:
“Chinese Dumplings” (Michelle Hung, Director) USA
New England Student Competition
Grand Prize:
“Brandon” (Rachel Israel, Director/Producer) USA
First Place:
“Tuesday Morning” (Brian Singele, Director/Producer) USA
Second Place:
“Little White Flowers” (Christopher Messing, Director/Producer) USA
PROVIDENCE FILM FESTIVAL (for local filmmakers of Rhode Island)
Grand Prize:
“Strongest Ever” (Jacqueline Willemsen, Christopher Lavigne, Ben Crane, Colleen Evans, Producers) USA
First Place:
“The Times Were Never So Bad: The Life of Andre Dubus” (Edward J. Delaney, Director/Producer) USA
Second Place:
“The Strange Case of Marie France” (Till Newmann, Director; Vin Fraioli, Frank Miele & Adam McClelland, Producers) USA
Viola M. Marshall Audience Choice Awards
Best Documentary
Grand Prize:
“From the 50 Yard Line” (Doug Lantz, Director) USA
1st Place:
“Italian Americans and Federal Hill” (Jon Raben, Director) USA
Best Feature
Grand Prize:
“Body/Antibody” (Kerry Douglas Dye, Jordan Hoffman, Directors) USA
First Place:
“Her Best Move” (Norm Hunter, Director) USA
Best Short
Grand Prize:
“Driftwood” (Michelle Steffes, Director) USA
1st Place:
“The Strange Case of Marie France” (Till Newmann, Director; Vin Fraioli, Frank Miele & Adam McClelland, Producers) USA